25 U.S.C. § 122
Section 122 · Limitation on application of tribal funds
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation (2011)
Most recently applied in United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation (June 2011)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No funds belonging to any Indian tribe with which treaty relations exist shall be applied in any manner not authorized by such treaty, or by express provisions of law; nor shall money appropriated to execute a treaty be transferred or applied to any other purpose, unless expressly authorized by law.
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Codification
R.S. §2097 derived from act July 26, 1866, ch. 266, §2, 14 Stat. 280.