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S. Rept. 114-205 1 (2016-01-12)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsfb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 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- 59-010

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