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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPr
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-422
TO AUTHORIZE LEASES OF UP TO 99 YEARS FOR LAND
HELD IN TRUST FOR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN
TRIBES
MARCH 12, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1246]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1246) to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held
in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 1246 is to authorize leases of up to 99 years
for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
With the enactment of the Non-intercourse Act in 1834,1 land
transactions with Indians were prohibited unless authorized by
Congress. Over time, such restrictions came to apply primarily to
lands held in trust by the United States for the benefit of indi-
vidual Indians or Indian tribes or land that is subject to a restric-
tion against alienation prescribed by other Acts of Congress.2
In 1955, Congress passed the Long-Term Leasing Act (LTLA),
which generally authorizes any Indian lands held in trust or land
subject to a restriction against alienation, to be leased by the In-
dian owner, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
125 USC 177.
225 USC 2216.
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