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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 16, 2004
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from: (1) reorganizing the BIA at the Agency level in its Great Plains Region or its Rocky Mountain Region except with respect to the reform of probate procedure and efforts to encourage land consolidation; and (2) imposing trust management infrastructure reforms on, or altering, the existing trust resource management system of a BIA Agency within such Regions unless the reforms are expressly agreed to by the Indian tribe covered by the Agency.
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Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D–SD
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6885-6886)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6884-6885)
Introduced in Senate
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