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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 619 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To extend Federal recognition to the Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation, and |
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| 6 | 6 | | for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | UFFMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To extend Federal recognition to the Nor Rel Muk Wintu |
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| 14 | 14 | | Nation, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nor Rel Muk Wintu 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Nation Federal Recognition Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) D |
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| 22 | 22 | | EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) G |
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| 24 | 24 | | OVERNING DOCUMENT .—The term ‘‘gov-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | erning document’’ means the Constitution of the 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation, revised and adopted on 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | September 19, 2020 (and successor documents). 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) S |
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| 32 | 32 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) T |
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| 35 | 35 | | RIBAL MEMBER.—The term ‘‘Tribal mem-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ber’’ means— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) an individual who is an enrolled mem-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ber of the Tribe as of the date of the enactment 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of this Act; or 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) an individual who has been placed on 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | with this Act. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (4) T |
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| 44 | 44 | | RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Nor 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Rel Muk Wintu Nation. 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) F |
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| 47 | 47 | | EDERALRECOGNITION.— 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) I |
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| 49 | 49 | | N GENERAL.—Federal recognition is ex-16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tended to the Tribe. 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) A |
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| 52 | 52 | | PPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (includ-18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ing regulations) of the United States of general ap-19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | plicability to Indians or nations, Indian Tribes, or 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.)) that are not incon-22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | sistent with this Act shall be applicable to the Tribe 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | and Tribal members. 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (3) F |
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| 60 | 60 | | EDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS .— 25 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Tribe and 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Tribal members shall be eligible for all services 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | and benefits provided by the Federal Govern-4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ment to federally recognized Indian Tribes 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | without regard to— 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (i) the existence of a reservation for 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | the Tribe; or 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (ii) the location of the residence of 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | any Tribal member on or near any Indian 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | reservation. 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (B) S |
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| 76 | 76 | | ERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the delivery of Federal services to Tribal mem-13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | bers, the service area of the Tribe shall be con-14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | sidered to be Trinity County, California. 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (c) M |
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| 81 | 81 | | EMBERSHIP.— 16 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (1) I |
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| 83 | 83 | | N GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 17 |
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| 84 | 84 | | recognition, services, and benefits pursuant to this 18 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Act, the Tribe shall submit to the Secretary, by not 19 |
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| 86 | 86 | | later than 18 months after the date of the enact-20 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ment of this Act, a membership roll consisting of the 21 |
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| 88 | 88 | | name of each individual enrolled as a Tribal mem-22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ber. 23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (2) D |
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| 91 | 91 | | ETERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP .—The 24 |
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| 92 | 92 | | qualifications for inclusion on the membership roll of 25 |
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| 96 | 96 | | the Tribe shall be determined in accordance with the 1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | governing document. 2 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (3) M |
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| 99 | 99 | | AINTENANCE OF ROLL .—The Tribe shall 3 |
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| 100 | 100 | | have the sole authority and responsibility to main-4 |
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| 101 | 101 | | tain the membership roll consistent with the gov-5 |
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| 102 | 102 | | erning document. 6 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (d) G |
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| 104 | 104 | | OVERNINGBODY.—The governing body of the 7 |
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| 105 | 105 | | Tribe shall be— 8 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (1) the governing body of the Tribe on the date 9 |
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| 107 | 107 | | of enactment of this Act, consistent with the gov-10 |
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| 108 | 108 | | erning document; or 11 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (2) any subsequent governing body elected in 12 |
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| 110 | 110 | | accordance with the election procedures specified in 13 |
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| 111 | 111 | | the governing document. 14 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (e) T |
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| 113 | 113 | | REATY ANDRESERVEDRIGHTS.—Nothing in 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | this Act expands, reduces, or in any manner affects any 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | treaty rights or reserved rights of the Tribe. 17 |
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