HOUSE 297116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Supporting the goals and ideals of Jubilee Day.

Last Action: 4/9/2019

Actions

2019-03-28Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 48.
2019-03-27Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
2019-03-26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-03-26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 21 (Roll no. 129). (text: CR H2813-2814)
2019-03-26Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 21 (Roll no. 129).(text: CR H2813-2814)
2019-03-26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2816-2817)
2019-03-26At 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.
2019-03-26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 297.
2019-03-26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2813-2814)
2019-03-26Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2019-02-05Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2019-01-08Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-01-08Introduced in House
2019-01-08Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-03-26 (53)

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2019

This bill extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana.

The bill makes the tribe and its members eligible for services and benefits provided to federally recognized tribes and their members, without regard to the existence of a reservation or the location of the residence of any member. The service area of the tribe is considered to be the area comprised of Blaine, Cascade, Glacier, and Hill Counties, Montana.

The tribe must submit a membership roll to the Department of the Interior as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits. The tribe must maintain the membership roll.

Interior must take into trust for the benefit of the tribe 200 acres of land within the tribe's service area to be used for a tribal land base.

Subjects

Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Montana

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