H.R. 5910
Passed HouseTo authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
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Official source on Congress.gov ↗[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5910 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
<DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5910
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 4, 2026
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
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AN ACT
To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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''.
Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 2026.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.