HR 6368 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Indian Buffalo Management Act

Introduced Nov 13, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Doug LaMalfa R-CA

Latest action · Jun 27, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 465.

Progress

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IntroducedNov 13, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Indian Buffalo Management Act

This bill establishes a program within the Department of the Interior to develop and promote tribal ownership and management of buffalo and buffalo habitat on Indian lands.

Specifically, the bill requires Interior to (1) enter into contracts, award grants, and provide technical assistance to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for activities related to buffalo restoration or management; (2) consult with tribes and tribal organizations on initiatives that affect buffalo or buffalo habitat, including efforts to contain or eradicate diseased buffalo; and (3) develop a policy relating to buffalo and buffalo habitat management activities on Indian land.

Additionally, Interior may enter into agreements with tribes or tribal organizations to transport surplus buffalo from federal land onto Indian land.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 13, 2023 to Mar 20, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CA	Jay Obernolte	Original	Nov 13, 2023
D-AK	Mary Sattler Peltola	Original	Nov 13, 2023
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Nov 13, 2023
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Nov 13, 2023
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Mar 11, 2024
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Mar 20, 2024

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Nov 13, 2023Discharged Mar 12, 2024Markup Mar 12, 2024Reported Jun 27, 2024
	Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Nov 28, 2023Hearings Dec 5, 2023

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 27, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-563.
Jun 27, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 465.
Mar 12, 2024Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
Mar 12, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 12, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 5, 2023Subcommittee Hearings Held
Nov 28, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5933)
Nov 28, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
Nov 13, 2023Introduced in House
Nov 13, 2023Referred 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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H5933	Doug LaMalfa R-CA	Nov 28, 2023

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

H. Rept. 118-563

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 5, 2024H.R. 6368, Indian Buffalo Management ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural resources on March 12, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 3 (``The Commerce Clause''), and Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 (``The Territorial Clause'') of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize buffalo restoration and management program within the Interior Department to promote and develop the capacity of Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to manage buffalo and buffalo habitat.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 187, November 13, 2023, page H5729.

Printed hearings 3

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. 118-418	S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000, AND S. 444252 pages	Indian Affairs Committee	Jun 12, 2024
Serial No. 118-116	OVERSIGHT HEARING ON EXAMINING THE PRESIDENT'S FY 2025 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR158 pages	Natural Resources Committee	May 1, 2024
Serial No. 118-81	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 4524, TO AMEND THE INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ADVANCEMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES TO INDIAN COMMUNITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "PARITY FOR TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT"; H.R. 4748, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND THE SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS UNDER THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "UNRECOGNIZED SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES RECOGNITION AND COMPENSATION ACT"; H.R. 6368, TO ASSIST TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BUFFALO AND BUFFALO HABITAT AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF BUFFALO ON INDIAN LAND, "INDIAN BUFFALO MANAGEMENT ACT"; AND H.R. 6443, TO TAKE CERTAIN LAND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE JAMUL INDIAN VILLAGE OF CALIFORNIA TRIBE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "JAMUL INDIAN VILLAGE LAND TRANSFER ACT"50 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Dec 5, 2023

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2908	Indian Buffalo Management Act	Related bill	Dec 16, 2024

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To assist Tribal governments in the management of buffalo and buffalo habitat and the reestablishment of buffalo on Indian land.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Indian Buffalo Management Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: Indian Buffalo Management Act

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 27, 2024Reported in House
Nov 13, 2023Introduced in House

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