HR 375 · 116th Congress · Native Americans
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.(2019-05-16)
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This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Department of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted.…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 375, A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes
May 23, 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 1, 2019
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Cosponsors (20)
16 Democrats4 Republicans