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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1246
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 28, 2023
Ms. Hageman 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.
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”.