US Congress House Bill 3599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on September 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-24 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act This bill takes specified lands and easements in Monroe County, Tennessee, into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. These lands include the Sequoyah Museum, the Chota Memorial, the Tanasi Memorial, and land to provide support for these properties and cultural programs. With the agreement of the Department of the Interior and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the United States must take into trust for the benefit of the tribe certain additional TVA lands and easements that are identified by the tribe as being of significant historical and cultural importance. The TVA maintains its right to carry out river control and development on these lands, including temporarily and intermittently flooding certain lands. The bill specifies the structures that may be constructed with the TVA's consent on certain lands subject to flooding. The TVA must be compensated for lost hydropower capacity from future development of these lands. Gaming on these lands is prohibited.

Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act

Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-24	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2015-10-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2015-09-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-09-24	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3599/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3599/BILLS-114hr3599ih.pdf