House passes bill to authorize land swap for Fond du Lac Band (12/4)
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President Obama signs Fond du Lac Band land transfer into law
Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
President Barack Obama signed H.R.
2650, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act, into law on Friday.
The bill authorizes a land swap between the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa and Carlton County in Minnesota. The tribe will receive about 3,200
acres within reservation boundaries and the county will receive 1,451 acres
outside the reservation.
The House passed the bill in December.
The Senate took up the House version and passed it on March 13.
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House passes bill to authorize land swap for Fond du Lac Band (12/4)
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