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Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017
Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 7, 2017
Latest Action
January 29, 2018
Primary Sponsor
Robert J. WittmanRepublican(VA)
Momentum (last 30 days)
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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
96pct
356d open
vs 7,393 other HR bills in the 115th — cohort avg 50d
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017 TITLE I--CHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE (Sec. 103) This bill extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Tribe. The tribe and its members are made eligible for the services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The bill establishes the service area of the tribe. (Sec. 104) The bill sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body. (Sec. 106) The Department of the Interior, upon the request of the tribe, must take certain land owned by the tribe in Virginia into trust for the benefit of the tribe, to be considered part of the tribe's reservation. The bill prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities. (Sec. 107) The bill does not affect the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribe or its members. TITLE II--CHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE--EASTERN DIVISION (Sec. 203) This bill extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division. The tribe and its members are made eligible for the services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The bill establishes the service area of the tribe. (Sec. 204) The bill sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body. (Sec. 206) The Department of the Interior, upon the request of the tribe, must take certain land owned by the tribe in Virginia into trust for the benefit of the tribe, to be considered part of the tribe's reservation. The bill prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities. (Sec. 207) The bill does not affect the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribe or its members. TITLE III--UPPER MATTAPONI TRIBE (Sec. 303) This bill extends federal recognition to the Upper Mattaponi Tribe. The tribe and its members are made eligible for the services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The bill establishes the service area of the tribe. (Sec. 304) The bill sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body. (Sec. 306) The Department of the Interior, upon the request of the tribe, must take certain land owned by the tribe in Virginia into trust for the benefit of the tribe, to be considered part of the tribe's reservation. The bill prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities. (Sec. 307) The bill does not affect the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribe or its members. TITLE IV--RAPPAHANNOCK TRIBE, INC. (Sec. 403) This bill extends federal recognition to the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. The tribe and its members are made eligible for the services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The bill establishes the service area of the tribe. (Sec. 404) The bill sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body. (Sec. 406) The Department of the Interior, upon the request of the tribe, must take certain land owned by the tribe in Virginia into trust for the benefit of the tribe, to be considered part of the tribe's reservation. The bill prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities. (Sec. 407) The bill does not affect the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribe or its members. TITLE V--MONACAN INDIAN NATION (Sec. 503) This bill extends federal recognition to the Monacan Indian Nation. The tribe and its members are made eligible for the services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The bill establishes the service area of the tribe. (Sec. 504) The bill sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body. (Sec. 506) The Department of the Interior, upon the request of the tribe, must take certain land owned by the tribe in Virginia into trust for the benefit of the tribe, to be considered part of the tribe's reservation. The bill prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities. (Sec. 507) The bill does not affect the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribe or its members. TITLE VI--NANSEMOND INDIAN TRIBE (Sec. 603) This bill extends federal recognition to the Nansemond Indian Tribe. The tribe and its members are made eligible for the services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The bill establishes the service area of the tribe. (Sec. 604) The bill sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body. (Sec. 606) The Department of the Interior, upon the request of the tribe, must take certain land owned by the tribe in Virginia into trust for the benefit of the tribe, to be considered part of the tribe's reservation. The bill prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities. (Sec. 607) The bill does not affect the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribe or its members. TITLE VII--EMINENT DOMAIN (Sec. 701) Eminent domain may not be used to acquire lands for a tribe recognized under this bill.
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2017 · third_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
Senate Bills S. 91: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017. S. 254: Esther Martinez Native American Language Preservation Act S. 343: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act, to repeal obsolete laws such as those that prohibit an Indian from arresting and detaining a white man, or threaten the loss of food assistance to a family that declines to send their children to an Indian boarding school. S. 508: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act, a bill to authorize taking lands into trust for the benefit of the Cow Creek Umpqua, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians and would specify that the Coquille Forest will be under the management of the Department of the Interior S. 669: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act S. 747: Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Reauthorization. S. 943: Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act S. 1047 Lumbee Recognition Act S. 1294: A Bill to Expand [Education] Opportunity for Native American Children S. 1400 Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of the Interior and Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. House bills: H.R. 130: 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. H.R. 131: To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. H.R. 228: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 H.R. 292: Honor Our Trust Relationships Act (a bill to exempt Indian and Native Alaskan programs from sequestration.) H.R. 984: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017, which would federally recognize 6 tribes in Virginia which have been in existence since before first contact with Europeans. H.R. 1169: Esther Martinez Native American Language Preservation Act H.R. 1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act (same description as S. 508) H.R. 1455: Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act, which would restore federal recognition of an Oregon tribe that was summarily terminated along with 100 other tribes in the 1950s. H.R. 1491: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, which would reaffirm the decision of Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. H.R. 1630: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act H.R. 2352: Lumbee Recognition Act H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of the Interior and Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.
Became Public Law No: 115-121.
Became Public Law No: 115-121.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S153)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S153)
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Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $5,480
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · second_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
Senate Bills S. 91: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017. S. 254: Esther Martinez Native American Language Preservation Act S. 343: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act, to repeal obsolete laws such as those that prohibit an Indian from arresting and detaining a white man, or threaten the loss of food assistance to a family that declines to send their children to an Indian boarding school. S. 508: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act, a bill to authorize taking lands into trust for the benefit of the Cow Creek Umpqua, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians and would specify that the Coquille Forest will be under the management of the Department of the Interior S. 669: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act S. 747: Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Reauthorization. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of the Interior and Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. House bills: H.R. 130: 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. H.R. 131: To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. H.R. 228: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 H.R. 292: Honor Our Trust Relationships Act (a bill to exempt Indian and Native Alaskan programs from sequestration.) H.R. 984: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017, which would federally recognize 6 tribes in Virginia which have been in existence since before first contact with Europeans. H.R. 1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act (same description as S. 508) H.R. 1455: Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act, which would restore federal recognition of an Oregon tribe that was summarily terminated along with 100 other tribes in the 1950s. H.R. 1491: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, which would reaffirm the decision of Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. H.R. 1630: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of the Interior and Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.Res. 222: Expressing support for designation of May 5, 2017, as "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls"
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $6,080
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · first_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
Senate Bills S. 91: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017. S. 254: Esther Martinez Native American Language Preservation Act S. 343: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act, to repeal obsolete laws such as those that prohibit an Indian from arresting and detaining a white man, or threaten the loss of food assistance to a family that declines to send their children to an Indian boarding school. S. 508: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act, a bill to authorize taking lands into trust for the benefit of the Cow Creek Umpqua, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians and would specify that the Coquille Forest will be under the management of the Department of the Interior S. 669: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act S. 747: Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Reauthorization. House Bills H.R. 130: 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. H.R. 131: To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. H.R. 228: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 H.R. 292: Honor Our Trust Relationships Act (a bill to exempt Indian and Native Alaskan programs from sequestration.) H.R. 984: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017, which would federally recognize 6 tribes in Virginia which have been in existence since before first contact with Europeans. H.R. 1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act (same description as S. 508) H.R. 1455: Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act, which would restore federal recognition of an Oregon tribe that was summarily terminated along with 100 other tribes in the 1950s. H.R. 1491: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, which would reaffirm the decision of Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. H.R. 1630: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $7,200
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4251-4257)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4251-4257)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4266)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 984.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4251-4259)
Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| Referred to |
| February 7, 2017 |
| February 7, 2017 |
| Enrolled Bill | -- |
| Democratic |
| VA |
| Scott Taylor | Republican | VA |