HR 3697
111th Congress
House
Native Americans
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
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.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 4, 2009
Committee Hearings Held.
Oct 1, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Oct 1, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Act commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.)
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Committee Hearings Held.
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