---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 47a"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "47a"
heading: "Security required by Secretary; contracts with Indian-owned economic enterprise; public work"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/47a"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Officers of Indian Affairs"
---

# §47a. Security required by Secretary; contracts with Indian-owned economic enterprise; public work


The [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1), in his discretion, may require security other than bonds required by sections [3131](/usc/40/3131.md) and [3133](/usc/40/3133.md) of title 40 when entering into a contract with an Indian-owned economic enterprise pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 25, 1910 ([25 U.S.C. 47](/usc/25/47.md)), for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public work of the United States: Provided, That, the alternative form of security provides the United States with adequate security for performance and payment.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–449, § 11, Oct. 4, 1984, 98 Stat. 1726.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

“Sections 3131 and 3133 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Miller Act (40 U.S.C. 270a)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.