H.R. 5910 · House bill · 119th Congress

To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

Sponsored by Rep. Harriet Hageman, Wyoming with 4 co-sponsors

Introduced Nov 4, 2025

Referred to the Indian Affairs Committee

Latest action Mar 4, 2026

SponsorRep. Harriet Hageman, Wyoming· 4 cosponsorsRep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, New MexicoRep. Jeff Hurd, Colorado

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RepublicanRep. Doug LaMalfa, California
DemocratRep. Yassamin Ansari, Arizona

What the bill does

This bill authorizes any federally recognized Indian tribe to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Introduced in House (Nov 4, 2025).

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About 100 words

Contents

Sec. 1. Federally recognized tribe 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 any other Indian Tribe included on the list published by the Secretary pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131)” after “Chehalis Reservation”.

Official text, Referred in Senate (Mar 4, 2026), from the Government Publishing Office via Congress.gov. Printed version (PDF) · All versions on Congress.gov