Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 2001
Latest action · Mar 9, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2121-2126)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth operating and documented petitioning procedures, including an opportunity for Indian groups denied recognition to a hearing under specified circumstances. Requires documented petitions to contain detailed, specific evidence, including: (1) statements of facts establishing that the petitioner has been identified as an American Indian entity on a substantially continuous basis since 1871, that a predominant portion of the petitioner's membership comprises a community distinct from those communities surrounding it and has existed as a community from historical times to the present, and that the petitioner has maintained political influence or authority over its members as an autonomous entity from historical times until the time of the petition; (2) a copy of the petitioner's governing document or description of the petitioner's membership criteria and the petitioner's governing procedures; and (3) a list of the petitioner's current members, a copy of each available former list of members based on the petitioner's defined criteria, and a description of the methods used in preparing those lists.
Requires the Commission to publish an annual list of recognized Indian tribes.
Provides for the protection of certain privileged information.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award petition assistance grants.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 9, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Mar 9, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2121-2126)
- Mar 9, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2121)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Archives
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal libraries
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- History
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Law
- Legal fees
- Library of Congress
- Limitation of actions
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Presidential commissions
- Right of petition
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