25 CFR § 225.40 - Government employees cannot acquire minerals agreements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s225.40"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 225.40 - Government employees cannot acquire minerals agreements."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "225.40"
section_name: "Government employees cannot acquire minerals agreements."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY AND MINERALS"
part_number: "225"
part_name: "OIL AND GAS, GEOTHERMAL, AND SOLID MINERALS AGREEMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2, 9, and 2101-2108; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 14971, Mar. 30, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "225"
---


# 225.40 Government employees cannot acquire minerals agreements.

U.S. Government employees are prevented from acquiring any interest(s) in minerals agreements by the provisions of 25 CFR part 140 and 43 CFR part 20 pertaining to conflicts of interest and ownership of an interest in trust land.