---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 403b"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "403b"
heading: "Lease of restricted lands in State of Washington"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/403b"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands"
---

# §403b. Lease of restricted lands in State of Washington


Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, with the consent in writing of the individual Indian, association of Indians, or [Indian tribe](/usc/25/5130.md?p=2) concerned, any restricted Indian lands situated within the State of Washington may be leased for religious, educational, recreational, business, or public purposes, including, but not limited to, airports, experimental station, stockyards, warehouses, and grain elevators, for periods not to exceed twenty-five years under such rules and regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That nothing in this section or [section 403c of this title](/usc/25/403c.md) shall be deemed to authorize such leases for the exploitation of any natural resources.


## Source credit

(Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 929, § 1, 60 Stat. 962.)