To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7565
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-09
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Florida

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill allows the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer its real property that is not held in trust by the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7565 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2020 Mr. Soto (for himself, Mr. Crist , Mr. Mast , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Deutch , Mr. Hastings , and Mr. Diaz-Balart ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.

1. Approval not required to validate certain land transactions of the Seminole Tribe of Florida (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, without further approval, ratification, or authorization by the United States, the Seminole Tribe of Florida may lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any part of the interest of the Seminole Tribe of Florida in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. (b) Trust land not affected Nothing in this section— (1) authorizes the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any part of an interest in any real property that is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Seminole Tribe of Florida; or (2) affects the operation of any law governing leasing, selling, conveying, warranting, or otherwise transferring any interest in any real property that is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.