,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,young of ,alaska 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,cole7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
empower federally recognized ,indian    
tribes to accept restricted fee tribal  
lands1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,american ,indian ,empowerment ,act 
of #bjac4  #b4 ,empower tribes to accept
 restricted fee tribal lands  7a7       
,conveyance of tribal trust lands to    
restricted fee tribal lands             
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 not later than #ahj days after     
receipt by the ,secretary of the        
,interior of a written request adopted  
by the governing body of a federally    
recognized ,indian tribe1 the ,secretary
 shall1 subject to a restriction imposed
 by the ,united ,states against         
alienation and taxation1 convey to the  

,indian tribe all right1 title1 and     
interest held by the ,united ,states in 
land specifically requested by the      
,indian tribe which the ,united ,states 
held in trust for that ,indian tribe4   
7b7 ,attributes of restricted fee tribal
 lands ,any land held by a federally    
recognized ,indian tribe subject to a   
restriction imposed by the ,united      
,states against alienation and taxation1
 shall be deemed1 for all purposes1 to  
be--  7#a7 ,indian country as defined in
 section #aaea of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code2 and  7#b7 the ,indian    
lands of that ,indian tribe subject to  
the provisions of the ,act of ,june #cj1
 #ahcd 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #agg2 #d ,stat4   
#gcj74  7c7 ,tribal authority over      
restricted fee tribal lands             
,notwithstanding the provisions of the  
,act of ,august #i1 #aiee 7#be ,u4,s4,c4
 #dae2 commonly known as the ,long-term 
,leasing ,act71 an ,indian tribe may    
lease land subject to a restriction     
imposed by the ,united ,states against  

alienation and taxation1 or grant an    
easement or right-of-way thereon1 for   
any period of time without review and   
approval by the ,secretary4  7d7 ,tribal
 preemption authority over restricted   
fee tribal lands ,the laws of a         
federally recognized ,indian tribe      
establishing a system of land tenure    
governing the use of land it holds1     
subject to a restriction imposed by the 
,united ,states against alienation and  
taxation1 shall preempt any provision of
 ,federal law or regulation governing   
the use of such lands4 ,such tribal law 
shall be given preemptive effect only   
upon having been first published in the 
,federal ,register4 ,the ,secretary of  
the ,interior shall cause such tribal   
law to be published in the ,federal     
,register not later than #abj days after
 receiving a copy of the tribal law from
 the ,indian tribe4  7e7 ,trust         
responsibility not diminished ,nothing  
in this section shall be construed to   
diminish the ,federal trust             

responsibility to any ,indian tribe4