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S 563 118th Congress Senate Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Indian lands and resources rights

A bill 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.

Introduced: February 28, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Feb 28, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 28, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 11 Republican 2
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Oct 24, 2023
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Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Feb 28, 2023
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Feb 28, 2023
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Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Feb 28, 2023
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Feb 28, 2023
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Feb 28, 2023
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Feb 28, 2023
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Padilla, Alex
California · Feb 28, 2023
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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Feb 28, 2023
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Feb 28, 2023
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Tuberville, Tommy
Alabama · Feb 28, 2023
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Feb 28, 2023
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 28, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 563: A bill 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.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-563/
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"S. 563: A bill 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.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-563/.
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S. 563, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-563/.
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[S. 563: A bill 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-563/)
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