[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1787 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1787

   To provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years 
            certain restricted land, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2017

  Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico (for himself and Ms. Michelle Lujan 
    Grisham of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years 
            certain restricted land, 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. EXPANSION OF PUEBLO OF SANTA CLARA LAND ELIGIBLE FOR 99-YEAR 
              LEASE.

    Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 
(commonly known as the ``Long-Term Leasing Act'') (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Indians,,'' and inserting ``Indians,'';
            (2) by inserting ``Ohkay Owingeh pueblo,'' after 
        ``Cochiti,'';
            (3) by inserting ``the pueblo of Santa Clara,'' after 
        ``Pojoaque,'';
            (4) by striking ``the the lands'' and inserting ``the 
        land'';
            (5) by striking ``lands held in trust for the Pueblo of 
        Santa Clara,''; and
            (6) by striking ``lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh 
        Pueblo''.
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