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S. 2188, a bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes 1 (September 24, 2014)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo1930 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 24, 2014 S. 2188 A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 11, 2014 S. 2188 would amend the Indian Reorganization Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes. Based on information provided by the Department of the Interior (DOI), CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have no significant effect on the federal budget. Enacting S. 2188 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. Under current law, as clarified by the Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar (2009), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized take lands into trust for the benefit of Indian tribes if those tribes were federally recognized prior to enactment of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Under the bill, the Secretary would have the authority to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when those tribes were recognized. S. 2188 also would direct DOI to complete a study on the effect of the court decision. Based on information from DOI, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would not significantly affect DOI operating costs. S. 2188 would expand an existing intergovernmental mandate, as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), that exempts land taken into trust for tribal individuals or tribal governments from state and local taxes. While state and local governments may have the ability to collect taxes on some lands as a result of the Carcieri v. Salazar decision, CBO has no data indicating that those governments currently levy taxes on that land. In addition, CBO thinks it is unlikely that any governments would collect taxes on those lands in the next five years. Therefore, CBO estimates that enacting S. 2188 would not result in a loss of revenue for state or local governments. S. 2188 also would impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates, as defined in UMRA, by limiting the ability of public and private entities to file legal claims related to trust lands of Indian tribes that were federally recognized after 1934. The cost of the mandate would be the forgone value of awards and settlements of such claims. CBO expects that the annual number of claims involving such land and the value of the awards and settlements in those claims would be small. Consequently, the cost of the mandate to

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