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A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

Introduced Jun 17, 2026

Latest action (Jun 17, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Referred to
Indian Affairs Committee
Policy area
Native Americans
Issues
Civil Rights

Summary
  • Expands the authority to lease land for up to 99 years from specific federally recognized Indian tribes to all federally recognized tribes included on the official Secretary's list
  • Amends the Act of August 9, 1955 to extend leasing authority beyond previously limited reservations
  • Applies to all land held in trust for federally recognized tribes by the federal government

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 17, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. · senate
  2. Jun 17, 2026 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5910 — To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes. · Passed House Mar 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 94%
  • HR 681 — To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the “Long-Term Leasing Act”), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes · Passed House May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 78%
  • S 236 — A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes. · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
  • S 3383 — Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%
  • S 723 — Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025 · Became Law May 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
  • S 3478 — Indian Buffalo Management Act · Introduced Dec 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 17, 2026

Mr. Tillis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

A BILL

To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE LEASING AUTHORITY.

Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting “, land held in trust for any other Indian tribe included on the list published by the Secretary pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131)” after “Chehalis Reservation”. <all>

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