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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-993
NATIVE AMERICAN ENERGY ACT
OCTOBER 23, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 210]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 210) to facilitate the development of energy on Indian
lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal develop-
ment of Indian lands, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Native American Energy Act.
SEC. 2. APPRAISALS.
(a) AMENDMENT.-Title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
SEC. 2607. APPRAISAL REFORMS.
(a) OPTIONS TO INDIAN TRIBES.-With respect to a transaction involving Indian
land or the trust assets of an Indian tribe that requires the approval of the Sec-
retary, any appraisal relating to fair market value required to be conducted under
applicable law, regulation, or policy may be completed by-
(1) the Secretary;
(2) the affected Indian tribe; or
(3) a certified, third-party appraiser pursuant to a contract with the Indian
tribe.
(b) TIME LIMIT ON SECRETARIAL REVIEW AND ACTION.-Not later than 30 days
after the date on which the Secretary receives an appraisal conducted by or for an
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