HR 5811 · 111th Congress 2009โ€“2011, ended

To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe.

Latest action · Dec 9, 2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 683.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 21, 2010
  2. Passed HouseSep 22, 2010
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to revise tribal membership requirements to provide tribal membership to any person of Tigua Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian blood enrolled by the tribe.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jul 21, 2010
SenateIndian Affairs Committee
Referred Sep 23, 2010Markup Nov 19, 2010Reported Dec 9, 2010

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 9, 2010Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan without amendment. With written report No. 111-359.
  2. Dec 9, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 683.
  3. Nov 18, 2010Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Sep 23, 2010Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  5. Sep 22, 2010Mrs. Christensen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  6. Sep 22, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6821-6822)
  7. Sep 22, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5811.
  8. Sep 22, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6821)
  9. Sep 22, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Jul 21, 2010Introduced in House
  11. Jul 21, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Natural 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H6821, H6822Text printed H6821Doc Hastings R-WA, Donna M. Christensen D-VI, Laura Richardson D-CA, Silvestre Reyes D-TXSep 22, 2010

Research

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Related bills 1

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

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe.

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 9, 2010Reported to Senate
  2. Sep 23, 2010Referred in Senate
  3. Sep 22, 2010Engrossed in House
  4. Jul 21, 2010Introduced in House

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