S748Passed Senate
A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-26
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
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ⓘType
Sponsor
Alex Padilla
Democrat · CA · Senator
Votes with party: 84.1% (826 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/P000145
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Cosponsors (0)
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Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Indian AffairsReported By · 2025-10-14
Previously
- Senate Committee on Indian AffairsMarkup By · 2025-03-05
- Senate Committee on Indian AffairsReferred To · 2025-02-26
Plain-English Summary
This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to the Lytton Rancheria of California. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire and take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe under the IRA. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation. A 2009 Supreme Court case, Carcieri v. Salazar , decided that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the IRA was enacted in 1934. This bill (1) affirms the applicability of the IRA to the Lytton Rancheria of California, thereby deeming the tribe to be under federal jurisdiction as of June 18, 1934, for purposes of the IRA; and (2) authorizes Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Native Americans
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