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S 1855 115th Congress Senate Native Americans Federal-Indian relations General Native American affairs matters Indiana

A bill to permit the Miami Nation of Indiana to apply for acknowledgment as a federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 25, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Sep 25, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Sep 25, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes the Miami Nation of Indiana to submit a petition to the Department of Interior for acknowledgment as a federally recognized Indian tribe. When reviewing the petition, Interior may not use a previous denial as a reason to deny it.

What's happening now September 25, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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Young, Todd
Indiana · Sep 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1855: A bill to permit the Miami Nation of Indiana to apply for acknowledgment as a federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1855/
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"S. 1855: A bill to permit the Miami Nation of Indiana to apply for acknowledgment as a federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1855/.
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S. 1855, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1855/.
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