[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2335 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2335

  To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands 
                under the National Labor Relations Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2011

 Mrs. Noem (for herself, Mr. Kline, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Cole, 
Mr. Paul, and Mr. McClintock) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands 
                under the National Labor Relations Act.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF EMPLOYER.

    Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or any enterprise or 
        institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located 
        on its Indian lands,'' after ``subdivision thereof''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) The term `Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe, 
        band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community 
        which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and 
        services provided by the United States to Indians because of 
        their status as Indians.
            ``(16) The term `Indian' means any individual who is a 
        member of an Indian tribe.
            ``(17) The term `Indian lands' means--
                    ``(A) all lands within the limits of any Indian 
                reservation;
                    ``(B) any lands title to which is either held in 
                trust by the United States for the benefit of any 
                Indian tribe or individual or held by any Indian tribe 
                or individual subject to restriction by the United 
                States against alienation; and
                    ``(C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are 
                within the boundaries of a former reservation (as 
                defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a 
                federally recognized Indian tribe.''.
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