HR 317 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019

Latest action · Jan 6, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.

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 8, 2019
  2. Passed HouseApr 29, 2019
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019

This bill takes approximately 1,427 acres of land in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, subject to existing rights, contracts, and management agreements relating to easements and rights-of-way. The land is made part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation.

The bill removes restrictions on the land pursuant to certain state laws.

Under the bill, gaming is prohibited on this land.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 8, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalJan 8, 2019

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 8, 2019
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Feb 5, 2019
SenateIndian Affairs Committee
Referred Apr 30, 2019Markup Nov 6, 2019Reported Jan 6, 2020

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 6, 2020Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-191.
  2. Jan 6, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
  3. Nov 6, 2019Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Apr 30, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  5. Apr 29, 2019Mr. Van Drew moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  6. Apr 29, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3291-3293)
  7. Apr 29, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 317.
  8. Apr 29, 2019At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Van Drew objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
  9. Apr 29, 2019Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3295)
  10. Apr 29, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3292)
  11. Apr 29, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Feb 5, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
  13. Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House
  14. Jan 8, 2019Referred 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 H3291–H3293, H3295Text printed H3292Doug LaMalfa R-CA, Jefferson Van Drew D-NJ, Rob Bishop R-UTApr 29, 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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Nov 21, 2019H.R. 317, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on November 6, 2019

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to regulate commerce with Indians in the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 3, January 8, 2019, page H287.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1790National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020Related billDec 20, 2019
HR 2500National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020Related billAug 11, 2020

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced
To reaffirm the action of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 6, 2020Reported to Senate
  2. Apr 30, 2019Referred in Senate
  3. Apr 29, 2019Engrossed in House
  4. Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House

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