118th Congress Native Americans
S. 563: 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
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.
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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
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Catherine Cortez Masto D-NVOriginal
- Martin Heinrich D-NMOriginal
- Mark Kelly D-AZOriginal
- Ben Luján D-NMOriginal
- Jerry Moran R-KSOriginal
- Patty Murray D-WAOriginal
- Alejandro Padilla D-CAOriginal
- Brian Schatz D-HIOriginal
- Tina Smith D-MNOriginal
- Tommy Tuberville R-ALOriginal
- Ron Wyden D-OROriginal
- Elizabeth Warren D-MAOriginal
- Edward Markey D-MA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Jon Tester SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Jon Tester.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.