S 338 · 111th Congress 2009โ€“2011, ended

A bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust and to provide for the conduct of certain activities on the land.

Latest action · Mar 16, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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. IntroducedJan 28, 2009
  2. Passed SenateMar 12, 2009
  3. Passed HouseNot 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 Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to repeal the declaration that specified land accepted by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria in California shall be deemed to have been held in trust and part of the reservation of the Rancheria prior to October 17, 1988. (The date on the recorded deed is October 16, 2000.)

Allows the Lytton Rancheria to conduct activities for class II gaming on the land taken into trust.

Prohibits the Lytton Rancheria from expanding the exterior physical measurements of any facility on the Rancheria in use for class II gaming activities.

States that, for class III gaming purposes, the land taken into trust shall be treated, for purposes of provisions relating to gaming on lands acquired in trust after October 17, 1988, as if the land was acquired on October 9, 2003, the date on which the Secretary took it into trust.

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
SenateIndian Affairs Committee
Referred Jan 28, 2009Discharged Mar 12, 2009
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 16, 2009

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 16, 2009Received in the House.
  2. Mar 16, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  3. Mar 13, 2009Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  4. Mar 12, 2009Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3091)
  5. Mar 12, 2009Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3091)
  6. Mar 12, 2009Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3091)
  7. Jan 28, 2009Introduced in Senate
  8. Jan 28, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S996-997)
  9. Jan 28, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S3091Text printed S3091Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIMar 12, 2009
SenateDebate and remarks S996Dianne Feinstein D-CAJan 28, 2009

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust and to provide for the conduct of certain activities on the land.

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 16, 2009Referred in House
  2. Mar 12, 2009Engrossed in Senate
  3. Jan 28, 2009Introduced in Senate

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