Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§833m Determination of Compensation for Acquisition of Indian Lands; Funds Payable From; Disposition of Moneys
Title 16 › CHAPTER 12C — FORT PECK PROJECT › § 833m
Summary
When lands are designated under sections 833l–833p, the Interior Secretary must set fair compensation for the Indians, and Fort Peck project funds are paid to the superintendent or other officer to credit tribal and individual accounts or heirs or devisees.
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Title 16, §833m
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As lands or interests in lands are designated from time to time under sections 833l to 833p of this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine the amount of money to be paid to the Indians as just and equitable compensation therefor. The amounts due the tribe and the individual allottees or their heirs or devisees shall be paid from funds now or hereafter made available to the Department of the Interior for the Fort Peck project to the superintendent of the appropriate Indian agency, or such other officer as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, for credit on the books of such agency to the accounts of the tribe and the individuals concerned.
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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. § 833m
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
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