A bill 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
- 2/28/2023
Actions
- 2023-02-28Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- 2023-02-28Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-28 (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 (13)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
Subjects
- Federal-Indian relations
- Indian lands and resources rights
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