HOUSE 597115th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625.

Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017

Last Action: 10/5/2018

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2018-10-05Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625.
2018-10-05Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-344.
2018-10-05Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-344.
2018-07-11Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2018-04-25Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-253.
2017-07-12Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
2017-07-11Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2017-07-11On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5415-5416)
2017-07-11Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5415-5416)
2017-07-11DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 597.
2017-07-11Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5415-5416)
2017-07-11Mr. LaHood moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2017-07-11Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.
2017-07-11Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-202.
2017-07-11Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-202.

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CRS Summary

As of 2018-10-05 (80)

Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017

(Sec. 4) This bill takes into trust for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria of California certain land owned by the tribe in Sonoma County, California. Land taken into trust is made a part of the tribe's reservation.

(Sec. 5) Gaming is prohibited on land taken into trust by this bill and in a specified area of Sonoma County. Gaming is prohibited until March 16, 2037, on land taken into trust for the benefit of the tribe after enactment of this bill.

(Sec. 6) The memorandum of agreement entered into by the tribe and the county that was approved by the county on March 10, 2015, is not subject to review or approval by the Department of the Interior.

Subjects

California
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

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