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H.R. 31: Lumbee Recognition Act

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H.R. 31: Lumbee Recognition Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-06 · Native Americans · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-06 · 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 296 (2009): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR31 (2009-06-03), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72. 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

Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any federal law. Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.

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Official text

Lumbee Recognition Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] · 186 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act (2009-04-29); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act (2009-04-29)

Cosponsors on this site

James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), John B. Larson (D-CT), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and 126 more.

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Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr31 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111