HR 1208
118th Congress
House
Native Americans
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
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, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2024
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Mar 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
Feb 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes.
Specifically, the bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted in 1934.
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Committees of jurisdiction
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