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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1851 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements to compensate local educational agencies and units of local governments for 

tax revenues lost when the Federal Government takes land into trust 

for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or an individual 

Indian. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2011 

Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 

agreements to compensate local educational agencies and 

units of local governments for tax revenues lost when 

the Federal Government takes land into trust for the 

benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or an individual Indian. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Land-In-Trust Schools 

5 and Local Governments Equitable Compensation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN LAND HELD IN TRUST. 

2 (a) AGREEMENT.—As soon as practicable after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

4 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall at5 tempt to negotiate an agreement among the applicable 

6 local education agency or unit of local government, the 

7 Secretary, the appropriate State, and, if appropriate, any 

8 federally recognized Indian tribe or individual Indian, 

9 under which all parties agree that the amounts described 

10 in subsection (b) shall be— 

11 (1) waived in whole or in part; 

12 (2) limited for an agreed upon number of years; 

13 or 

14 (3) otherwise adjusted, including adjusting the 

15 timing of any payments. 

16 (b) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.—If an agreement is not 

17 entered into under subsection (a), for the first fiscal year 

18 beginning after the date of enactment of this Act and each 

19 fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

20 transfer directly to the Secretary of Interior from the gen21 eral fund of the Treasury, without further appropriation, 

22 such amounts as are necessary, after taking into account 

23 any other amounts appropriated to make payments under 

24 this subsection, to make payments from the Secretary to 

25 the applicable local educational agency or unit of local gov26 ernment in an amount necessary to ensure that the local 


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1 educational agency or unit of local government receives 

2 full payment for the amount of property tax revenues lost 

3 as a result of land under the jurisdiction of the local edu4 cational agency or unit of local government being held in 

5 trust by the United States for the benefit of a federally 

6 recognized Indian tribe or an individual Indian, to be cal7 culated in a manner that provides that the taxes (other8 wise payable but for the status of the land being held in 

9 trust) shall be assessed and paid annually at the same rate 

10 as the taxes would be assessed and paid if not in trust. 

11 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 This Act shall apply to all land taken into trust by 

13 the United States for the benefit of a federally recognized 

14 Indian tribe or an individual Indian on or after October 

15 1, 2008. 

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