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To authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property to which that Indian Tribe holds fee title without the consent of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Source: Congress.gov · 406 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill allows Indian Tribes to lease, sell, transfer or otherwise deal with real property that they own outright (called "fee title") without getting approval from the federal government first. The bill changes an existing federal law from 1834 that currently requires federal consent for these types of property transactions.

Who It Affects

Indian Tribes that are federally recognized and hold fee title to real property.

Key Provisions

• Indian Tribes can lease, sell, transfer or convey real property and interests in real property that the tribe owns outright without federal government consent (Sec. 1(a)) • This bill does not apply to land held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe, and does not change any existing laws about those trust lands (Sec. 1(b)) • An "Indian Tribe" for purposes of this bill means a federally recognized Indian tribe as defined in the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (Sec. 1(c))

What Changes

If this becomes law, Indian Tribes with fee title property no longer need federal government approval before leasing, selling or transferring that property. However, this change only applies to property the tribe owns outright, not land the federal government holds in trust for the tribe.

Important Definitions

• Fee title: full ownership of real property (land or property interests) • Trust land: real property held by the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1532 To authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property to which that Indian Tribe holds fee title without the consent of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 10, 2023 Ms. HAGEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property to which that Indian Tribe holds fee title without the consent of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. FEDERAL CONSENT NOT REQUIRED FOR REAL 3 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS BY INDIAN 4 TRIBES. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 12 of the 6 Act of June 30, 1834 (25 U.S.C. 177; 4 Stat. 730), an 7 Indian Tribe may lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Mar 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1532.IH H1532 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1532 IH transfer, in whole or in part, any real property and any 1 interest in any real property to which the Indian Tribe 2 holds fee title without the consent of the Federal Govern- 3 ment. 4 (b) TRUST LAND NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in this 5 section— 6 (1) authorizes an Indian Tribe to lease, sell, 7 convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer, in whole or 8 in part, any real property or any interest in any real 9 property that is held in trust by the United States 10 for the benefit of an Indian Tribe; or 11 (2) affects the operation of any law governing 12 leasing, selling, conveying, warranting, or otherwise 13 transferring any interest in any real property that is 14 held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 15 an Indian Tribe. 16 (c) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.—For the purposes of 17 this section, the term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ has the meaning 18 given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in section 102 of the Feder- 19 ally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 20 5130). 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Mar 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1532.IH H1532 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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