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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 2 — Officers of Indian Affairs

§ 47a. Security required by Secretary; contracts with Indian-owned economic enterprise; public work

Statutory text

The Secretary, in his discretion, may require security other than bonds required by sections 3131 and 3133 of title 40 when entering into a contract with an Indian-owned economic enterprise pursuant to the provisions of the Act of (25 U.S.C. 47), for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public work of the United States: Provided, That, the alternative form of security provides the United States with adequate security for performance and payment.

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. Indian Financing Act Amendments of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–449 § 11 · 98 Stat. 1725

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 47a

    (Pub. L. 98–449, § 11, Oct. 4, 1984, 98 Stat. 1726.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 98–449, § 11, Oct. 4, 1984, 98 Stat. 1726.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 11. The Secretary, in his discretion, may require security other than bonds required by the Miller Act (40 U.S.C. 270a) when entering into a contract with an Indian-owned economic enterprise pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 25, 1910 (25 U.S.C. 47), for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public work of the United States: Provided, That, the alternative form of security provides the United States with adequate security for performance and payment.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

“Sections 3131 and 3133 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Miller Act (40 U.S.C. 270a)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), , 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Credits

(Pub. L. 98–449, § 11, , 98 Stat. 1726.)

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