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25 U.S.C. § 15

Utility facilities used in administration of Bureau; contracts for sale, operation, maintenance, repair or relocation of facilities; terms and conditions; exception; Congressional approval

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Except for electric utility systems constructed and operated as a part of an irrigation system, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract under such terms and conditions as he considers to be in the best interest of the Federal Government for the sale, operation, maintenance, repairs, or relocation of Government-owned utilities and utility systems and appurtenances used in the administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Secretary shall not execute a contract pursuant to this section until he has submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a copy of the contract and a statement of his reasons for proposing the contract, and until such materials have lain before the Committees for sixty days (excluding the time during which either House is in recess for more than three days) unless prior thereto the Secretary is notified that neither committee has any objection to the proposed contract.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1984–2012 · leading case: Wolfchild v. United States, 96 Fed. Cl. 302 (Fed. Cl. 2010).
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Wolfchild v. United States, 96 Fed. Cl. 302 (Fed. Cl. 2010). “After determining that the 1886 lands could not be classified as “tribal lands” susceptible to leasing under 25 U.S.C. § 15 , the letter looked to the Appropriations Acts as a possible source of the Secretary’s leasing authority.”
Otter Tail Power Co. v. North Dakota Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 354 N.W.2d 701 (N.D. 1984). “577, 25 U.S.C. § 15 . The contract provided: “Otter Tail will provide electric service to customers requesting same subsequent to the effective date of this contract in accordance with Otter Tail’s rules and regulations and in conformance with the rules and regulations of the…”
Carter v. McHugh, 869 F. Supp. 2d 784 (W.D. Tex. 2012). “2d 239 (1978) (noting that 25 U.S.C. § 15 (b) that states “[a]ny action to enforce any cause of action under [the Clayton Act] shall be forever barred unless commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued” is a statute of limitations) (emphasis added).”
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