25 U.S.C. § 1521
Section 1521 · Indian Business Development Program; establishment; statement of purpose
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Helgeson v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior (1998)
Most recently applied in Pourier v. South Dakota Department of Revenue (April 2003)
There is established within the Department of the Interior the Indian Business Development Program whose purpose is to stimulate and increase Indian entrepreneurship and employment by providing equity capital through nonreimbursable grants made by the Secretary of the Interior to Indians and Indian tribes to establish and expand profit-making Indian-owned economic enterprises on or near reservations.