Real Estate Services Training

Under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012 (HEARTH Act), federally-recognized Tribes may develop their own leasing regulations consistent with 25 CFR 162. Once these Tribal leasing regulations are approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Tribe may approve future individual leases on Tribal land without BIA approval, increasing the speed and efficiency of the leasing process.

HEARTH Act online trainings review the 52 IAM 13 policy for HEARTH Act and the process for Tribes to submit their leasing regulations for Secretarial approval. The following previous HEARTH Act trainings are available below:

• March 26, 2024: HEARTH Act Training, Questions and Answers
• February 7, 2024: HEARTH Act Training, Questions and Answers
• August 9, 2023: HEARTH Act Training and Special Announcement for Renewable Energy Accelerated Deployment Initiative (READI) Training

The latest HEARTH Act overview training slides can be downloaded below:

• HEARTH Act Overview Training Presentation Slides

HEARTH Act training videos reference the following documents:

• Approval of Tribal Leasing Regulations under the HEARTH Act (52 IAM 13)
• HEARTH Act Legal Sufficiency Checklist for Tribal Leasing Regulations

Under the HEARTH Act, federally-recognized Tribes may develop their own leasing regulations consistent with 25 CFR 162. Once these Tribal leasing regulations are approved by the Department of the Interior, the Tribe may approve future individual leases on Tribal land without BIA approval, increasing the speed and efficiency of the leasing process.

This online training event from January 25, 2023, provides an overview of how the HEARTH Act works and the impact of HEARTH Act leasing regulations for lenders and industry partners.

The slides used in this training video can be downloaded below:

• Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act Lending Systems Focus Group

The newly updated national policy memo, “Streamlining the Rights-of-Way and Business Lease Application Processes for Federally Funded Tribal Broadband Infrastructure Projects” (NPM-TRUS-44 A2) establishes the BIA policy for the efficient and effective processing of right-of-ways and business lease applications for infrastructure projects.

DRES conducted two training sessions to provide an overview of the new national policy memo for BIA field staff, Tribes which have compacted or contracted realty functions, Federal partners and Industry:

• April 26, 2024: Streamlined Rights-of-Way and Business Leases for Federally Funded Tribal Broadband Projects Training
• April 30, 2024: Streamlined Rights-of-Way and Business Leases for Federally Funded Tribal Broadband Projects Training

The slides used in these training videos can be downloaded below:

• Streamlining the Rights-of-Way and Business Lease Application Processes for Federal Funded Tribal Broadband Infrastructure Projects