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25 U.S.C. § 4041

Purposes

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The purposes of this subchapter are—(1) to provide for more effective management of, and accountability for the proper discharge of, the Secretary’s trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and individual Indians by establishing in the Department of the Interior an Office of Special Trustee for American Indians to oversee and coordinate reforms within the Department of practices relating to the management and discharge of such responsibilities;(2) to ensure that reform of such practices in the Department is carried out in a unified manner and that reforms of the policies, practices, procedures and systems of the Bureau, Minerals Management Service, and Bureau of Land Management, which carry out such trust responsibilities, are effective, consistent, and integrated; and(3) to ensure the implementation of all reforms necessary for the proper discharge of the Secretary’s trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and individual Indians.(Pub. L. 103–412, title III, § 301, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4244.)Executive DocumentsTransfer of Functions

The Minerals Management Service was abolished and functions divided among the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. See Secretary of the Interior Orders No. 3299 of May 19, 2010, and No. 3302 of June 18, 2010, and chapters II, V, and XII of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised by final rules of the Department of the Interior at 75 F.R. 61051 and 76 F.R. 64432.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1997–2013 · leading case: Cobell v. Norton, 226 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2002).
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Cobell v. Norton, 226 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2002). “]” 25 U.S.C. § 4041 (1). OST is headed by the Special Trustee, a sub-cabinet level officer who reports directly to the Secretary of the Interior.”
In re United States, 590 F.3d 1305 (Fed. Cir. 2009). “” 25 U.S.C. § 4041 (1) (2006). The United States argues that it does not have a fiduciary’s duty to disseminate information to the tribes because Congress has required Interior to provide only specific types of information to tribes.”
Fletcher v. United States, 730 F.3d 1206 (10th Cir. 2013). “4239 , 4244, 4245 (codified at 25 U.S.C. §§ 4041 , 4043(b)(2)(A)). Congress also simultaneously ordered the Secretary of the Interior to file with Congress a “report identifying for each tribal trust fund account .”
Cobell v. Babbitt, 52 F. Supp. 2d 11 (D.D.C. 1999). · cites it 2× “See 25 U.S.C. § 4041 et seq. This entity, the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, was to be headed by the Special Trustee, a sub-cabinet level official appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.”
Delegation of the President's Power to Appoint Members of the Nat'l Ocean Rsch. Leadership Council (OLC 1997). “C § 2803(e)(2) (1994), 25 U.S.C. §4041 (1994), in addition to the very substantial duties he exercises by regulation, 30 C F R pts 201-290 (1996) Thus, he too appears to be a properly appointed infenor officer 39 Opinions o f the Office o f Legal Counsel in Volume 21 bility…”
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