Tribal Reservation Pandemic Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-7173
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-11
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Tribal Reservation Pandemic Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits for one year any federal action to (1) revoke the status of land that is held in trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe, (2) revoke a reservation proclamation, or (3) rescind a record of decision on which a trust status or reservation proclamation was established.</p> <p>The bill also nullifies any such federal action taken during the one-year period preceding the bill's enactment. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7173 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2020 Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Ms. Haaland ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To protect the status of lands held in trust for the benefit of federally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Reservation Pandemic Protection Act . 2. Prohibition; retroactive effect (a) In general During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal action shall— (1) revoke the status of land held in trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian Tribe; (2) revoke a reservation proclamation; or (3) rescind a record of decision on which a trust status or reservation proclamation described in paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, has been established. (b) Retroactive effect Any Federal action described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) taken during the period beginning on the date that is 1 year before the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall have no force or effect.