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The bill alters statutory leasing language that could clarify or change tribal leasing rights and revenues while imposing immediate administrative implementation burdens on the Department of the Interior — trading regulatory change (and uncertainty for tribes) for faster statutory effect and agency action.
No explicit benefits were identified in the provided section-level summaries.
Tribes and individual Indian landowners face legal uncertainty and potential reductions in leasing flexibility or income because the inserted statutory language could change how tribal land leases are defined, permitted, or compensated.
The Department of the Interior must comply immediately when the statute takes effect, likely requiring administrative rule changes, new approvals, or other implementation work that creates agency workload and potential delays for affected parties.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Inserts unspecified language into 25 U.S.C. § 415 to modify the statute listing authorized lease terms and exceptions for Indian land leases; effect not shown in excerpt.
Changes language in a statute that governs authorized lease terms and exceptions for tribal land leases by inserting additional text into the second sentence of 25 U.S.C. § 415. The exact operational effect cannot be determined from the excerpt provided because the inserted language itself is not shown. Implementation effects will depend on the wording of the insertion and could alter who may lease land, the length or terms of leases, or the exceptions to existing lease limits.
Official title: To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Introduced November 4, 2025 by Harriet Hageman · Last progress March 4, 2026