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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Jul 30, 2007
Cocopah Lands Act - Provides that if the Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona transfers title to certain described land to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary shall 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 it, including outstanding liens, mortgages, or taxes owed.
Considers such land to be part of the Tribe's initial reservation.
Designates Yuma county, Arizona, to be the Tribe's service area for the delivery of federal services to enrolled members of the Tribe.
Prohibits its use for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
People & committees
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D–AZ
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Received in the Senate.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8825-8826; text of measure as introduced: CR H8825-8826)
Mrs. Christensen asked unanimous consent discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-271.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 173.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-271.
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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