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[CITE: 25USC117c]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
    CHAPTER 4--PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES
 
Sec. 117c. Standards for approval of tribal payments; United 
        States not liable for distribution of funds; continuing 
        responsibility under other provisions
        
    (a) The Secretary shall, by regulation, establish reasonable 
standards for the approval of tribal payments pursuant to section 117a 
of this title and, where approval is given under such regulations, the 
United States shall not be liable with respect to any distribution of 
funds by a tribe under sections 117a to 117c of this title.
    (b) Nothing in sections 117a to 117c of this title shall otherwise 
absolve the United States from any other responsibility to the Indians, 
including those which derive from the trust relationship and from any 
treaties, Executive orders, or agreements between the United States and 
any Indian tribe.

(Pub. L. 98-64, Sec. 3, Aug. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 365.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 117b of this title.
