To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian Tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust.
This bill reaffirms that certain lands taken into trust by the U.S. for federally recognized tribes under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act remain in trust status. It specifically applies to land taken into trust before the bill's enactment for tribes that were federally recognized at the time the land was acquired. The bill does not create new policy but formally confirms existing trust status for these specific parcels. It directly affects tribes that held federal recognition when their land was taken into trust under the 1934 Act.
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