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§833n Use of deposits by allottees; nontaxability of lands
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12C— - FORT PECK PROJECT › § 833n
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can use money held for an allottee, their heirs, or devisees to buy other land or buildings, or to move or build improvements for people whose land was taken under sections 833l–833p. Land bought this way keeps the same legal status as the original land and is not taxable unless Congress changes that.
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Title 16, §833n
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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 833l 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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Codification Section was not enacted as part of act May 18, 1938, which comprises this chapter.
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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. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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16 U.S.C. § 833n
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 6, 2026
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