Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2012 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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 15, 2011
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2012
- 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 April 16, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act - Amends the Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Act to prohibit class II or III gaming activities on lands located north of latitude 33 degrees, 4 minutes north that the Tohono O'odham Nation was authorized to purchase in Arizona in exchange for granting the federal government all right, title, and interest to the Gila Bend Indian Reservation.
Prohibits this gaming restriction from having any effect on any decision as to whether any lands located south of latitude 33 degrees, 4 minutes north and taken into trust pursuant to this Act qualify as lands taken into trust as part of a land claim settlement for purposes of determining whether gaming may be conducted on such lands.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 15, 2011 to Mar 8, 2012; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Benjamin Quayle | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Sep 15, 2011 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Sep 21, 2011 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Oct 14, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Feb 1, 2012 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 8, 2012 |
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 15, 2011Markup Nov 17, 2011Reported Apr 16, 2012 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Sep 19, 2011Hearings Oct 4, 2011Discharged Nov 17, 2011 | |
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2012 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2012Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Jun 19, 2012Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3787)
- Jun 19, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 343 - 78, 2 Present (Roll no. 388). (text: CR 6/19/2012 H3725)
- Jun 19, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 18, 2012Mr. Young (AK) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H3787enact | — | Jun 19, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3725–H3729Text printed H3725 | David Schweikert R-AZ, Don Young R-AK, Edward J. Markey D-MA, Joe Baca D-CA, Paul A. Gosar R-AZ, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ, Tom McClintock R-CA, Trent Franks R-AZ | Jun 18, 2012 |
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 estimate
- Jan 18, 2012H.R. 2938, Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 17, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6232.
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. 112-67 | H.R. 2938, ``GILA BEND INDIAN RESERVATION LANDS REPLACEMENT CLARIFICATION ACT''72 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Oct 4, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit certain gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2012Referred in Senate
- Jun 19, 2012Engrossed in House
- Apr 16, 2012Reported in House
- Sep 15, 2011Introduced 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.
