HR 31 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Lumbee Recognition Act

Introduced Jan 6, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Mike McIntyre D-NC

Latest action · Jun 9, 2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.

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.

IntroducedJan 6, 2009
Passed HouseJun 3, 2009
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 12, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

Prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any federal law.

Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 297	On Passage	Passed240–179	Jun 3, 2009

House 296	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Failed197–224	Jun 3, 2009

Cosponsors 185

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2009 to Mar 25, 2009; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-OH	Betty Sutton	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NC	Bob Etheridge	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NC	Brad Miller	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-OR	David Wu	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-AZ	Ed Pastor	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-SC	James E. Clyburn	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-NC	Larry Kissell	Original	Jan 6, 2009
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jan 6, 2009
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-CA	Xavier Becerra	Original	Jan 6, 2009
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Jan 7, 2009
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jan 7, 2009
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Jan 7, 2009
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jan 7, 2009
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson		Jan 9, 2009
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jan 9, 2009
D-GA	David Scott		Jan 9, 2009
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Jan 9, 2009
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jan 9, 2009
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jan 9, 2009
D-GA	John Lewis		Jan 9, 2009
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Jan 9, 2009
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jan 9, 2009
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Jan 9, 2009
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jan 9, 2009
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jan 9, 2009
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jan 9, 2009
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jan 9, 2009
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jan 9, 2009
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jan 9, 2009
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jan 13, 2009
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jan 13, 2009
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jan 13, 2009
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jan 13, 2009
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jan 13, 2009
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jan 13, 2009
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jan 13, 2009
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Jan 13, 2009
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Jan 13, 2009
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jan 13, 2009
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jan 13, 2009
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jan 13, 2009
D-TX	Al Green		Jan 14, 2009
D-AL	Artur Davis		Jan 14, 2009
D-MA	Barney Frank		Jan 14, 2009
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Jan 14, 2009
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jan 14, 2009
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jan 14, 2009
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jan 14, 2009
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Jan 14, 2009
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jan 14, 2009
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jan 15, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Jan 15, 2009
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Jan 15, 2009
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jan 15, 2009
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jan 15, 2009
D-CA	George Miller		Jan 15, 2009
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jan 15, 2009
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jan 15, 2009
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jan 15, 2009
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jan 21, 2009
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jan 21, 2009
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jan 21, 2009
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Jan 21, 2009
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Jan 21, 2009
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jan 21, 2009
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Jan 21, 2009
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Jan 21, 2009
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jan 21, 2009
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jan 21, 2009
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jan 21, 2009
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jan 21, 2009
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jan 21, 2009
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Jan 22, 2009
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jan 26, 2009
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Jan 26, 2009
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Jan 27, 2009
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jan 27, 2009
D-WA	Brian Baird		Jan 27, 2009
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jan 27, 2009
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Jan 27, 2009
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Jan 27, 2009
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Jan 27, 2009
D-CA	Jane Harman		Jan 27, 2009
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jan 27, 2009
D-PA	Joe Sestak		Jan 27, 2009
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jan 27, 2009
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jan 27, 2009
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jan 27, 2009
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jan 27, 2009
D-IL	Phil Hare		Jan 27, 2009
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Jan 27, 2009
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jan 27, 2009
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Jan 27, 2009
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jan 27, 2009
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jan 27, 2009
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Jan 27, 2009
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jan 28, 2009
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Jan 28, 2009
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Jan 28, 2009
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jan 28, 2009
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Jan 28, 2009
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Jan 28, 2009
R-AK	Don Young		Jan 28, 2009
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Jan 28, 2009
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jan 28, 2009
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Jan 28, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Jan 28, 2009
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jan 28, 2009
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jan 28, 2009
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Jan 28, 2009
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Jan 28, 2009
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jan 28, 2009
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jan 28, 2009
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jan 28, 2009
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Jan 28, 2009
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jan 28, 2009
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jan 28, 2009
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Feb 3, 2009
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Feb 3, 2009
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Feb 4, 2009
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Feb 4, 2009
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Feb 4, 2009
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Feb 4, 2009
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Feb 4, 2009
D-VA	James P. Moran		Feb 4, 2009
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Feb 4, 2009
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Feb 4, 2009
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Feb 10, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Feb 10, 2009
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Feb 10, 2009
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Feb 10, 2009
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Feb 10, 2009
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Feb 10, 2009
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Feb 10, 2009
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Feb 10, 2009
D-AR	Marion Berry		Feb 10, 2009
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Feb 10, 2009
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Feb 10, 2009
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Feb 10, 2009
D-WA	Adam Smith		Feb 11, 2009
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Feb 11, 2009
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Feb 11, 2009
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Feb 11, 2009
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Feb 12, 2009
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell		Feb 12, 2009
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Feb 12, 2009
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Feb 13, 2009
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Feb 13, 2009
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Feb 13, 2009
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Feb 13, 2009
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Feb 23, 2009
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Feb 24, 2009
R-GA	John Linder		Feb 25, 2009
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Feb 25, 2009
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Mar 5, 2009
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan		Mar 12, 2009
R-OR	Greg Walden		Mar 12, 2009
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Mar 12, 2009
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Mar 12, 2009
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Mar 12, 2009
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Mar 17, 2009
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Mar 18, 2009
D-TX	Gene Green		Mar 18, 2009
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Mar 18, 2009
D-WI	Ron Kind		Mar 18, 2009
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Mar 23, 2009
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Mar 25, 2009

Withdrew 1 Donald A. Manzullo R-IL Mar 12, 2009

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 Jan 6, 2009Hearings Mar 18, 2009Markup Apr 22, 2009Reported May 12, 2009

Actions 20

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 9, 2009Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.
Jun 8, 2009Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jun 4, 2009Received in the Senate.
Jun 3, 2009Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 490. (consideration: CR H6115-6122)
Jun 3, 2009Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 31 and H.R. 1385. General debate for each bill is limited to 1 hour equally divided and controlled. For H.R. 1385, specified amendments are in order. For each bill, the previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

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In the Congressional Record 4

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S7391	—	Sep 23, 2010
Senate	Debate and remarks S6319	Harry Reid D-NV	Jun 9, 2009
Senate	Debate and remarks S6317, S6318	Harry Reid D-NV	Jun 8, 2009
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E1302, H6099–H6101, H6115–H6122Text printed H6099, H6115Motions H6120Recorded votes H6100, H6121, H6122enactHastings of Washington motion to recommit (require verification that the Lumbee Tribe is descended from the Cheraw Tribe or other coastal North Carolina tribes)	David Dreier R-CA, Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA, Doc Hastings R-WA (motion), Donna M. Christensen D-VI, Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS, Mike McIntyre D-NC, Nick J. Rahall II D-WV, Patrick T. McHenry R-NC	Jun 3, 2009

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. 111-103

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Apr 29, 2009H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 22, 2009</p>
Apr 29, 2009H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 22, 2009

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 111-11	H.R. 31, LUMBEE RECOGNITION ACT, AND H.R. 1385, THOMASINA E. JORDAN INDIAN TRIBES OF VIRGINIA FEDERAL RECOGNITION ACT OF 2009.106 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Mar 18, 2009

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 162	Substitute text made in order as an original bill pursuant to H.Res. 490.	Rules Committee	House amendment offered

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 490	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 31) to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1385) to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.	Related bill	Jun 3, 2009
S 1735	Lumbee Recognition Act	Related bill	Jan 20, 2010

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Lumbee Recognition Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Lumbee Recognition Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Lumbee Recognition Act

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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