Senate Indian Affairs Committee approves land-into-trust fix
Friday, April 8, 2011
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The
Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved
S.676, a bill to fix the
U.S. Supreme Court
decision in
Carcieri
v. Salazar, at a business meeting on Thursday.
The bill amends the
Indian
Reorganization Act to ensure that
"any federally recognized Indian tribe" can benefit from the land-into-trust process. It also ratifies prior approvals by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), the vice chairman of the committee, presented an amendment to require the
Interior Department to submit a study about the impacts of the decision on tribes, including a list of tribes affected by it. The amendment was adopted by the committee.
The bill will now go to the
Senate floor for consideration.
Two versions of the fix,
H.R.1291
and
H.R.1234, have been introduced in the
House but have not been considered.
Get the Story:
Bill granting land-trust status advances
(The Providence Journal 4/7)
Committee Notice:
BUSINESS
MEETING to consider: S. 675, S. 676 (April 7, 2011)
Supreme Court Decision:
Syllabus
|
Opinion
[Thomas] |
Concurrence
[Breyer] |
Dissent
[Stevens] |
Concurrence/Dissent
[Souter]
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