To repeal the eighth proviso under Operation of Indian Programs of 1998 to restore Tribal sovereignty.

Bill: 116-hr-7263
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2020-06-18
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights

Oklahoma
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of the Interior to obtain consent from, rather than merely consult with, the Cherokee Nation prior to taking any land into trust that is within the boundaries of the original Cherokee territory in Oklahoma.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7263 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2020 Mr. Mullin (for himself and Mr. Cole ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To repeal the eighth proviso under Operation of Indian Programs of 1998 to restore Tribal sovereignty.

1. Operation of Indian programs repeal of proviso (a) Repeal The eighth proviso under Operation of Indian Programs of Public Law 105–277 is repealed. (b) Clarification The sixth proviso under Operation of Indian Programs of Public Law 102–154 is and shall continue to be in effect as if the proviso repealed by subsection (a) had not been enacted.