33 USC 2310 - Cost sharing for Territories and Indian tribes

§ 2310. Cost sharing for Territories and Indian tribes

(a) In generalThe Secretary shall waive local cost-sharing requirements up to $200,000 for all studies and projects—

(1) in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;

(2) for any Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 5304 of title 25); and

(3) for any organization that—

(A) is composed primarily of people who are—

(i) recognized and defined under Federal law as indigenous people of the United States; and

(ii) from a specific community; and

(B) assists in the social, cultural, and educational development of such people in that community.

(b) Inflation adjustment

(d) Application

(Pub. L. 99–662, title XI, § 1156, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4256; Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1032, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1233;