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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 7A — Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare

§ 309a. Authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

There is authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of sections 309 and 309a of this title the sum of $25,000,000 for each fiscal year, and not to exceed $1,500,000 of such sum shall be available for administrative purposes.

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. 84–930 § 2 · 70 Stat. 958

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 309a

    Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 930, § 2, 70 Stat. 986

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 930, § 2, 70 Stat. 986

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. Any person who violates the first section of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.

  2. Pub. L. 87–273 · 75 Stat. 571

    Changed · 25 U.S.C. § 309a

    Pub. L. 87–273 increased appropriation to $7,500,000 and amount available for administrative purposes to $1,000,000

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 87–273 increased appropriation to $7,500,000 and amount available for administrative purposes to $1,000,000.

  3. Pub. L. 88–230 § 1(b) · 77 Stat. 471

    Changed · 25 U.S.C. § 309a

    Pub. L. 88–230 increased appropriation from $7,500,000 to $12,000,000 and amount available for administrative purposes from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 88–230 increased appropriation from $7,500,000 to $12,000,000 and amount available for administrative purposes from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

  4. Pub. L. 89–14 · 79 Stat. 74

    Changed · 25 U.S.C. § 309a

    Pub. L. 89–14 increased appropriation from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–14 increased appropriation from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000.

  5. Pub. L. 90–252 · 82 Stat. 4

    Changed · 25 U.S.C. § 309a

    Pub. L. 90–252 increased appropriation from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 90–252 increased appropriation from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000.

1 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 4 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1961–1968 · 4 rounds

1968

Pub. L. 90–252 increased appropriation from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000.

1965

Pub. L. 89–14 increased appropriation from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000.

1963

Pub. L. 88–230 increased appropriation from $7,500,000 to $12,000,000 and amount available for administrative purposes from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

1961

Pub. L. 87–273 increased appropriation to $7,500,000 and amount available for administrative purposes to $1,000,000.

Credits

1956–1968 · 5 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 930, § 2, 70 Stat. 986
  2. 1961Pub. L. 87–273, , 75 Stat. 571
  3. 1963Pub. L. 88–230, § 1(b), , 77 Stat. 471
  4. 1965Pub. L. 89–14, , 79 Stat. 74
  5. 1968Pub. L. 90–252, , 82 Stat. 4.
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(Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 930, § 2, 70 Stat. 986; Pub. L. 87–273, , 75 Stat. 571; Pub. L. 88–230, § 1(b), , 77 Stat. 471; Pub. L. 89–14, , 79 Stat. 74; Pub. L. 90–252, , 82 Stat. 4.)

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