---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 3662"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "3662"
heading: "Tribal civil legal assistance grants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/3662"
units:
  - "Chapter 38A — Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — Training and Technical Assistance, Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Grants"
---

# §3662. Tribal civil legal assistance grants


Subject to the availability of appropriations, the [Attorney General](/usc/25/3653.md?p=1), in consultation with the [Office of Tribal Justice](/usc/25/3653.md?p=7), shall award grants to [non-profit entities](/usc/25/3653.md?p=6), as defined under [section 501(c)(3) of title 26](/usc/26/501.md?p=c-3), which provide legal assistance services for [Indian tribes](/usc/25/3653.md?p=4), members of [Indian tribes](/usc/25/3653.md?p=4), or [tribal justice systems](/usc/25/3653.md?p=8) pursuant to Federal poverty guidelines that submit an application to the [Attorney General](/usc/25/3653.md?p=1) in such form and manner as the [Attorney General](/usc/25/3653.md?p=1) may prescribe for the provision of civil legal assistance (including guardians ad litem and court-appointed special advocates for children and juveniles) to members of [Indian tribes](/usc/25/3653.md?p=4) and [tribal justice systems](/usc/25/3653.md?p=8), and/or other purposes consistent with this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–559, title I, § 102, Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2780; Pub. L. 111–211, title II, § 242(b)(1), July 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 2292.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–211 inserted “(including guardians ad litem and court-appointed special advocates for children and juveniles)” after “civil legal assistance”.