25 USC § 398d - Changes in boundaries of Executive order reservations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s398d"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 398d - Changes in boundaries of Executive order reservations"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "398d"
section_name: "Changes in boundaries of Executive order reservations"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 299, § 4, 44 Stat. 1347; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)"
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# § 398d. Changes in boundaries of Executive order reservations

Changes in the boundaries of reservations created by Executive order, proclamation, or otherwise for the use and occupation of Indians shall not be made except by Act of Congress.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 299, § 4, 44 Stat. 1347; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976— struck out proviso relating to nonapplicability of provisions to temporary withdrawals by Secretary of the Interior.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

, , , provided that the amendment made by that section is effective on and after .

### Savings Provision

Amendment by  not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on , see Savings Provision note set out under , Public Lands.