Appropriations for benefit of natives; purchase of supplies for resale to natives, cooperatives, and Department employees

48 U.S.C. § 50e

• Title: 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
• Chapter: 2 — ALASKA

Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase from appropriations made for the benefit of natives of Alaska, food, clothing, supplies, and materials for resale, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to employees of the Department of the Interior stationed in Alaska and to natives of Alaska and native cooperative associations under his supervision. The proceeds from such sales shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations current at the date of the deposit thereof into the Treasury and shall be available for the same purposes.

History

(Feb. 20, 1942, ch. 96, 56 Stat. 95.)

Editorial Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Alaska Resupply Program Fund
Pub. L. 102–154, title I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1007, provided that: "Beginning October 1, 1991, and thereafter, amounts collected by the Secretary in connection with the Alaska Resupply Program (Public Law 77–457) [48 U.S.C. 50e] shall be deposited into a special fund to be established in the Treasury, to be available to carry out the provisions of the Alaska Resupply Program, such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided, That unobligated balances of amounts collected in fiscal year 1991 and credited to the Operation of Indian Programs account as offsetting collections, shall be transferred and credited to this account."