Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73

§2102 Minerals Agreements

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT OF TRIBAL MINERAL RESOURCES › § 2102

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Any Indian tribe can enter into agreements, with the Secretary’s approval and any limits in the tribe’s constitution or charter, to explore, extract, process, develop, or sell mineral resources the tribe owns a beneficial or restricted interest in. These “Minerals Agreements” cover things like oil, gas, uranium, coal, geothermal, and other minerals. An individual Indian who owns a beneficial or restricted interest can include those minerals in a tribal Minerals Agreement if the parties agree and the Secretary finds it is in the Indian’s best interest.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §2102

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(a)Any Indian tribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary and any limitation or provision contained in its constitution or charter, may enter into any joint venture, operating, production sharing, service, managerial, lease or other agreement, or any amendment, supplement or other modification of such agreement (hereinafter referred to as a “Minerals Agreement”) providing for the exploration for, or extraction, processing, or other development of, oil, gas, uranium, coal, geothermal, or other energy or nonenergy mineral resources (hereinafter referred to as “mineral resources”) in which such Indian tribe owns a beneficial or restricted interest, or providing for the sale or other disposition of the production or products of such mineral resources.

(b)Any Indian owning a beneficial or restricted interest in mineral resources may include such resources in a tribal Minerals Agreement subject to the concurrence of the parties and a finding by the Secretary that such participation is in the best interest of the Indian.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 2102

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73