Federal
Title 25 — Indians
2,399 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 3414, 3415 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–93, § 16(a) , Dec. 18, 2017 , 131 Stat. 2036
- § 3416 — Labor market information on Indian work force
- § 3417 — Assignment of Federal personnel to State Indian economic development programs
- § 342 — Removal of Southern Utes to new reservation
- § 343 — Correction of errors in allotments and patents
- § 344 — Cancellation of allotment of unsuitable land
- § 344a — Repealed. Act Nov. 24, 1942, ch. 640, § 4 , 56 Stat. 1022
- § 345 — Actions for allotments
- § 346 — Proceedings in actions for allotments
- § 347 — Limitations of actions for lands patented in severalty under treaties
- § 348 — Patents to be held in trust; descent and partition
- § 348a — Extension of trust period for Indians of Klamath River Reservation
- § 349 — Patents in fee to allottees
- § 350 — Surrender of patent, and selection of other land
- § 3501 — Definitions
- § 3502 — Indian tribal energy resource development
- § 3503 — Indian tribal energy resource regulation
- § 3504 — Leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way involving energy development or transmission
- § 3505 — Federal power marketing administrations
- § 3506 — Wind and hydropower feasibility study
- § 3507 — Appraisals
- § 351 — Patents with restrictions for lots in villages in Washington
- § 352 — Cancellation of trust patents within power or reservoir sites
- § 352a — Cancellation of patents in fee simple for allotments held in trust
- § 352b — Partial cancellation; issuance of new trust patents
- § 352c — Reimbursement of allottees or heirs for taxes paid on lands patented in fee before end of trust
- § 353 — Sections inapplicable to certain tribes
- § 354 — Lands not liable for debts prior to final patent
- § 355 — Laws applicable to lands of full-blooded members of Five Civilized Tribes
- § 356 — Allowance of undisputed claims of restricted allottees of Five Civilized Tribes
- § 357 — Condemnation of lands under laws of States
- § 358 — Repeal of statutory provisions relating to survey, classification, and allotments which provide for repayment out of Indian moneys
- § 36 — Special agents and other officers to administer oaths
- § 3601 — Findings
- § 3602 — Definitions
- § 3611 — Office of Tribal Justice Support
- § 3612 — Survey of tribal judicial systems
- § 3613 — Base support funding for tribal justice systems
- § 3614 — Tribal judicial conferences
- § 3621 — Tribal justice systems
- § 3631 — Tribal authority
- § 3651 — Findings
- § 3652 — Purposes
- § 3653 — Definitions
- § 3661 — Tribal justice training and technical assistance grants
- § 3662 — Tribal civil legal assistance grants
- § 3663 — Tribal criminal assistance grants
- § 3664 — No offset
- § 3665 — Tribal authority
- § 3665a — Office of Tribal Justice
- § 3666 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 3681 — Grants
- § 3682 — Assistant probation officers
- § 37 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 633 , 641
- § 3701 — Findings
- § 3702 — Purposes
- § 3703 — Definitions
- § 371 — Descent of land
- § 3711 — Management of Indian rangelands and farmlands
- § 3712 — Indian participation in land management activities
- § 3713 — Indian agricultural lands trespass
- § 3714 — Assessment of Indian agricultural management programs
- § 3715 — Leasing of Indian agricultural lands
- § 372 — Ascertainment of heirs of deceased allottees; settlement of estates; sale of lands; deposit of Indian moneys
- § 372–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–301, § 12(a) , May 24, 1990 , 104 Stat. 211
- § 372–2 — Indian probate judges
- § 372a — Heirs by adoption
- § 373 — Disposal by will of allotments held under trust
- § 3731 — Indian and Alaska Native agriculture management education assistance programs
- § 3732 — Postgraduation recruitment, education and training programs
- § 3733 — Cooperative agreement between Department of the Interior and Indian tribes
- § 3734 — Obligated service; breach of contract
- § 373a — Disposition of trust or restricted estate of intestate without heirs; successor tribe; sale of land
- § 373b — Restricted estate or homestead on the public domain
- § 373c — Sections 373a and 373b as inapplicable to certain Indians
- § 374 — Attendance of witnesses
- § 3741 — Regulations
- § 3742 — Trust responsibility
- § 3743 — Severability
- § 3744 — Federal, State and local authority
- § 3745 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 3746 — Tribal immunity
- § 375 — Determination of heirship of deceased members of Five Civilized Tribes
- § 375a — Jurisdiction of Secretary of the Interior over probate and distribution of estates not exceeding $2,500
- § 375b — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–363, § 2(a) , Sept. 26, 1980 , 94 Stat. 1207
- § 375c — Disbursement of sums not exceeding $500 to heirs or legatees
- § 375d — Disposition of estates of intestate members of Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma dying without heirs
- § 376 — Oaths in investigations
- § 377 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–363, § 2(a) , Sept. 26, 1980 , 94 Stat. 1207
- § 378 — Partition of allotment among heirs; patents
- § 379 — Sale of allotted lands by heirs
- § 38 — Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1 , 46 Stat. 1028
- § 380 — Lease of inherited allotments by superintendent
- § 3801 — Findings
- § 3802 — Definitions
- § 3803 — Dam Safety Maintenance and Repair Program
- § 3804 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 3805 — Indian dam safety
- § 381 — Irrigation lands; regulation of use of water
- § 382 — Irrigation projects under Reclamation Act
- § 383 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 224(f) , Oct. 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1273
- § 384 — Employment of superintendents of irrigation
- § 385 — Maintenance charges; reimbursement of construction costs; apportionment of cost
- § 385a — Irrigation projects; deposit of assessments as trust fund; disposition of fund
- § 385b — Amounts creditable to fund
- § 385c — Appropriation and disposition of power revenues
- § 386 — Reimbursement of construction charges
- § 386a — Adjustment of reimbursable debts; construction charges
- § 387 — Omitted
- § 388 — Claims for damages; settlement by agreement
- § 389 — Investigation and adjustment of irrigation charges on lands within projects on Indian reservations
- § 389a — Declaring lands to be temporarily nonirrigable
- § 389b — Elimination to permanently nonirrigable lands
- § 389c — Cancellation of charges in absence of lien or contract for payment
- § 389d — Rules and regulations
- § 389e — Actions taken to be included in report to Congress
- § 39 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 632
- § 390 — Concessions on reservoir sites and other lands in Indian irrigation projects; leases for agricultural, grazing, and other purposes
- § 3901 — Findings and purposes
- § 3902 — Definitions
- § 3903 — Inventory of open dumps
- § 3904 — Authority of Director of Indian Health Service
- § 3905 — Contract authority
- § 3906 — Tribal demonstration project
- § 3907 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 3908 — Disclaimers
- § 391 — Continuance of restrictions on alienation in patent
- § 391a — Sale for town site; removal of restriction
- § 392 — Consent to or approval of alienation of allotments by Secretary of the Interior
- § 393 — Leases of restricted allotments
- § 393a — Lands of Five Civilized Tribes
- § 394 — Leases of arid allotted lands
- § 395 — Leases of allotted lands where allottee is incapacitated
- § 396 — Leases of allotted lands for mining purposes
- § 396a — Leases of unallotted lands for mining purposes; duration of leases
- § 396b — Public auction of oil and gas leases; requirements
- § 396c — Lessees of restricted lands to furnish bonds for performance
- § 396d — Rules and regulations governing operations; limitations on oil or gas leases
- § 396e — Officials authorized to approve leases
- § 396f — Lands excepted from leasing provisions
- § 396g — Subsurface storage of oil or gas
- § 397 — Leases of lands for grazing or mining
- § 398 — Leases of unallotted lands for oil and gas mining purposes
- § 398a — Leases of unallotted lands for oil and gas mining purposes within Executive order Indian reservations
- § 398b — Proceeds from rentals, royalties, and bonuses; disposition
- § 398c — Taxes
- § 398d — Changes in boundaries of Executive order reservations
- § 398e — Applications for permits to prospect for oil and gas filed under other statutes; disposition
- § 399 — Leases of unallotted mineral lands withdrawn from entry under mining laws
- § 4 — Defective record of deeds and papers legalized
- § 40 — Limits of superintendencies, agencies, and subagencies
- § 400 — Leases for mining purposes of reserved and unallotted lands in Fort Peck and Blackfeet Indian Reservations
- § 4001 — Definitions
- § 400a — Lease for mining purposes of land reserved for agency or school; disposition of proceeds; royalty
- § 401 — Leases for mining purposes of unallotted lands in Kaw Reservation
- § 4011 — Responsibility of Secretary to account for daily and annual balances of Indian trust funds
- § 4012 — Authority for payment of claims for interest owed
- § 402 — Leases of surplus lands
- § 4021 — Purpose
- § 4022 — Voluntary withdrawal from trust funds program
- § 4023 — Judgment funds
- § 4024 — Technical assistance
- § 4025 — Grant program
- § 4026 — Return of withdrawn funds
- § 4027 — Savings provision
- § 4028 — Report to Congress
- § 4029 — Regulations
- § 402a — Lease of unallotted irrigable lands for farming purposes
- § 403 — Leases of lands held in trust
- § 403a — Lease of lands on Port Madison and Snohomish or Tulalip Indian Reservations in Washington
- § 403a–1 — Sale or partition by owners of interests in allotted lands in the Tulalip Reservation; termination of Federal title, trust, and restrictions
- § 403a–2 — Acquisition, management, and disposal of lands by Tulalip Tribe
- § 403b — Lease of restricted lands in State of Washington
- § 403c — Identity of lessor; period of lease
- § 404 — Sale on petition of allottee or heirs
- § 4041 — Purposes
- § 4042 — Office of Special Trustee for American Indians
- § 4043 — Authorities and functions of Special Trustee
- § 4044 — Reconciliation report
- § 4045 — Staff and consultants
- § 4046 — Advisory board
- § 405 — Sale of allotment of noncompetent Indian
- § 406 — Sale of timber on lands held under trust
- § 4061 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 407 — Sale of timber on unallotted lands
- § 407a to 407c — Omitted
- § 407d — Charges for special services to purchasers of timber
- § 408 — Surrender of allotments by relinquishment for benefit of children
- § 409 — Sale of lands within reclamation projects
- § 409a — Sale of restricted lands; reinvestment in other restricted lands
- § 41 — Special agents and commissioners
- § 410 — Moneys from lease or sale of trust lands not liable for certain debts
- § 4101 — Congressional findings
- § 4102 — Administration through Office of Native American Programs
- § 4103 — Definitions
- § 4104 — Waiver of matching funds requirements in Indian housing programs
- § 411 — Interest on moneys from proceeds of sale
- § 4111 — Block grants
- § 4112 — Indian housing plans
- § 4113 — Review of plans