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[CITE: 25USC4211]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
  CHAPTER 43--NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION
 
      SUBCHAPTER VII--OTHER HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
 
Sec. 4211. 50-year leasehold interest in trust or restricted 
        lands for housing purposes
        

(a) Authority to lease

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any trust or restricted 
Indian lands, whether tribally or individually owned, may be leased by 
the Indian owners, subject to the approval of the affected Indian tribe 
and the Secretary of the Interior, for housing development and 
residential purposes.

(b) Term

    Each lease pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be for a 
term not exceeding 50 years.

(c) Rule of construction

    This section may not be construed to repeal, limit, or affect any 
authority to lease any trust or restricted Indian lands that--
        (1) is conferred by or pursuant to any other provision of law; 
    or
        (2) provides for leases for any period exceeding 50 years.

(d) Self-implementation

    This section is intended to be self-implementing and shall not 
require the issuance of any rule, regulation, or order to take effect as 
provided in section 705.

(Pub. L. 104-330, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4050.)

                       References in Text

    Section 705, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 705 of Pub. L. 
104-330, which is set out as an Effective Date note below.


                             Effective Date

    Section 705 of title VII of Pub. L. 104-330 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this subchapter and amending sections 1715z-13a and 1721 
of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and sections 11902 to 11905 of Title 42, 
The Public Health and Welfare] and the amendments made by this title 
(but not including the amendments made by section 704 [amending sections 
11902 to 11905 of Title 42]) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 26, 1996].''
