---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 2106"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "2106"
heading: "Assistance to tribes or individuals during Minerals Agreement negotiations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/2106"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Development of Tribal Mineral Resources"
---

# §2106. Assistance to tribes or individuals during Minerals Agreement negotiations


In carrying out the obligations of the United States, the [Secretary](/usc/25/2101.md?p=3) shall ensure that upon the request of an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/2101.md?p=2) or individual [Indian](/usc/25/2101.md?p=1) and to the extent of his available resources, such tribe or individual [Indian](/usc/25/2101.md?p=1) shall have available advice, assistance, and information during the negotiation of a Minerals Agreement. The [Secretary](/usc/25/2101.md?p=3) may fulfill this responsibility either directly through the use of Federal officials and resources or indirectly by providing financial assistance to the [Indian tribe](/usc/25/2101.md?p=2) or individual [Indian](/usc/25/2101.md?p=1) to secure independent assistance.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–382, § 7, Dec. 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 1940.)