Bill > HR375

Introduced Session

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. This 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 the Department of the 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.

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Tom Cole (R)*,  Pete Aguilar (D),  Ken Calvert (R),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Paul Cook (R),  Sharice Davids (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Dave Joyce (R),  Bill Keating (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Rick Larsen (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Markwayne Mullin (R),  Tom O'Halleran (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Raul Ruiz (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Mike Simpson (R),  Norma Torres (D),  Xochitl Torres Small (D), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (on 05/16/2019)

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