Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act”.
Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act
A BILL
To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Sale or lease of land to federally recognized Indian Tribes under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act
Application; acreage limitations— The first section of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the “Recreation and Public Purposes Act”) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 68 Stat. 174, chapter 263; 43 U.S.C. 869), is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in the first sentence—
by inserting “federally recognized Indian Tribe,” before “Territory,”; and
by inserting “Tribal,” before “Territorial,”; and
in the second sentence, by inserting “, Tribal,” before “or local authority”;
in subsection (b)—
by striking “(i) For recreational” and inserting the following:
“(1) For recreational”
by striking “(ii) For public purposes” and inserting the following:
“(2) For public purposes”
in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by adding at the end the following:
“(D) To any federally recognized Indian Tribe, 6,400 acres.”
in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by adding at the end the following:
“(D) To any federally recognized Indian Tribe, 640 acres.”
in subsection (c)—
in the second sentence, by striking “States and counties and to State and Federal” and inserting “States, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and counties and to State, Tribal, Territorial, and Federal”; and
in the last sentence, by striking “, except for a use authorized under the Act of June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 609; 43 U.S.C., sec. 682a), as amended”.
Conveyance— Section 2 of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the “Recreation and Public Purposes Act”) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869–1), is amended—
by inserting “, federally recognized Indian Tribe” before “, Territory” each place it appears;
by inserting “Tribal,” before “Territorial,” each place it appears; and
by inserting “federally recognized Indian Tribe or” before “municipal corporation” each place it appears.