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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4424 

To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and 

leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian Tribes, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 16, 2022 

Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally 

recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Recreation and Public 

5 Purposes Tribal Parity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SALE OR LEASE OF LAND TO FEDERALLY RECOG2 NIZED INDIAN TRIBES UNDER THE RECRE3 ATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSES ACT. 

4 (a) APPLICATION; ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.—The 

5 first section of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 

6 known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 

7 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 68 Stat. 174, chapter 263; 43 

8 U.S.C. 869), is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in the first sentence— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘federally recognized 

12 Indian Tribe,’’ before ‘‘Territory,’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘Tribal,’’ before 

14 ‘‘Territorial,’’; and 

15 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘, 

16 Tribal,’’ before ‘‘or local authority’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘(i) For recreational’’ and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) For recreational’’; 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘(ii) For public purposes’’ 

22 and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) For public purposes’’; 

24 (C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 

25 adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(D) To any federally recognized Indian 

2 Tribe, 6,400 acres.’’; and 

3 (D) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(D) To any federally recognized Indian 

6 Tribe, 640 acres.’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (c)— 

8 (A) in the second sentence, by striking 

9 ‘‘States and counties and to State and Federal’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘States, federally recognized In11 dian Tribes, and counties and to State, Tribal, 

12 Territorial, and Federal’’; and 

13 (B) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘, ex14 cept for a use authorized under the Act of June 

15 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 609; 43 U.S.C., sec. 682a), 

16 as amended’’. 

17 (b) CONVEYANCE.—Section 2 of the Act of June 14, 

18 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public 

19 Purposes Act’’) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 

20 869–1), is amended— 

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘, federally recognized Indian 

22 Tribe’’ before ‘‘, Territory’’ each place it appears; 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘Tribal,’’ before ‘‘Territorial,’’ 

24 each place it appears; and 


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1 (3) by inserting ‘‘federally recognized Indian 

2 Tribe or’’ before ‘‘municipal corporation’’ each place 

3 it appears. 

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