3.0.0 550 2023-01-15T22:48:20Z 2023-01-15T22:48:20Z Senate S S 2003-03-06 108 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Hearings by 2003-10-15T23:30:57Z Hearings by 2003-05-07T17:36:32Z Referred to 2003-03-06T20:52:57Z American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 108 1721 S 2004-10-27 Became Public Law No: 108-374. Related bill CRS 2003-10-15 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-379. Committee 2003-05-07 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-81. Committee 2003-03-06 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3270-3275) IntroReferral 2003-03-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3269-3270) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000077 Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] BEN CAMPBELL R CO NIGHTHORSE N I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2003-03-06 True T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY 2003-03-06 True Native Americans Administrative remedies Divorce Energy Estates (Law) Families Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Indian children Indian lands Indian women Land transfers Law Liens Mining royalties Minorities Oil and gas royalties Probate law and practice Public Lands and Natural Resources Trusts and trustees Widowers Widows Women Native Americans 00 2003-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Repeals the limitation of any devise of an interest in trust or restricted land to a decedent's Indian spouse or any other Indian person. Retains permission to devise such an interest to the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over the land. Adds permission to devise such an interest to any Indian person in trust or restricted status or as a passive trust interest.

Limits the order of the devise of an interest in trust or restricted land for: (1) an interest not devised according to the general rule; and (2) an interest held as a passive trust interest.

Permits the owner of an interest in trust or restricted land to request that it be held in a passive trust.

Provides for the partition and purchase of Indian land by eligible Indian tribes.

Prohibits the Secretary from approving a tribal probate code that prevents the devise of an interest in trust or restricted land to: (1) an Indian lineal descendant of the original allottee; or (2) an Indian who is not a members of the tribe unless it provides for the renouncing of interests, reservation of life estates, and payment of fair market value.

Provides that the authority available to an Indian tribe to acquire an interest in trust or restricted land devised by the owner to a non-Indian shall not apply if the interest is part of a family farm that is devised to a member of the decedent's family, and the devisee agrees that the Indian tribe will have the opportunity to acquire the interest for fair market value if it is offered for sale to an entity that is not a member of the family of the owner of the land.

Provides that the rules of intestate succession under the Indian Land Consolidation Act or a tribal probate code approved under such Act shall apply after patents issued in the name of the allottees (or their heirs) have been executed and delivered.

Restricts the devise of interest in trusts or restricted Indian lands within reservations that is less than 2.5 acres.]]>

American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2003 Display Title American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to improve provisions relating to probate of trust and restricted land, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-03-06T05:00:00Z 2003-10-15 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-379. 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.