,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #babh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjai,mr4 
,cook 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,moore1 and    
,mr4 ,kind7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend part ,a of title ,,iv 
of the ,social ,security ,act to clarify
 the authority of tribal governments in 
regard to the ,temporary ,assistance for
 ,needy ,families program4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,tribal ,,tanf ,fairness ,act of #bjai4 
#b4 ,self-determination authority       
,section #dab of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fab7 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7j7   
,rule of interpretation ,notwithstanding
 subsection 7e77#a71 a tribal government
 7including a tribal government         
participating in an intertribal         
consortium7 may lease land held in trust
 or in fee1 at a fair market rate 7as   
verified by an independent appraisal    

prepared in accordance with the ,uniform
 ,standards of ,professional ,appraisal 
,practice71 for the administration of a 
tribal family assistance grant by the   
tribal government or the intertribal    
consortium4  4