---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 402a"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "402a"
heading: "Lease of unallotted irrigable lands for farming purposes"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/402a"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands"
---

# §402a. Lease of unallotted irrigable lands for farming purposes


The unallotted irrigable lands on any [Indian reservation](/usc/25/2902.md?p=8) may be leased for farming purposes for not to exceed ten years with the consent of the tribal council, business [committee](/usc/25/5411.md?p=3), or other authorized body representative of the [Indians](/usc/25/1934.md), under such rules and regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior may prescribe.


## Source credit

(July 3, 1926, ch. 787, 44 Stat. 894.)