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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Jul 26, 2005
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Amends federal Indian law to authorize 99-year leases of land: (1) in the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; (2) in the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation and held in trust for the Muckleshoot Indian tribe; and (3) held in trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, for the Fallon Paiute Shoshone tribes, for the Yurok tribe, and for the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria.
People & committees
Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D–WA
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Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
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Received in the House.
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: S9055)
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: S9055)
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