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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 26, 2025
This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to the Lytton Rancheria of California. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire and take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe under the IRA. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.
A 2009 Supreme Court case, Carcieri v. Salazar, decided that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the IRA was enacted in 1934. This bill (1) affirms the applicability of the IRA to the Lytton Rancheria of California, thereby deeming the tribe to be under federal jurisdiction as of June 18, 1934, for purposes of the IRA; and (2) authorizes Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.
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Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D–CA
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Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8747-8748; text: CR S8748)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 188.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-79.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-79.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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