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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 20 — Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance

§ 1802. Purpose

Statutory text

It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide grants for the operation and improvement of tribally controlled colleges or universities to insure continued and expanded educational opportunities for Indian students, and to allow for the improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions.

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. Pub. L. 95–471 title I § 101 · 92 Stat. 1325

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1802

    Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 101, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1325

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 101, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1325

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 101. It is the purpose of this title to provide grants for the 25 USC 1802. operation and improvement of tribally controlled community colleges to insure continued and expanded educational opportunities for Indian students.

  2. Pub. L. 98–192 § 2 · 97 Stat. 1335

    Inserted · 25 U.S.C. § 1802

    Pub. L. 98–192 inserted “, and to allow for the improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–192 inserted “, and to allow for the improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. 25 USC 1802. Section 101 of the Act is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: “, and to allow for the improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions”.

  3. Higher Education Amendments of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–244 title IX § 901(b)(6) · 112 Stat. 1581

    Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1802

    Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “colleges or universities” for “community colleges”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “colleges or universities” for “community colleges”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (6) in sections 101, 102(a), 104(a)(1), 107(a), 108(c)(2),109(b)(1), 11l(a)(2), 112(a), 112(a)(2), 112(c)(2)(B), 301, 302(a), and 402(a) (25 U.S.C. 1802, 1803(a), 1804a(a)(1), 1807(a),1808(c)(2), 1809(b)(1), 1811(a)(2), 1812(a), 1812(a)(2), 1812(c)(2)(B), 1831, 1832(a), and 1851(a)), by striking “community colleges” each place the term appears and inserting “colleges or universities”;

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1983–1998 · 2 rounds

1998

Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “colleges or universities” for “community colleges”.

1983

Pub. L. 98–192 inserted “, and to allow for the improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective , except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

Credits

1978–1998 · 3 acts
  1. 1978Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 101, , 92 Stat. 1325
  2. 1983Pub. L. 98–192, § 2, , 97 Stat. 1336
  3. 1998Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(6), , 112 Stat. 1828.
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(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 101, , 92 Stat. 1325; Pub. L. 98–192, § 2, , 97 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(6), , 112 Stat. 1828.)

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