Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021
Latest action · Dec 6, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 14, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021
This bill sets forth requirements for the processing of a proposed residential leasehold mortgage, business leasehold mortgage, land mortgage, or right-of-way document by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The bureau must notify lenders upon receipt of such documentation, perform a preliminary review of such documents not later than 10 days after receipt, and approve or disapprove of such documents within 20 or 30 days, depending on the type of application.
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements for the bureau regarding (1) response times for the completion of certified title status reports, (2) notification of delays in processing, and (3) the form of notices and delivery of certain reports.
The bill also provides relevant federal agencies and Indian tribes with read-only access to the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System maintained by the bureau.
The Government Accountability Office must report on digitizing documents for the purpose of streamlining and expediting the completion of mortgage packages for residential mortgages on Indian land.
Finally, the bill establishes within the bureau's Division of Real Estate Services the position of Realty Ombudsman.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 14, 2021 to Sep 19, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Dec 14, 2021 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Dec 14, 2021 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Dec 14, 2021 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Sep 19, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2021Hearings Feb 16, 2022Markup May 18, 2022Reported Dec 6, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2022Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-232.
- Dec 6, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590.
- May 18, 2022Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 16, 2022Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-518.
- Dec 14, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Dec 14, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text: CR S9162-9164)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S9162–S9164 | John Thune R-SD (text) | Dec 14, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 27, 2022S.3381, Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 18, 2022
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-750 | EXAMINING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S RURAL HOUSING SERVICE: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES81 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Sep 20, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-518 | S. 3123, S. 3126, S. 3273, AND S. 338147 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Feb 16, 2022 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12825 | Rights-of-Way for Access On or Through Tribal Lands | Resource | Aug 26, 2025 |
| R46855 | Housing Issues in the 117th Congress | Report | Nov 15, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 70 | Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 20, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2022Reported to Senate
- Dec 14, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
