The record

LegislationLegislation· Mar 2026
HR 5910 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Harriet M. Hageman (R)

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

Lets federally recognized Indian tribes lease their trust land for up to 99 years.

Tradeoff

Expands tribes' authority to lease land they hold in trust. No fiscal cost identified in available summaries.

What's in it

See official bill text

No measurable federal cost or deficit impact over 10 years (2026-2036).

The federal cost to administer this lease authorization change is negligible (under $500,000)—the policy's real impact is expanding tribes' authority over their own trust lands and the long-term lease revenue streams they can negotiate.

H.R. 5910, a bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes · Feb 2026

Passed the House by on March 3, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Nov 4, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Nov 4, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Dec 17, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-453.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Mar 3, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Indian Affairs(Mar 4, 2026)