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H.R.326 / 111th Congress

Cocopah Lands Act

Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-66.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 8, 2009

Cocopah Lands Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if the Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona transfers title to certain described land to the Secretary, to take it into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, if there are no recognized environmental conditions or contamination related concerns and no adverse legal claims to such land.

Considers such land to be part of the Tribe's initial reservation.

Designates Yuma County, Arizona, as the Tribe's service area for the delivery of federal services to enrolled Tribe members.

Prohibits using the trust land for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D–AZ

Committees

  • Indian Affairs Committee
  • Natural Resources Committee
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    1. Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-66.

    2. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

    3. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    4. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2878-2879)

    5. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2878-2879)

    6. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 326.

    7. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2878-2879)

    8. Mr. Holt moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

    9. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    10. Introduced in House

    11. Introduced in House

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