H.R. 2758: Lumbee Recognition Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-22 · Native Americans · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 522.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 341 (2021): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR2758 (2021-11-01), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 522. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Lumbee Recognition Act

Plain summary

Lumbee Recognition Act This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible. Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.

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Lumbee Recognition Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2758, Lumbee Recognition Act (2022-10-20)

Cosponsors on this site

Richard Hudson (R-NC), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC)

Recorded votes

House roll call 341 (2021): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR2758 (2021-11-01): Passed

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr2758.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr2758 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117