[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5020 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5020

 To amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land 
buy-back programs, to authorize that certain amounts be deposited into 
           interest bearing accounts, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2014

 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Cole) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land 
buy-back programs, to authorize that certain amounts be deposited into 
           interest bearing accounts, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Tribal Self-Determination in 
Land Consolidation Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION ACT AMENDMENTS.

    Section 213(b)(3) of the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 
2212(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by striking ``may enter into agreements (such 
                agreements will not be subject to the provisions of'' 
                and inserting ``shall, at the request of the tribal 
                government, enter into agreements (including contracts 
                or compacts under''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following subparagraphs:
                    ``(D) shall make payments to the tribal government 
                in an amount necessary to carry out any such agreement 
                upon execution of the agreement or, at the discretion 
                of the tribe, consistent with periodic installments 
                under title IV of the Indian Self-Determination Act; 
                and
                    ``(E) shall authorize the tribal government to use 
                any interest earned on such payments to acquire any 
                fractional interest in, or permanent improvements 
                located on, any tract of land which already has one or 
                more trust or restricted fractional interests; and''.

SEC. 3. TRUST LAND CONSOLIDATION FUND EXTENSION.

    Section 101(e)(1)(b) of the Claims Resolution Act (Public Law 111-
291) is amended by striking ``10-year'' and inserting ``15-year''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION.

    Notwithstanding section 213(b) of the Indian Land Consolidation Act 
(as amended by section 2) (25 U.S.C. 2212(b)) and the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), any 
funding appropriated under section 101(e)(1)(C) of the Claims 
Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) that is made available 
pursuant to contracts or compacts authorized by section 213(b) of the 
Indian Land Consolidation Act (as amended by section 2) shall be 
subject to the requirements and limitations set forth in section F.2. 
of the Class Action Settlement Agreement authorized, ratified, and 
confirmed by the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    In order to provide the Congress with periodic assessments of the 
implementation of the Trust Land Consolidation Fund, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources in the House of Representatives and the Committee on Indian 
Affairs in the Senate, not later than September 30th on an annual 
basis, a report containing the following:
            (1) The number of cooperative agreements, contracts, 
        compacts, and other instruments entered into with Indian tribes 
        to carry out land consolidation.
            (2) The number of fractionated interests purchased and 
        vested in tribal ownership.
            (3) The amount drawn from the Trust Land Consolidation 
        Fund.
            (4) The forward balance of the Trust Land Consolidation 
        Fund.
            (5) Projections for land purchases for the duration of the 
        Trust Land Consolidation Fund.

SEC. 6. CONSULTATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall implement the amendments made 
by sections 2 and 3 in consultation with Indian tribes pursuant to 
applicable law, including regulations and executive orders.
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