Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 16, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1024.
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.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 29, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2008 - Declares that specified federal lands are to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California (the Tribe) for nongaming purposes.
Subjects: (1) such lands to the same terms and conditions as those lands described in the California Indian Land Transfer Act; and (2) specified lands taken or to be taken into trust for the Tribe's benefit to the Act's requirements regarding the applicability of laws governing lands which are to be held in trust for the benefit of a tribe, band, or group of Indians pursuant to the Act.
Requires the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to complete: (1) fieldwork required for a survey of the federal lands and trust lands for the purpose of incorporating those lands within the boundaries of the Tuolumne Rancheria; and (2) the survey within 90 days after the fieldwork is completed.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon the approval by the Community Council of the Tribe of such survey, to publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the new boundary lines of the Tuolumne Rancheria and a legal description of the land surveyed.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Sep 6, 2007Hearings Apr 9, 2008Markup Apr 17, 2008Reported Apr 29, 2008 |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2008Markup Sep 11, 2008Reported Sep 16, 2008 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 16, 2008 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. Without written report.
- Sep 16, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1024.
- Sep 11, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Jul 16, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
- Apr 30, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Apr 29, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-609.
- Apr 29, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 379.
- Apr 29, 2008Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 29, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2771)
- Apr 29, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3490.
- Apr 29, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2771)
- Apr 29, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 17, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 17, 2008Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 9, 2008Committee Hearings Held.
- Sep 6, 2007Introduced in House
- Sep 6, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E782 | George Radanovich R-CA | Apr 30, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2771Text printed H2771 | Nick J. Rahall II D-WV, Rob Bishop R-UT | Apr 29, 2008 |
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Sep 22, 2008H.R. 3490, Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 11, 2008</p>
- Sep 22, 2008H.R. 3490, Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 11, 2008
- Apr 25, 2008H.R. 3490, Tuolomne Me-Wuk land Transfer Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 17, 2008</p>
- Apr 25, 2008H.R. 3490, Tuolomne Me-Wuk land Transfer Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 17, 2008
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-603 | MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS LEGISLATION80 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 16, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-65 | H.R. 3490, H.R. 3522, H.R. 5608, H.R. 5680 AND S. 2457100 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 9, 2008 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48093 | Federal-Tribal Consultation: Background and Issues for Congress | Report | Sep 23, 2026 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Reported to Senate
- Apr 30, 2008Referred in Senate
- Apr 29, 2008Engrossed in House
- Apr 29, 2008Reported in House
- Sep 6, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
