25 CFR § 143.2 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s143.2"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 143.2 - Purpose."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "143.2"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "143"
part_name: "CHARGES FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO NON-FEDERAL USERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 9701; 25 U.S.C. 2, 13, 413."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 19621, May 10, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "143"
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# 143.2 Purpose.

(a) The purpose of the regulations in this part is to establish procedures for the assessment, billing, and collection of charges for goods/services provided to non-Federal users.

(b) The Assistant Secretary may sell or contract to sell to non-Federal users within, or in the immediate vicinity of an Indian Reservation (or former Reservation), any of the following goods/services if it is determined that the goods/services are not available from another local source or providing that goods/services is in the best interest of the Indian tribes or individual Indians. The goods/services include, but are not limited to:

(1) Electric power;

(2) Water;

(3) Sewage operations;

(4) Landfill operations;

(5) Steam;

(6) Compressed air;

(7) Telecommunications;

(8) Natural, manufactured, or mixed gas;

(9) Fuel oil;

(10) Landscaping; and

(11) Garbage collections.