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S. Rept. 118-225 1 (2024-09-18)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTIHENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 517 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 118-225 LEECH LAKE RESERVATION RESTORATION TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2023 SEPTEMBER 18, 2024.-Ordered to be printed Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 616] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 616), to amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Res- toration Act to provide for the transfer of additional Federal land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 616 is to amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Restoration Act (Restoration Act) 1 to provide for the trans- fer of additional Forest Service land located in the Chippewa Na- tional Forest in Cass County, Minnesota, to the Secretary of the In- terior for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Indians and for other related purposes. BACKGROUND The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Indians is a federally-recognized Indian Tribe in Minnesota whose original reservation was estab- lished through treaties and executive orders.2 The original reserva- 'Pub. L. No. 116-255, 134 Stat. 1139 (2020). 2See Treaty of February 22, 1855 (10 Stat. 1165); Treaty of March 19, 1867 (16 Stat. 719); Executive Order of October 29, 1873; Executive Order of November 4, 1873; and Executive Order of May 26, 1874. 49-010