25 U.s.c. 13-1

§ 13–1

TITLE 25—INDIANS

L. 94–482, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title
20, Education.
SHORT TITLE
Act Nov. 2, 1921, which enacted this section, is popularly known as the ‘‘Snyder Act’’.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,
and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with
power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2,
eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
GRANT REPAYMENTS FOR PROGRAM OBLIGATIONS
Pub. L. 101–121, title I, Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 714, provided: ‘‘That hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected from grantees by the
Secretary as grant repayments required under the Secretary’s regulations for the Housing Improvement Program shall be credited in the year collected and shall
be available for obligation under the terms and conditions applicable to the Program under that year’s appropriation’’.
ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM FUNDS; DEVELOPMENT,
PUBLICATION, ETC., OF FORMULA
Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1102, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat.
2316, provided that:
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Interior shall develop alternative methods for the equitable distribution of any
supplement program funds provided, pursuant to an appropriation under the Act of November 2, 1921, commonly referred to as the Snyder Act [this section], for
contracting under the Act of April 16, 1934, commonly
referred to as the Johnson-O’Malley Act [sections 452 to
457 of this title], and shall publish in the Federal Register by March 1, 1979, such alternatives for the purpose
of allowing eligible tribes to comment by May 1, 1979.
At that time, the Secretary shall conduct a field survey
listing all alternative formula.
‘‘(b) By July 1, 1979, the Secretary shall establish and
publish the formula in the Federal Register which the
majority of such tribes determine, but vote certified to
the Secretary, to be most equitable and shall use such
formula for purposes of distribution of the funds appropriated pursuant to such Act beginning on or after October 1, 1979. The Secretary shall, in accordance with
procedures consistent with that prescribed herein, revise such formula periodically as necessary’’.
PAYMENTS FOR BASIC EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT GRANTS
OR CONTRACTS; AUTHORIZATION; TIME
Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1103(a), Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat.
2316, as amended by Pub. L. 96–46, § 2(b)(1), Aug. 6, 1979,
93 Stat. 341, provided that payments for basic educational support grants or contracts for fiscal year
1978, including any fiscal year 1978 funds subsequently
obligated in fiscal year 1979, were to be made under the
authority of act Apr. 16, 1934, and set forth conditions,
time, etc., for payments.

§ 13–1. Authorization of appropriations for funds
for basic educational support through parent
committees
Such sums as are needed under section 13 of
this title are authorized to be appropriated to
provide funds for basic educational support
through parent committees under the Act of
April 16, 1934 [25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.], to those public schools educating Indian students and whose
total sum of Federal, State, and local funds is
insufficient to bring the education of the en-

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rolled Indian students to a level equal to the
level of education provided non-Indian students
in the public schools in which they are enrolled
where the absence of such support would result
in the closing of schools or the reduction in
quality of the education program afforded Indian students attending public schools.
(Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1103(b), Nov. 1, 1978, 92
Stat. 2316.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of April 16, 1934, referred to in text, is act Apr. 16,
1934, ch. 147, 48 Stat. 596, as amended, popularly known
as the Johnson-O’Malley Act, which is classified generally to section 452 et seq. of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 452 of this title and Tables.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 1530(a) of
Pub. L. 95–561, set out as an Effective Date of 1978
Amendment note under section 1221e–3 of Title 20, Education.

§ 13a. Carryover funding
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds appropriated pursuant to section 13 of
this title, for any fiscal year which are not obligated or expended prior to the beginning of the
fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which
such funds were appropriated shall remain available for obligation or expenditures during such
succeeding fiscal year. In the case of amounts
made available to a tribal organization under a
self-determination contract, if the funds are to
be expended in the succeeding fiscal year for the
purpose for which they were originally appropriated, contracted or granted, or for which they
are authorized to be used pursuant to the provisions of section 450j–1(a)(3) 1 of this title, no additional justification or documentation of such
purposes need be provided by the tribal organization to the Secretary as a condition of receiving or expending such funds.
(Pub. L. 93–638, § 8, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2206; Pub.
L. 100–472, title I, § 105, Oct. 5, 1988, 102 Stat.
2287.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 450j–1(a)(3) of this title, referred to in text,
was repealed and a new subsec. (a)(3) of section 450j–1
was added by Pub. L. 103–413, title I, § 102(14)(C), Oct. 25,
1994, 108 Stat. 4257. See section 450j–1(a)(4) of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1988—Pub. L. 100–472 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘The provisions
of any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any
funds appropriated pursuant to section 13 of this title,
for any fiscal year which are not obligated and expended prior to the beginning of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which such funds were appropriated shall remain available for obligation and expenditure during such succeeding fiscal year.’’

§ 13b. Payment of care, tuition, assistance, and
other expenses of Indians in boarding homes,
institutions, and schools; payment of rewards
On and after October 12, 1984, funds appropriated under this or any other Act for the Bu1 See

References in Text note below.