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HR 1031 116th Congress House Native Americans California Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers

Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020

Introduced: February 6, 2019 Introduced by: Vargas, Juan Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 18, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 550.
Dec 18, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-666.
Jul 29, 2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 29, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 29, 2020
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
Jun 5, 2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Feb 6, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced in House
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Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take approximately 700 acres of land in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, if the tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. The land is made part of the Pala Indian Reservation.

The bill generally prohibits gaming on any of the land taken into trust.

What's happening now December 18, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 550.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1031: Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1031/
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"H.R. 1031: Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1031/.
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H.R. 1031, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1031/.
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