Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 23 — Development of Tribal Mineral Resources
§ 2107. Regulations; consultation with Indian organizations; pending agreements
Statutory text
Within one hundred and eighty days of , the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate rules and regulations to facilitate implementation of this chapter. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, consult with national and regional Indian organizations and tribes with expertise in mineral development both in the initial formulation of rules and regulations and any future revision or amendment of such rules and regulations. Where there is pending before the Secretary for his approval a Minerals Agreement of the type authorized by section 2102 of this title which was submitted prior to , the Secretary shall evaluate and approve or disapprove such agreement based upon section 2103 of this title, but shall not withhold or delay such approval or disapproval on the grounds that the rules and regulations implementing this chapter have not been promulgated.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982
Pub. L. 97–382 § 8 · 96 Stat. 1938
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2107
(Pub. L. 97–382, § 8, Dec. 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 1940.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–382, § 8, Dec. 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 1940.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 8. Within one hundred and eighty days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate rules and regulations to facilitate implementation of this Act. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, consult with national and regional Indian organizations and tribes with expertise in mineral development both in the initial formulation of rules and regulations and any future revision or amendment of such rules and regulations. Where there is pending before the Secretary for his approval a Minerals Agreement of the type authorized by section 3 of this Act which was submitted prior to the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall evaluate and approve or disapprove such agreement based upon section 4 of this Act, but shall not withhold or delay such approval or disapproval on the grounds that the rules and regulations implementing this Act have not been promulgated.
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