---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1589c"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1589c"
heading: "Transfer of certain housing to Indians"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1589c"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Housing of Persons Engaged in National Defense"
  - "Subchapter VII — Disposal of War and Veterans’ Housing"
---

# §1589c. Transfer of certain housing to Indians


Upon a certification by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Interior that any surplus [housing](/usc/42/1590.md?p=b), classified by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of [Housing](/usc/42/1590.md?p=b) and Urban Development as demountable, in the area of San Diego, California, is needed to provide dwelling accommodations for members of a tribe of Indians in Riverside County or San Diego County or Imperial County, California, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of [Housing](/usc/42/1590.md?p=b) and Urban Development is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to transfer and convey such [housing](/usc/42/1590.md?p=b) without consideration to such tribe, the members thereof, or the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Interior in trust therefor, as the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) may prescribe: Provided, That the term [housing](/usc/42/1590.md?p=b) as used in this section shall not include land.


## Source credit

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 862, title VI, § 613, as added Aug. 2, 1954, ch. 649, title VIII, § 805(3), 68 Stat. 645; amended Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see note set out under section 1581 of this title.