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House hearing spotlights bill to set deadlines for Bureau of Indian Affairs mortgage reviews
Summary
A House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing examined HR 2130, which would set timeframes and oversight for Bureau of Indian Affairs mortgage processing on Indian trust land, and heard testimony on long delays that advocates say block homeownership in Indian country.
Representative Dusty Johnson opened the hearing by introducing HR 2130, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025, which would require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process residential and business mortgage packages on Indian trust land within specified timeframes and adopt private-sector standards for review.
The bill "would establish private industry aligned standards for the review and approval of trust land mortgages," Representative Johnson said, noting that "the current private industry standard for processing a mortgage package is within 1 month." He said the…
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