Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 25 - Indians last revised: Mar 22, 2024
§ 225.20 - Authority to contract.

(a) Any Indian tribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary and any limitation or provision contained in its constitution or charter, may enter into a minerals agreement with respect to mineral resources in which the tribe owns a beneficial or restricted interest.

(b) Any individual Indian owning a beneficial or restricted interest in mineral resources may include those resources in a tribal minerals agreement subject to the concurrence of the parties and a finding by the Secretary that inclusion of the resources is in the best interest of the individual Indian mineral owner.

authority: 25 U.S.C. 2,9,and; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599
source: 59 FR 14971, Mar. 30, 1994, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 25 CFR 225.20