S 732
114th Congress
Senate
Native Americans
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
A bill 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: March 12, 2015
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Mar 12, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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