§ 4211. — 50year leasehold interest in trust or restricted lands for housing purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC4211]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 43--NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION
SUBCHAPTER VII--OTHER HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
Sec. 4211. 50-year leasehold interest in trust or restricted
lands for housing purposes
(a) Authority to lease
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any trust or restricted
Indian lands, whether tribally or individually owned, may be leased by
the Indian owners, subject to the approval of the affected Indian tribe
and the Secretary of the Interior, for housing development and
residential purposes.
(b) Term
Each lease pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be for a
term not exceeding 50 years.
(c) Rule of construction
This section may not be construed to repeal, limit, or affect any
authority to lease any trust or restricted Indian lands that--
(1) is conferred by or pursuant to any other provision of law;
or
(2) provides for leases for any period exceeding 50 years.
(d) Self-implementation
This section is intended to be self-implementing and shall not
require the issuance of any rule, regulation, or order to take effect as
provided in section 705.
(Pub. L. 104-330, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4050.)
References in Text
Section 705, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 705 of Pub. L.
104-330, which is set out as an Effective Date note below.
Effective Date
Section 705 of title VII of Pub. L. 104-330 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this subchapter and amending sections 1715z-13a and 1721
of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and sections 11902 to 11905 of Title 42,
The Public Health and Welfare] and the amendments made by this title
(but not including the amendments made by section 704 [amending sections
11902 to 11905 of Title 42]) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act [Oct. 26, 1996].''
