# 117-hr-4352: To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

117-hr-4352, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-4352
- Congress: 117
- Title: To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Introduced: 2021-07-02
- Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Native Americans
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes. Specifically, the bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted in 1934.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2021-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2021-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2021-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2021-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (R-AL), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2021-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2021-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA), 2021-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2021-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-12-01T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 302 | 127 |

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## Sources
- [117-hr-4352 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352)

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