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Lumbee Recognition Act

Introduced: February 14, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Nov 25, 2003
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
Nov 25, 2003
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-213.
Oct 29, 2003
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 17, 2003
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-336.
Feb 14, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2537-2538)
Feb 14, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Lumbee Acknowledgment Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law designating a certain group of Indians as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina to acknowledge the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Declares the Tribe and its members eligible for all programs, services, and benefits (including privileges and immunities) provided by the Federal Government to Indian tribes and their members.

Permits any Indian group located in or adjoining Robeson County, North Carolina, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) a petition for acknowledgment.

Deems Robeson County, North Carolina, to be the Tribe's reservation for the purposes of Federal law.

Requires the Secretary to verify the population of the Tribe and determine those eligible to receive Federal programs, services, and benefits.

Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine the needs of the Tribe and recommend a budget required to serve it.

What's happening now November 25, 2003

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Nov 10, 2003
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Nov 10, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 420: Lumbee Recognition Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-420/
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"S. 420: Lumbee Recognition Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-420/.
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S. 420, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-420/.
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