25 U.S.C. § 413 — Fees to cover cost of work performed for

Page 128 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 413 § 413. Fees to cover cost of work performed for Indians The Secretary of the Interior is hereby au- thorized, in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to collect reasonable fees to cover the cost of any and all work performed for Indian tribes or for indi- vidual Indians, to be paid by vendees, lessees, or assignees, or deducted from the proceeds of sale, leases, or other sources of revenue: Provided, That the amounts so collected shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, ex- cept when the expenses of the work are paid from Indian tribal funds, in which event they shall be credited to such funds. (Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 75, § 1, 41 Stat. 415; Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 158, 47 Stat. 1417.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1933—Act Mar. 1, 1933, substituted ‘‘to collect reason- able fees to cover the cost of any and all work per- formed for Indian tribes or individual Indians’’ for ‘‘to charge a reasonable fee for the work incident to the sale, leasing, or assigning of such lands, or in the sale of the timber, or in the administration of Indian for- ests’’ and ‘‘deducted from the proceeds of sale, leases, or other sources of revenue’’ for ‘‘from the proceeds of sales’’, struck out introductory text ‘‘In the sale of all Indian allotments, or in leases, or assignment of leases covering, tribal or allotted lands for mineral, farming, grazing, business or other purposes, or in the sale of timber thereon’’ and provided for the use of discretion and the crediting of Indian tribal funds. § 414. Reservation of minerals in sale of Choctaw- Chickasaw lands On and after August 25, 1937, in all sales of tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indi- ans in Oklahoma provided for by existing law, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- ized to offer such lands for sale subject to a res- ervation of the mineral rights therein, including oil and gas, for the benefit of said Indians, when- ever in his judgment the interests of the Indians will best be served thereby. (Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 778, 50 Stat. 810.) § 415. Leases of restricted lands (a) Authorized purposes; term; approval by Sec- retary Any restricted Indian lands, whether tribally, or individually owned, may be leased by the In- dian owners, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, or business purposes, including the development or utilization of nat- ural resources in connection with operations under such leases, for grazing purposes, and for those farming purposes which require the mak- ing of a substantial investment in the improve- ment of the land for the production of special- ized crops as determined by said Secretary. All leases so granted shall be for a term of not to exceed twenty-five years, except leases of land located outside the boundaries of Indian reserva- tions in the State of New Mexico, leases of land on the Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) Reserva- tion, the Dania Reservation, the Pueblo of Santa Ana (with the exception of the lands known as the ‘‘Santa Ana Pueblo Spanish Grant’’), the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Moapa Indian Reservation, the Swinomish Indian Res- ervation, the Southern Ute Reservation, the Fort Mojave Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Burns Paiute Reservation, the Coeur d’Alene In- dian Reservation, the Kalispel Indian Reserva- tion and land held in trust for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, the pueblo of Cochiti, Ohkay Owingeh pueblo, the pueblo of Pojoaque, the pueblo of Santa Clara, the pueblo of Tesuque, the pueblo of Zuni, the Hualapai Reservation, the Spokane Reservation, the San Carlos Apache Reservation, the Yavapai-Prescott Community Reservation, the Pyramid Lake Reservation, the Gila River Res- ervation, the Soboba Indian Reservation, the Viejas Indian Reservation, the Tulalip Indian Reservation, the Navajo Reservation, the Cabazon Indian Reservation, the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation and land held in trust for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation with respect to a lease between an entity established by the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians and the Minnesota Historical Society, leases of the land comprising the Moses Allotment Numbered 8 and the Moses Allotment Numbered 10, Chelan County, Washington, and lands held in trust for the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe of Indians, and lands held in trust for the Twenty-nine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission In- dians, and lands held in trust for the Reno Sparks Indian Colony, lands held in trust for the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, lands held in trust for the Guidiville Band of Pomo In- dians of the Guidiville Indian Rancheria, lands held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, lands held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, land held in trust for the Coquille Indian Tribe, land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, land held in trust for the Klamath Tribes, and land held in trust for the Burns Paiute Tribe, and lands held in trust for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, land held in trust for the Prai- rie Band Potawatomi Nation, lands held in trust for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, land held in trust for the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes, land held in trust for the Yurok Tribe, land held in trust for the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria, lands held in trust for the Yurok Tribe, lands held in trust for the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria, lands held in trust for the Confed- erated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, lands held in trust for the Cahuilla Band of Indians of California, lands held in trust for the Confed- erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, and the lands held in trust for the Con- federated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, and leases to the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe, or any organiza- tion of such tribe, of land on the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, land held in trust for the Crow Tribe of Montana, land held in trust for