[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 375 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 375


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2019

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
  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, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY REAFFIRMED.

    (a) Reaffirmation.--Section 19 of the Act of June 18, 1934 
(commonly known as the ``Indian Reorganization Act''; 25 U.S.C. 5129), 
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 said sections, 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 this section shall take 
effect as if included in the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as 
the ``Indian


              

 Reorganization Act''; 25 U.S.C. 5129), on the date of the enactment of 
that Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.