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25 U.S.C. § 5103 — Restoration of lands to tribal ownership
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**(a) Protection of existing rights** The Secretary of the Interior, if he shall find it to be in the public interest, is authorized to restore to tribal ownership the remaining surplus lands of any Indian reservation heretofore opened, or authorized to be opened, to sale, or any other form of disposal by Presidential proclamation, or by any of the public-land laws of the United States: Provided, however, That valid rights or claims of any persons to any lands so withdrawn existing on the date of the withdrawal shall not be affected by this Act: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to lands within any reclamation project heretofore authorized in any Indian reservation.
**(b) Papago Indians; permits for easements, etc.**
(1) , (2) Repealed. May 27, 1955, ch. 106, § 1, 69 Stat. 67.
(3) Water reservoirs, charcos, water holes, springs, wells, or any other form of water development by the United States or the Papago Indians shall not be used for mining purposes under the terms of this Act, except under permit from the Secretary of the Interior approved by the Papago Indian Council: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as interfering with or affecting the validity of the water rights of the Indians of this reservation: Provided further, That the appropriation of living water heretofore or hereafter affected, by the Papago Indians is recognized and validated subject to all the laws applicable thereto.
(4) Nothing herein contained shall restrict the granting or use of permits for easements or rights-of-way; or ingress or egress over the lands for all proper and lawful purposes.
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**(a) Protection of existing rights** The Secretary of the Interior, if he shall find it to be in the public interest, is authorized to restore to tribal ownership the remaining surplus lands of any Indian reservation heretofore opened, or authorized to be opened, to sale, or any other form of disposal by Presidential proclamation, or by any of the public-land laws of the United States: Provided, however, That valid rights or claims of any persons to any lands so withdrawn existing on the date of the withdrawal shall not be affected by this Act: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to lands within any reclamation project heretofore authorized in any Indian reservation.
**(b) Papago Indians; permits for easements, etc.**
(1) , (2) Repealed. May 27, 1955, ch. 106, § 1, 69 Stat. 67.
(3) Water reservoirs, charcos, water holes, springs, wells, or any other form of water development by the United States or the Papago Indians shall not be used for mining purposes under the terms of this Act, except under permit from the Secretary of the Interior approved by the Papago Indian Council: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as interfering with or affecting the validity of the water rights of the Indians of this reservation: Provided further, That the appropriation of living water heretofore or hereafter affected, by the Papago Indians is recognized and validated subject to all the laws applicable thereto.
(4) Nothing herein contained shall restrict the granting or use of permits for easements or rights-of-way; or ingress or egress over the lands for all proper and lawful purposes.
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On and after June 18, 1934, no land of any Indian reservation, created or set apart by treaty or agreement with the Indians, Act of Congress, Executive order, purchase, or otherwise, shall be allotted in severalty to any Indian.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 463 was editorially reclassified as [section 5103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5103&num=0&edition=prelim).
#### Restoration of Vacant and Undisposed-of Ceded Lands in Certain Indian Reservations
Pub. L. 85–420, May 19, 1958, 72 Stat. 121, which provided that lands classified as vacant and undisposed-of ceded lands (including townsite lots) on the Indian reservations at Klamath River, California, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Crow, Montana, Fort Peck, Montana, and Spokane, Washington, would be restored to tribal ownership, subject to valid existing rights, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
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Sections 396a, 396b, 396c, and 396d of this title shall not apply to the Crow Reservation in Montana, the ceded lands of the Shoshone Reservation in Wyoming, the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma, nor to the coal and asphalt lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes in Oklahoma.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 5103
Sec.
5116.
Standards for Indians appointed to In-
dian Office.
5117.
Indian preference laws applicable to Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs and Indian
Health Service positions.
5118.
Application generally.
5119.
Application to Alaska.
5120.
Continuation of allowances.
5121.
Claims or suits of Indian tribes against
United States; rights unimpaired.
5122.
Offsets of gratuities.
5123.
Organization of Indian tribes; constitu-
tion and bylaws and amendment there-
of; special election.
5124.
Incorporation of Indian tribes; charter;
ratification by election.
5125.
Acceptance optional.
5126.
Mandatory application of sections 5102
and 5124.
5127.
Procedure.
5128.
Application of laws and treaties.
5129.
Definitions.
5130.
Definitions.
5131.
Publication of list of recognized tribes.
5132.
Indians eligible for loans.
5133.
Revolving fund; loans; regulations.
5134.
Sale of land by individual Indian owners.
5135.
Mortgages and deeds of trust by indi-
vidual Indian owners; removal from
trust or restricted status; application
to Secretary.
5136.
Loans to purchasers of highly fractioned
land.
5137.
Removal of duplicative appraisals.
5138.
Title in trust to United States.
5139.
Tribal rights and privileges in connec-
tion with loans.
5140.
Mortgaged property governed by State
law.
5141.
Interest rates and taxes.
5142.
Reduction of unpaid principal.
5143.
Authorization of appropriations.
5144.
Certification of rental proceeds.
§ 5101. Allotment of land on Indian reservations
On and after June 18, 1934, no land of any In-
dian reservation, created or set apart by treaty
or agreement with the Indians, Act of Congress,
Executive order, purchase, or otherwise, shall be
allotted in severalty to any
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