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H.R. 4350: Northern Cheyenne Lands Act

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H.R. 4350: Northern Cheyenne Lands Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-04-01 · Native Americans · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-04-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act

Plain summary

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 1,568 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mineral interests underlying the land on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in exchange for U.S. coal mineral interests underlying the land referred to as Bull Mountains and East Fork. Sets forth conditions on the conveyance to Great Northern Properties. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the deed for those federal coal mineral interests includes a covenant that precludes surface mining of the coal unless certain conditions are met. Prohibits Montana from taxing the mineral interests this Act conveys to the Tribe. Sets forth conditions regarding waiver of claims by the Tribe and Great Northern Properties. Requires the Northern Cheyenne Trust Fund to be transferred to the Tribe in exchange for the Tribe waiving all of its claims arising from U.S. management of the Fund.

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Official text

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act

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

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Sponsor: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] reported raising $4.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4350 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113