HR 1964 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

Latest action · Nov 17, 2020 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. IntroducedMar 28, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNov 16, 2020
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes.

Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible.

Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.

Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2019 to Sep 21, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalMar 28, 2019
D-NCDavid E. PriceMay 17, 2019
R-AKDon YoungSep 17, 2019
R-NCDan BishopSep 19, 2019
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOct 11, 2019
D-MNBetty McCollumNov 21, 2019
R-SCWilliam R. Timmons IVSep 21, 2020

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 28, 2019Markup Sep 30, 2020
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Apr 17, 2019Hearings Dec 4, 2019Discharged Sep 30, 2020
SenateIndian Affairs Committee
Referred Nov 17, 2020

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 17, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  2. Nov 16, 2020Mr. Huffman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Nov 16, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5735-5738)
  4. Nov 16, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1964.
  5. Nov 16, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5735-5736)
  6. Nov 16, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. Sep 30, 2020Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
  8. Sep 30, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  9. Sep 30, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  10. Dec 4, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  11. Apr 17, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
  12. Mar 28, 2019Introduced in House
  13. Mar 28, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In the Congressional Record 3

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
SenateDebate and remarks S7911Jon Tester D-MT, Richard Burr R-NC, Thom Tillis R-NCDec 21, 2020
HouseDebate and remarks H5735–H5738Text printed H5735Dan Bishop R-NC, G. K. Butterfield D-NC, Jared Huffman D-CA, Rob Bishop R-UTNov 16, 2020
HouseDebate and remarks H9225Rob Bishop R-UTDec 4, 2019

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article I.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 54, March 28, 2019, page H2918.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1368Lumbee Recognition ActRelated billMay 8, 2019
HR 2758Lumbee Recognition ActReintroduced BillOct 11, 2022

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Lumbee Recognition Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 17, 2020Referred in Senate
  2. Nov 16, 2020Engrossed in House
  3. Mar 28, 2019Introduced in House

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