S. 4813
IntroducedA bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
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119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4813
To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 17, 2026
Mr. Tillis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
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A BILL
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''. <all>