The record

LegislationLegislation· Oct 2026
S 3383 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Brian Schatz (D)

Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2025

Lets Indian tribes grant longer leases and rights-of-way on tribal lands without federal approval.

Tradeoff

Indian tribes gain authority to approve leases up to 99 years and grant easements without Secretary of Interior permission, increasing tribal revenue from land use. Federal government retains oversight of tribal environmental review standards and can enforce compliance or rescind approvals if tribes violate their own regulations.

What's in it

See official bill text

No scoreable federal cost or deficit impact over the budget window (2026-2036).

The federal cost to implement this rule—mostly administrative review by the Department of Interior—is negligible; the policy's real impact is on Indian tribes, who gain significantly more flexibility to monetize their restricted land through longer and less-regulated leases and rights-of-way.

S. 3383, Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2025 · Apr 2026

Passed the Senate by on September 29, 2026 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Dec 8, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Indian Affairs(Dec 8, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Indian Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Dec 17, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-130.

  4. Senate · Amended

    Senator Schatz's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 6839 · Sep 29, 2026)

    Narrows the Long-Term Leasing Act's trust-land lease language to cover land held for any other Indian tribe on the most recent list, dropping bands, pueblos, villages, and communities.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 29, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Oct 5, 2026)