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S 1931 114th Congress Senate Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers

A bill to reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of certain Indian tribes.

Introduced: August 4, 2015 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Aug 4, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Aug 4, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill: (1) reaffirms the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States under the Indian Reorganization Act before enactment of this Act for an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date the land was taken into trust, and (2) ratifies and confirms any action of the Department of the Interior in acquiring and taking land into trust under such Act as if the action had been specifically authorized and directed by prior Act of Congress.

Any land taken into trust that has been ratified and confirmed by this Act shall remain Indian country.

This bill shall apply to all claims (including claims challenging the validity of title or the effectiveness of any action of Interior acquiring and taking land into trust) pending on, or filed on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act.

What's happening now August 4, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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