{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-4352","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 4352","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-07-02","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-01","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h393","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"To amend the Act of June18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes","result":"Passed","yea":302,"nay":127,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll393.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":"2021-12-02"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-01","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted in 1934."}],"words":100},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Act of June 18, 1934 (the Indian Reorganization Act) so that its wording refers to any federally recognized Indian Tribe, effective as of that Act's enactment, and ratifies certain actions of the Secretary of the Interior under it.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/text/eh#HE0788C3BCFD74704B2352FD37B598818"}]},"core_areas":["Wording of section 19 of the Indian Reorganization Act covering federally recognized Indian Tribes","Ratification of Secretary of the Interior actions under the Indian Reorganization Act"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends the first sentence of section 19 of the Act of June 18, 1934 to begin \"Effective beginning June 18, 1934, the term\" and to replace \"any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction\" with \"any federally recognized Indian Tribe\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/text/eh#HE0788C3BCFD74704B2352FD37B598818"}},{"text":"Provides that these amendments take effect as if they had been included in the Act of June 18, 1934 on the date that Act was enacted.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/text/eh#HE0788C3BCFD74704B2352FD37B598818"}},{"text":"Ratifies and confirms any action of the Secretary of the Interior under the Act of June 18, 1934 for a Tribe that was federally recognized on the date of the action, to the extent the action is challenged over recognition or Federal jurisdiction on June 18, 1934.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/text/eh#HE0788C3BCFD74704B2352FD37B598818"}},{"text":"States that the section does not affect the application of any other Federal law, or any limit on the Secretary of the Interior's authority under any other Federal law or regulation.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/text/eh#HE0788C3BCFD74704B2352FD37B598818"}},{"text":"Provides that an express reference to the Act of June 18, 1934 in any other Federal law is treated as a reference to that Act as amended by this section.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/text/eh#HE0788C3BCFD74704B2352FD37B598818"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-01","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/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/4352","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-4352.png","v":"758dec660fac","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4352, 117th Congress: To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. House: 302 Yea, 127 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 1 Dec 2021."}}