---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 87a"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "87a"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 96–277, § 2, June 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 545"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/87a"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Agreements with Indians"
  - "Subchapter II — Contracts with Indians"
---

# [§87a. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–277, § 2, June 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 545 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, act June 19, 1939, ch. 210, 53 Stat. 840, authorized Federal employees, including Indian Service employees, under rules and regulations of Secretary of the Interior to purchase from Indians and Indian organizations arts and crafts, or other products, services, or commodities, produced, rendered, owned, controlled, or furnished by Indians or Indian organizations, but prohibited employee purchases for purpose of engaging directly or indirectly in commercial selling, reselling, trading, or bartering of such purchases.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective sixty days after June 17, 1980, see section 4 of Pub. L. 96–277, set out as a note under section 68 of this title.