To amend the Act commonly known as the Indian Long-Term Leasing Act to expand certain exceptions for long-term lease limits for the Pueblo of Santa Clara.

Bill: 114-hr-4255
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2015-12-15
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights

New Mexico
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Indian Long-Term Leasing Act to expand the land of the Pueblo of Santa Clara that may be leased for up to 99 years with the approval of the Department of the Interior, from lands held in trust, to all of the lands of the Pueblo of Santa Clara.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4255 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2015 Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Act commonly known as the Indian Long-Term Leasing Act to expand certain exceptions for long-term lease limits for the Pueblo of Santa Clara.

1. Expanding exception for long-term leases The Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the Indian Long-Term Leasing Act; 25 U.S.C. 415(a) ), is amended in subsection (a) of the first section— (1) by striking the Puyallup Tribe of Indians,, and inserting the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, the Pueblo of Santa Clara, ; (2) by striking leases of the the lands comprising the Moses Allotment Numbered 8 and inserting leases of the lands comprising the Moses Allotment Numbered 8 ; and (3) by striking lands held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara, .