25 USC § 1802 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1802"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 1802 - Purpose"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1802"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES GRANT PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 101, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1325; Pub. L. 98–192, § 2, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(6), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828.)"
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# § 1802. Purpose

It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide grants for the operation and improvement of tribally controlled colleges or universities to insure continued and expanded educational opportunities for Indian students, and to allow for the improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 101, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1325; Pub. L. 98–192, § 2, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(6), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998— substituted “colleges or universities” for “community colleges”.

1983— inserted “, and to allow for the improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under , Education.