Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 26 — Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
§ 2414. Congressional intent in construction of laws
Statutory text
It is the intent of Congress that—
specific Federal laws, and administrative regulations promulgated thereunder, establishing programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, and other Federal agencies, and
general Federal laws, including laws limiting augmentation of Federal appropriations or encouraging joint or cooperative funding,
shall be liberally construed and administered to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
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 Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986
Pub. L. 99–570 title IV § 4208 · 100 Stat. 3207
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2414
(Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4208, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–142.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4208, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–142.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4208. CONGRESSIONAL INTENT. It is the intent of Congress that— (1) specific Federal laws, and administrative regulations promulgated thereunder, establishing programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, and other Federal agencies, and (2) general Federal laws, including laws limiting augmentation of Federal appropriations or encouraging joint or cooperative funding, shall be liberally construed and administered to achieve the purposes of this subtitle.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4208, , 100 Stat. 3207–142.)