---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 403a"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "403a"
heading: "Lease of lands on Port Madison and Snohomish or Tulalip Indian Reservations in Washington"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/403a"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands"
---

# §403a. Lease of lands on Port Madison and Snohomish or Tulalip Indian Reservations in Washington


Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any [Indian lands](/usc/25/3653.md?p=3) on the Port Madison and Snohomish or Tulalip [Indian Reservations](/usc/25/3653.md?p=3) in the State of Washington, may be leased by the [Indians](/usc/25/1934.md) with the approval of the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior, and upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, for a term not exceeding twenty-five years: Provided, however, That such leases may provide for renewal for an additional term not exceeding twenty-five years, and the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior is hereby authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.


## Source credit

(Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 781, 54 Stat. 1057.)