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                                                        Calendar No. 349
                   114TH CONGRESS                                    REPORT
                     2d Session               SENATE                 114-205





                   AN  ACT  TO  ALLOW   THE  MIAMI   TRIBE  OF  OKLAHOMA TO
                             LEASE   OR TRANSFER CERTAIN LANDS


                                  JANUARY 12, 2016.-Ordered to be printed


                     Mr. BARRASSO, from the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs,
                                      submitted the following


                                         REPORT

                                         [To accompany H.R. 487]
                    The  Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
                    (H.R. 487) to allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or trans-
                  fer certain lands, having considered the same, reports favorably
                  thereon without amendment  and recommends  that the bill do pass.
                                             PURPOSE
                    The  purpose of H.R. 487 is to allow the transfer of fee simple
                  lands owned  by the Tribe without further congressional approval.
                                       NEED FOR LEGISLATION
                    The  bill, H.R. 487, is needed to provide certainty for fee simple
                  land transfers owned by the Tribe to third parties.
                                           BACKGROUND
                    The  Non-Intercourse Act (25 U.S.C. § 177) authorizes the United
                    States to have the exclusive right to acquire Indian lands. The Act
                  prevents  the transfer, sale, lease, or other conveyance of land
                  owned  by an Indian tribe to third parties without federal approval.
                    Congress  has passed legislation clarifying that the Non-Inter-
                  course Act would not interfere with the lease, sale, or transfer of
                  fee land owned by certain tribes.
                    In the 113th Congress, a bill similar to H.R. 487 was enacted
                  into law, allowing the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chip-


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