---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 396d"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "396d"
heading: "Rules and regulations governing operations; limitations on oil or gas leases"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/396d"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands"
---

# §396d. Rules and regulations governing operations; limitations on oil or gas leases


All operations under any oil, gas, or other mineral lease issued pursuant to the terms of sections [396a](/usc/25/396a.md) to [396g](/usc/25/396g.md) of this title or any other Act affecting restricted Indian lands shall be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior. In the discretion of the said [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1), any lease for oil or gas issued under the provisions of sections [396a](/usc/25/396a.md) to [396g](/usc/25/396g.md) of this title shall be made subject to the terms of any reasonable cooperative unit or other plan approved or prescribed by said [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) prior or subsequent to the issuance of any such lease which involves the development or production of oil or gas from land covered by such lease.


## Source credit

(May 11, 1938, ch. 198, § 4, 52 Stat. 348.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeal of Inconsistent Acts

For repeal of inconsistent acts, see section 7 of act May 11, 1938, set out as a note under section 396a of this title.