[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1703 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1703

  To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
  Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 2009

Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Baucus, 
Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Franken) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
  Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION.

    (a) In General.--Section 19 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly 
known as the ``Indian Reorganization Act'') (25 U.S.C. 479), is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``The term'' and inserting 
                ``Effective beginning on June 18, 1934, the term''; and
                    (B) by striking ``any recognized Indian tribe now 
                under Federal jurisdiction'' and inserting ``any 
                federally recognized Indian tribe''; and
            (2) by striking the third sentence and inserting the 
        following: ``In this section, the term `Indian tribe' means any 
        Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, 
        or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to 
        exist as an Indian tribe.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known 
as the ``Indian Reorganization Act'') (25 U.S.C. 479), on the date of 
enactment of that Act.
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