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H.R.2758

H.R.2758: Lumbee Recognition Act

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About This Bill

Introduced April 22, 2021
Latest Major Action Oct. 11, 2022
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Bill Sponsor

G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)

Bill Cosponsors

7 (2 Democrats, 5 Republicans)

Bill Versions

Placed on Calendar Senate - Oct. 11, 2022
Received in Senate - Nov. 2, 2021
Engrossed in House - Nov. 1, 2021
Introduced in House - April 22, 2021

Bill Summary

Lumbee Recognition Act This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Bill Actions

Date	Description
Oct. 11, 2022	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 522.
Sept. 29, 2022	Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Nov. 2, 2021	Received in the Senate.
Nov. 1, 2021	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov. 1, 2021	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 357 - 59, 1 Present (Roll no. 341). (text: CR H6041)
Nov. 1, 2021	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6054)
Nov. 1, 2021	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Nov. 1, 2021	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2758.
Nov. 1, 2021	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6041-6043)
Nov. 1, 2021	Ms. Leger Fernandez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
June 16, 2021	Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
April 22, 2021	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
April 22, 2021	Introduced in the House by G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)

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