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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 114–77 

TO REVOKE THE CHARTER OF INCORPORATION OF THE MIAMI TRIBE OF 

OKLAHOMA AT THE REQUEST OF THAT TRIBE, AND FOR OTHER 

PURPOSES 

APRIL 15, 2015.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 533] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 533) to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 533 is to revoke the charter of incorporation 

of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 533 is a non-controversial bill that would revoke a corporate 

charter issued to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936 (49 Stat. 1967). This Act is similar to but separate from the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (25 

U.S.C. 461) which mainly concerned recognized tribes located outside the state of Oklahoma. The Tribe voted to adopt the Oklahoma 

Indian Welfare Act Constitution and Bylaws on October 10, 1939. 

Accordingly, on June 1, 1940, the Department of the Interior ratified the Tribe’s Corporate Charter. The Charter allows the tribe to 

create a federally chartered corporation with the power ‘‘to purchase, take by gift, or bequest, or otherwise, own, hold, manage, operate, and dispose of property of every description, real and personal, including the power to purchase restricted Indian lands and 

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porate business.’’ The Tribe’s corporate charter may be revoked 

only by an Act of Congress. 

The Tribe has requested that Congress revoke its Charter. 

Though some tribes opt to run their business activities through corporate charters, the Miami Tribe has testified it has never used 

and does not intend to use its corporate charter because the Tribe 

views it to be an outdated mode for conducting business in the 21st 

century. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 533 was introduced on January 26, 2015, by Congressman 

Markwayne Mullin (R–OK). The bill was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. On March 

24, 2015, the Natural Resources Committee met to consider the 

bill. The Subcommittee was discharged by unanimous consent. No 

amendments were offered and the bill was ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent on 

March 25, 2015. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

Natural Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the body of this report. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

H.R. 533—A bill to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other 

purposes 

H.R. 533 would revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma. Based on information provided by the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation 

would have no effect on the federal budget. The tribe has not been 

operating under the charter for the last several decades. Enacting 

H.R. 533 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, 

pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

H.R. 533 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 


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The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. 

The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director 

for Budget Analysis. 

2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required by 

clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

this bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 

tax expenditures. According to the Congressional Budget Office, implementing the bill would have no effect on the federal budget. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 

clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective 

of this bill is to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe. 

EARMARK STATEMENT

This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 

9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5

Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that this 

bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any specific 

rule-making proceedings. 

Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not establish or 

reauthorize a program of the federal government known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was not included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139 or identified in the 

most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, 

as amended by Public Law 98–169) as relating to other programs. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing law. 

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