U.S. Congress - H.R.205 HEARTH Act of 2011
H.R.205 - HEARTH Act of 2011
To amend the Act titled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases", approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval from the Secretary of the Interior. view all titles (11)
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- Official: To amend the Act titled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases", approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval from the Secretary of the Interior. as introduced.
- Short: HEARTH Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Short: Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home ownership Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Official: To amend the Act titled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases", approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval from the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes. as amended by house.
- Short: HEARTH Act of 2012 as passed house.
- Short: Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home ownership Act of 2012 as passed house.
- Short: Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012 as passed house.
- Short: HEARTH Act of 2012 as passed senate.
- Short: Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012 as passed senate.
- Short: HEARTH Act of 2012 as enacted.
- Short: Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012 as enacted.
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Roll call number 252 in the House
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 205 To amend the Act titled “An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases”, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into leases without approval from the Secretary of the Interior
Official Summary
7/30/2012--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 15, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012 or HEARTH Act of 2012 - Extends to any Indian tribe the discOfficial Summary
7/30/2012--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 15, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012 or HEARTH Act of 2012 - Extends to any Indian tribe the discretion granted under current law only to the Navajo Nation to lease restricted lands for business, agricultural, public, religious, educational, recreational, or residential purposes without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. (The Secretary must still approve the tribal regulations under which those leases are executed and mining leases still require the Secretary's approval.) Sets forth the environmental review process required under tribal lease regulations before those regulations obtain the Secretary's approval. Requires the process to identify and evaluate any significant effects a proposed lease may have on the environment and allow public comment on those effects. Authorizes the Secretary to provide a tribe, upon the tribe's request, with technical assistance in developing a regulatory environmental review process. Allows tribes to rely on a federal environmental review process rather than the tribal environmental review process if the project under review is federally funded. Directs the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to report to Congress on the history and experience of Indian tribes that have chosen to assume the BIA's responsibility for operating the Indian Land Title and Records Office....Read the Rest
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