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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Aug 3, 2001
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to eligible local governments and Indian groups to promote their participation in the decision making process related to the following actions if the Secretary determines such assistance is necessary to protect the government's or group's interests and would otherwise promote just administration within the Bureau of Indian Affairs: (1) an Indian group is seeking Federal acknowledgment or recognition, or a terminated tribe is seeking to be restored to federally-recognized status; (2) a federally-recognized tribe has asserted trust status with respect to land within an area over which a local government currently exercises jurisdiction; (3) a federally-recognized tribe has filed a petition requesting that land within an area over which a local government is currently exercising jurisdiction be taken into trust; and (4) an Indian group or a federally-recognized tribe is asserting a claim to land based upon a treaty or law specifically applicable to land or natural resource transfers from, by, or on behalf of Indians.
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Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D–CT
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-775.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8972)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8968-8969)
Introduced in Senate
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