[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 198 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S7808]
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  AUTHORIZING LEASES OF UP TO 99 YEARS FOR LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE 
            CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RESERVATION

  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I know I am interrupting a very, very 
important debate, and I appreciate my colleagues being out here to 
discuss this. I know the Senator from Illinois, the leader, is also 
here to discuss this issue. I am asking if I could interrupt that for a 
second.
  I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate 
consideration of Calendar No. 591, S. 3773.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3773) to authorize leases of up to 99 years for 
     land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the 
     Chehalis Reservation.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  Ms. CANTWELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3773) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 3773

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

     SECTION 1. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RESERVATION 
                   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 the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 
     Reservation'' after ``Crow Tribe of Montana''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.

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