---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1651"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1651"
heading: "Purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1651"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter IV — Health Services for Urban Indians"
---

# §1651. Purpose


The purpose of this subchapter is to establish programs in [urban centers](/usc/25/1603.md?p=27) to make health [services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) more accessible to [urban Indians](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title V, § 501, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4820.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1651, Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 501, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1410; Pub. L. 96–537, § 7, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3176, related to Congressional statement of purpose, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–713.