US Congress Senate Bill 676 (Prior Session Legislation)

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May 17 2012 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 405.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Act commonly known as 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. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the effects of Carcieri v. Salazar, including a list, which is to be published, of each tribe and parcel of tribal land affected by that decision.

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.

Sen Akaka, Daniel K.	Sen Baucus, Max	Sen Conrad, Kent	Sen Franken, Al
Sen Inouye, Daniel K.	Sen Johnson, Tim	Sen Kerry, John F.	Sen Stabenow, Debbie
Sen Tester, Jon	Sen Udall, Tom

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-17	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 405.
2012-05-17	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka with an amendment. With written report No. 112-166. Additional views filed.
2011-04-07	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
2011-03-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1984-1985)
2011-03-30	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1984)

HB1234 (Related) 2011-07-12 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB1291 (Related) 2011-07-12 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN00676:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s676is/pdf/BILLS-112s676is.pdf
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s676rs/pdf/BILLS-112s676rs.pdf