Approved HEARTH Act regulations are listed below by the year they were approved by the Department of the Interior.
Tribes can submit their own Tribal leasing regulations for approval by following the instructions for how to submit a HEARTH Act application and mailing the application package to:
ATTN: Division Chief
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Trust Services
Division of Real Estate Services
1849 C Street, NW, MS 4620-MIB
Washington, DC 20240
The main leasing types included in each set of HEARTH Act regulations are listed in parenthesis: agricultural, business, residential, wind and solar resource (WSR), or wind energy evaluation leases (WEEL). Additional leasing types may include: public, religious, cultural, educational, and recreational.
If a set of HEARTH Act regulations have been amended a link to the most recent regulations and the date of approval are included.
Approved in 2024
- Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe (Business, Renewable Energy), May 29, 2024
- Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe (Residential), May 21, 2024
- Nisqually Indian Tribe (Residential), May 2, 2024
- Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (Business), May 2, 2024
- Ione Band of Miwok Indians (Business), March 29, 2024
Approved in 2023
- Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin (Residential), October 26, 2023
- Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians (Residential), September 21, 2023
- Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Agricultural), September 21, 2023
- Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Residential), September 21, 2023
- Cocopah Tribe of Arizona (Business), July 26, 2023
- Pueblo of Santa Clara (Business, Residential), May 24, 2023
- Pala Band of Mission Indians (Business, Residential), May 2, 2023
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), March 28, 2023
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), March 28, 2023
- Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), February 27, 2023
Approved in 2022
- Miccosukee Tribe of Indians (Agricultural, Business, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), December 23, 2022
- Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), November 22, 2022
- Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan (Business), November 17, 2022
- Pueblo of Laguna (Business), September 7, 2022
- Nisqually Indian Tribe (Business), August 30, 2022
- Morongo Band of Mission Indians (Business, Residential), April 14, 2022
- Karuk Tribe (Agricultural Business, Residential), March 25, 2022
- Pechanga Band of Indians (Residential), March 25, 2022
- Pala Band of Mission Indians (Business), March 25, 2022; amended on May 2, 2023
- Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians (Business), March 25, 2022
- Table Mountain Rancheria (Business), February 11, 2022
- Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), February 7, 2022
- Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Business), February 1, 2022
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe (Business, Wind and Solar Resource), January 24, 2022
- Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (Residential), January 24, 2022
- Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (Business, Residential), January 24, 2022
- Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), January 21, 2022
Approved in 2021
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (Business), December 22, 2021
- Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (Agricultural), December 22, 2021
- Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (Business), December 22, 2021
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (Solar and Wind Resource, WEEL), December 22, 2021
- Tule River Indian Tribe (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), December 16, 2021
- Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation (Business), October 29, 2021
- Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (Business), October 26, 2021
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (Residential), October 26, 2021
- Pueblo of Jemez (Agricultural, Business, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), August 25, 2021
- Pueblo of Jemez (Residential), August 25, 2021
- Table Mountain Rancheria (Residential), August 25, 2021
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (Business), August 25, 2021
- Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band (Agricultural, Business, Residential), August 25, 2021
- Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Business), May 3, 2021
- Cow Creek Band of Umpqua (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), April 26, 2021
- Standing Rock Sioux (Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), April 14, 2021
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa (Business), April 5, 2021
- Cahuilla Band of Indians, California (Business, Residential), January 6, 2021
Approved in 2020
- San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission (Business), November 5, 2020
- Manzanita Band of the Diegueno Mission (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), October 29, 2020
- Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (Business, Residential), October 9, 2020
- Wilton Rancheria (Business), September 24, 2020
- Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (Business), September 4, 2020
- Catawba Indian Nation (Business), June 25, 2020
- Fort Belknap Indian (Residential), June 12, 2020
- Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (Business), April 13, 2020
- Pueblo of Laguna (Residential), April 13, 2020
Approved in 2019
- Coquille Indian Tribe (Business), November 9, 2019
- Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (Agricultural, Business, and Residential), July 25, 2019
- Jamul Indian Village (Business), June 14, 2019
- Pueblo of Isleta (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource, WEEL), April 17, 2019
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Fond Du Lac Band (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource), March 6, 2019
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource), March 5, 2019
Approved in 2018
- Quinault Indian Nation (Business, Residential), October 31, 2018
- Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Business), September 18, 2018
- San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (Business), June 11, 2018
- Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (Business), June 11, 2018; amended on May 2, 2024
- Oneida Nation (Agricultural, Business, Residential), January 23, 2018
Approved in 2017
- Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (Business), December 29, 2017
- Ramona Band of Cahuilla (Business), December 29, 2017
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Agricultural, Business, Residential), December 29, 2017
- Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (Business), December 28, 2017
- Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (Business), December 28, 2017
- Lummi Nation (Business), November 9, 2017
- Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Residential), November 9, 2017
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma (Business), November 9, 2017
- Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (Agricultural, Business, Wind and Solar Resource), July 17, 2017
- Osage Nation (Business), July 17, 2017
Approved in 2016
- Chemehuevi Indian Tribe (Business), October 7, 2016
- Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California (Business), June 14, 2016
- Oneida Indian Nation of New York (Residential), June 14, 2016
- Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (Business), March 3, 2016
- Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Business), February 9, 2016
- Ohkay Owingeh (Agricultural, Business, Residential, Wind and Solar Resource), January 4, 2016
Approved in 2015
- Gila River Indian Community (Business, Solar), November 20, 2015
- Squaxin Island Tribe (Business), August 20, 2015
- Makah Indian Tribe (Business, Residential), August 18, 2015
- Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (Business), June 4, 2015
- Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (Business), June 3, 2015
- Ho-Chunk Nation (Business), February 4, 2015
- Ho-Chunk Nation (Residential), February 4, 2015; amended October 26, 2023
- Ho-Chunk Nation (Agricultural), February 4, 2015
- Oneida Indian Nation of New York (Business), January 28, 2015
- Cowlitz Indian Tribe (Business), January 22, 2015
- Seminole Tribe of Florida (Business), January 8, 2015
- Seminole Tribe of Florida (Residential), January 8, 2015
Approved in 2014
- Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Residential), November 24, 2014
- Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Business), September 23, 2014 amended February 9, 2016
- Navajo Nation General Leasing Act, May, 16, 2014
- Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Business), April 8, 2014
- Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (Business), April 8, 2014
- Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians (Business), April 4, 2014
- Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe (Business), April 4, 2014
Approved in 2013
- Kaw Nation (Business), December 13, 2013
- Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians (Business), December 10, 2013
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation (Business), November 10, 2013
- Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians (Business), November 10, 2013; amended February 7, 2022
- Ak-Chin Indian Community (Business), November 10, 2013
- Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Residential), April 11, 2013; amended November 24, 2014
- Pueblo of Sandia (Business), March 14, 2013
- Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California (Business), February 1, 2013
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