25 USC § 8 - Accounts for claims and disbursements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s8"
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title: "25 USC § 8 - Accounts for claims and disbursements"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "8"
section_name: "Accounts for claims and disbursements"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. § 464; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 8. Accounts for claims and disbursements

All accounts and vouchers for claims and disbursements connected with Indian affairs shall be transmitted to the Commissioner for administrative examination, and by him passed to the Government Accountability Office for settlement.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 464; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 464 derived from , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

“Government Accountability Office” substituted in text for “General Accounting Office” pursuant to , set out as a note under , Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, “General Accounting Office” substituted in text for “proper accounting officer of the Department of the Treasury” pursuant to act , which transferred all powers and duties of the Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other employees of the Treasury to the General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.