The New Mexico House voted 50-4 on Thursday to create a Cabinet-level Indian Affairs Department.
The bill provides $527,000 to fund the department, which would have two divisions.
One would be administrative, the other would handle programs.
A similar bill is pending in the Senate. The difference is in the naming of the tribal leaders who will advise the department.
The state already has a law that elevated the Indian Affairs director to the Cabinet level.
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