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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Jul 26, 2005
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Provides that any actual rental proceeds certified by the Secretary of the Interior from the lease of land acquired with a Farmers Home Administration Direct Loan by an Indian tribe or tribal corporation shall be deemed to: (1) constitute the rental value of that land; and (2) satisfy the requirement for appraisal of that land.
People & committees
Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R–AZ
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Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
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Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9053-9055; text as passed Senate: CR S5903)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9053-9055; text as passed Senate: CR S5903)
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