A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
- Last Action
- 12/16/2025
Actions
- 2025-12-16Held at the desk.
- 2025-12-16Received in the House.
- 2025-12-16Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2025-12-15Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8747-8748; text: CR S8748)
- 2025-12-15Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- 2025-10-14Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 188.
- 2025-10-14Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-79.
- 2025-10-14Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-79.
- 2025-03-05Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2025-02-26Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- 2025-02-26Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-26 (00)
This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to the Lytton Rancheria of California. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire and take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe under the IRA. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.
A 2009 Supreme Court case, Carcieri v. Salazar, decided that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the IRA was enacted in 1934. This bill (1) affirms the applicability of the IRA to the Lytton Rancheria of California, thereby deeming the tribe to be under federal jurisdiction as of June 18, 1934, for purposes of the IRA; and (2) authorizes Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.
Subjects
- California
- Federal-Indian relations
- Indian lands and resources rights
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