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Jason Chaffetz: “As a matter of policy, authorizing 99-year lease terms for tribes is a means of increasing tribal independence from the…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2010
As a matter of policy, authorizing 99-year lease terms for tribes is a means of increasing tribal independence from the Bureau of Indian Affairs bureaucracy. Therefore, we have no objection to this bill.
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Jason Chaffetz
Republican · Utah
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Dec 14, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing a bill related to tribal lease terms.

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