§ 407. — Sale of timber on unallotted lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC407]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 407. Sale of timber on unallotted lands
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, the
timber on unallotted trust land in Indian reservations or on other land
held in trust for tribes may be sold in accordance with the principles
of sustained-yield management or to convert the land to a more desirable
use. After deduction, if any, for administrative expenses under section
413 of this title, the proceeds of the sale shall be used--
(1) as determined by the governing bodies of the tribes
concerned and approved by the Secretary, or
(2) in the absence of such a governing body, as determined by
the Secretary for the tribe concerned.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 431, Sec. 7, 36 Stat. 857; Pub. L. 88-301, Apr. 30,
1964, 78 Stat. 186; Pub. L. 100-580, Sec. 13, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat.
2936.)
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-580 amended section generally. Prior to amendment,
section read as follows: ``The timber on unallotted lands of any Indian
reservation may be sold in accordance with the principles of sustained
yield, or in order to convert the land to a more desirable use, under
regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and the
proceeds from such sales, after deductions for administrative expenses
pursuant to section 413 of this title, shall be used for the benefit of
the Indians who are members of the tribe or tribes concerned in such
manner as he may direct.''
1964--Pub. L. 88-301 substituted ``timber'' for ``mature living and
dead and down timber'', provided for sale of timber in accordance with
principles of sustained yield or in order to convert the land to a more
desirable use, provided for deductions for administrative expenses from
proceeds of sales, made the Indians who were tribal members the
beneficiaries instead of the Indians of the reservation, and struck out
proviso which made section inapplicable to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 353, 564h, 697, 747, 1724 of
this title; title 43 section 1617.
