surviving members of that section sold out in 1792,
with permission of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
(10) In 1797, Norfolk County issued a certifi-
cate stating that William Bass was of Indian and
English descent; the Indian line of ancestry ran di-
rectly back to the early 18th century elder in a tra-
ditionalist section of Nansemonds on the reservation.
(11) In 1833, a State law passed enabling Eu-
ropean and Indian descended people to get a special
certificate of ancestry; a bill originated from the
county 
where 
Nansemonds 
lived, 
and 
mostly
Nansemonds took advantage of the law (few people
in other counties).
(12) Around 1850, a Methodist mission was es-
tablished for Nansemonds which is now a standard
Methodist congregation and still with Nansemond
members.
(13) In 1901, Smithsonian anthropologist
James Mooney visited the Nansemonds and took a
tribal census counting 61 households. The census
was later published.
(14) In 1922, Nansemonds got a special Indian
school in Norfolk County’s segregated school system.
The school survived only a few years.
(15) In 1928, University of Pennsylvania an-
thropologist Frank Speck published a book on mod-
ern Virginia Indians with a section on the
Nansemonds.
(16) In 1984, the Nansemonds were organized
formally, with elected officers; then applied for and
won State recognition.
SEC. 802. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this title—
(1) the term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Nansemond
Tribe;
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior; and
(3) the term ‘‘member’’ means an enrolled
member of the Tribe, as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, or an individual who has been
placed on the membership rolls of the Tribe in ac-
cordance with this Act.
SEC. 803. FEDERAL RECOGNITION.
(a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION.—Federal recognition is
hereby extended to the Tribe. All laws and regulations of
the United States of general application to Indians or na-
tions, tribes, or bands of Indians, including the Act of
June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.) which are not in-
consistent with any specific provision of this Act, shall be
applicable to the Tribe and its members.
(b) FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe and its members
shall be eligible, on and after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, for all future services and benefits
provided by the Federal Government to federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence
of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the
residence of any member on or near any Indian res-
ervation.
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For purposes of the deliv-
ery of Federal services to enrolled members of the
Tribe, the Tribe’s service area shall be deemed to be
the area comprised of the cities of Chesapeake,
Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suf-
folk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.
SEC. 804. MEMBERSHIP.
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Tribe shall submit to the Secretary
a membership roll consisting of all individuals currently
enrolled for membership in the Tribe. The qualifications
for inclusion on the membership roll of the Tribe shall be
determined by the membership clauses in the Tribe’s gov-
erning document, in consultation with the Secretary. Upon
completion of the roll, the Secretary shall immediately
publish notice of such in the Federal Register. The Tribe
shall ensure that such roll is maintained and kept current.
SEC. 805. CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNING BODY.
(a) CONSTITUTION.—
(1) ADOPTION.—Not later than 24 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Tribe shall conduct, by secret ballot, an election to
adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe.
(2) INTERIM
GOVERNING
DOCUMENTS.—Until
such time as a new constitution is adopted under
paragraph (1), the governing documents in effect on
the date of enactment of this Act shall be the in-
terim governing documents for the Tribe.
(b) OFFICIALS.—
(1) ELECTION.—Not later than 6 months after
the Tribe adopts a constitution and bylaws pursuant
to subsection (a), the Tribe shall conduct elections
by secret ballot for the purpose of electing officials
for the Tribe as provided in the constitution and by-
laws.
(2) INTERIM GOVERNMENT.—Until such time
as the Tribe elects new officials pursuant to para-
graph (1), the governing body of the Tribe shall be
the governing body in place on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, or any new governing body selected
under the election procedures specified in the in-
terim governing documents of the Tribe.
SEC. 806. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the
Tribe transfers any land within the boundaries of the cit-
ies of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk,
Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, to the
Secretary, the Secretary shall take such land into trust
for the benefit of the Tribe.
SEC. 807. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND
WATER RIGHTS.
Nothing in this Act shall expand, reduce, or affect
in any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering,
or water rights of the Tribe and its members.
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