S. 4424 – Reading Mode

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 4424

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 16, 2022

Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act.

Sale or lease of land to federally recognized Indian Tribes under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act

(a)

Application; acreage limitations

The first section of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 68 Stat. 174, chapter 263; 43 U.S.C. 869), is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

in the first sentence—

(i)

by inserting federally recognized Indian Tribe, before Territory,; and

(ii)

by inserting Tribal, before Territorial,; and

(B)

in the second sentence, by inserting , Tribal, before or local authority;

(2)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

by striking (i) For recreational and inserting the following:

(1)

For recreational

;

(B)

by striking (ii) For public purposes and inserting the following:

(2)

For public purposes

;

(C)

in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by adding at the end the following:

(D)

To any federally recognized Indian Tribe, 6,400 acres.

; and

(D)

in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by adding at the end the following:

(D)

To any federally recognized Indian Tribe, 640 acres.

; and

(3)

in subsection (c)—

(A)

in the second sentence, by striking States and counties and to State and Federal and inserting States, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and counties and to State, Tribal, Territorial, and Federal; and

(B)

in the last sentence, by striking , except for a use authorized under the Act of June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 609; 43 U.S.C., sec. 682a), as amended.

(b)

Conveyance

Section 2 of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869–1), is amended—

(1)

by inserting , federally recognized Indian Tribe before , Territory each place it appears;

(2)

by inserting Tribal, before Territorial, each place it appears; and

(3)

by inserting federally recognized Indian Tribe or before municipal corporation each place it appears.