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25 U.S.C. § 2101 — Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term—
(1) “Indian” means any individual Indian or Alaska Native who owns land or interests in land the title to which is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States;
(2) “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, community, rancheria, colony, or other group which owns land or interests in land title to which is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; and
(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term—
(1) “Indian” means any individual Indian or Alaska Native who owns land or interests in land the title to which is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States;
(2) “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, community, rancheria, colony, or other group which owns land or interests in land title to which is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; and
(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
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In this chapter:
(1) The term “national defense” includes the needs of, and the planning and preparedness to meet, essential defense, industrial, and military emergency energy requirements relative to the national safety, welfare, and economy, particularly resulting from foreign military or economic actions.
(2) The term “naval petroleum reserves” means the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves established by this chapter, including Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 2, 1912; Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 (Buena Vista), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 13, 1912; Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 (Teapot Dome), located in Wyoming, established by Executive order of the President, dated April 30, 1915; Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 1, located in Colorado, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 6, 1916, as amended by Executive order dated June 12, 1919; Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2, located in Utah, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 6, 1916; and Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3, located in Colorado, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 27, 1924.
(3) The term “petroleum” includes crude oil, gases (including natural gas), natural gasoline, and other related hydrocarbons, oil shale, and the products of any of such resources.
(4) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.
(5) The term “small refiner” means an owner of a refinery or refineries (including refineries not in operation) who qualifies as a small business refiner under the rules and regulations of the Small Business Administration.
(6) The term
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**(a) Leases and business agreements** In accordance with this section—
(1) an Indian tribe may, at the discretion of the Indian tribe, enter into a lease or business agreement for the purpose of energy resource development on tribal land, including a lease or business agreement for—
(A) exploration for, extraction of, processing of, or other development of the energy mineral resources of the Indian tribe located on tribal land;
(B) construction or operation of—
(i) an electric production, generation, transmission, or distribution facility (including a facility that produces electricity from renewable energy resources) located on tribal land; or
(ii) a facility to process or refine energy resources, at least a portion of which have been developed on or produced from tribal land; or
(C) pooling, unitization, or communitization of the energy mineral resources of the Indian tribe located on tribal land with any other energy mineral resource (including energy mineral resources owned by the Indian tribe or an individual Indian in fee, trust, or restricted status or by any other persons or entities) if the owner, or, if appropriate, lessee, of the resources has consented or consents to the pooling, unitization, or communitization of the other resources under any lease or agreement; and
(2) a lease or business agreement described in paragraph (1) shall not require review by, or the approval of, the Secretary under [section 81 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section81&num=0&edition=prelim), or any other provision of law (including regulations), if the lease or business agreement—
(A) was executed—
(i) in accordance with the requirements of a tribal energy resource agreement in effect under subsecti
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 2101
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2015 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015,
except with respect to certain noncompetitive pro-
grams and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub.
L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title
20, Education.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 8, 2002, except with respect to
certain noncompetitive programs and competitive pro-
grams, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as a note
under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.
CHAPTER 23—DEVELOPMENT OF TRIBAL
MINERAL RESOURCES
Sec.
2101.
Definitions.
2102.
Minerals Agreements.
2103.
Secretary’s determination on Minerals Agree-
ments.
2104.
Secretary’s review of prior Minerals Agree-
ments.
2105.
Effect of other provisions.
2106.
Assistance to tribes or individuals during
Minerals Agreement negotiations.
2107.
Regulations; consultation with Indian organi-
zations; pending agreements.
2108.
Tribal right to develop mineral resources.
§ 2101. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, the term—
(1) ‘‘Indian’’ means any individual Indian or
Alaska Native who owns land or interests in
land the title to which is held in trust by the
United States or is subject to a restriction
against alienation imposed by the United
States;
(2) ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any Indian tribe,
band, nation, pueblo, community, rancheria,
colony, or other group which owns land or in-
terests in land title to which is held in trust
by the United States or is subject to a restric-
tion against alienation imposed by the United
States; and
(3) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the
Interior.
(Pub. L. 97–382, § 2, Dec. 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 1938.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiari
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