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25 CFR § 115.700 - Why is money held in trust for tribes and individual Indians?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s115.700"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 115.700 - Why is money held in trust for tribes and individual Indians?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "115.700"
section_name: "Why is money held in trust for tribes and individual Indians?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "115"
part_name: "TRUST FUNDS FOR TRIBES AND INDIVIDUAL INDIANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "R.S. 441, as amended, R.S. 463, R.S. 465; 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 9; 43 U.S.C. 1457; 25 U.S.C. 4001; 25 U.S.C. 161(a); 25 U.S.C. 162a; 25 U.S.C. 164; Pub. L. 87-283; Pub. L. 97-100; Pub. L. 97-257; Pub. L. 103-412; Pub. L. 97-458; 44 U.S.C. 3101"
regulatory_source: "66 FR 7094, Jan. 22, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "115"
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# 115.700 Why is money held in trust for tribes and individual Indians?

Congress has passed a number of laws that require the Secretary to establish and administer trust fund accounts for Indian tribes and certain individual Indians who have an interest(s) in trust lands, trust resources, or trust assets.