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HR 407 114th Congress House Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Indian lands and resources rights

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.

Introduced: January 20, 2015 Introduced by: McCollum, Betty Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Jan 20, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 20, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the 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 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.)

Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action.

What's happening now March 2, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 5 Republican 1
Kennedy, Joseph
· Sep 8, 2016
Kildee, Daniel
· Nov 16, 2015
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 10, 2015
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Jul 28, 2015
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jul 28, 2015
Heck, Denny
· Jul 20, 2015
Kilmer, Derek
· Mar 16, 2015
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Mar 16, 2015
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2015
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jan 20, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 407: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-407/
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"H.R. 407: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-407/.
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H.R. 407, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-407/.
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