{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1619","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1619","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To clarify the status of gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To clarify the status of gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-03-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-11-01","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h340","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act","result":"Passed","yea":361,"nay":55,"present":3,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll340.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.","date":"2021-11-02"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-11-01","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take into trust approximately 17 acres of land in Cleveland County, North Carolina, for the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation. The land is made part of the Catawba Reservation."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill allows gaming on the land taken into trust for the tribe."}],"words":62},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Sets which gaming laws apply to gaming by the Catawba Indian Nation and ratifies the placing of approximately 17 acres in Cleveland County, North Carolina, into trust for the Nation.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh#HEE7A9B6E3BE940AAB89B808AE8CF64CA"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh#H1AEC363ADB2049FE8B466EF9C70EB9B3"}]},"core_areas":["Laws governing Catawba Indian Nation gaming in South Carolina and in other States","Trust status of approximately 17 acres in Cleveland County, North Carolina"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that Section 14 of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims Settlement Act of 1993 applies only to gaming by the Catawba Indian Nation on lands located in South Carolina.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh#HEE7A9B6E3BE940AAB89B808AE8CF64CA"}},{"text":"Makes gaming by the Catawba Indian Nation on lands in States other than South Carolina subject to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and sections 1166 through 1168 of title 18, United States Code.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh#HEE7A9B6E3BE940AAB89B808AE8CF64CA"}},{"text":"Ratifies and confirms the Secretary's July 10, 2020 action placing approximately 17 acres in Cleveland County, North Carolina, into trust for the Catawba Indian Nation, as if a Federal law had authorized or directed that action.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh#H1AEC363ADB2049FE8B466EF9C70EB9B3"}},{"text":"Makes the land part of the Catawba Reservation, to be administered under the laws and regulations generally applicable to land held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh#H1AEC363ADB2049FE8B466EF9C70EB9B3"}},{"text":"Deems the land to have been taken into trust as part of the restoration of lands for a tribe restored to Federal recognition under section 20(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh#H1AEC363ADB2049FE8B466EF9C70EB9B3"}},{"text":"States that the Act does not affect the Nation's existing land claims or water rights, does not limit existing rights-of-way or rights-of-use, and does not alter the Nation's right to seek additional land in trust.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh#H1AEC363ADB2049FE8B466EF9C70EB9B3"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-11-01","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1619/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1619.png","v":"1801acb872ff","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1619, 117th Congress: Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act. House: 361 Yea, 55 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 1 Nov 2021."}}