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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-665
LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE RESERVATION
RESTORATION ACT
DECEMBER 18, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 733]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 733) to provide for the transfer of certain Federal land
in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band
of Ojibwe, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 733 is to provide for the transfer of certain
Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech
Lake Band of Ojibwe.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 733 directs the Department of Agriculture to transfer to the
administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approxi-
mately 11,760 acres of federal land in the Chippewa National For-
est in Cass County, MN, to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. This action will restore tribal land
that was lost when many of its members were illegally dispos-
sessed of their land via secretarial transfer during the 1950s. The
Tribe intends to respect all existing easements, rights-of-way, and
other encumbrances on the land and does not intend to imme-
diately modify the current land uses.1 The land will stay in tax-ex-
empt fee status as part of the Chippewa National Forest until the
Tribe develops a plan for future economic and residential use.
1No cabins, campgrounds, lodges, or resorts are located on the land.
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