25 U.S.C. § 14 — Money accruing to Indians from Department of Veterans Affairs or other governmental agencies

submitted 93 years ago by ch. 124 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 132 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

The Department of Veterans Affairs or another federal agency can pay money owed to certain Indians — legally incompetent adults, minors, or their heirs — to a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer chosen by the Secretary of the Interior, instead of directly to them. This only applies when the Indian is a federal ward with no appointed legal guardian.

This section is a single, undivided provision. This section covers money that the Department of Veterans Affairs, or any other government agency, owes to certain Indians: adults who have been found legally incompetent, and minors, who are recognized as wards of the federal government and who have no legal guardian or other appointed fiduciary. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the head of whichever agency holds the money, may choose to pay that money to a bonded Bureau of Indian Affairs officer — a superintendent or similar official — picked by the Secretary of the Interior. That officer holds and uses the money for the Indian it belongs to. If the beneficiary has died, the officer instead pays or uses the money for the deceased person's heirs. The officer must handle and account for this money, along with any other money under their control, following existing law and Department of the Interior regulations.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Any money accruing from the Department of Veterans Affairs or other governmental agency to incompetent adult Indians, or minor Indians, who are recognized wards of the Federal Government, for whom no legal guardians or other fiduciaries have been appointed may be paid, in the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or other head of a governmental bureau or agency, having such funds for payment, to such superintendent or other bonded officer of the Indian Service as the Secretary of the Interior shall designate, for the use of such beneficiaries, or to be paid to or used for, the heirs of such deceased beneficiaries, to be handled and accounted for by him with other moneys under his control, in accordance with existing law and the regulations of the Department of the Interior.

Source credit: (Feb. 25, 1933, ch. 124, 47 Stat. 907; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(j)(1), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 276.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1933Enacted · Act of Feb. 25, 1933, ch. 124 · 47 Stat. 907
1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-54 · 105 Stat. 276

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 124 on 1933-02-25.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

no arguments yet — make the first case