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<title>Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-07-08</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014 - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to require the Secretary of the Interior: (1) at the request of a tribal government, to enter into agreements to allow the tribal government to carry out some or all of the Secretary's fractional interest acquisition program; and (2) to make payments to carry out the agreements and authorize the use of interest earned to acquire a fractional interest or permanent improvements on land that already has trust or restricted fractional interests. </p> <p>Amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make amounts in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund available to Interior during a 15-year period (under current law, a 10-year period).</p> <p>Requires annual reports to Congress that assess the implementation of the Trust Land Consolidation Fund.</p>]]></summary-text>
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