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S 1364 117th Congress Senate Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Indian lands and resources rights North Carolina

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

Introduced: April 26, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2021
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-115.
Nov 2, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs by unanimous consent.
Apr 27, 2021
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.
Apr 26, 2021
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Apr 26, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes.

Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible.

Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.

Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.

What's happening now November 17, 2021

Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-115.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2758 Related bill Lumbee Recognition Act
 Bill text 2 versions

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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Apr 26, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1364: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1364/
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"S. 1364: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1364/.
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S. 1364, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1364/.
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