25 USC § 1803 - Grants authorized

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1803"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 1803 - Grants authorized"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1803"
section_name: "Grants authorized"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 102, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1326; Pub. L. 98–192, § 3(a), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(5), (6), (12), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828.)"
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# § 1803. Grants authorized

**(a)** **Purposes** The Secretary shall, subject to appropriations, make grants pursuant to this subchapter to tribally controlled colleges or universities to aid in the post-secondary education of Indian students.

**(b)** **Deposit of funds; limitations on uses** Grants made pursuant to this subchapter shall go into the general operating funds of the institution to defray, at the determination of the tribally controlled college or university, expenditures for academic, educational, and administrative purposes and for the operation and maintenance of the college or university. Funds provided pursuant to this subchapter shall not be used in connection with religious worship or sectarian instruction.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 102, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1326; Pub. L. 98–192, § 3(a), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(5), (6), (12), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a). , substituted “colleges or universities” for “community colleges”.

Subsec. (b). , (12), substituted “controlled college or university” for “controlled community college” and “the college or university” for “the college”.

1983—Subsec. (a). , substituted “shall, subject to appropriations,” for “is authorized to”.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “to defray, at the determination of the tribally controlled community college, expenditures for academic, educational, and administrative purposes and for the operation and maintenance of the college” for “to defray the expense of activities related to education programs for Indian students”.

## 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.