25 U.S.C. § 306 : US Code - Section 306: Expenditures for encouragement of industry and self- support; repayment

Search 25 U.S.C. § 306 : US Code - Section 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.