3.0.0 1342 2023-01-15T17:04:09Z 2023-01-15T17:04:09Z Senate S S 2003-06-26 108 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2003-06-26T18:08:59Z To amend the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act to give the Secretary of the Interior discretion regarding taking land into trust. 108 2656 HR 2003-07-16 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Identical bill CRS 2003-06-26 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8732) IntroReferral 2003-06-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8729-8732) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N Native Americans California Federal-Indian relations Gambling Indian lands Minorities Sports and Recreation Native Americans 00 2003-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2003-08-25T21:14:21Z Amends the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act to specify that no land taken into trust for the benefit of the Graton Rancheria Tribe of California shall be construed to satisfy the terms of an exception in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to the prohibition of gaming on lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior after October 17, 1988 as: (1) part of a settlement of a land claim; (2) the initial reservation of an Indian tribe acknowledged by the Secretary under the Federal acknowledgment process; or (3) Indian tribe lands that are restored to Federal recognition.

Changes from mandatory to discretionary the Secretary's authority to accept real property located in Marin or Sonoma County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tribe after the property is transferred to the Secretary.

]]> A bill to amend the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act to give the Secretary of the Interior discretion regarding taking land into trust. Display Title A bill to amend the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act to give the Secretary of the Interior discretion regarding taking land into trust. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act to give the Secretary of the Interior discretion regarding taking land into trust. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2003-06-26T04:00:00Z 2003-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8732) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.