25 CFR § 183.4 - How can the Tribe use the principal and income from the Trust Fund?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s183.4"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 183.4 - How can the Tribe use the principal and income from the Trust Fund?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "183.4"
section_name: "How can the Tribe use the principal and income from the Trust Fund?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "183"
part_name: "USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND AND SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE LEASE FUND"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 102-575, 106 Stat. 4740"
regulatory_source: "66 FR 21088, Apr. 27, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "183"
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# 183.4 How can the Tribe use the principal and income from the Trust Fund?

The Tribe may use the principal and income from the Trust Fund in the following ways:

(a) To put to beneficial use the water entitlement provided to the Tribe in the Settlement Act;

(b) To defray the cost to the Tribe of CAP operation, maintenance, and replacement charges;

(c) For economic development purposes; provided, however, that principal may only be used for long-term economic development projects and income may be used for other economic and community development purposes; and

(d) For Administrative Costs reasonably related to the above uses.