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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.

Introduced: April 6, 2011 Introduced by: Cole, Tom Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 July 12, 2011

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Aug 1, 2012
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Apr 7, 2011
Alexander, Rodney
· Apr 6, 2011
REHBERG, DENNY
· Apr 6, 2011
Boren, Dan
· Apr 4, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1291: 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.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1291/
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"H.R. 1291: 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.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1291/.
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H.R. 1291, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1291/.
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