§ 306. — Expenditures for encouragement of industry and selfsupport; repayment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC306]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 7A--PROMOTION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE
Sec. 306. Expenditures for encouragement of industry and self-
support; repayment
On and after May 9, 1938, the expenditures for the purpose of
encouraging industry and self-support among the Indians and to aid them
in the culture of fruits, grains, and other crops shall be under
conditions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for
repayment to the United States on or before the expiration of five
years, except in the case of loans on irrigable lands for permanent
improvement of said lands, in which the period for repayment may run for
nor exceeding twenty years, in the discretion of the Secretary of the
Interior.
(May 9, 1938, ch. 187, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 302.)