<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idc0f08542-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28" identifier="/us/usc/t25/s47"><num value="47">§ 47.</num><heading> Employment of Indian labor and purchase of products of Indian industry; participation in Mentor-Protege Program</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">So far as may be practicable Indian labor shall be employed, and purchases of the products (including, but not limited to printing, notwithstanding any other law) of Indian industry may be made in open market in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. Participation in the Mentor-Protege Program established under section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2301">10 U.S.C. 2301</ref> note) or receipt of assistance pursuant to any developmental assistance agreement authorized under such program shall not render Indian labor or Indian industry ineligible to receive any assistance authorized under this section. For the purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idc0f08543-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28" identifier="/us/usc/t25/s47/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> no determination of affiliation or control (either direct or indirect) may be found between a protege firm and its mentor firm on the basis that the mentor firm has agreed to furnish (or has furnished) to its protege firm pursuant to a mentor-protege agreement any form of developmental assistance described in subsection (f) of section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2301">10 U.S.C. 2301</ref> note); and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idc0f08544-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28" identifier="/us/usc/t25/s47/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> the terms “protege firm” and “mentor firm” have the meaning given such terms in subsection (c) of such section 831.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="idc0f08545-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28">(<ref href="/us/act/1910-06-25/ch431">June 25, 1910, ch. 431</ref>, § 23, <ref href="/us/stat/36/861">36 Stat. 861</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/100/581/tII">Pub. L. 100–581, title II</ref>, § 206, <date date="1988-11-01">Nov. 1, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/2940">102 Stat. 2940</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/103/435">Pub. L. 103–435</ref>, § 14, <date date="1994-11-02">Nov. 2, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/4572">108 Stat. 4572</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I75" topic="referencesInText" id="idc0f08547-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, referred to in text, is <ref href="/us/pl/101/510/s831">section 831 of Pub. L. 101–510</ref>, which is set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2302">section 2302 of Title 10</ref>, Armed Forces.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="idc0f08548-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section is based on proviso of first sentence of section 23 of act of <date date="1910-06-25">June 25, 1910</date>. Remainder of first sentence of section 23 was classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s93">section 93 of this title</ref> prior to repeal by <ref href="/us/act/1940-10-10/ch851">act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851</ref>, § 4, <ref href="/us/stat/54/1112">54 Stat. 1112</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="idc0f08549-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in <ref href="/us/act/1908-04-30/ch153">act Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/35/71">35 Stat. 71</ref>, making appropriations for the Indian Department.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="idc0f0854a-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1994—<ref href="/us/pl/103/435">Pub. L. 103–435</ref> inserted at end “Participation in the Mentor-Protege Program established under section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2301">10 U.S.C. 2301</ref> note) or receipt of assistance pursuant to any developmental assistance agreement authorized under such program shall not render Indian labor or Indian industry ineligible to receive any assistance authorized under this section. For the purposes of this section—</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1">“(1) no determination of affiliation or control (either direct or indirect) may be found between a protege firm and its mentor firm on the basis that the mentor firm has agreed to furnish (or has furnished) to its protege firm pursuant to a mentor-protege agreement any form of developmental assistance described in subsection (f) of section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2301">10 U.S.C. 2301</ref> note); and</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1">“(2) the terms ‘protege firm’ and ‘mentor firm’ have the meaning given such terms in subsection (c) of such section 831.”</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1988—<ref href="/us/pl/100/581">Pub. L. 100–581</ref> inserted “(including, but not limited to printing, notwithstanding any other law)” after “products”.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I85" topic="transferOfFunctions" id="idc0f0854b-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">Transfer of Functions</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. <date date="1950-05-24">May 24, 1950</date>, 15 F.R. 3174, <ref href="/us/stat/64/1262">64 Stat. 1262</ref>, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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