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H.R. 65: Lumbee Recognition Act

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H.R. 65: Lumbee Recognition Act

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-04 · Native Americans · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 865.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 446 (2007): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR65 (2007-06-07), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 865. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Lumbee Recognition Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 7, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, as designated as petitioner number 65 by the Office of Federal Acknowledgment. Permits any group of Indians in Robeson and adjoining counties, North Carolina, whose members are not enrolled in the Tribe to petition for acknowledgment of tribal existence. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. Deems, for purposes of delivery of such services, those members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be residing on or near an Indian reservation. Instructs the Secretary to treat fee lands which the Tribe seeks to convey to the United States to be held in trust as "on-reservation" trust acquisitions if such lands are located within Robeson County. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities. Grants the state of North Carolina jurisdiction over all criminal offenses and all civil actions on lands within North Carolina that are owned by or held in trust for the Tribe or any independent Indian community of the Tribe. Authorizes the Secretary to accept any transfer by the state of any portion of the state's jurisdiction of such offenses and actions pursuant to an agreement between the Tribe and the state. Bars such transfer of jurisdiction from taking effect until two years after the effective date of the agreement. Authorizes appropriations.

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Official text

Lumbee Recognition Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] · 218 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 65, Lumbee Recognition Act (2007-05-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 65, Lumbee Recognition Act (2007-05-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 65, Lumbee Recognition Act (2008-05-15); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 65, Lumbee Recognition Act (2008-05-15)

Cosponsors on this site

James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John B. Larson (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) and 158 more.

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr65 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110