---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 833m"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "833m"
heading: "Determination of compensation for acquisition of Indian lands; funds payable from; disposition of moneys"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/833m"
units:
  - "Chapter 12C — Fort Peck Project"
---

# §833m. Determination of compensation for acquisition of Indian lands; funds payable from; disposition of moneys


As lands or interests in lands are designated from time to time under sections [833l](/usc/16/833l.md) to [833p](/usc/16/833p.md) of this title, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall determine the amount of money to be paid to the Indians as just and equitable compensation therefor. The amounts due the tribe and the individual allottees or their heirs or devisees shall be paid from funds now or hereafter made available to the Department of the Interior for the Fort Peck [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) to the superintendent of the appropriate Indian agency, or such other officer as may be designated by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, for credit on the books of such agency to the accounts of the tribe and the individuals concerned.


## Source credit

(Apr. 23, 1946, ch. 199, § 2, 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.