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title: "25 U.S.C. § 1544"
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title_number: 25
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chapter_name: "FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INDIANS AND INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS"
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# 25 U.S.C. § 1544 - Additional compensation to contractors of Federal agency

## Text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contractor of a Federal agency under any Act of Congress may be allowed an additional amount of compensation equal to 5 percent of the amount paid, or to be paid, to a subcontractor or supplier, in carrying out the contract if such subcontractor or supplier is an Indian organization or Indian-owned economic enterprise as defined in this chapter.

(Pub. L. 93–262, title V, § 504, added Pub. L. 100–442, § 7, Sept. 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 1765.)