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HR 887 112th Congress House Native Americans Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Federal-Indian relations Government liability Indian lands and resources rights Legal fees and court costs

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report on Indian land fractionation, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 2, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 5, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 7, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Mar 2, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 2, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on: (1) Indian land fractionation; (2) the Secretary's plan for consolidating highly fractionated Indian lands pursuant to the Indian Land Consolidation Act and the Class Action Settlement Agreement dated December 7, 2009, in the case entitled Elouise Cobell et al. v. Ken Salazar et al.; and (3) any alternative to that plan that meets specified conditions. (Indian land fractionation occurs when lands allotted to Indian individuals and their families, and held in trust by the federal government, passes to succeeding generations of heirs through intestate succession.)

Caps the total amount that may be awarded for legal fees and costs in the Class Action Settlement Agreement cited above.

What's happening now April 5, 2011

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1