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Calendar No. 342
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 118-159
UNLOCKING NATIVE LANDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
COMMERCE AND KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ACT
OF 2023
MARCH 12, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 1322]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill,
(S. 1322), to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify the au-
thorized purposes and term period of tribal leases, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and recommends
that the bill, as amended, do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 1322 is to amend the Long-Term Leasing Act
to authorize all federally recognized Tribes to issue leases of up to
99 years, and to affirm Tribal authority to grant rights-of-way over
and across Tribal land pursuant to Tribal regulations approved by
the Secretary of the Interior.
BACKGROUND
Tribal homelands and natural resources are essential to devel-
oping and supporting thriving Tribal economies and communities.
However, outdated leasing and right-of-way requirements man-
dating Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approval often delays or pre-
vents Tribes from achieving the full economic potential of their
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