Senate Bill 4830
117th Congress(2021-2022)
A bill to reaffirm actions taken by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Sep 13, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4830
Congress
117
Policy Area
Native Americans
Native Americans
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting Native Americans, including Alaska Natives and Hawaiians, in a variety of domestic policy settings. This includes claims, intergovernmental relations, and Indian lands and resources.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes.
Specifically, the bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted in 1934.
September 13, 2022
09/13/2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
09/13/2022
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 29, 2022 1:03:34 PM