Provides for the designation of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon as the beneficiary of a specified public domain allotment.
Provides that interests in all Burns public domain allotments in Harney County, Oregon, belonging to Indians who die intestate without heirs shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon and be part of the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation.
Provides that no non-Indian lands in Harney County, Oregon, shall be considered Indian country.
Amends specified Federal law to increase from $2,000 to $50,000 the value of estates which may be transferred by the Secretary of the Interior to an Indian tribe without congressional action.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Executive Comment Received From Interior.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-806.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-806.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 496.
Placed on Consent Calendar No: 47.
Called up by House on Call of Consent Calendar.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Passed House (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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Laid on Table in House by Voice Vote.
Other Measure S.1468 Passed House in Lieu.