Nevada Native Nations Land Act
Latest action · Dec 1, 2014 By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-278.
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.
- IntroducedJun 17, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nevada Native Nations Land Act -Title I: Elko Motocross Land Conveyance - (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Elko County, Nevada, without consideration, approximately 275 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District, Nevada. Requires the land conveyed to be used only: (1) as a motocross, bicycle, off-highway vehicle, or stock car racing area; or (2) for any other public purpose consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
Title II: Conveyance of Land to Indian Tribes - (Sec. 201) Holds in trust the following lands:
- for the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (the Elko Band), approximately 373 acres of BLM land;
- for the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, approximately 19,094 acres of BLM land;
- for the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, approximately 82 acres of Forest Service land;
- for the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, approximately 941 acres of BLM land;
- for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, approximately 13,434 acres of BLM land; and
- for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, approximately 11,719 acres of BLM land.
Makes the lands held for the Tribes part of their respective Reservations.
(Sec. 202) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a survey to establish boundary lines of the land taken into trust for each Indian tribe.
Restricts gaming on lands held in trust under this Act.
Permits the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable Indian tribe, to carry out any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration activities (including restoration of the sage grouse habitat) on the land that is beneficial to the tribe and BLM.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 17, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Jun 17, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 17, 2014Hearings Jul 9, 2014Markup Jul 30, 2014Reported Aug 26, 2014 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 1, 2014By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-278.
- Aug 26, 2014Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2014 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Aug 26, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.
- Jul 30, 2014Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 10, 2014Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4394-4395)
- Jul 9, 2014Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-419.
- Jun 17, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Jun 17, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3722-3723)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4394 | Harry Reid D-NV | Jul 10, 2014 |
| Senate | Text printed S3722 | Harry Reid D-NV (text) | Jun 17, 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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 29, 2014S. 2480, Nevada Native Nations Lands ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 30, 2014
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-419 | S. 2442, S. 2465, S. 2479, S. 2480, AND S. 250399 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Jul 9, 2014 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2455 | Nevada Native Nations Land Act | Related bill | Dec 2, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Nevada Native Nations Land Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Nevada Native Nations Land Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 26, 2014Reported to Senate
- Jun 17, 2014Introduced in Senate
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.
