HR 4352 United States House · 117th Congress

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.

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.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Dec 2021
House Passage
Dec 2021
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jul 2, 2021 Last action Dec 2, 2021
Floor votes · House Dec 1, 2021

How they voted

302127
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 433
Dec 1, 2021
D Democratic220
212 Yea 7 Nay 1
96% Yea
R Republican213
90 Yea 120 Nay 3
56% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Dec 2, 2021
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
upper
Dec 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 302 - 127 (Roll no. 393).(text: CR H6732)
lower
Jul 24, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
lower
Jul 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Jul 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors