25 U.S.C. § 1961

Locally convenient day schools

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(a) Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that the absence of locally convenient day schools may contribute to the breakup of Indian families.

(b) Report to Congress; contents, etc.

The Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare, in consultation with appropriate agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services, a report on the feasibility of providing Indian children with schools located near their homes, and to submit such report to the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives within two years from November 8, 1978. In developing this report the Secretary shall give particular consideration to the provision of educational facilities for children in the elementary grades.

(Pub. L. 95–608, title IV, § 401, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3078; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesChange of Name

“Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (b), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate redesignated Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate by section 25 of Senate Resolution No. 71, Feb. 25, 1993, One Hundred Third Congress.

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2018–2025 · leading case: Process Am., Inc. v. Cynergy Holdings, LLC (In re Process Am., Inc.), 588 B.R. 82 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2018).
Process Am., Inc. v. Cynergy Holdings, LLC (In re Process Am., Inc.), 588 B.R. 82 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2018). “Cynergy, for its part, moved to amend the Remand Judgment to include pre-judgment and postjudgment interest at the applicable statutory rates under 25 U.S.C. § 1961 and applicable New York law.”
Trs. of the Ne. Carpenters Health, Pension, Annuity, Apprenticeship, & Labor Mgmt. Cooperation Funds v. Superior Steel Door & Trim Co., Inc. (E.D.N.Y 2022). “Post-judgment interest should be calculated at the rate provided by 25 U.S.C. § 1961 (a) from the date final judgment is entered until the date the judgment is paid.”
Trs. of the North Atl. States Carpenters Health, Pension, Annuity, Apprenticeship, & Labor Mgmt. Cooperation Funds v. TAAS Contracting LLC (E.D.N.Y 2025). “Post-judgment interest should be calculated at the rate provided by 25 U.S.C. § 1961 (a) from the date final judgment is entered until the date the judgment is paid.”
Trs. of the North Atl. States Carpenters Health, Pension, Annuity, Apprenticeship, & Labor Mgmt. Cooperation Funds v. Icon Constr. Grp. Inc (E.D.N.Y 2025). “Post- judgment interest should be calculated at the rate provided by 25 U.S.C. § 1961 (a) from the date final judgment is entered until the date the judgment is paid.”
Trs. of the North Atl. States Carpenters Health, Pension, Annuity, Apprenticeship, & Labor Mgmt. Cooperation Funds v. Green Wood Prods., Inc. (E.D.N.Y 2025). “Further, the Court awards Petitioners attorneys’ fees and costs totaling $826.”
Trs. of the North Atl. States Carpenters Health, Pension, Annuity, Apprenticeship, & Labor Mgmt. Cooperation Funds v. Greenebuild LLC (E.D.N.Y 2025). “Further, the Court awards attorneys’ fees and costs arising out of this Petition totaling $1,470.”
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