H.R.1066: To amend the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to clarify the definition of Indian and Indian organization for the purposes of that Act.

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Bill Summary

Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, for the purposes of a civil action brought against a person for the misrepresentation of an Indian-produced good or an Indian product to revise the definition of "Indian" to include a member of an Indian organization who resides in the state in which the Indian organization is chartered and headquartered and is a direct lineal descendant of a person listed on: (1) the base roll of an Indian tribe,...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
March 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
March 12, 2013
Referred to House Judiciary
March 12, 2013
Referred to House Natural Resources
March 12, 2013

Introduced in the House by Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va.)

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