118th Congress Native Americans
S. 70: Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023
Passed Senate
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill sets forth requirements for the processing of a proposed residential leasehold mortgage, business leasehold mortgage, land mortgage, or right-of-way document by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The BIA must notify lenders upon receipt of such documentation, perform a preliminary review of such documents not later than 10 days after receipt, and approve or disapprove of such documents within 20 or 30 days, depending on the type of application.
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements for the BIA regarding (1) response times for the completion of certified title status reports, (2) notification of delays in processing, and (3) the form of notices and delivery of certain reports.
The bill also provides relevant federal agencies and Indian tribes with read-only access to the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System maintained by the BIA.
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The Government Accountability Office must report on digitizing documents for the purpose of streamlining and expediting the completion of mortgage packages for residential mortgages on Indian land.
Finally, the bill establishes within the BIA's Division of Real Estate Services the position of Realty Ombudsman.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Mike Rounds R-SDOriginal
- Tina Smith D-MNOriginal
- Jon Tester D-MTOriginal
- Cynthia Lummis R-WY
- Ben Luján D-NM
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
Who scored on this bill
- 1John Thune SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported, passed Senate4 events+56
- 2Martin HeinrichCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Ben LujánCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Cynthia LummisCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Mike RoundsCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
- Introduced in the Senate by John Thune.
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- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Received in the House.
- Held at the desk.
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3118-3120; text: CR S3119-3120)
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3118-3120; text: CR S3119-3120)
- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-452.
- Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-33.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.
- Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text: CR S100-103)