To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
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What This Bill Does
This bill changes an existing law to allow federally recognized Indian tribes to lease land held in trust for them. The bill expands which tribes can use the leasing authority that was previously limited to a specific tribe.
Who It Affects
Federally recognized Indian tribes included on the official list maintained by the Secretary of the Interior.
Key Provisions
* The law allows leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian tribes on the Secretary's official list (Sec. 1).
What Changes
The bill amends the Act of August 9, 1955, to include all federally recognized Indian tribes on the official tribal list. Previously, the law's leasing authority applied only to a specific tribe. Now any federally recognized tribe listed by the Secretary under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 can use this leasing authority.
Important Definitions
* "Federally recognized Indian tribe" means tribes included on the list published by the Secretary pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994.
* "Land held in trust" means land that the federal government holds for the benefit of a tribe (rather than the tribe owning it outright).
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