US Congress Senate Bill 1047 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Pending: Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Lumbee Recognition Act This bill amends the Act of June 7, 1956, to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and make its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Deparment of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible. The Department of the Interior may take land into trust for the tribe. Gaming is allowed on land taken into trust for the tribe. North Carolina must 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 unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.

Lumbee Recognition Act

Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

HB2352 (Related) 2017-05-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
HB3650 (Related) 2017-09-26 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1047/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1047/BILLS-115s1047is.pdf