Nevada Native Nations Land Act

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Native Americans

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 12, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Nevada Native Nations Land Act

(Sec. 3) This bill requires the United States to hold in trust the following lands for the benefit of:

the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, 19,094 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land;
the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, 82 acres of Forest Service land;
the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, 941 acres of BLM land;
the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, 13,434 acres of BLM land;
the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, 6,357 acres of BLM land; and
the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, 31,269 acres of BLM land.

The lands held for these tribes shall be part of their respective reservations.

(Sec. 4) Gaming is prohibited on these lands.

S. 1346E-Prize Competition Pilot Program Act of 2015
2015-06-09Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344.
Related
S. 1436Nevada Native Nations Land Act
2016-04-15Held at the desk.
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2016-03-16
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2016-04-12
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-487.
2016-04-12
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-487.
2016-04-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371.
2016-06-07
Mr. Hardy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2016-06-07
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3485-3486)
2016-06-07
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2733.
2016-06-07
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3485)
2016-06-07
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3485)
2016-06-07
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-06-08
Received in the Senate, read twice.
2016-09-29
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6285)

Enacted as Public Law 114-232

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