S 748
A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed Senate
- Sponsor
- Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA]
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Policy area
- Native Americans
- Introduced
- 2025-02-26
- Latest action
- 2025-12-16: Held at the desk.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-12-16: Held at the desk.
- 2025-12-16: Received in the House.
- 2025-12-16: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2025-12-15: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8747-8748; text: CR S8748)
- 2025-12-15: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.