§ 4041. — Purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC4041]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 42--AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM
SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
Sec. 4041. Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are--
(1) to provide for more effective management of, and
accountability for the proper discharge of, the Secretary's trust
responsibilities to Indian tribes and individual Indians by
establishing in the Department of the Interior an Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians to oversee and coordinate reforms
within the Department of practices relating to the management and
discharge of such responsibilities;
(2) to ensure that reform of such practices in the Department is
carried out in a unified manner and that reforms of the policies,
practices, procedures and systems of the Bureau, Minerals Management
Service, and Bureau of Land Management, which carry out such trust
responsibilities, are effective, consistent, and integrated; and
(3) to ensure the implementation of all reforms necessary for
the proper discharge of the Secretary's trust responsibilities to
Indian tribes and individual Indians.
(Pub. L. 103-412, title III, Sec. 301, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4244.)
