[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4231 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4231

    To prohibit regulations that classify, enhance, or diminish the 
    privileges and immunities of an Indian tribe relative to other 
      federally recognized Indian tribes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 1994

 Mr. Richardson (for himself and Mr. Thomas of Wyoming) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit regulations that classify, enhance, or diminish the 
    privileges and immunities of an Indian tribe relative to other 
      federally recognized Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 16 of the 
Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 476), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsections:
    ``(f) Privileges and Immunities of Indian Tribes; Prohibition on 
New Regulations.--The head of a department or agency of the United 
States may not promulgate any regulation or make any decision or 
determination pursuant to this Act or any other Act of Congress, with 
respect to a federally recognized Indian tribe that classifies, 
enhances, or diminishes the privileges and immunities available to the 
Indian tribe relative to other federally recognized tribes by virtue of 
their status as Indian tribes.
    ``(g) Privileges and Immunities of Indian Tribes; Existing 
Regulations.--Any regulation or administrative decision or 
determination of a department or agency of the United States in 
existence or effect on the date of enactment of this subsection that 
classifies, enhances, or diminishes the privileges and immunities 
available to a federally recognized Indian tribe relative to the 
privileges and immunities available to other federally recognized 
tribes by virtue of their status as Indian tribes shall have no force 
or effect.''.

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