{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-225.23","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 225.23","heading":"Economic assessments.","body":"The Secretary shall prepare or cause to be prepared an economic assessment that shall address, among other things:\n(a) Whether there are assurances in the minerals agreement that operations shall be conducted with appropriate diligence;\n(b) Whether the production royalties or other form of return on mineral resources is adequate; and\n(c) Whether the minerals agreement is likely to provide the Indian mineral owner with a return on the production comparable to what the owner might otherwise obtain through competitive bidding, when such a comparison can reasonably be made.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER I—ENERGY AND MINERALS","PART 225—OIL AND GAS, GEOTHERMAL, AND SOLID MINERALS AGREEMENTS","Subpart B—Minerals Agreements"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"560bf651b19189be6c359b5df10c552784630012b2279f2dd80d686039177835","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-225.22","next":"us/25-cfr-225.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}