Sens. Moran, Tester Introduce Legislation to Affirm Federally Recognized Land in Indian Country
September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont) - members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs - recently introduced legislation to reaffirm that any land taken into trust by the United States for Indian tribes is federally recognized from the day it was first taken into trust.
Under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) passed in 1934, the Secretary of the Interior was . . .
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont) - members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs - recently introduced legislation to reaffirm that any land taken into trust by the United States for Indian tribes is federally recognized from the day it was first taken into trust.
Under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) passed in 1934, the Secretary of the Interior was . . .