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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1723 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian lands under |
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| 6 | 6 | | the National Labor Relations Act. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | OOLENAAR(for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. FULCHER, and Mr. LAMALFA) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on |
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| 12 | 12 | | Education and Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian |
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| 15 | 15 | | lands under the National Labor Relations Act. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Labor Sov-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | ereignty Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF EMPLOYER. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | U.S.C. 152) is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or any In-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | dian tribe, or any enterprise or institution owned 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1723 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Indian lands,’’ after ‘‘subdivision thereof,’’; and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(15) The term ‘Indian tribe’ means any Indian 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | community which is recognized as eligible for the special 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | programs and services provided by the United States to 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Indians because of their status as Indians. 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(16) The term ‘Indian’ means any individual who 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | is a member of an Indian tribe. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(17) The term ‘Indian lands’ means— 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(A) all lands within the limits of any Indian 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | reservation; 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(B) any lands title to which is either held in 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | trust by the United States for the benefit of any In-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | dian tribe or Indian or held by any Indian tribe or 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Indian subject to restriction by the United States 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | against alienation; and 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | are within the boundaries of a former reservation (as 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a feder-21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ally recognized Indian tribe.’’. 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Æ |
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