[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6210 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6210

    To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to facilitate business and 
              agricultural leasing of Navajo Nation lands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2010

Mr. Lujan (for himself and Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to facilitate business and 
              agricultural leasing of Navajo Nation lands.

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

SECTION 1. NAVAJO NATION LEASING AUTHORITY.

    (a) Authorization for 99-Year Leases.--Subsection (e)(1)(A) of the 
Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(e)(1)(A), is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ``25 years'' and all that follows through the 
semicolon and inserting ``99 years;''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any lease entered into or renewed after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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