A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
S. 4813119th Congress

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

Introduced in the SenateSen. Thomas Tillis (R-NC)1 section · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in Senate · Jun 17, 2026

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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