Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2023 This bill allows all Indian tribes and individual Indian owners of restricted land to lease their land for up to 99 years, subject to the approval of the Department of the Interior. The bill also provides tribes with the authority to approve certain types of rights-of-way without obtaining approval from Interior.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-105.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-159.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6705-6707; text: CR S6706-6707)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-105.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-159.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6705-6707; text: CR S6706-6707)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Native Americans
Economic developmentFederal-Indian relationsIndian lands and resources rights
Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2023
USA118th CongressS-1322| Senate
| Updated: 11/22/2024
Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2023 This bill allows all Indian tribes and individual Indian owners of restricted land to lease their land for up to 99 years, subject to the approval of the Department of the Interior. The bill also provides tribes with the authority to approve certain types of rights-of-way without obtaining approval from Interior.