US Congress House Bill 184 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 7 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]

Lumbee Recognition Act Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities. Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.

Lumbee Recognition Act

Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2015-01-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-01-07	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/184/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr184/BILLS-114hr184ih.pdf