United States HR 4352: 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.

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117THCONGRESS 
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STSESSION 
H. R. 4352 
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. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
JULY2, 2021 
Ms.  M
CCOLLUM(for  herself,  Mr.  COLE,  Ms.  DAVIDSof  Kansas,  and  Mr.  
M
ULLIN)  introduced  the  following  bill;  which  was  referred  to  the  Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A  BILL  
To  amend  the  Act  of  June  18,  1934,  to  reaffirm  the  author-
ity  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  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. REAFFIRMATION OF AUTHORITY. 3
(a) M
ODIFICATION.— 4
(1)  I
N  GENERAL.—The  first  sentence  of  section  5
19  of  the  Act  of  June  18,  1934  (25  U.S.C.  5129),  6
is amended— 7
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(A)  by  striking  ‘‘The  term’’  and  inserting  1
‘‘Effective  beginning  June  18,  1934,  the  term’’;  2
and 3
(B)   by   striking   ‘‘any   recognized   Indian   4
tribe  now  under  Federal  jurisdiction’’  and  in-5
serting  ‘‘any  federally  recognized  Indian  Tribe’’.  6
(2)  E
FFECTIVE  DATE.—The  amendments  made  7
by  paragraph  (1)  shall  take  effect  as  if  included  in  8
the  Act  of  June  18,  1934  (commonly  known  as  the  9
‘‘Indian  Reorganization  Act’’;  25  U.S.C.  5101  et  10
seq.), on the date of the enactment of that Act. 11
(b)   R
ATIFICATIONANDCONFIRMATIONOFAC-12
TIONS.—Any action taken by the Secretary of the Interior 13
pursuant  to  the  Act  of  June  18,  1934  (25  U.S.C.  5101  14
et seq.), for any Indian Tribe that was federally recognized 15
on  the  date  of  the  action  is  ratified  and  confirmed,  to  the  16
extent  such  action  is  subjected  to  challenge  based  on  17
whether  the  Indian  Tribe  was  federally  recognized  or  18
under Federal jurisdiction on June 18, 1934, as if the ac-19
tion  had,  by  prior  Act  of  Congress,  been  specifically  au-20
thorized and directed. 21
(c) E
FFECT ONOTHERLAWS.— 22
(1)  I
N   GENERAL.—Nothing  in  this  section  or  23
the amendments made by this section affects— 24
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(A)  the  application  or  effect  of  any  Federal  1
law  other  than  the  Act  of  June  18,  1934  (25  2
U.S.C.  5101  et  seq.),  as  amended  by  subsection  3
(a); or 4
(B)  any  limitation  on  the  authority  of  the  5
Secretary  of  the  Interior  under  any  Federal  law  6
or  regulation  other  than  the  Act  of  June  18,  7
1934  (25  U.S.C.  5101  et  seq.),  as  amended  by  8
subsection (a). 9
(2)  R
EFERENCES  IN  OTHER  LAWS.—An  express  10
reference  to  the  Act  of  June  18,  1934  (25  U.S.C.  11
5101  et  seq.),  contained  in  any  other  Federal  law  12
shall  be  considered  to  be  a  reference  to  that  Act  as  13
amended by subsection (a). 14
Æ 
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