Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands
§ 396a. Leases of unallotted lands for mining purposes; duration of leases
Statutory text
On and after , unallotted lands within any Indian reservation or lands owned by any tribe, group, or band of Indians under Federal jurisdiction, except those specifically excepted from the provisions of sections 396a to 396g of this title, may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, be leased for mining purposes, by authority of the tribal council or other authorized spokesmen for such Indians, for terms not to exceed ten years and as long thereafter as minerals are produced in paying quantities.
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.
Pub. L. 75–198 § 1 · 52 Stat. 347
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 396a
(May 11, 1938, ch. 198, § 1, 52 Stat. 347.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(May 11, 1938, ch. 198, § 1, 52 Stat. 347.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeal of Inconsistent Acts
Act May 11, 1938, ch. 198, § 7, 52 Stat. 348, provided that: “All Act [Acts] or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.”
Credits
(May 11, 1938, ch. 198, § 1, 52 Stat. 347.)