---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1483"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1483"
heading: "Interest rate"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1483"
units:
  - "Chapter 17 — Financing Economic Development of Indians and Indian Organizations"
  - "Subchapter II — Loan Guaranty and Insurance"
---

# §1483. Interest rate


Loans guaranteed or insured pursuant to this subchapter shall bear interest (exclusive of premium charges for insurance, and service charge, if any) at rates not to exceed such per centum per annum on the principal obligation outstanding as the [Secretary](/usc/25/1452.md?p=a) determines to be reasonable taking into consideration the range of interest rates prevailing in the private market for similar loans and the risks assumed by the United States.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–262, title II, § 203, Apr. 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 79.)