---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 170.228"
title: "25"
number: "170.228"
heading: "Can a Tribe use TTP funds to leverage other funds or to pay back loans?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/170.228"
---

# §170.228. Can a Tribe use TTP funds to leverage other funds or to pay back loans?

- (a) **A Tribe can use TTP funds to leverage other funds.**
- (b) A Tribe can use TTP funds to pay back loans or other finance instruments (including those provided through an agreement with another Tribe) that were used for a project that:
  - (1) The Tribe paid for in advance of the current year using non-TTP funds;
  - (2) Was included in FHWA-approved TTPTIP; and
  - (3) **Was included in the NTTFI at the time of construction.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 112-141, Pub. L. 114-94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 78463, Nov. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted.