US Congress House Bill 407 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.) Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action.

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.

Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2015-01-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-01-20	House	Introduced in House

SB732 (Related) 2015-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/407/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr407/BILLS-114hr407ih.pdf