S 748 · A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
Held at the desk.
- Introduced
- Feb 26, 2025
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025
- Sponsor
- Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA]
- Policy area
- Native Americans
- Cosponsors
- 0
Summary
This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to the Lytton Rancheria of California. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire and take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe under the IRA. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation. A 2009 Supreme Court case, Carcieri v. Salazar , decided that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the IRA was enacted in 1934. This bill (1) affirms the applicability of the IRA to the Lytton Rancheria of California, thereby deeming the tribe to be under federal jurisdiction as of June 18, 1934, for purposes of the IRA; and (2) authorizes Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.
Recent actions
- Dec 16, 2025 Held at the desk.
- Dec 16, 2025 Received in the House.
- Dec 16, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 15, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8747-8748; text: CR S8748)
- Dec 15, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 14, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 188.
- Oct 14, 2025 Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-79.
- Oct 14, 2025 Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-79.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.