Indian Rights Protection — CFDA 15.036 obligation totals

Reading $541.0M on the 15.036 listing

USAspending.gov records $541.0M in obligations on assistance awards tagged 15.036. SpendingVault reprints that catalog total. An obligation is a federal commitment on the award. It is not a judgment fund payment, not a settlement ledger, and not a legal-fee invoice. The listing title is Indian Rights Protection; the extract does not split litigation support, technical assistance, or other eligible costs inside the $541.0M. This guide will not invent that split.

No fiscal year is attached. If a tribal budget cites a different federal rights-protection total, match the CFDA number before adding that budget to $541.0M. Other tribal assistance listings are other catalog rows. Keep 15.036’s obligation sum on its own line. Public-record tone here means the dollars are described as recorded commitments, not as accusations or as a scorecard of disputes.

One hundred forty-eight awards at this dollar scale is a mid-volume file. The packet has no median award size. Do not divide $541.0M by 148 and publish the quotient as a typical rights-protection grant. Amount-sort on the hub is the check. Matter type and forum are not in the packet.

148 awards on 59 recipient identifiers

Fifty-nine recipients hold 148 awards — more than two rows per identifier if the ratio were even, which the packet does not publish as an official statistic. The pattern is compatible with tribes or other eligible entities receiving continuations. Award count is a row count; recipient count is distinct identifiers, not a count of tribal members or attorney hours.

A 59-name list is short enough to scan on the program hub. Repeat identifiers mean the same organization received more than one recorded award. Repeat appearance is not a finding about legal outcomes. Counsel names, case captions, and reservation maps are not in this extract and are not inferred here.

16 states on the rights-protection extract

The file counts 16 states. That is a narrower footprint than nationwide formula listings. The packet does not name the 16 or split the $541.0M among them. USAspending geography follows recorded location fields, which may be a tribal headquarters state rather than every acre at issue. This packet does not say which field fed the count.

Sixteen states is a coverage statistic, not a treaty map and not a census of federally recognized tribes. Missing states are not listed, so their absence is not explained here. Use award-level place fields on the hub if a particular jurisdiction is the question. This rollup will not impute reservation boundaries.

Protection obligations are not court-outcome dollars

Litigation results, settlement amounts, and judgment-fund payments are different ledgers. CFDA 15.036’s $541.0M is USAspending assistance-award obligations on this listing. Mixing a court award into $541.0M, or treating $541.0M as damages, would mix ledgers. SpendingVault keeps the assistance-award definition.

Outlays are payments. Obligations are commitments. Legal-support awards can draw on a different schedule than the obligation date. This extract does not report outlays or cases closed. Cite $541.0M as recorded commitments on 148 awards. Do not describe the sum as money already in a tribal litigation account.

Not a combined tribal-assistance catalog

Other tribal assistance listings can sit near 15.036 on the all-programs index because their obligation totals occupy a similar band. Dollar proximity is not a shared statutory purpose. Do not add this $541.0M to a different CFDA to build a homemade “all Indian affairs” figure. Keep Indian Rights Protection on its own catalog row.

Opening the 15.036 table

The Indian Rights Protection program page lists the 148 awards and 59 recipients behind $541.0M. Filter by location if a state is the question; the 16-state count will not name them. Agency pages are a different USAspending cut; this packet does not name the awarding agency, so the $541.0M stays on the CFDA card. Case dockets remain a different public record than this obligation rollup. The all-programs index compares catalog scale without merging tribal-assistance totals.

Questions

How much is obligated under Indian Rights Protection?

CFDA 15.036 shows $541.0M in USAspending.gov obligations in SpendingVault’s extract. The figure is a sum of assistance-award commitments, not Treasury outlays and not a count of cases won or settlement dollars. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 15.036 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

How many rights-protection awards are in the extract?

The file lists 148 awards and 59 recipients. Award count is a row count; recipient count is distinct identifiers. The packet does not classify those recipients or count tribal members. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 15.036 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

Which states appear on CFDA 15.036?

The extract counts 16 states but does not name them or split the $541.0M by state. Location follows USAspending’s recorded fields. Use the 148-row table for award-level geography. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 15.036 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

Is $541.0M a litigation-judgment total?

No. The $541.0M on CFDA 15.036 is assistance-award obligations, not judgment-fund payments and not outlays. Court outcomes are not in this packet. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 15.036 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays. The extract behind $541.0M lists 148 awards, 59 recipients, and 16 states.