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Feb 26, 2025
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Oct 14, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 188.
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Introduced in Senate
- Feb 26, 2025
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<p>This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to the Lytton Rancheria of California. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire and take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe under the IRA. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.</p><p>A 2009 Supreme Court case, <em>Carcieri v. Salazar</em>, decided that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the IRA was enacted in 1934. This bill (1) affirms the applicability of the IRA to the Lytton Rancheria of California, thereby deeming the tribe to be under federal jurisdiction as of June 18, 1934, for purposes of the IRA; and (2) authorizes Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.</p>
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 188.
Type: Calendars
| Source: Senate
Oct 14, 2025
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-79.
Type: Committee
| Source: Senate
Oct 14, 2025
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-79.
Type: Committee
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 14000
Oct 14, 2025
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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| Source: Senate
Mar 5, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Senate
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 10000
Feb 26, 2025
Subjects (4)
California
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Native Americans
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Last Updated: Nov 12, 2025 6:12 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 748 Reported in Senate
(RS) ]
<DOC>
Calendar No. 188
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 748
[Report No. 119-79]
To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the
Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 26, 2025
Mr. Padilla introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
October 14, 2025
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the
Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 748 Reported in Senate
(RS) ]
<DOC>
Calendar No. 188
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 748
[Report No. 119-79]
To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the
Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 26, 2025
Mr. Padilla introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
October 14, 2025
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the
Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Lytton Rancheria of California is subject to the Act of June 18, 1934
(commonly known as the ``Indian Reorganization Act'') (48 Stat. 984,
chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.), and the Secretary of the Interior
may acquire and take into trust land for the benefit of the Lytton
Rancheria of California pursuant to
section 5 of that Act (25 U.
5108).
(b) Land To Be Made Part of the Reservation.--Land taken into trust
pursuant to subsection
(a) shall be--
(1) part of the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of
California; and
(2) administered in accordance with the laws and
regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by
the United States for an Indian Tribe.
Calendar No. 188
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 748
[Report No. 119-79]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the
Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 14, 2025
Reported without amendment
(b) Land To Be Made Part of the Reservation.--Land taken into trust
pursuant to subsection
(a) shall be--
(1) part of the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of
California; and
(2) administered in accordance with the laws and
regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by
the United States for an Indian Tribe.
Calendar No. 188
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 748
[Report No. 119-79]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the
Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 14, 2025
Reported without amendment