25 USC § 1831 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1831"
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title: "25 USC § 1831 - Purpose"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1831"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–471, title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 98–192, § 13, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1341; amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(6), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828.)"
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# § 1831. Purpose

It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide grants for the encouragement of endowment funds for the operation and improvement of tribally controlled colleges or universities.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–471, title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 98–192, § 13, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1341; amended 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”.

## 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.