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.
Introduced in Senate
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Cohen with an amendment. With written report No. 97-508.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Cohen with an amendment. With written report No. 97-508.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 726.
Star Print ordered Report 97-508.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.