US Congress House Bill 666 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-1)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act 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.) Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action.

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.

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
2013-02-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

HB279 (Related) 2013-01-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
SB2188 (Same As) 2014-08-26 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 540.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/666/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr666/BILLS-113hr666ih.pdf