Lumbee Fairness Act
- Last Action
- 12/18/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-18Received in the Senate.
- 2024-12-17Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2024-12-17On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 311 - 96 (Roll no. 511). (text: CR H7268)
- 2024-12-17Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 311 - 96 (Roll no. 511). (text: CR H7268)
- 2024-12-17Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7275)
- 2024-12-17At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- 2024-12-17DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1101.
- 2024-12-17Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7268-7272)
- 2024-12-17Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2023-03-22Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
- 2023-02-17Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2023-02-17Introduced in House
- 2023-02-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2024-12-17 (53)
Lumbee Fairness Act
This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes.
Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services.
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible.
Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.
Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.
Cosponsors (12)
- Dan Bishop (R-NC)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC)
- Gregory Murphy (R-NC)
- Kathy Manning (D-NC)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- Donald Davis (D-NC)
- Jeff Jackson (D-NC)
- Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC)
- Carol Miller (R-WV)
- Troy Nehls (R-TX)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Subjects
- Federal-Indian relations
- Indian lands and resources rights
- North Carolina
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