US HB5696

Requires the Secretary of the Interior within 1 year to revise federal regulations to accept tribal appraisals instead of federal appraisals for on-reservation trust land acquisitions by tribes with self-governance realty programs under ISDEAA Title I or Title IV compacts

Tribal appraisals must conform to Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and apply only to land within reservation boundaries or contiguous to existing tribal trust lands

Limits the Department of the Interior's role to ministerial confirmation of receipt and recordation when accepting tribal appraisals, satisfying the Secretary's fiduciary and trust responsibility for valuation purposes

Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to prohibit requiring Interior Department appraisals when qualifying tribes conduct their own valuations under compacted programs

Mandates the Secretary track and publish processing times comparing tribal versus federal appraisals, with a GAO evaluation due 3 years after enactment assessing effects on processing time, quality, and litigation