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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110–180 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 65) 

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THE LUMBEE 

TRIBE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JUNE 6, 2007.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. ARCURI, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 465] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 465, by a non-record vote report the same to the House 

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 65, the Lumbee 

Recognition Act, under a closed rule providing one hour of general 

debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 

Resources. 

The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the 

bill except for clauses 9 and 10 of Rule XXI. The amendment in the 

nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural 

Resources now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment 

printed in this report, shall be considered as adopted. The rule 

waives all points of order against the bill, as amended, and provides that the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The 

rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Finally, the rule provides that the Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill to a time designated by the Speaker. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the rule waives all points of order against consideration 

of the bill and against the committee amendment in the nature of 

a substitute, as amended, (except for those arising under clauses 

9 and 10 of Rule XXI), the Committee is not aware of any points 

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of order. The waivers of all points of order are prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 218 

Date: June 6, 2007. 

Measure: H.R. 65. 

Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA). 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Shuler (NC), Rep. McHenry 

(NC), and Rep. Shays (CT), #1, which removes all barriers preventing the Lumbee group of North Carolina from seeking recognition through the standard Bureau of Indian Affairs process, and requires that this process be complete before recognition can be 

granted. 

Results: Defeated 2–8. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—

Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Sutton—Nay; DiazBalart—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Slaughter—Nay. 

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

A technical amendment to correct the date for the adoption of the 

Tribe’s constitution (November 15, 2001), and clarify that 

verification of the tribal roll by the Secretary of the Interior shall 

be completed within two years after date of enactment of the Act. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Page 6, line 2, strike ‘‘November 11, 2000’’ and insert ‘‘November 

16, 2001’’. 

Page 6, line 3, strike ‘‘shall be completed not less than 2 years’’

and insert ‘‘shall be completed within 2 years’’. 

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