[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 616 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 616
To amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act to
provide for the transfer of additional Federal land to the Leech Lake
Band of Ojibwe, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 1, 2023
Ms. Smith (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian
Affairs
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A BILL
To amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act to
provide for the transfer of additional Federal land to the Leech Lake
Band of Ojibwe, 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 ``Leech Lake Reservation Restoration
Technical Corrections Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL LAND.
(a) Findings.--Section 2(a)(5) of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Reservation Restoration Act (Public Law 116-255; 134 Stat. 1140) is
amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
``(B) does not intend immediately to modify the use
of the Federal land.''.
(b) Inclusion of Additional Federal Land.--Section 2 of the Leech
Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act (Public Law 116-255;
134 Stat. 1139) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``means the approximately''
and inserting ``means--
``(i) the approximately'';
(ii) in clause (i) (as so designated), by
striking the period at the end and inserting
``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) any other land managed by the
Secretary, through the Chief of the Forest
Service, located in the Chippewa National
Forest in Cass County, Minnesota, which records
maintained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs show
was sold without the consent of a majority of
the rightful landowners.''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii)
as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively; and
(ii) by inserting before clause (ii) (as so
redesignated) the following:
``(i) any land transferred pursuant to an
agreement entered into between the Secretary
and the Tribe under subsection (c)(2);'';
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)''
and inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Agreement.--
``(A) In general.--On agreement between the
Secretary and the Tribe, the Secretary shall
substitute, for purposes of the transfer under
paragraph (1), alternative National Forest System land
located in Cass County, Minnesota, on an acre-for-acre
basis, for those parcels of Federal land to be
transferred under that paragraph that are found to be
unsuitable for the future uses of the Tribe.
``(B) Frequency of transfers.--Pursuant to an
agreement entered into under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary may transfer land to the Tribe on a rolling
basis as that land is identified and surveys are
completed.
``(C) Final agency action.--An agreement described
in subparagraph (A), and any transfer of land made
pursuant to an agreement entered into under that
subparagraph, shall be considered a final agency action
under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of
title 5, United States Code.''; and
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
``described in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)'' after
``Federal land''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
``submit a map and legal description of the
Federal land'' and inserting ``submit maps and
legal descriptions of the Federal land
transferred pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2)
of subsection (c), as applicable,'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``map and legal
description'' and inserting ``maps and legal
descriptions''; and
(ii) by striking ``map or legal
description'' and inserting ``maps or legal
descriptions''; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``map and legal
description'' and inserting ``maps and legal
descriptions''.
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