[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR225.20]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 225_OIL AND GAS, GEOTHERMAL, AND SOLID MINERALS AGREEMENTS
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Minerals Agreements
 
Sec. 225.20  Authority to contract.


    (a) Any Indian tribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary and 
any limitation or provision contained in its constitution or charter, 
may enter into a minerals agreement with respect to mineral resources in 
which the tribe owns a beneficial or restricted interest.

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    (b) Any individual Indian owning a beneficial or restricted interest 
in mineral resources may include those resources in a tribal minerals 
agreement subject to the concurrence of the parties and a finding by the 
Secretary that inclusion of the resources is in the best interest of the 
individual Indian mineral owner.