HR 5529
115th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Minnesota
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act
Introduced: April 17, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Apr 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Apr 17, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 17, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 11,760 acres of identified federal land in the Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota. Immediately upon transfer, the federal land shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and considered as a part of its reservation.
The federal land shall not become eligible or be used for gaming activities under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1