---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 2905"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "2905"
heading: "Evaluations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/2905"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Native American Languages"
---

# §2905. Evaluations

- (a) The President shall direct the heads of the various Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to—
  - (1) evaluate their policies and procedures in consultation with [Indian tribes](/usc/25/2902.md?p=5) and other [Native American](/usc/25/2902.md?p=1) governing bodies as well as [traditional leaders](/usc/25/2902.md?p=7) and educators in order to determine and implement changes needed to bring the policies and procedures into compliance with the provisions of this chapter;
  - (2) give the greatest effect possible in making such evaluations, absent a clear specific Federal statutory requirement to the contrary, to the policies and procedures which will give the broadest effect to the provisions of this chapter; and
  - (3) evaluate the laws which they administer and make recommendations to the President on amendments needed to bring such laws into compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
- (b) By no later than the date that is 1 year after October 30, 1990, the President shall submit to the Congress a report containing recommendations for amendments to Federal laws that are needed to bring such laws into compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
- (c) **Evaluation; report—** Not later than 1 year after January 5, 2023, the President shall—
  - (1) require the heads of the various Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to carry out an evaluation described in [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1); and
  - (2) submit to Congress a report that describes—
    - (A) the results of the evaluations; and
    - (B) the recommendations of the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior, the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of Health and Human Services, and the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of Education, after consultation with [Indian tribes](/usc/25/2902.md?p=5), [traditional leaders](/usc/25/2902.md?p=7), and representatives of [Native American language](/usc/25/2902.md?p=6) communities, for amendments to Federal laws that are needed—
      - (i) to bring the Federal laws into compliance with this chapter;
      - (ii) to improve interagency coordination for purposes of supporting revitalization, maintenance, and use of [Native American languages](/usc/25/2902.md?p=6); and
      - (iii) to reduce duplication, inefficiencies, and barriers [Native American language](/usc/25/2902.md?p=6) communities face in accessing Federal programs to support efforts to revitalize, maintain, or increase the use of [Native American languages](/usc/25/2902.md?p=6).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–477, title I, § 106, Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1156; Pub. L. 117–337, § 2(a), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6153.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(B)(i), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 101–477, known as the Native American Languages Act, which is classified generally to this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

### Amendments

2023—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–337 added subsec. (c).