---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 4211"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "4211"
heading: "50-year leasehold interest in trust or restricted lands for housing purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/4211"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination"
  - "Subchapter VII — Other Housing Assistance for Native Americans"
---

# §4211. 50-year leasehold interest in trust or restricted lands for housing purposes

- (a) **Authority to lease—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any trust or restricted [Indian](/usc/25/4103.md?p=10) lands, whether tribally or individually owned, may be leased by the [Indian](/usc/25/4103.md?p=10) owners, subject to the approval of the affected [Indian tribe](/usc/25/4103.md?p=13-A) and the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) of the Interior, for housing development and residential purposes.
- (b) **Term—** Each lease pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) shall be for a term not exceeding 50 years.
- (c) **Rule of construction—** This section may not be construed to repeal, limit, or affect any authority to lease any trust or restricted [Indian](/usc/25/4103.md?p=10) lands that—
  - (1) is conferred by or pursuant to any other provision of law; or
  - (2) provides for leases for any period exceeding 50 years.
- (d) **Self-implementation—** This section is intended to be self-implementing and shall not require the issuance of any rule, regulation, or order to take effect as provided in section 705.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–330, title VII, § 702, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4050.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 705, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 705 of Pub. L. 104–330, which is set out as an Effective Date note below.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 104–330, title VII, § 705, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4052, provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter and amending sections 1715z–13a and 1721 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and sections 11902 to 11905 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] and the amendments made by this title (but not including the amendments made by section 704 [amending sections 11902 to 11905 of Title 42]) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 26, 1996].”