[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1532 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1532

   To authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or 
 otherwise transfer real property to which that Indian Tribe holds fee 
  title without the consent of the Federal Government, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2023

 Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or 
 otherwise transfer real property to which that Indian Tribe holds fee 
  title without the consent of the Federal Government, 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. FEDERAL CONSENT NOT REQUIRED FOR REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS 
              BY INDIAN TRIBES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 12 of the Act of June 30, 
1834 (25 U.S.C. 177; 4 Stat. 730), an Indian Tribe may lease, sell, 
convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, any real 
property and any interest in any real property to which the Indian 
Tribe holds fee title without the consent of the Federal Government.
    (b) Trust Land Not Affected.--Nothing in this section--
            (1) authorizes an Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, 
        warrant, or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, any real 
        property or any interest in any real property that is held in 
        trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe; 
        or
            (2) affects the operation of any law governing leasing, 
        selling, conveying, warranting, or otherwise transferring any 
        interest in any real property that is held in trust by the 
        United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe.
    (c) Indian Tribe Defined.--For the purposes of this section, the 
term ``Indian Tribe'' has the meaning given the term ``Indian tribe'' 
in section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 
1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130).
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