118th Congress Native Americans
H.R. 1208: 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.
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jerry Carl R-ALOriginal
- Sharice Davids D-KSOriginal
- Raúl Grijalva D-AZOriginal
- Ruben Gallego D-AZOriginal
- Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMOriginal
- Doug LaMalfa R-CAOriginal
- Betty McCollum D-MNOriginal
- Gwen Moore D-WIOriginal
- Mike Rogers R-ALOriginal
- Melanie Stansbury D-NMOriginal
- Ro Khanna D-CA
- Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez D-NM
- Jared Huffman D-CA
- Terri Sewell D-AL
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
- Mary Peltola D-AK
Who scored on this bill
- 1Tom Cole SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Tom Cole.
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- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.