---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 5343"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "5343"
heading: "Use of Government property by States and Territories"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/5343"
units:
  - "Chapter 46 — Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance"
  - "Subchapter II — Contracts with States"
---

# §5343. Use of Government property by States and Territories


The [Secretary](/usc/25/5381.md?p=a-6) of the Interior, in making any contract authorized by sections [5342](/usc/25/5342.md) to [5348](/usc/25/5348.md) of this title, may permit such contracting party to utilize, for the purposes of said sections, existing school buildings, hospitals, and other facilities, and all equipment therein or appertaining thereto, including livestock and other personal property owned by the Government, under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon for their use and maintenance.


## Source credit

(Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 2, 48 Stat. 596; June 4, 1936, ch. 490, § 2, 49 Stat. 1459.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 453 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

1936—Act June 4, 1936, substituted “, may permit such contracting party” for “with any State or Territory, may permit such State or Territory”.