Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023
Latest action · Jul 20, 2023 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2023
- Passed SenateJul 18, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023
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 (BIA). The BIA 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 BIA 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 BIA.
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 BIA's Division of Real Estate Services the position of Realty Ombudsman.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2023 to Mar 6, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Mar 1, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Mar 23, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Mar 6, 2024 |
Committees 2
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 Jan 25, 2023Markup Feb 15, 2023Reported May 30, 2023 |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | |
| Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 13, 2023 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2023Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 20, 2023Received in the House.
- Jul 20, 2023Held at the desk.
- Jul 18, 2023Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3118-3120; text: CR S3119-3120)
- Jun 13, 2023Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-452.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 | Debate and remarks S3118Text printed S3119 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Jul 18, 2023 |
| Senate | Text printed S100–S102 | John Thune R-SD (text) | Jan 25, 2023 |
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
- May 12, 2023S. 70, Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on February 15, 2023
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
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 |
| R48360 | Tribal Lands: Overview and Issues for Congress | Report | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R47628 | Housing Issues in the 118th Congress | Report | Jan 13, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3381 | Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Dec 6, 2022 |
| HR 3579 | Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Jul 12, 2023 |
Titles 4
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 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2023Engrossed in Senate
- May 30, 2023Reported to Senate
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced 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.
