25 USC § 396e - Officials authorized to approve leases

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title: "25 USC § 396e - Officials authorized to approve leases"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "396e"
section_name: "Officials authorized to approve leases"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(May 11, 1938, ch. 198, § 5, 52 Stat. 348.)"
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# § 396e. Officials authorized to approve leases

The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, authorize superintendents or other officials in the Indian Service to approve leases for oil, gas, or other mining purposes covering any restricted Indian lands, tribal or allotted.

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**Source Credit**: (May 11, 1938, ch. 198, § 5, 52 Stat. 348.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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For repeal of inconsistent acts, see section 7 of act , set out as a note under .

## 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.