---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 2414"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "2414"
heading: "Congressional intent in construction of laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/2414"
units:
  - "Chapter 26 — Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment"
  - "Subchapter II — Coordination of Resources and Programs"
---

# §2414. Congressional intent in construction of laws


It is the intent of Congress that—

- (1) specific Federal laws, and administrative regulations promulgated thereunder, establishing programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, and other Federal [agencies](/usc/25/2403.md?p=1), and
- (2) general Federal laws, including laws limiting augmentation of Federal appropriations or encouraging joint or cooperative funding,

shall be liberally construed and administered to achieve the purposes of this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4208, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–142.)