Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1477
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-08-01
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights

Labor-management relations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding such enterprises or institutions from coverage by such Act).<br> </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1477 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2013 Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Thune ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 . 2. Definition of employer Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its Indian lands, after subdivision thereof ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (15) The term Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (16) The term Indian means any individual who is a member of an Indian tribe. (17) The term Indian lands means— (A) all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation; (B) any lands title to which is either held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual or held by any Indian tribe or individual subject to restriction by the United States against alienation; and (C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are within the boundaries of a former reservation (as defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian tribe. .