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Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act
This bill ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take into trust approximately 17 acres of land in Cleveland County, North Carolina, for the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation. The land is made part of the Catawba Reservation.
The bill allows gaming on the land taken into trust for the tribe.
People & committees
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R–SC
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-307.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-307.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-77.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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