A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purp...
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Introduced 2025-02-26
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Officially: “A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.” Read the full text
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What it does
This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to the Lytton Rancheria of California. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire and take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe under the IRA. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation. A 2009 Supreme Court case, Carcieri v. Salazar , decided that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the IRA was enacted in 1934. This bill (1) affirms the applicability of the IRA to the Lytton Rancheria of Cal
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1Lytton Rancheria of California land reaffirmation
This section would state that, no matter what any other law says, the Lytton Rancheria of California is subject to the Act of June 18, 1934, commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act. It would let the Secretary of the Interior acquire land and take it into trust for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria of California under section 5 of that Act. Any land taken into trust this way would become part of the Lytton Rancheria of California's reservation, and it would be managed under the same laws and regulations that generally apply to property the United States holds in trust for an Indian tribe.
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1. Lytton Rancheria of California land reaffirmation
(a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Lytton Rancheria of California is subject to the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act ) (48 Stat. 984, chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. ), and the Secretary of the Interior may acquire and take into trust land for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria of California pursuant to section 5 of that Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5108 ).
(b) Land To Be made part of the reservation
Land taken into trust pursuant to subsection (a) shall be—
(1) part of the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of California; and
(2) administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe.
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The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
1
sponsor, out of 51 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
LYTTON BAND OF POMO INDIANSvia HOBBS, STRAUS, DEAN & WALKER, LLP
7 filings
ARTICHOKE JOE'S CASINOvia GALLANT GOVERNMENT & LAW GROUP, LLC
6 filings
From 13 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
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