HR 6180 118th Congress House Native Americans Alabama Federal-Indian relations Indian lands and resources rights

Poarch Band of Creek Indians Lands Act

Introduced: November 2, 2023 See on congress.gov

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Became law

Jun 26, 2024

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Jun 24, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.

Nov 2, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Nov 2, 2023

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Poarch Band of Creek Indians Lands Act

This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Additionally, the bill reaffirms previous decisions by the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for the tribe under the IRA.

A 2009 Supreme Court case, Carcieri v. Salazar, decided that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the IRA was enacted in 1934. This bill (1) affirms the applicability of the IRA to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, thereby deeming the tribe to be under federal jurisdiction as of June 18, 1934, for purposes of the IRA; and (2) reaffirms prior decisions by Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.

What's happening now June 26, 2024

Subcommittee Hearings Held

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