S. 1080: Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act
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S. 1080: Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act
110th Congress · introduced 2007-04-10 · Native Americans · Latest: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2007-04-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act
Plain summary
Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a loan program to assist the Crow Tribe of the State of Montana in purchasing from eligible individuals land and interests in land within the Crow Reservation in the state. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into one or more loan obligation(s) with the Tribe as the Secretary determines necessary to fund such program. Allows the Secretary to accept from any eligible individual a donation of land or an interest in land within the Reservation to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to manage such land and interests in accordance with a land management program to be developed and implemented by the Tribe to achieve repayment of each applicable loan obligation issued pursuant to this Act.
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Official text
Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1080, Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act (2008-10-21); CBO cost estimate: S. 1080, Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act (2008-10-21)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s1080.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s1080 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110