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HR 1157 114th Congress House Native Americans California Federal-Indian relations Gambling Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2016

Introduced: February 27, 2015 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 6, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 554.
Sep 6, 2016
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-715.
Jul 13, 2016
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 1.
Jul 13, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 12, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 12, 2016
Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Jun 17, 2015
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Feb 27, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 27, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take specified lands in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, subject to valid existing rights and to the terms in a certain stipulated judgment relating to a specified easement, if the Tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. (Placing that land into trust removes certain restrictions on the property under California law.)

The transferred land shall become part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation.

No gaming may be conducted on the land.

What's happening now September 6, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 554.

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