---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1831"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1831"
heading: "Purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1831"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance"
  - "Subchapter II — Tribally Controlled College or University Endowment Program"
---

# §1831. Purpose


It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide grants for the encouragement of endowment funds for the operation and improvement of tribally controlled colleges or universities.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–471, title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 98–192, § 13, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1341; amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(6), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “colleges or universities” for “community colleges”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.