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II119th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4813IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJune 17, 2026Mr. Tillis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian AffairsA BILLTo authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

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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.