US Congress House Bill 1964 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on November 17 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-17 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Pending: Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes 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 Department of the Interior and the Department 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. Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. Finally, 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 Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. Dan Bishop [R-NC]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. William Timmons [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-17	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
2020-11-16	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-11-16	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5735-5736)
2020-11-16	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1964.
2020-11-16	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5735-5738)
2020-11-16	House	Mr. Huffman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2020-09-30	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2020-09-30	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2020-09-30	House	Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
2019-12-04	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-04-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2019-03-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-03-28	House	Introduced in House

SB1368 (Related) 2019-05-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1964/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1964/BILLS-116hr1964ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1964/BILLS-116hr1964eh.pdf