[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22473-22474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                            INDIAN LEASE ACT

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to 
the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 1041, S. 3192.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3192) to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to 
     authorize the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, the 
     Coquille Indian Tribe, and the Confederated Tribes of the 
     Siletz Indians of Oregon to obtain 99-year lease authority 
     for trust land.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs with an 
amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. LEASES OF RESTRICTED LAND.

       Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 
     1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended in the second sentence--
       (1) by inserting ``, land held in trust for the Cow Creek 
     Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon, land held in trust for the 
     Coquille Tribe of Oregon, and land held in trust for the 
     Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon'' after 
     ``Devils Lake Sioux Reservation''; and
       (2) by inserting ``and except leases of land held in trust 
     for the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the 
     Morongo Reservation, California, which may be for a term not 
     to exceed 50 years,'' before ``and except''.

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       Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend the Act of 
     August 9, 1955, to authorize the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua 
     Indians of Oregon, the Coquille Tribe of Oregon, and the 
     Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon, to 
     obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land, and to 
     authorize the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the 
     Morongo Reservation, California, to obtain 50-year lease 
     authority for trust land.''.

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a 
third time and passed; the title amendment be agreed to; the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or 
debate; and that any statements relating to this measure be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 3192), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
  The title was amended so as to read:

       ``A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize 
     the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon, the Coquille 
     Tribe of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 
     Reservation, Oregon, to obtain 99-year lease authority for 
     trust land, and to authorize the Morongo Band of Cahuilla 
     Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation, California, to 
     obtain 50-year lease authority for trust land.''.

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