Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act
Bill: S.4424 | Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex (D-CA)
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to sell or lease public lands to federally recognized Indian tribes for recreational or public purposes, subject to annual acreage limitations.

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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recreation and Public Purposes 
Tribal Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. SALE OR LEASE OF LAND TO FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBES 
              UNDER THE RECREATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSES ACT.

    (a) Application; Acreage Limitations.--The first section of the Act 
of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ``Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act'') (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 68 Stat. 174, chapter 263; 
43 U.S.C. 869), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``federally recognized 
                        Indian Tribe,'' before ``Territory,''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``Tribal,'' before 
                        ``Territorial,''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ``, 
                Tribal,'' before ``or local authority'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``(i) For recreational'' and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(1) For recreational'';
                    (B) by striking ``(ii) For public purposes'' and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(2) For public purposes'';
                    (C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by adding 
                at the end the following:
                    ``(D) To any federally recognized Indian Tribe, 
                6,400 acres.''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by adding 
                at the end the following:
                    ``(D) To any federally recognized Indian Tribe, 640 
                acres.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``States 
                and counties and to State and Federal'' and inserting 
                ``States, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and 
                counties and to State, Tribal, Territorial, and 
                Federal''; and
                    (B) in the last sentence, by striking ``, except 
                for a use authorized under the Act of June 1, 1938 (52 
                Stat. 609; 43 U.S.C., sec. 682a), as amended''.
    (b) Conveyance.--Section 2 of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 
known as the ``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'') (44 Stat. 741, 
chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869-1), is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, federally recognized Indian Tribe'' 
        before ``, Territory'' each place it appears;
            (2) by inserting ``Tribal,'' before ``Territorial,'' each 
        place it appears; and
            (3) by inserting ``federally recognized Indian Tribe or'' 
        before ``municipal corporation'' each place it appears.
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