S. 1218 · 112th Congress
Lumbee Recognition Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Richard Burr
- Introduced
- 2011-06-16
- Latest action
- 2012-08-02 · Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka without amendment. With written report No. 112-200. Additional views filed.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe.
Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe.
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.
Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.