To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Latest action · Apr 10, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
- Passed HouseApr 9, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill authorizes any federally recognized Indian tribe to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2023 to Apr 6, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Mar 7, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Mar 14, 2023 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Mar 23, 2023 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Mar 23, 2023 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Mar 23, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Apr 6, 2023 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2023Discharged Jan 17, 2024Markup Jan 17, 2024Reported Mar 12, 2024 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2023Hearings Mar 24, 2023Discharged Jan 17, 2024 | |
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2024 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Apr 9, 2024Ms. Hageman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 9, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2153-2154)
- Apr 9, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1246.
- Apr 9, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2153)
- Apr 9, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 12, 2024Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-422.
- Mar 12, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 348.
- Jan 17, 2024Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- Jan 17, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jan 17, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 24, 2023Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 22, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
- Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2153, H2154Text printed H2153 | Harriet M. Hageman R-WY, Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM | Apr 9, 2024 |
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
- Jan 30, 2024H.R. 1246, a bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian TribesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 17, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 38, February 28, 2023, page H971.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2024Referred in Senate
- Apr 9, 2024Engrossed in House
- Mar 12, 2024Reported in House
- Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House
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.
