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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 38
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 117-10
TO AUTHORIZE THE SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA TO
LEASE OR TRANSFER CERTAIN LAND, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
APRIL 14, 2021.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 108]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 108) to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or
transfer certain land, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the bill is to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Flor-
ida (Tribe) to convey or otherwise transfer land and interests in
land owned in fee by the Tribe without regard to language of the
Indian Non-Intercourse Act, codified at 25 U.S.C. 177.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Seeking to diversify and strengthen its economic development en-
terprises that support essential services for Tribal members, the
Seminole Tribe of Florida established a real estate investment fund
to invest in commercial properties. However, due to restrictions set
out in the Indian Non-Intercourse Act, the Tribe is unable to secure
a mortgage through its investment fund for fee property without
Congressional approval while hindering the Tribe's ability to man-
age its asset in a timely manner.
Originally enacted in 1790, the Indian Non-Intercourse Act re-
served the exclusive right to acquire Indian lands to the federal
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