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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 2442 (Reported in Senate) — To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Ch... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Land consolidation and fractionation reporting

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The Secretary, in consultation with the Tribe, shall prepare an inventory of fractionated land interests held by the United States in trust for the benefit of— the Tribe; or individual Indians on the Reservation. The inventory prepared by the Secretary under this subsection shall include details currently available about fractionated land on the Reservation suitable for agricultural purposes. The Secretary shall submit the inventory prepared under this subsection to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives by not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
The Secretary, in consultation with the Tribe, shall prepare periodic reports regarding obstacles to consolidating trust land ownership on the Reservation. The reports under this subsection shall include— a description of existing obstacles to consolidating trust land ownership, including the extent of fractionation; a description of progress achieved by the Tribe toward reducing fractionation and increasing trust land ownership; an analysis of progress achieved by the Tribe toward making agricultural use economical on trust land; and any applicable outcomes and lessons learned from land consolidation activities undertaken pursuant to the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.).
The Secretary shall submit the reports under this subsection to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives not less frequently than once each calendar year for the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
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