---
kind: "unit"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
key: "ch1"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1"
heading: "Bureau of Indian Affairs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/ch1"
sections_count: 31
---

# Chapter 1 — Bureau of Indian Affairs

Title 25 — Indians

## Sections

- [§1. Commissioner of Indian Affairs](/usc/25/1.md)
- [§1a. Delegation of powers and duties by Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs](/usc/25/1a.md)
- [§2. Duties of Commissioner](/usc/25/2.md)
- [§2a. Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties](/usc/25/2a.md)
- [§3. Compilation of statutes regulating duties of Indian agents and inspectors](/usc/25/3.md)
- [§4. Defective record of deeds and papers legalized](/usc/25/4.md)
- [§5. Record of deeds by Indians requiring approval](/usc/25/5.md)
- [§6. Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence](/usc/25/6.md)
- [§7. Fees for furnishing certified copies of records](/usc/25/7.md)
- [§8. Accounts for claims and disbursements](/usc/25/8.md)
- [§9. Regulations by President](/usc/25/9.md)
- [§10. Employee to sign letters](/usc/25/10.md)
- [§11. Employee or employees to sign approval of tribal deeds](/usc/25/11.md)
- [§12. Agent to negotiate commutation of annuities](/usc/25/12.md)
- [§13. Expenditure of appropriations by Bureau](/usc/25/13.md)
- [§13–1. Authorization of appropriations for funds for basic educational support through parent committees](/usc/25/13-1.md)
- [§13a. Carryover funding](/usc/25/13a.md)
- [§13b. Payment of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, institutions, and schools; payment of rewards](/usc/25/13b.md)
- [§13c. Source of funds to pay cost of lunches for nonboarding public school students](/usc/25/13c.md)
- [§13d. Limits on use of appropriated funds by Bureau for general or other welfare assistance](/usc/25/13d.md)
- [§13d–1. Standards of need as basis for general assistance payments by Bureau of Indian Affairs; ratable reductions](/usc/25/13d-1.md)
- [§13d–2. Enrollment and general assistance payments](/usc/25/13d-2.md)
- [§13d–3. Tribal authority to change eligibility for, or amount of, general assistance payments](/usc/25/13d-3.md)
- [§13e. Expenses of exhibits; advance payments for services; termination of Federal supervision; treaty expenses](/usc/25/13e.md)
- [§13f. Tribal priority allocations in Alaska](/usc/25/13f.md)
- [§14. Money accruing to Indians from Department of Veterans Affairs or other governmental agencies](/usc/25/14.md)
- [§14a. Deposit of grant funds received by Bureau from other Federal agencies](/usc/25/14a.md)
- [§14b. Disposition of funds received from public for goods and services provided by Bureau of Indian Affairs](/usc/25/14b.md)
- [§15. Utility facilities used in administration of Bureau; contracts for sale, operation, maintenance, repair or relocation of facilities; terms and conditions; exception; Congressional approval](/usc/25/15.md)
- [§16. Transportation of Indians in Bureau vehicles](/usc/25/16.md)
- [§17. Use of Bureau facilities](/usc/25/17.md)