{"id":11392,"date":"2021-05-11T17:39:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T21:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=11392"},"modified":"2021-05-28T13:03:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:03:55","slug":"more-indian-country-bills-slated-for-action-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/05\/11\/more-indian-country-bills-slated-for-action-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"More Indian Country bills slated for action on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A statue of Ponca Chief Standing Bear is located in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. Photo: Franmarie Metzler \/ U.S. House of Representatives<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n
More Indian Country bills slated for action on Capitol Hill<\/div>\r\n
Tuesday, May 11, 2021<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/P>\r\nFour more Indian Country bills are scheduled for passage in the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> this week.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nAll four will be considered under a suspension of the rules as soon as Wednesday afternoon, according to the Democratic House Majority Leader’s calendar<\/a>. The process is typically used when bills are considered non-controversial, meaning they are likely to pass with overwhelming support in the chamber.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe bills scheduled for action are:\r\n

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\r\n• H.R.478<\/a>, the Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act. The bill places about 55 acres in Arizona in trust for the Gila River Indian Community<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n• H.R.810<\/a>. The bill opens the door to create the Chief Standing Bear<\/a> National Historic Trail, to trace the forced removal of the Ponca Tribe<\/a> from its homelands in Nebraska to Oklahoma, and back. The trail would extend for about 550 miles.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n• H.R.1688<\/a>, the Native American Child Protection Act. The bill updates the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act<\/a>, which first became law in 1990 to help tribes and the federal government address child abuse in Indian Country amid reports of widespread victimization<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n• H.R.2208<\/a>, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act. The bill ensures that the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo<\/a>, also known as the Tigua Tribe, and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe<\/a> can engage in gaming on their lands in the same manner as other Indian nations.\r\n<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAll four bills were considered during the last session of Congress. None of them made it over the finish line in time for them to become law.\r\n

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