---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 833l"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "833l"
heading: "Acquisition of Indian lands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/833l"
units:
  - "Chapter 12C — Fort Peck Project"
---

# §833l. Acquisition of Indian lands


In aid of the construction of the Fort Peck [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4), there is granted to the United States, subject to the provisions of sections 833l to [833p](/usc/16/833p.md) of this title, such right, title, and interest of the Indians as may be required in and to such tribal and allotted lands as may be designated by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior from time to time for the construction, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission lines and other works of the [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) or for the relocation or reconstruction of properties made necessary by the construction of the [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4).


## Source credit

(Apr. 23, 1946, ch. 199, § 1, 60 Stat. 118.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of act May 18, 1938, which comprises this chapter.

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.