S. 3773Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)Enacted

A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.

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The bill amends the federal law that governs leasing of tribal trust lands to specifically include land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. It authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease that land for periods of up to 99 years. The change affects the Chehalis tribe by giving them the same long‑term leasing options that other tribes already have.

Key Provisions

Amends 25 U.S.C. § 415(a) to add “land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation” after the reference to the Crow Tribe of Montana.
Allows leases of up to 99 years on the Chehalis reservation trust land.

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Became Law Latest Action

Became Public Law No: 117-346.

January 5, 2023

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SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

March 8, 2022

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Indian Affairs Committee

March 8, 2022

SenateCommittee

Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-360.

Indian Affairs Committee

March 23, 2022

SenateCommittee

Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Indian Affairs Committee

May 18, 2022

SenateCommittee

Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-233.

Indian Affairs Committee

December 6, 2022

SenateCalendars

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591.

December 6, 2022

SenateFloor

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7808; text: CR S7808)

December 20, 2022

SenateFloor

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

December 21, 2022

HouseFloor

Received in the House.

December 21, 2022 • 12:09 PM

HouseFloor

Held at the desk.

December 21, 2022 • 12:16 PM

HouseFloor

Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

December 21, 2022 • 3:49 PM

HouseFloor

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9941-9942)

December 21, 2022 • 3:49 PM

HouseFloor

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3773.

December 21, 2022 • 3:49 PM

HouseFloor

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

December 21, 2022 • 3:53 PM

HouseFloor

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10032-10033)

December 22, 2022 • 1:36 PM

SenateFloor

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 377 - 42 (Roll no. 541).(text: 12/21/2022 CR H9941)

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December 22, 2022 • 1:57 PM

HouseFloor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 377 - 42 (Roll no. 541). (text: 12/21/2022 CR H9941)

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December 22, 2022 • 1:57 PM

HouseFloor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

December 22, 2022 • 1:57 PM

President

Presented to President.

December 28, 2022

Became Law

Signed by President.

January 5, 2023

Became Law

Became Public Law No: 117-346.

January 5, 2023

Voting History

1 vote recorded • Roll call available

HOUSE

Roll Call Available

December 22, 2022 at 1:54 PM

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Majority required: 2/3 (66.7%)

Passed

377 - 42

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One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

2d Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two

S. 3773

AN ACT

To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation leasing authority

Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting , land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation after Crow Tribe of Montana.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate