To permanently extend the first right of refusal for the purchase of Tribal assets, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9915 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9915

 To permanently extend the first right of refusal for the purchase of 
                 Tribal assets, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2024

  Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To permanently extend the first right of refusal for the purchase of 
                 Tribal assets, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ASSET MANAGEMENT.

    Public Law 83-671 is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 10--
                    (A) by striking ``jointly by the Tribal Business 
                Committee and the authorized representatives of the 
                mixed-blood group'' and inserting ``by the Tribal 
                Business Committee''; and
                    (B) by striking ``in the joint management with the 
                tribe and''.
            (2) By amending section 15 to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 15. (a) Any member of the mixed-blood group may dispose of 
his interest in the tribal assets prior to termination of Federal 
supervision, subject to the approval of the Secretary. In the event a 
member of the mixed-blood group or any other individual or entity 
determines to dispose of his interest in any of said real property at 
any time by gift, sale, or any form of transfer that divests such 
individual or entity of any right, title, or interest in such real 
property, he shall first offer it to the Tribe, and no gift, sale, or 
any form of transfer that divests such individual or entity of any 
right, title, or interest in such real property shall be authorized 
without such offer to the Tribe. After termination of Federal 
supervision the requirement of such offer, in form to be approved by 
the Secretary, shall be a covenant to run with the land, and shall be 
expressly provided in any patent or deed issued.
    ``(b) The Secretary shall maintain a list of all individuals and 
entities holding an interest in tribal assets and, on an annual basis, 
notify those individuals and entities that any gift, sale, or any form 
of transfer that divests such individual or entity of any right, title, 
or interest in such real property must first be made to the Tribe.''.
            (3) In section 17, by striking ``aiding in the joint 
        management with the tribe and in''.
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