25 CFR § 170.228 - Can a Tribe use TTP funds to leverage other funds or to pay back loans?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s170.228"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 170.228 - Can a Tribe use TTP funds to leverage other funds or to pay back loans?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "170.228"
section_name: "Can a Tribe use TTP funds to leverage other funds or to pay back loans?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "170"
part_name: "TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 112-141, Pub. L. 114-94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 78463, Nov. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "170"
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# 170.228 Can a Tribe use TTP funds to leverage other funds or to pay back loans?

(a) A Tribe can use TTP funds to leverage other funds.

(b) A Tribe can use TTP funds to pay back loans or other finance instruments (including those provided through an agreement with another Tribe) that were used for a project that:

(1) The Tribe paid for in advance of the current year using non-TTP funds;

(2) Was included in FHWA-approved TTPTIP; and

(3) Was included in the NTTFI at the time of construction.