25 CFR § 117.20 - Purchase orders.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s117.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 117.20 - Purchase orders."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "117.20"
section_name: "Purchase orders."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "117"
part_name: "DEPOSIT AND EXPENDITURE OF INDIVIDUAL FUNDS OF MEMBERS OF THE OSAGE TRIBE OF INDIANS WHO DO NOT HAVE CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10554, Dec. 24, 1957, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982."
cfr_part: "117"
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# 117.20 Purchase orders.

Purchase orders may be issued by the superintendent for expenditures authorized by the regulations in this part or for expenditures specifically authorized by the Commissioner. When necessary to prevent hardship or suffering, purchase orders may be issued by the superintendent against the future income of an Indian in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of the anticipated quarterly payment. The payment of purchase orders issued against future income shall be contingent upon the availability of funds.