[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1823 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                S. 1823

 To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the Assiniboine and 
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land 
   on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for 1 or more interstate gas 
                               pipelines.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 5, 2003

 Mr. Burns (for himself and Mr. Baucus) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the Assiniboine and 
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land 
   on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for 1 or more interstate gas 
                               pipelines.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LEASE OF TRIBALLY-OWNED LAND BY ASSINIBOINE AND SIOUX TRIBES 
              OF THE FORT PECK RESERVATION.

    The first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415), is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Lease of Tribally-Owned Land by Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Reservation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a) and any 
        regulations under part 162 of title 25, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (or any successor regulation), subject to paragraph 
        (2), the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
        Reservation may lease to the Northern Border Pipeline Company 
        tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for 1 
        or more interstate gas pipelines.
            ``(2) Conditions.--A lease entered into under paragraph 
        (1)--
                    ``(A) shall commence during fiscal year 2011 for an 
                initial term of 25 years;
                    ``(B) may be renewed for an additional term of 25 
                years; and
                    ``(C) shall specify in the terms of the lease an 
                annual rental rate--
                            ``(i) which rate shall be increased by 3 
                        percent per year on a cumulative basis for each 
                        5-year period; and
                            ``(ii) the adjustment of which in 
                        accordance with clause (i) shall be considered 
                        to satisfy any review requirement under part 
                        162 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations 
                        (or any successor regulation).''.
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