S.Amdt. 2419

SA 2419. Ms. SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1095. TRANSFER OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL LAND TO THE LEECH
LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE.

(a) Findings.--Section 2(a)(5) of the Leech Lake Band of
Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act (Public Law 116-255; 134
Stat. 1140) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
``(B) does not intend immediately to modify the use of the
Federal land.''.
(b) Inclusion of Additional Federal Land.--Section 2 of the
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act (Public
Law 116-255; 134 Stat. 1139) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``means the approximately'' and inserting
``means--
``(i) the approximately'';
(ii) in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) any other land managed by the Secretary, through the
Chief of the Forest Service, located in the Chippewa National
Forest in Cass County, Minnesota, which records maintained by
the Bureau of Indian Affairs show was sold without the
unanimous consent of the rightful landowners.''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as clauses (ii)
and (iii), respectively; and
(ii) by inserting before clause (ii) (as so redesignated)
the following:
``(i) any land transferred pursuant to an agreement entered
into between the Secretary and the Tribe under subsection
(c)(2);'';
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and
inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Agreement.--
``(A) In general.--On agreement between the Secretary and
the Tribe, the Secretary shall substitute, for purposes of
the transfer under paragraph (1), alternative National Forest
System land located in Cass County, Minnesota, on an acre-
for-acre basis, for those parcels of Federal land to be
transferred under that paragraph in a manner that avoids in-
holdings and provides a preference for land adjacent to or
near existing Leech Lake trust lands and lands of cultural
importance to the Tribe, to the maximum extent practicable.
``(B) Frequency of transfers.--Pursuant to an agreement
entered into under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may
transfer land to the Secretary of the Interior on a rolling
basis as that land is identified and surveys are
completed.''; and
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``described in
subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)'' after ``Federal land''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``submit a map and
legal description of the Federal land'' and inserting
``submit maps and legal descriptions of the Federal land
transferred pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
(c), as applicable,'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``map and legal description'' and inserting
``maps and legal descriptions''; and
(ii) by striking ``map or legal description'' and inserting
``maps or legal descriptions''; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``map and legal
description'' and inserting ``maps and legal descriptions''.
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