---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 225.20"
title: "25"
number: "225.20"
heading: "Authority to contract."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/225.20"
---

# §225.20. Authority to contract.

- (a) Any Indian tribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary and any limitation or provision contained in its constitution or charter, may enter into a minerals agreement with respect to mineral resources in which the tribe owns a beneficial or restricted interest.
- (b) Any individual Indian owning a beneficial or restricted interest in mineral resources may include those resources in a tribal minerals agreement subject to the concurrence of the parties and a finding by the Secretary that inclusion of the resources is in the best interest of the individual Indian mineral owner.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, and 2101-2108; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 14971, Mar. 30, 1994, unless otherwise noted.