25 U.S.C. § 2217 : US Code - Section 2217: Reports to Congress

Search 25 U.S.C. § 2217 : US Code - Section 2217: Reports to Congress

(a) In general
Prior to expiration of the authority provided for in section
2212(a)(2)(A) of this title, the Secretary, after consultation with
Indian tribes and other interested parties, shall submit to the
Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House
of Representatives a report that indicates, for the period covered
by the report -
(1) the number of fractional interests in trust or restricted
lands acquired; and
(2) the impact of the resulting reduction in the number of such
fractional interests on the financial and realty recordkeeping
systems of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(b) Report
The reports described in subsection (a) of this section and
section 2212(a) of this title shall contain findings as to whether
the program under this chapter to acquire fractional interests in
trust or restricted lands should be extended and whether such
program should be altered to make resources available to Indian
tribes and individual Indian landowners.