HR 5322
106th Congress
House
Native Americans
Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Conservation of natural resources
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian lands
Indian water rights
Land transfers
Land use
Minorities
National parks
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Nevada
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Act
Introduced: September 27, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Sep 27, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Act - Mandates that all U.S. rights and interests to specified California and Nevada lands be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe of California and Nevada. Provides development and other limitations with respect to such lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to purchase additional lands and appurtenant water rights in trust for the Tribe's use. Recognizes certain special use areas, including the mesquite use area, a buffer area, and the Timbisha Shoshone natural and cultural preservation area.
Provides that the trust lands shall constitute the Timbisha Shoshone Reservation.
Directs the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Tribe to develop protocols to review planned development in Death Valley National Park (the site of the Tribe's ancestral homeland). Authorizes cooperative agreements for providing training on the interpretation, management, protection, and preservation of the natural and cultural resources of the Tribe's special use areas.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1