To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Referred in SenateMar 4, 2026

To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

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Section 1. 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.

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