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.
- Last Action
- 6/26/2024
Actions
- 2024-06-26Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 2023-03-22Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
- 2023-02-27Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2023-02-27Introduced in House
- 2023-02-27Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-27 (00)
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes.
Specifically, the 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 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 in 1934.
Cosponsors (16)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Mike Rogers (R-AL)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Sharice Davids (D-KS)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Jerry Carl (R-AL)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
- Mary Peltola (D-AK)
Subjects
- Federal-Indian relations
- Indian lands and resources rights
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