{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-2758","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 2758","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Lumbee Recognition Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Lumbee Recognition Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Lumbee Recognition Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Lumbee Recognition Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Lumbee Recognition Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-04-22","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-11-01","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h341","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Lumbee Recognition Act","result":"Passed","yea":357,"nay":59,"present":1,"not_voting":14,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll341.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 522.","date":"2022-10-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-11-01","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Lumbee Recognition Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes."},{"k":"p","t":"Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services."},{"k":"p","t":"The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible."},{"k":"p","t":"Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe."},{"k":"p","t":"Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state."}],"words":163},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes the Tribe and its members eligible for federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text/eh#H649748B6C32A4943BECF5BD409EF4EF5"}]},"core_areas":["Federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina","Eligibility for federal services and benefits and a determination of needs","Authority to take land into trust for the Tribe","North Carolina criminal and civil jurisdiction on Tribe-owned and trust land"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, designated as petitioner number 65 by the Office of Federal Acknowledgment, by amending the Act of June 7, 1956.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text/eh#H649748B6C32A4943BECF5BD409EF4EF5"}},{"text":"Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits the Federal Government provides to federally recognized Indian tribes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text/eh#H649748B6C32A4943BECF5BD409EF4EF5"}},{"text":"Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina to be residing on or near an Indian reservation for the delivery of those services and benefits.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text/eh#H649748B6C32A4943BECF5BD409EF4EF5"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, once a tribal roll is verified, to develop a determination of needs with the Tribe and each submit a written statement of those needs to Congress.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text/eh#H649748B6C32A4943BECF5BD409EF4EF5"}},{"text":"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe, and treats applications for land in Robeson County, North Carolina as on reservation trust acquisitions under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text/eh#H649748B6C32A4943BECF5BD409EF4EF5"}},{"text":"Provides that North Carolina exercises jurisdiction over all criminal offenses and civil actions on land owned by or held in trust for the Tribe, and lets the Secretary accept a transfer of that jurisdiction made under an agreement between the Tribe and the State.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text/eh#H649748B6C32A4943BECF5BD409EF4EF5"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text/eh#H649748B6C32A4943BECF5BD409EF4EF5"},"heading":"Federal recognition","effect":"Directs that applications to take land in Robeson County, North Carolina into trust for the Tribe be treated as on-reservation trust acquisitions under 25 CFR part 151.","amount":null,"quote":"An application to take into trust land located within Robeson County, North Carolina, under this section shall be treated by the Secretary as an on reservation trust acquisition under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-11-01","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/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/2758","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2758/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-2758.png","v":"d93c44fffcd0","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2758, 117th Congress: Lumbee Recognition Act. House: 357 Yea, 59 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 1 Nov 2021."}}