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Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act
This act directs the Department of the Interior to take tribally owned lands in Pima County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Lands taken into trust shall be part of the Pascua Yaqui Reservation.
The act allows gaming on the land taken into trust.
People & committees
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · D–AZ
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 117-275.
Became Public Law No: 117-275.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7291)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 432.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-127.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-127.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-115.
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 the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 375 - 45, 1 Present (Roll no. 346). (text: 11/1/2021 CR H6048-6049)
House roll call 346 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 375 - 45, 1 Present (Roll no. 346).(text: 11/1/2021 CR H6048-6049)
House roll call 346 · Individual votesConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6097-6098)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4881.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6048-6050)
Ms. Leger Fernandez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 121.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-166.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-166.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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