Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 33 — National Indian Forest Resources Management
§ 3116. Obligated service; breach of contract
Statutory text
Obligated service
Where an individual enters into an agreement for obligated service in return for financial assistance under any provision of this chapter, the Secretary shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to provide for the offer of employment to the recipient of such assistance as required by such provision. Where an offer of employment is not reasonably made, the regulations shall provide that such service shall no longer be required.
Breach of contract; repayment
Where an individual fails to accept a reasonable offer of employment in fulfillment of such obligated service or unreasonably terminates or fails to perform the duties of such employment, the Secretary shall require a repayment of the financial assistance provided, prorated for the amount of time of obligated service performed, together with interest on such amount which would be payable if at the time the amounts were paid they were loans bearing interest at the maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the Treasurer of the United States.
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.
National Indian Forest Resources Management Act
Pub. L. 101–630 title III § 317 · 104 Stat. 4531
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 3116
(Pub. L. 101–630, title III, § 317, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4544.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–630, title III, § 317, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4544.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 317. OBLIGATED SERVICE; BREACH OF CONTRACT. (a) Obligated Service.— Where an individual enters into an agreement for obligated service in return for financial assistance under any provision of this title, the Secretary shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to provide for the offer of employment to the recipient of such assistance as required by such provision. Where an offer of employment is not reasonably made, the regulations shall provide that such service shall no longer be required. (b) Breach of Contract; Repayment.— Where an individual fails to accept a reasonable offer of employment in fulfillment of such obligated service or unreasonably terminates or fails to perform the duties of such employment, the Secretary shall require a repayment of the financial assistance provided, prorated for the amount of time of obligated service performed, together with interest on such amount which would be payable if at the time the amounts were paid they were loans bearing interest at the maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the Treasurer of the United States.
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