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§2215 Acquisition Fund

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION › § 2215

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set up an Acquisition Fund to pay for buying interests in trust or restricted lands under section 2212. The fund also holds money from leases, permits, sales of resources, or payments by Indian landowners tied to those interests. All income from those leases, permits, or sales must go into the Acquisition Fund. With approval in advance in appropriation laws, this money can be used to buy more fractional or undivided interests. Purchases should be made on the same reservation that produced the income. The Secretary may use the fund to buy some or all undivided interests in parcels under section 2204.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §2215

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(a)The Secretary shall establish an Acquisition Fund to—
(1)disburse appropriations authorized to accomplish the purposes of section 2212 of this title; and
(2)collect all revenues received from the lease, permit, or sale of resources from interests acquired under section 2212 of this title or paid by Indian landowners under section 2212 of this title.
(b)(1)All proceeds from leases, permits, or resource sales derived from an interest in trust or restricted lands described in subsection (a)(2) shall—
(A)be deposited in the Acquisition Fund;
(B)as specified in advance in appropriations Acts, be available for the purpose of acquiring additional fractional interests in trust or restricted lands; and
(C)be used to acquire undivided interests on the reservation from which the income was derived.
(2)The Secretary may use the revenue deposited in the Acquisition Fund under paragraph (1) to acquire some or all of the undivided interests in any parcels of land in accordance with section 2204 of this title.

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2004—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 108–374, § 6(a)(8)(A), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “collect all revenues received from the lease, permit, or sale of resources from interests in trust or restricted lands transferred to Indian tribes by the Secretary under section 2212 of this title or paid by Indian landowners under section 2212(c) of this title.” Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–374, § 6(a)(8)(B)(i), substituted “All” for “Subject to paragraph (2), all” in introductory provisions and added subpar. (C). Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108–374, § 6(a)(8)(B)(ii), added par. (2) and struck out heading and text of former par. (2). Text read as follows: “With respect to the deposit of proceeds derived from an interest under paragraph (1), the aggregate amount deposited under that paragraph shall not exceed the purchase price of that interest under section 2212 of this title.”

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 2215

Title 25Indians

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73