§ 17. Use of Bureau facilities

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1988

   Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–297 title V § 5405 · 102 Stat. 130

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 17

   Pub. L. 100–297, title V, § 5405, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 417

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 100–297, title V, § 5405, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 417

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 5405. USE OF BUREAU FACILITIES. (a) In General.— The Secretary of the Interior may permit tribal, student, and other non-Federal organizations to use facilities, lands, and equipment administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs if such use does not interfere with the purpose for which the facilities, land, and equipment are administered by the Bureau. The Secretary of the Interior may charge the user for the actual or estimated additional cost of utilities or other expenses incurred because of the use and the amounts collected shall be credited to the appropriation or fund from which the expenses are paid. (b) Scope of Authority.— The authority provided by this section is in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other authority available to the Secretary of the Interior.

2. 1988

   Pub. L. 100–427 § 25(a) · 102 Stat. 1603

   Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 17(a)

   Pub. L. 100–427, § 25(a), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary of the Interior may permit tribal, student, and other non-Federal organizations to use facilities, lands, and equipment administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs if such use does not interfere with the purpose for which the facilities, land, and equipment are administered by the Bureau. The Secretary of the Interior may charge the user for the actual or estimated additional cost of utilities or other expenses incurred because of the use and the amounts collected shall be credited to the appropriation or fund from which the expenses are paid.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–427, § 25(a), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary of the Interior may permit tribal, student, and other non-Federal organizations to use facilities, lands, and equipment administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs if such use does not interfere with the purpose for which the facilities, land, and equipment are administered by the Bureau. The Secretary of the Interior may charge the user for the actual or estimated additional cost of utilities or other expenses incurred because of the use and the amounts collected shall be credited to the appropriation or fund from which the expenses are paid.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Section 5405(a) of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 17(a)) is amended to read as follows: “(a) In General.— The Secretary of the Interior may permit tribal Public lands. Public buildings and grounds. governments and organizations and student organizations to use Bureau of Indian Affairs equipment, land, buildings, and other structures if such use does not interfere with the purpose for which they are administered by the Bureau and when such use benefits Indians or Federal or federally funded programs. The Secretary may Utilities. charge the user for the cost of the utilities and other expenses incurred for the use. The amounts collected shall be credited to the appropriation or fund from which the expenses are paid and shall be available until the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which collected. The Secretary’s decision to not permit a use under this section is final and shall not be subject to judicial review.”.

3. 1988

   Pub. L. 100–427 § 25(b) · 102 Stat. 1603

   Added · 25 U.S.C. § 17(c)

   Pub. L. 100–427, § 25(b), added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–427, § 25(b), added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Section 5405 of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 17) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) The payment of any fee, or agreement to pay costs, to the Secretary shall not in any way or to any extent limit the right of the United States to rely upon sovereign immunity or any State or Federal statute limiting liability or damages from injuries sustained in connection with use under this section.”.

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