[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3192 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3192

To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the Cow Creek Band of 
      Umpqua Tribe of Indians, the Coquille Indian Tribe, and the 
 Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon to obtain 99-year 
                    lease authority for trust land.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2008

 Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Smith) 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 Cow Creek Band of 
      Umpqua Tribe of Indians, the Coquille Indian Tribe, and the 
 Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon to obtain 99-year 
                    lease authority for trust land.

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

SECTION 1. LEASES OF RESTRICTED LAND.

    Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 
(25 U.S.C. 415(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``That (a) any 
        restricted'' and inserting the following:

``SECTION 1. LEASES OF RESTRICTED LAND.

    ``(a) Authorized Purposes; Term; Approval by Secretary.--
            ``(1) Authorized purposes.--Any restricted'';
            (2) in the second sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``All leases so granted shall be 
                for a term of not to exceed twenty-five years, except 
                leases'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Term.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C), each lease granted pursuant 
                to paragraph (1) shall be for a term of not longer than 
                25 years.
                    ``(B) Leases of certain areas.--Notwithstanding 
                subparagraph (A), leases'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) (as designated by 
                subparagraph (A))--
                            (i) by striking ``leases of the the'' and 
                        inserting ``leases of the'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``land held in trust for 
                        the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, 
                        land held in trust for the Coquille Indian 
                        Tribe, and land held in trust for the 
                        Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of 
                        Oregon'' after ``Devils Lake Sioux 
                        Reservation,''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``which may be for a term 
                        of not to exceed ninety-nine years, and except 
                        leases'' and inserting the following:
                ``shall be for a term of not longer than 99 years.
                    ``(C) Leases for grazing purposes.--Leases''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C) (as designated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``which'';
            (3) in the third sentence, by striking ``Leases for 
        public'' and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Approval by secretary.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Leases for public''; and
            (4) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``Prior to approval 
        of'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Conditions for approval.--Before approving''.
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