HR 3079 · 114th Congress 2015โ€“2017, ended

To take certain Federal land located in Tuolumne County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Jul 7, 2016 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 549.

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 15, 2015
  2. Passed HouseJul 5, 2016
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 10, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) All U.S. interests in approximately 80 acres of specified U.S. Forest Service land located in Tuolumne County, California, must be held in trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians. Gaming is not permitted on this land.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jul 15, 2015Markup Feb 3, 2016Reported Mar 10, 2016
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Aug 4, 2015Hearings Nov 4, 2015Discharged Feb 2, 2016

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 7, 2016Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 549.
  2. Jul 6, 2016Received in the Senate.
  3. Jul 5, 2016Mrs. Lummis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  4. Jul 5, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4257-4258)
  5. Jul 5, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3079.
  6. Jul 5, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4257)
  7. Jul 5, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  8. Mar 10, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-448.
  9. Mar 10, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 343.
  10. Feb 3, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  11. Feb 3, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  12. Feb 2, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  13. Feb 2, 2016Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
  14. Nov 4, 2015Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  15. Aug 4, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
  16. Jul 15, 2015Introduced in House
  17. Jul 15, 2015Referred 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 H4257, H4258Text printed H4257Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY, Jim Costa D-CA, Tom McClintock R-CAJul 5, 2016

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

  1. Feb 18, 2016H.R. 3079, a bill to take certain Federal land located in Tuolumne County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 3, 2016

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: (1) U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause), which confers on Congress the authority over lands belonging to the United States, including the placement of such lands into trust for Native American Tribes. (2) U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) and U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2 (the Treaty Clause), which confer on Congress plenary authority over Native American affairs.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 110, July 15, 2015, page H5238.

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.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To take certain Federal land located in Tuolumne County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, 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. Jul 7, 2016Placed on Calendar Senate
  2. Jul 5, 2016Engrossed in House
  3. Mar 10, 2016Reported in House
  4. Jul 15, 2015Introduced in House

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