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.
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.
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Introduction
May 2021
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Introduced May 27, 2021
Last action May 27, 2021
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May 27, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
upper
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
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Jon Tester
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
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Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
Co
Jerry Moran
RRepublican
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Mark Kelly
DDemocratic
Co
Martin Heinrich
DDemocratic
Co
Mazie K. Hirono
DDemocratic
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