US Congress House Bill 317 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on April 30 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-06 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take approximately 1,427 acres of land in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The bill also ratifies the actions of Interior to assume jurisdiction over the appeals relating to the acquisition of this land, and dismiss those appeals. The land is made part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation. The bill removes restrictions on the land pursuant to certain state laws. Under the bill, gaming is prohibited on this land.

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019

Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]

Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-06	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
2020-01-06	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-191.
2019-11-06	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2019-04-30	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
2019-04-29	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-04-29	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3292)
2019-04-29	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3295)
2019-04-29	House	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Van Drew objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
2019-04-29	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 317.
2019-04-29	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3291-3293)
2019-04-29	House	Mr. Van Drew moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-02-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2019-01-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-01-08	House	Introduced in House

HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/317/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr317/BILLS-116hr317ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr317/BILLS-116hr317eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr317/BILLS-116hr317rs.pdf