Tigertail Historical Tree Island Repatriation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6540
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
Introduced: 2023-11-30
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Florida

Indian lands and resources rights
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-11-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Tigertail Historical Tree Island Repatriation Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to realign, at full federal expense, a portion of a specified levee in central and southern Florida in order to reconfigure the levee in the vicinity of the Tigertail Camp of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6540 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 30, 2023 Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself and Ms. Salazar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To realign L–29 at full Federal expense for the Miccosukee Tribe to expand the area for the Tigertail camp, which is a residential area.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tigertail Historical Tree Island Repatriation Act of 2023 . 2. Central and Southern Florida Project, modification of the L-29 levee In consultation with the South Florida Water Management District, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to design and construct, at full Federal expense, modifications to the L–29 Levee component of the Central and Southern Florida Project, to realign a portion of the L–29 Section 3 Levee Segment to reconfigure the levee in the vicinity of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida’s Tigertail Camp, as expanded pursuant to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida’s lease from the South Florida Water Management District. Any necessary lands, easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredge disposal areas (LERRDs) for such a modification would be provided by the South Florida Water Management District.