25 U.S.C. § 416 — Leases of trust or restricted lands on San Xavier and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservations for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, farming or grazing purposes

This section has no lettered subsections. It is one continuous provision covering several rules about leasing land on two specific reservations. Trust or restricted Indian land — whether owned by a tribe or by individuals — located on the San Xavier Indian Reservation or the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, both in Arizona, can be leased by the Indian owners, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Allowed purposes are public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, or business use, including developing or using natural resources as part of the lease, plus farming and grazing. One kind of lease is off-limits: this section (and the related sections 416 through 416j) cannot be used for anything that is instead covered by separate laws governing mining leases on Indian land. Term limits depend on the purpose. A grazing lease cannot run longer than 10 years. A farming lease that does not require a big investment to improve the land also cannot run longer than 10 years. A farming lease that does require a big investment to improve the land can run up to 40 years. Any other lease — such as for homes, business, or public use — can run up to 99 years. No lease can include a renewal option that, if used, would push the total lease time beyond these maximum terms. Finally, the Secretary of the Interior cannot approve a lease with a term longer than what the Secretary judges necessary to get the maximum economic benefit for the Indian owners, even if a longer term would otherwise be allowed under the limits above.