---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1660g"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1660g"
heading: "Use of Federal Government facilities and sources of supply"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1660g"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter IV — Health Services for Urban Indians"
---

# §1660g. Use of Federal Government facilities and sources of supply

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) may permit an [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) that has entered into a contract or received a grant pursuant to this subchapter, in carrying out the contract or grant, to use, in accordance with such terms and conditions for use and maintenance as are agreed on by the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) and the [urban Indian organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29)—
  - (1) any existing facility under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17);
  - (2) all equipment contained in or pertaining to such an existing facility; and
  - (3) any other personal property of the Federal Government under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17).
- (b) **Donations—** Subject to [subsection (d)](#d), the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) may donate to an [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) that has entered into a contract or received a grant pursuant to this subchapter any personal or real property determined to be excess to the needs of the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) or the General [Services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) [Administration](/usc/25/1667a.md?p=1) for the purposes of carrying out the contract or grant.
- (c) **Acquisition of property—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) may acquire excess or surplus personal or real property of the Federal Government for donation, subject to [subsection (d)](#d), to an [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) that has entered into a contract or received a grant pursuant to this subchapter if the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) determines that the property is appropriate for use by the [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) for purposes of the contract or grant.
- (d) **Priority—** If the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) receives from an [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) or an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) or [tribal organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26) a request for a specific item of personal or real property described in subsection [(b)](#b) or [(c)](#c), the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall give priority to the request for donation to the [Indian tribe](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) or [tribal organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26), if the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) receives the request from the [Indian tribe](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) or [tribal organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26) before the earlier of—
  - (1) the date on which the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) transfers title to the property to the [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29); and
  - (2) the date on which the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) transfers the property physically to the [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29).
- (e) **Executive agency status—** For purposes of [section 501(a) of title 40](/usc/40/501.md?p=a), an [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) that has entered into a contract or received a grant pursuant to this subchapter may be considered to be an Executive agency in carrying out the contract or grant.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 517, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 517 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 166 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.