{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1101","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1101","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Lumbee Fairness Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Lumbee Act of 1956.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Lumbee Act of 1956."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Lumbee Fairness Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Lumbee Fairness Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Lumbee Fairness Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-02-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-12-17","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h511","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Lumbee Fairness Act","result":"Passed","yea":311,"nay":96,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll511.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.","date":"2024-12-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-12-17","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Lumbee Fairness 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":"Amends the Lumbee Act of 1956 to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and to set rules for federal services, tribal roll verification, land held in trust, and State of North Carolina jurisdiction.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text/eh#H6C355DD60C8649E480B53312ED79DD66"}]},"core_areas":["Federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina","Eligibility for federal services and benefits for Tribe members","Tribal roll verification and determination of needs","Authority to take land into trust for the Tribe","State of North Carolina criminal and civil jurisdiction on tribal 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, and applies federal laws and regulations of general application to Indians and Indian tribes to the Tribe and its members.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text/eh#H6C355DD60C8649E480B53312ED79DD66"}},{"text":"Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits the Federal Government provides to federally recognized Indian tribes, and deems members living in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties to be residing on or near an Indian reservation for delivering them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text/eh#H6C355DD60C8649E480B53312ED79DD66"}},{"text":"Provides that the tribal roll in effect on enactment defines the Tribe's service population, subject to verification by the Secretary of the Interior of documentary proof of the membership criteria in the Tribe's constitution adopted on November 16, 2001.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text/eh#H6C355DD60C8649E480B53312ED79DD66"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the 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/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text/eh#H6C355DD60C8649E480B53312ED79DD66"}},{"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/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text/eh#H6C355DD60C8649E480B53312ED79DD66"}},{"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 under an agreement, effective no sooner than 2 years after the agreement.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text/eh#H6C355DD60C8649E480B53312ED79DD66"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-12-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1101","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1101/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1101.png","v":"e66d89c1a6ca","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1101, 118th Congress: Lumbee Fairness Act. House: 311 Yea, 96 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 17 Dec 2024."}}