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H.R. 1246: To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

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The text of the bill below is as of Feb 28, 2023 (Introduced).

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118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1246

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 28, 2023

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

1.

Federally recognized tribe leasing authority

Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting “, land held in trust for any other Indian tribe included on the list published by the Secretary pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131)” after “Chehalis Reservation”.