{"data":{"id":"us/25-u.s.c.-12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 U.S.C. § 12","heading":"Agent to negotiate commutation of annuities","body":"The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to send a special Indian Agent, or other representative of his office, to visit any Indian tribe for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a written agreement with such tribe for the commutation of the perpetual annuities due under treaty stipulations, to be subject to the approval of Congress; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall transmit to Congress said agreements with such recommendations as he may deem proper.","path":["Title 25—INDIANS","CHAPTER 1—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc25@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:08Z","sha256":"a44ea027889da8646e4a365879ffe2c6001a33dcf8513ffab0db9c378043f1d3","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/25-u.s.c.-11","next":"us/25-u.s.c.-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}