[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8115 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8115
To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and
leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian Tribes,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 16, 2022
Mr. LaMalfa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and
leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian Tribes,
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 ``Recreation and Public Purposes
Tribal Parity Act''.
SEC. 2. SALE OR LEASE OF LAND TO FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBES
UNDER THE RECREATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSES ACT.
(a) Application; Acreage Limitations.--The first section of the Act
of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ``Recreation and Public
Purposes Act'') (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 68 Stat. 174, chapter 263;
43 U.S.C. 869), is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the first sentence--
(i) by inserting ``federally recognized
Indian Tribe,'' before ``Territory,''; and
(ii) by inserting ``Tribal,'' before
``Territorial,''; and
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting ``,
Tribal,'' before ``or local authority'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``(i) For recreational'' and
inserting the following:
``(1) For recreational'';
(B) by striking ``(ii) For public purposes'' and
inserting the following:
``(2) For public purposes'';
(C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by adding
at the end the following:
``(D) To any federally recognized Indian Tribe,
6,400 acres.''; and
(D) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by adding
at the end the following:
``(D) To any federally recognized Indian Tribe, 640
acres.''; and
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the second sentence, by striking ``States
and counties and to State and Federal'' and inserting
``States, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and
counties and to State, Tribal, Territorial, and
Federal''; and
(B) in the last sentence, by striking ``, except
for a use authorized under the Act of June 1, 1938 (52
Stat. 609; 43 U.S.C., sec. 682a), as amended''.
(b) Conveyance.--Section 2 of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly
known as the ``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'') (44 Stat. 741,
chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869-1), is amended--
(1) by inserting ``, federally recognized Indian Tribe''
before ``, Territory'' each place it appears;
(2) by inserting ``Tribal,'' before ``Territorial,'' each
place it appears; and
(3) by inserting ``federally recognized Indian Tribe or''
before ``municipal corporation'' each place it appears.
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