25 U.S.C. § 5505: Gross receipts from conveyed…

Summary

Give the tribe any money the United States got from the lands it later gave to that tribe under this chapter and the Acts of July 20, 1956; August 2, 1956; October 9, 1972; and October 13, 1972. As of October 17, 1975, those receipts must be put to the tribe’s account, and the tribe may spend them on programs it decides are helpful. This does not cover money received before October 17, 1975 from leases of public-domain minerals under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. Any money the United States later gets from contracts, permits, or leases on those lands (for example, bonuses, rents, or royalties) must be managed under the same laws and rules that govern trust funds held by the United States for Indian tribes.

Title 25, §5505

Indians, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Deposit to credit of tribe; nonapplicability

Any and all gross receipts derived from, or which relate to, the property conveyed by this chapter, the Act of July 20, 1956 (70 Stat. 581), the Act of August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 941), the Act of October 9, 1972 (86 Stat. 795), and section 1 of the Act of October 13, 1972 (86 Stat. 806) which were received by the United States subsequent to its acquisition by the United States under the statutes cited in section 5501 of this title and prior to such conveyance, from whatever source and for whatever purpose, including but not limited to the receipts in the special fund of the Treasury as required by section 6 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of August 7, 1947 (61 Stat. 913, 915) [30 U.S.C. 355], shall as of October 17, 1975, be deposited to the credit of the Indian tribe receiving such land and may be expended by the tribe for such beneficial programs as the tribal governing body may determine: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any such receipts received prior to October 17, 1975, from the leasing of public domain minerals which were subject to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 437) [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], as amended and supplemented.

(b)Administration of gross receipts

All gross receipts (including but not limited to bonuses, rents, and royalties) hereafter derived by the United States from any contract, permit or lease referred to in section 5504(a) of this title, or otherwise, shall be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to receipts from property held in trust by the United States for Indian tribes.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of

July 20, 1956, referred to in subsec. (a), is act

July 20, 1956, ch. 645, 70 Stat. 581, which was set out as a note under former section 465 of this title and was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application. Act of

August 2, 1956, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 886, 70 Stat. 941, which was not classified to the Code. Act of

October 9, 1972, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 92–480, Oct. 9, 1972, 86 Stat. 795, which was not classified to the Code. section 1 of the Act of

October 13, 1972, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 1 of Pub. L. 92–488, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 806, which was not classified to the Code. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which is classified generally to chapter 3A (§ 181 et seq.) of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 181 of Title 30 and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 459d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§5505 Gross Receipts From Conveyed Lands