HOUSE 1964116th CongressReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

Last Action: 11/17/2020

Actions

2020-11-17Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
2020-11-16Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-11-16On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5735-5736)
2020-11-16Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5735-5736)
2020-11-16DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1964.
2020-11-16Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5735-5738)
2020-11-16Mr. Huffman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2020-09-30Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2020-09-30Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2020-09-30Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
2019-12-04Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-04-17Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2019-03-28Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-03-28Introduced in House
2019-03-28Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2020-11-16 (53)

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition 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 (7)

Richard Hudson (R-NC)
DAVID PRICE (D-NC)
DON YOUNG (R-AK)
Dan Bishop (R-NC)
Alma Adams (D-NC)
BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
William Timmons (R-SC)

Subjects

Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina

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