25 USC § 5137 - Removal of duplicative appraisals

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s5137"
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title: "25 USC § 5137 - Removal of duplicative appraisals"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "5137"
section_name: "Removal of duplicative appraisals"
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: "(Pub. L. 113–79, title V, § 5403, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 840.)"
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# § 5137. Removal of duplicative appraisals

section 5136 of this titleFebruary 7, 2014

Notwithstanding any other law (including regulations), in making loans under , borrowers who are Indian tribes, members of Indian tribes, or tribal corporations shall only be required to obtain 1 appraisal under an appraisal standard recognized as of , by the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–79, title V, § 5403, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see , Agriculture.