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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 619
To extend Federal recognition to the Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY22, 2025
Mr. H
UFFMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To extend Federal recognition to the Nor Rel Muk Wintu
Nation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nor Rel Muk Wintu 4
Nation Federal Recognition Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 6
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7
(1) G
OVERNING DOCUMENT .—The term ‘‘gov-8
erning document’’ means the Constitution of the 9
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Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation, revised and adopted on 1
September 19, 2020 (and successor documents). 2
(2) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3
the Secretary of the Interior. 4
(3) T
RIBAL MEMBER.—The term ‘‘Tribal mem-5
ber’’ means— 6
(A) an individual who is an enrolled mem-7
ber of the Tribe as of the date of the enactment 8
of this Act; or 9
(B) an individual who has been placed on 10
the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance 11
with this Act. 12
(4) T
RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Nor 13
Rel Muk Wintu Nation. 14
(b) F
EDERALRECOGNITION.— 15
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Federal recognition is ex-16
tended to the Tribe. 17
(2) A
PPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (includ-18
ing regulations) of the United States of general ap-19
plicability to Indians or nations, Indian Tribes, or 20
bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 21
1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.)) that are not incon-22
sistent with this Act shall be applicable to the Tribe 23
and Tribal members. 24
(3) F
EDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS .— 25
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(A) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date 1
of the enactment of this Act, the Tribe and 2
Tribal members shall be eligible for all services 3
and benefits provided by the Federal Govern-4
ment to federally recognized Indian Tribes 5
without regard to— 6
(i) the existence of a reservation for 7
the Tribe; or 8
(ii) the location of the residence of 9
any Tribal member on or near any Indian 10
reservation. 11
(B) S
ERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of 12
the delivery of Federal services to Tribal mem-13
bers, the service area of the Tribe shall be con-14
sidered to be Trinity County, California. 15
(c) M
EMBERSHIP.— 16
(1) I
N GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 17
recognition, services, and benefits pursuant to this 18
Act, the Tribe shall submit to the Secretary, by not 19
later than 18 months after the date of the enact-20
ment of this Act, a membership roll consisting of the 21
name of each individual enrolled as a Tribal mem-22
ber. 23
(2) D
ETERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP .—The 24
qualifications for inclusion on the membership roll of 25
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the Tribe shall be determined in accordance with the 1
governing document. 2
(3) M
AINTENANCE OF ROLL .—The Tribe shall 3
have the sole authority and responsibility to main-4
tain the membership roll consistent with the gov-5
erning document. 6
(d) G
OVERNINGBODY.—The governing body of the 7
Tribe shall be— 8
(1) the governing body of the Tribe on the date 9
of enactment of this Act, consistent with the gov-10
erning document; or 11
(2) any subsequent governing body elected in 12
accordance with the election procedures specified in 13
the governing document. 14
(e) T
REATY ANDRESERVEDRIGHTS.—Nothing in 15
this Act expands, reduces, or in any manner affects any 16
treaty rights or reserved rights of the Tribe. 17
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