---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1463"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1463"
heading: "Repayment of loan; financing from other sources"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1463"
units:
  - "Chapter 17 — Financing Economic Development of Indians and Indian Organizations"
  - "Subchapter I — Indian Revolving Loan Fund"
---

# §1463. Repayment of loan; financing from other sources


Loans may be made only when, in the judgment of the [Secretary](/usc/25/1452.md?p=a), there is a reasonable prospect of repayment, and only to applicants who in the opinion of the [Secretary](/usc/25/1452.md?p=a) are unable to obtain financing from other sources on reasonable terms and conditions.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–262, title I, § 103, Apr. 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 78.)