Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 21 — Indian Child Welfare
§ 1902. Congressional declaration of policy
Statutory text
The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of this Nation to protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families by the establishment of minimum Federal standards for the removal of Indian children from their families and the placement of such children in foster or adoptive homes which will reflect the unique values of Indian culture, and by providing for assistance to Indian tribes in the operation of child and family service programs.
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.
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
Pub. L. 95–608 § 3 · 92 Stat. 3069
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1902
(Pub. L. 95–608, § 3, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3069.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–608, § 3, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3069.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of this 25 USC 1902. Nation to protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families by the establishment of minimum Federal standards for the removal of Indian children from their families and the placement of such children in foster or adoptive homes which will reflect the unique values of Indian culture, and by providing for assistance to Indian tribes in the operation of child and family service programs.
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