---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 138"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "138"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(6), (7), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/138"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Performance by United States of Obligations to Indians"
  - "Subchapter II — Disbursement of Moneys and Supplies"
---

# [§138. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(6), (7), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 137, act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, § 3, 18 Stat. 449, related to requiring able-bodied male Indians to perform service on the reservation in order to receive appropriated supplies and annuities.

Section 138, R.S. § 2101, related to withholding of goods from chiefs violating treaty stipulations.