§ 1680n. — Priority for Indian reservations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1680n]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 18--INDIAN HEALTH CARE
SUBCHAPTER VI--MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 1680n. Priority for Indian reservations
(a) Facilities and projects
Beginning on October 29, 1992, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the
Service shall, in all matters involving the reorganization or
development of Service facilities, or in the establishment of related
employment projects to address unemployment conditions in economically
depressed areas, give priority to locating such facilities and projects
on Indian lands if requested by the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over
such lands.
(b) ``Indian lands'' defined
For purposes of this section, the term ``Indian lands'' means--
(1) all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation; and
(2) any lands title which is held in trust by the United States
for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual Indian, or held by
any Indian tribe or individual Indian subject to restriction by the
United States against alienation and over which an Indian tribe
exercises governmental power.
(Pub. L. 94-437, title VIII, Sec. 824, as added Pub. L. 102-573, title
VIII, Sec. 812, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4589.)
