§ 139. — Appropriations for subsistence.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC139]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 4--PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II--DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES
Sec. 139. Appropriations for subsistence
The Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President,
may use any surplus that may remain in any of the appropriations for the
purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not
exceeding $25,000 in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency
that may occur: Provided, That any diversions which shall be made under
authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason
therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such
diversion.
(Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1016.)
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,
Secs. 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.
