---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 398d"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "398d"
heading: "Changes in boundaries of Executive order reservations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/398d"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands"
---

# §398d. Changes in boundaries of Executive order reservations


Changes in the boundaries of reservations created by Executive order, proclamation, or otherwise for the use and occupation of Indians shall not be made except by Act of Congress.


## Source credit

(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 299, § 4, 44 Stat. 1347; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–579 struck out proviso relating to nonapplicability of provisions to temporary withdrawals by Secretary of the Interior.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.

### Savings Provision

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see Savings Provision note set out under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.