To direct the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now held in trust by the United States for that Indian tribe.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
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Official summary
Version 36 · Passed House amended · Jul 30, 2007
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a specified parcel of land in Michigan now held in trust by the United States for the Tribe.
States that the Secretary's proclamation shall be pursuant to section 7 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (relating to new Indian reservations), and shall be deemed effective as of April 19, 1988.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed without objection.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Mrs. Christensen asked unanimous consent discharged from the Committee on the Whole on the State of the Union. (consideration: CR H8826-8827; text of measure as introduced: CR H8827)
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-273.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 175.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-273.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Hearings Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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