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H.R. 5039: To make technical amendments to Public Law 93-531, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 5039: To make technical amendments to Public Law 93-531, and for other purposes.

113th Congress · introduced 2014-07-09 · Native Americans · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-07-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

To make technical amendments to Public Law 93-531, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Requires a border of any parcel of land that is transferred to or acquired by the Navajo Reservation to be within 18 miles of the trust lands of the Navajo Tribe, including the bands of the Tribe, as of January 2014. Allows the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands anywhere within Arizona and New Mexico to be exchanged for lands within 18 miles of those trust lands. Gives the Navajo Tribe the right to deselect not more than 757 acres of the land selected as of January 2014, whether or not such land has already been taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior. Gives the Tribe the right to reselect land up to the amount it deselected. Directs the Secretary to report on annual rents owed by the Navajo Tribe to the Hopi Tribe for each of the years 2001-2013. Authorizes the Navajo Tribe to designate up to 150,000 acres within specified lands to be designated as Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones. Makes inapplicable specified laws within such Zones. Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 to set forth the rights of Navajo heads of household or their successors to relinquish an Accommodation Agreement they have entered into with the Hopi Tribe regarding their residence on Hopi lands. Reauthorizes and revises the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Allows for its use for the development of Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To make technical amendments to Public Law 93-531, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr5039 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113