25 U.S.C. § 12 : US Code - Section 12: Agent to negotiate commutation of annuities

Search 25 U.S.C. § 12 : US Code - Section 12: Agent to negotiate commutation of annuities

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to send a
special Indian Agent, or other representative of his office, to
visit any Indian tribe for the purpose of negotiating and entering
into a written agreement with such tribe for the commutation of the
perpetual annuities due under treaty stipulations, to be subject to
the approval of Congress; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
shall transmit to Congress said agreements with such
recommendations as he may deem proper.