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S.1879: Interior Improvement Act
About This Bill
- Introduced July 28, 2015
- Latest Major Action June 9, 2016
Bill Sponsor
Bill Versions
- Reported to Senate - June 9, 2016
- Introduced in Senate - July 28, 2015
Bill Summary
Interior Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Reorganization Act to expand the definition of Indian to include members of Indian tribes that were federally recognized after June 18, 1934. Trust acquisitions by the Department of the Interior for tribes recognized after June 18, 1934, are ratified and confirmed. (Sec. 3) Indian tribes and individual Indians may apply to Interior to have off-reservation land taken into trust for...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| June 9, 2016 |
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
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| June 9, 2016 |
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-275. Minority views filed.
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| Dec. 2, 2015 |
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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| July 28, 2015 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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| July 28, 2015 |
Introduced in the Senate by John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) |