25 U.S.C. § 415a — Lease of lands of deceased Indians for benefit of heirs or devisees

This section has no lettered subsections; it is one sentence with a proviso attached. This section extends the leasing rules in 25 U.S.C. §§ 415-415d to land owned by Indians who have died, as long as it is still restricted land. The lease is made for the benefit of the deceased owner's heirs, or the people the deceased named in a will (called "devisees"). This section points to 25 U.S.C. § 380 to determine who is allowed to arrange this kind of lease, and under what circumstances. The section also adds a proviso: if the Secretary of the Interior delegates this leasing authority to a subordinate official, any heir or devisee has the right to appeal that official's decision. The appeal goes to the Secretary, following whatever rules and regulations the Secretary sets.