US Congress Senate Bill 732 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Pending: Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill 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. 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.

A bill 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. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

HB407 (Related) 2015-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/732/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s732/BILLS-114s732is.pdf