4 Sec. 11 ACT OF JUNE 18, 1934-(Indian Reorganization Act)
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Incorrect stat page so in original. Should probably read ‘‘(25 Stat.L. 894)’’.
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Incorrect stat page so in original. Should probably read ‘‘(35 Stat.L. 451)’’.
fund from which the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and
regulations as he may prescribe, may make loans to Indian char-
tered corporations for the purpose of promoting the economic devel-
opment of such tribes and of their members, and may defray the
expenses of administering such loans. Repayment of amounts
loaned under this authorization shall be credited to the revolving
fund and shall be available for the purposes for which the fund is
established.
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. 11. ø25 U.S.C. 5115¿ There is hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated, out of any funds in the United States Treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, a sum not to exceed $250,000 annually, to-
gether with any unexpended balances of previous appropriations
made pursuant to this section, for loans to Indians for the payment
of tuition and other expenses in recognized vocational and trade
schools: Provided, That not more than $50,000 of such sum shall
be available for loans to Indian students in high schools and col-
leges. Such loans shall be reimbursable under rules established by
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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. 12. ø25 U.S.C. 5116¿ The Secretary of the Interior is di-
rected to establish standards of health, age, character, experience,
knowledge, and ability for Indians who may be appointed, without
regard to civil-service laws, to the various positions maintained,
now or hereafter, by the Indian Office, in the administration of
functions or services affecting any Indian tribe. Such qualified Indi-
ans shall hereafter have the preference to appointment to vacancies
in any such positions.
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. 13. ø25 U.S.C. 5118¿ The provisions of this Act shall not
apply to any of the Territories, colonies, or insular possessions of
the United States, except that sections 9, 10, 11, 12, and 16, shall
apply to the Territory of Alaska: Provided, That Sections 4, 7, 16,
17, and 18 of this Act shall not apply to the following-named In-
dian tribes, the members of such Indian tribes, together with mem-
bers of other tribes affiliated with such named tribes located in the
State of Oklahoma, as follows: Cheyenne, Arapaho, Apache, Co-
manche, Kiowa, Caddo, Delaware, Wichita, Osage, Kaw, Otoe,
Tonkawa, Pawnee, Ponca, Shawnee, Ottawa, Quapaw, Seneca, Wy-
andotte, Iowa, Sac and Fox, Kickapoo, Pottawatomi, Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. Section 4 of this Act
shall not apply to the Indians of the Klamath Reservation in Or-
egon.
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. 14. ø25 U.S.C. 5120¿ The Secretary of the Interior is
hereby directed to continue the allowance of the articles enumer-
ated in section 17 of the Act of March 2, 1889 (23 Stat.L. 894)
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or their commuted cash value under the Act of June 10, 1896 (29
Stat.L. 334), to all Sioux Indians who would be eligible, but for the
provisions of this Act, to receive allotments of lands in severalty
under section 19 of the Act of May 29, 1908 (25 Stat.L. 451)
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under any prior Act, and who have the prescribed status of the
head of a family or single person over the age of eighteen years,
and his approval shall be final and conclusive, claims therefor to
be paid as formerly from the permanent appropriation made by
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As Amended Through P.L. 109-221, Enacted May 12, 2006