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

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Introduced 2025-11-04
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Officially: “To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes. Read the full text

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What it does

This bill authorizes any federally recognized Indian tribe to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years.
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1Federally recognized tribe leasing authority

This section would amend the land-leasing law for land held in trust for Indian Tribes (subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955, codified at 25 U.S.C. 415(a)). That law's second sentence already names specific tribes and reservations, including the Chehalis Reservation, whose trust land qualifies for lease terms of up to 99 years. This section would insert new language right after the existing reference to the Chehalis Reservation so that land held in trust for any other Indian Tribe on the list of federally recognized tribes that the Secretary publishes under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 also qualifies for lease terms of up to 99 years.

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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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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-11-04

In the House.

Passed the House · 2026-03-03
Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

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The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
5
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (2026-03-04).