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Union Calendar No. 99 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 65 
[Report No. 110–164] 
To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. MCINTYRE (for himself, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. 
HAYES, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MILLER of 
North Carolina, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. WATT, and Mr. RA-
HALL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
MAY 22, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GEORGE MILLER 
of 
California, 
Mr. 
TOWNS, 
Mr. 
CLYBURN, 
Mr. 
FATTAH, 
Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. HOYER, Ms. MILLENDER- 
MCDONALD, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. KUCINICH, 
Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MEEKS 
of New York, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. MATHESON, 
Mr. RUSH, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. MEEHAN, 
Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. ROSS, Mr. 
SKELTON, Mr. WU, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. MARKEY, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. TIERNEY, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVIS of 
Illinois, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
GILCHREST, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. WEINER, Mr. UDALL 
of New Mexico, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. KIND, Mr. 
MEEK of Florida, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
PALLONE, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. BERRY, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 
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COOPER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. 
BAIRD, Mr. GORDON, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ALLEN, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. WYNN, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. WATSON, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. MARIO 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. HOLT, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 
RODRIGUEZ, Mr. REYES, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. 
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BECER-
RA, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Ms. SLAUGHTER, 
Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CUELLAR, 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, 
Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. NORTON, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART 
of Florida, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. PETERSON of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. KLINE
of Minnesota, Mr. 
TANCREDO, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LINDER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MURTHA, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. WELDON 
of Florida, Mr. COSTA, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
DICKS, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. LEE, Ms. CARSON, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM of Minnesota, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. GARRETT of New 
Jersey, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. WATERS, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. 
SHUSTER, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. CHAN-
DLER, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. SERRANO, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. STARK, Mr. HALL of 
Texas, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. SMITH of 
Texas, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. BROWN 
of South Carolina, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. 
FORTUN˜O, 
Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, 
Mr. 
ALTMIRE, 
Mr. 
HILL, 
Mr. 
ADERHOLT, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. ALEXANDER, and Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey 
Deleted sponsors: Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN (added January 4, 2007; deleted 
April 25, 2007), Mr. COLE of Oklahoma (added January 10, 2007; de-
leted April 23, 2007), and Mr. TANNER (added January 16, 2007; de-
leted January 23, 2007) 
MAY 22, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 4, 2007] 
A BILL 
To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North 
Carolina, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lumbee Recognition 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PREAMBLE. 
The preamble to the Act of June 7, 1956 (70 Stat. 254), 
is amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of each clause. 
(2) By striking ‘‘: Now, therefore,’’ at the end of 
the last clause and inserting a semicolon. 
(3) By adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘Whereas the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining coun-
ties in North Carolina are descendants of coastal North 
Carolina Indian tribes, principally Cheraw, and have re-
mained a distinct Indian community since the time of 
contact with white settlers; 
‘‘Whereas since 1885 the State of North Carolina has recog-
nized the Lumbee Indians as an Indian tribe; 
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‘‘Whereas in 1956 the Congress of the United States acknowl-
edged the Lumbee Indians as an Indian tribe, but withheld 
from the Lumbee Tribe the benefits, privileges and immu-
nities to which the Tribe and its members otherwise would 
have been entitled by virtue of the Tribe’s status as a feder-
ally recognized tribe; and 
‘‘Whereas the Congress finds that the Lumbee Indians should 
now be entitled to full Federal recognition of their status 
as an Indian tribe and that the benefits, privileges and 
immunities that accompany such status should be accorded 
to the Lumbee Tribe: Now, therefore,’’. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
The Act of June 7, 1956 (70 Stat. 254), is amended 
as follows: 
(1) By striking the last sentence of the first sec-
tion. 
(2) By striking section 2 and inserting the fol-
lowing new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 2. (a) Federal recognition is hereby extended to 
the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, as designated as peti-
tioner number 65 by the Office of Federal Acknowledgement. 
All laws and regulations of the United States of general 
application to Indians and Indian tribes shall apply to the 
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and its members. 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding the first section, any group of 
Indians in Robeson and adjoining counties, North Caro-
lina, whose members are not enrolled in the Lumbee Tribe 
of North Carolina as determined under section 3(c), may 
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petition under part 83 of title 25 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations for acknowledgement of tribal existence. 
‘‘SEC. 3. (a) The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and 
its members shall be eligible for all services and benefits pro-
vided to Indians because of their status as members of a 
federally recognized tribe. For the purposes of the delivery 
of such services, those members of the Tribe residing in 
Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in 
North Carolina shall be deemed to be residing on or near 
an Indian reservation. 
‘‘(b) Upon verification by the Secretary of the Interior 
of a tribal roll under subsection (c), the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall develop, in consultation with the Lumbee Tribe of 
North Carolina, a determination of needs and budget to 
provide the services to which members of the Tribe are eligi-
ble. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall each submit a written 
statement of such needs and budget to Congress after the 
tribal roll is verified. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of the delivery of Federal services, 
the tribal roll in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
section shall, subject to verification by the Secretary of the 
Interior, define the service population of the Tribe. The Sec-
retary’s verification shall be limited to confirming compli-
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ance with the membership criteria set out in the Tribe’s 
constitution adopted on November 11, 2000, which 
verification shall be completed not less than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 4. (a) Fee lands which the Tribe seeks to convey 
to the United States to be held in trust shall be treated by 
the Secretary of the Interior as ‘on-reservation’ trust acqui-
sitions under part 151 of title 25 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (or a successor regulation) if such lands are 
located within Robeson County, North Carolina. 
‘‘(b) The tribe may not conduct gaming activities as 
a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the author-
ity of any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under any regulations 
thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National 
Indian Gaming Commission. 
‘‘SEC. 5. (a) The State of North Carolina shall exercise 
jurisdiction over— 
‘‘(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
‘‘(2) all civil actions that arise on, lands located 
within the State of North Carolina that are owned by, 
or held in trust by the United States for, the Lumbee 
Tribe of North Carolina, or any dependent Indian 
community of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. 
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‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac-
cept on behalf of the United States, after consulting with 
the Attorney General of the United States any transfer by 
the State of North Carolina to the United States of any 
portion of the jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina 
described in paragraph (1) pursuant to an agreement be-
tween the Lumbee Tribe and the State of North Carolina. 
Such transfer of jurisdiction may not take effect until 2 
years after the effective date of the agreement. 
‘‘(c) The provisions of this subsection shall not affect 
the application of section 109 of the Indian Child Welfare 
Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1919). 
‘‘SEC. 6. There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.’’. 
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