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HR 4350 113th Congress House Native Americans Coal Energy revenues and royalties Federal-Indian relations Government trust funds Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Metals Mining Montana

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act

Introduced: April 1, 2014 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 15, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.
Sep 15, 2014
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-597.
May 29, 2014
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 29, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 29, 2014
Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
May 29, 2014
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
May 7, 2014
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 4, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Apr 4, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Apr 1, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 1, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 1,568 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.

Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mineral interests underlying the land on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in exchange for U.S. coal mineral interests underlying the land referred to as Bull Mountains and East Fork. Sets forth conditions on the conveyance to Great Northern Properties.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that the deed for those federal coal mineral interests includes a covenant that precludes surface mining of the coal unless certain conditions are met.

Prohibits Montana from taxing the mineral interests this Act conveys to the Tribe.

Sets forth conditions regarding waiver of claims by the Tribe and Great Northern Properties.

Requires the Northern Cheyenne Trust Fund to be transferred to the Tribe in exchange for the Tribe waiving all of its claims arising from U.S. management of the Fund.

What's happening now September 15, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2256 Related bill Northern Cheyenne Lands Act
  • S 2442 Related bill Northern Cheyenne Lands Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4350: Northern Cheyenne Lands Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4350/
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"H.R. 4350: Northern Cheyenne Lands Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4350/.
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H.R. 4350, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4350/.
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