Politics

House committee approves four Indian bills

Friday, April 18, 2008

The House Natural Resources Committee approved four Indian bills at a markup on Thursday.

H.R. 3522, H.R.3490, and S. 2457 were approved by unanimous consent.

A fourth bill, H.R.1575, to recognize Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, was approved after a substitute amendment was adopted. No one spoke against the measure.

The three unanimous consent bills were:

* H.R. 3522: To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other purposes.
* H.R.3490: To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes. "Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2007"
* S. 2457: A bill to provide for extensions of leases of certain land by Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.

Committee Notice:
Full Committee Markup (April 17, 2008)