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

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1246.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1246, a bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes” on January 30, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 17, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 30, 2024 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59931

  CBO publication date

  January 30, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1246, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-422 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 12, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 12, 2024 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/422

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1246, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAGEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):
  Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize any federally recognized Indian tribe to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

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  260 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1246, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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