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Version 79 · Reported to House without amendment · Jul 1, 2016
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Tule River Indian Reservation Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act
(Sec. 2) This bill takes into trust 34 acres of federal land in Tulare County, California, for the benefit of the Tule River Indian Tribe. Gaming is prohibited on this land.
Persons claiming valid, existing rights to the land taken into trust may apply to the Department of the Interior to have those rights converted to a long-term right-of-way.
People & committees
Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] · R–CA
Legislative record
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-538.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4245-4246)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4245-4246)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4685.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4245-4246)
Mr. Hice, Jody B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-649.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-649.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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