US Congress House Bill 249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 9 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]

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. Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to make it applicable 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.)

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.

Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2015-01-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-01-09	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/249/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr249/BILLS-114hr249ih.pdf