115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and for other purposes.
March 29, 2017
Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico (for himself and Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
To provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, 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. Expansion of pueblo of Santa Clara land eligible for 99-year lease.
Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the “Long-Term Leasing Act”) (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended—
(1) by striking “Indians,,” and inserting “Indians,”;
(2) by inserting “Ohkay Owingeh pueblo,” after “Cochiti,”;
(3) by inserting “the pueblo of Santa Clara,” after “Pojoaque,”;
(4) by striking “the the lands” and inserting “the land”;
(5) by striking “lands held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara,”; and
(6) by striking “lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo”.