HR 597 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017

Latest action · Oct 5, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625.

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 20, 2017
  2. Passed HouseJul 11, 2017
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017

(Sec. 4) This bill takes into trust for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria of California certain land owned by the tribe in Sonoma County, California. Land taken into trust is made a part of the tribe's reservation.

(Sec. 5) Gaming is prohibited on land taken into trust by this bill and in a specified area of Sonoma County. Gaming is prohibited until March 16, 2037, on land taken into trust for the benefit of the tribe after enactment of this bill.

(Sec. 6) The memorandum of agreement entered into by the tribe and the county that was approved by the county on March 10, 2015, is not subject to review or approval by the Department of the Interior.

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
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jan 20, 2017Markup Jun 27, 2017Reported Jul 11, 2017
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Feb 10, 2017
SenateIndian Affairs Committee
Referred Jul 12, 2017Hearings Apr 25, 2018Markup Jul 11, 2018Reported Oct 5, 2018

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 5, 2018Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-344.
  2. Oct 5, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625.
  3. Jul 11, 2018Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Apr 25, 2018Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-253.
  5. Jul 12, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  6. Jul 11, 2017Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-202.
  7. Jul 11, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.
  8. Jul 11, 2017Mr. LaHood moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  9. Jul 11, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5415-5416)
  10. Jul 11, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 597.
  11. Jul 11, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5415-5416)
  12. Jul 11, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. Jun 27, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  14. Jun 27, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  15. Feb 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
  16. Jan 20, 2017Introduced in House
  17. Jan 20, 2017Referred 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 H5415, H5416Text printed H5415Darin LaHood R-IL, Jimmy Panetta D-CAJul 11, 2017

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Aug 10, 2018H.R. 597, Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 11, 2018
  2. Jul 6, 2017H.R. 597, Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2017

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 which grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H560.

Printed hearings 1

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 115-253H.R. 597 AND H.R. 149150 pagesIndian Affairs CommitteeApr 25, 2018

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced
To take lands in Sonoma County, California, into trust as part of the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017
Short Titles as Reported to House
Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017
Short Titles as Reported to Senate
Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017
Short Titles as Passed House
Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 5, 2018Reported to Senate
  2. Jul 12, 2017Referred in Senate
  3. Jul 11, 2017Reported in House
  4. Jul 11, 2017Engrossed in House
  5. Jan 20, 2017Introduced in House

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