HR 249
114th Congress
House
Native Americans
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
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Jan 9, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 9, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to make it applicable 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 of the Interior 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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
2