Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9630 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9630 To extend Federal recognition to the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Virginia, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2024 Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To extend Federal recognition to the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Virginia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) The Cheroenhaka-Nottoway has more than 300 Tribal citizens on its rolls, all of whom, via a paper trail, can document their genealogical line to an ethno-historic surname of the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Tribe…