S 3383
Passed a chamber
Lets tribes grant rights-of-way across their own land for any purpose without Interior Department approval once the Interior Secretary approves the tribe's regulation, and extends long-term leasing authority to trust land held by additional tribes.
Official title: Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
05-OCT-2026
Senate
Introduced
08-DEC-2025
Referred
08-DEC-2025
Approved by committee
17-DEC-2025
Reported
16-JUL-2026
On the calendar
16-JUL-2026
Passed
29-SEP-2026
- Allows a tribe to grant rights-of-way over tribal land for any purpose if the Interior Secretary has approved the tribe's regulation governing them
- Requires the Interior Secretary to approve or disapprove a submitted tribal regulation within 180 days and to explain any disapproval in writing, with the period extendable after consulting the tribe
- Exempts the Interior Secretary's approval decisions from the National Environmental Policy Act, the historic preservation statute at 54 U.S.C. 306108, and the Endangered Species Act
- Extends the Long-Term Leasing Act to trust land of other federally recognized tribes and removes the fixed lease-term caps in subsection (h)(1)
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Native Americans
■ 2 R
2 Republicans