HR 1291
112th Congress
House
Native Americans
Alaska
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
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.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 12, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 6, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Mar 31, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 31, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Act commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act to except lands in Alaska from the Secretary of the Interior's authority to acquire any interest in lands, water rights, or surface rights to lands, within or without existing reservations, for the purpose of providing land for Indians.
Applies that 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 could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.)
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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