HR 841 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Jan 14, 2014 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 26, 2013
  2. Passed HouseJan 13, 2014
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe.

States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition; (2) the real property taken into trust is not to be eligible, or used, for Class II or III gaming, except for real property within two miles of a specified gaming facility; and (3) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2013 to Mar 12, 2013.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-OREarl BlumenauerFeb 28, 2013
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioFeb 28, 2013
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciFeb 28, 2013
R-ORGreg WaldenMar 12, 2013

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 26, 2013Markup Jun 12, 2013Reported Jul 22, 2013
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Mar 4, 2013Hearings May 16, 2013Discharged Jun 12, 2013
SenateIndian Affairs Committee
Referred Jan 14, 2014

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 14, 2014Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  2. Jan 13, 2014Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. (consideration: CR H170)
  3. Jan 13, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H170-172)
  4. Jan 13, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 841.
  5. Jan 13, 2014Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H170-171)
  6. Jul 22, 2013Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-168.
  7. Jul 22, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 122.
  8. Jun 12, 2013Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
  9. Jun 12, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  10. Jun 12, 2013Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  11. May 16, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  12. Mar 4, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
  13. Feb 26, 2013Introduced in House
  14. Feb 26, 2013Referred 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 H170–H172Text printed H170Doc Hastings R-WA, Kurt Schrader D-OR, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZJan 13, 2014

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

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H660.

Printed hearings 2

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 113-502INDIAN GAMING: THE NEXT 25 YEARS150 pagesIndian Affairs CommitteeJul 23, 2014
Serial No. 113-17H.R. 623, H.R. 740, H.R. 841, H.R. 931, H.R. 1306, AND H.R. 1410102 pagesNatural Resources CommitteeMay 16, 2013

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
RL34325Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA): Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands ArchivedReportAug 23, 2016

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 416A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.Identical billFeb 28, 2013
HR 5701Western Oregon Indian Tribal Lands ActRelated billDec 10, 2014

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 14, 2014Referred in Senate
  2. Jan 13, 2014Engrossed in House
  3. Jul 22, 2013Reported in House
  4. Feb 26, 2013Introduced in House

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