[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC337]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 9--ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS
Sec. 337. Allotments in national forests
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to
make allotments within the national forests in conformity with the
general allotment laws, to any Indian occupying, living on, or having
improvements on land included within any such national forest who is not
entitled to an allotment on any existing Indian reservation, or for
whose tribe no reservation has been provided, or whose reservation was
not sufficient to afford an allotment to each member thereof. All
applications for allotments under the provisions of this section shall
be submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture who shall determine whether
the lands applied for are more valuable for agricultural or grazing
purposes than for the timber found
