[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1246 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1246


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 2024

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for 
                  federally recognized Indian Tribes.

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

SECTION 1. FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE LEASING AUTHORITY.

    Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 
(69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended, in the 
second sentence, by inserting ``, land held in trust for any other 
Indian tribe included on the list published by the Secretary pursuant 
to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 
1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131)'' after ``Chehalis Reservation''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 9, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.