25 USC § 5121 - Claims or suits of Indian tribes against United States; rights unimpaired

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title: "25 USC § 5121 - Claims or suits of Indian tribes against United States; rights unimpaired"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "5121"
section_name: "Claims or suits of Indian tribes against United States; rights unimpaired"
chapter_number: 45
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 15, 48 Stat. 987.)"
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# § 5121. Claims or suits of Indian tribes against United States; rights unimpaired

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or prejudice any claim or suit of any Indian tribe against the United States. It is declared to be the intent of Congress that no expenditures for the benefit of Indians made out of appropriations authorized by said sections shall be considered as offsets in any suit brought to recover upon any claim of such Indians against the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 15, 48 Stat. 987.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Indian Reorganization Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.