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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1901
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 27, 2021
Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Ms. WARREN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. LUJA´N,
Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KELLY, Ms.
CORTEZ MASTO, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the author-
ity of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into
trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. AUTHORITY REAFFIRMED.
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(a) REAFFIRMATION.—Section 19 of the Act of June
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18, 1934 (48 Stat. 988, chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5129)
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(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’),
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is amended—
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(1) in the first sentence—
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(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting
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‘‘Effective beginning on June 18, 1934, the
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term’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘any recognized Indian
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tribe now under Federal jurisdiction’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘any federally recognized Indian tribe’’;
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and
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(2) by striking the third sentence and inserting
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the following: ‘‘In this Act, the terms ‘Indian tribe’
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and ‘tribe’ mean any Indian or Alaska Native tribe,
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band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the
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Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an
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Indian tribe.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the Act
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of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984, chapter 576; 25 U.S.C.
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5101 et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorga-
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nization Act’’), on the date of the enactment of that Act.
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