HR 2941 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act

Introduced Jul 25, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ

Latest action · Sep 29, 2004 Received in the Senate.

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.

IntroducedJul 25, 2003
Passed HouseSep 28, 2004
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act - Declares that the boundaries of the Colorado River Indian Reservation are the boundaries delineated by the Robbins Survey of 1875 and affirmed by the Harrington Resurvey of 1912 (which include 16,000 acres known as the La Paz lands).

Restores to the Reservation all right, title, and interest of the United States to those lands within such boundaries that were excluded from the Reservation pursuant to Executive Order No. 2273 (November 22, 1915), which shall be held in trust by the United States on behalf of the Colorado River Indian Tribes. (Excludes from such restored lands specified lands under title to the Arizona State Lands Department.)

Subjects the restored lands to all existing rights-of-way, easements, leases, and mining claims. Declares that the United States reserves the right to continue all Reclamation projects, including the right to access and remove mineral materials for Colorado River maintenance on the restored lands. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to grant additional rights-of-way, expansions, or renewals of existing rights-of-way for roads, utilities, and other accommodations to adjoining landowners or existing right-of-way holders, if certain criteria are met.

Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust under this Act.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2003 to Apr 27, 2004; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AZ	Ed Pastor	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-AZ	Jeff Flake	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-AZ	Rick Renzi	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		Oct 8, 2003
D-CA	Joe Baca		Apr 22, 2004
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Apr 27, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jul 25, 2003Hearings Apr 21, 2004Markup Sep 15, 2004Reported Sep 28, 2004

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 29, 2004Received in the Senate.
Sep 28, 2004Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-701.
Sep 28, 2004Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 429.
Sep 28, 2004Mr. Radanovich moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 28, 2004Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7685-7686)
Sep 28, 2004DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2941.
Sep 28, 2004Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7685)
Sep 28, 2004Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 15, 2004Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 15, 2004Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 21, 2004Committee Hearings Held.
Aug 8, 2003Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House
Jul 25, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H7685Text printed H7685	George Radanovich R-CA, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ	Sep 28, 2004

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 108-701

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Sep 22, 2004H.R. 2941, Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 15, 2004</p>
Sep 22, 2004H.R. 2941, Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 15, 2004

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To correct the south boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 29, 2004Received in Senate
Sep 28, 2004Engrossed in House
Sep 28, 2004Reported in House
Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House

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