16 USC § 833n - Use of deposits by allottees; nontaxability of lands

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title: "16 USC § 833n - Use of deposits by allottees; nontaxability of lands"
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section_name: "Use of deposits by allottees; nontaxability of lands"
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source_credit: "(Apr. 23, 1946, ch. 199, § 3, 60 Stat. 118.)"
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# § 833n. Use of deposits by allottees; nontaxability of lands

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Funds deposited to the credit of allottees, their heirs, or devisees may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the acquisition of other lands and improvements, or the relocation of existing improvements or construction of new improvements on the lands so acquired for the allottees or heirs whose lands and improvements are acquired under the provisions of sections 833 to 833p of this title. Lands so acquired shall be held in the same status as those from which the funds were derived, and shall be nontaxable until otherwise provided by Congress.

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**Source Credit**: (Apr. 23, 1946, ch. 199, § 3, 60 Stat. 118.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of act , which comprises this chapter.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.