Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§835f Use of funds deposited to allottees; land and improvements
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12D— - COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT › § 835f
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can use money credited to an allottee, their heirs, or devisees to buy other land, move buildings, or build new improvements for those whose land was taken under sections 835d to 835h. The land bought this way keeps the same legal status as the land the money came from and will not be taxed unless Congress says otherwise.
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Title 16, §835f
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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 835d to 835h 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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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. § 835f
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73