Fischer Legislation Returning Land to Nebraska's Winnebago Tribe Signed into Law
July 15, 2024
July 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer's (R-Neb.) bipartisan Winnebago Land Transfer Act was signed into law.
The legislation transfers approximately 1,600 acres of land back to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that was illegally seized in the 1970s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
"Our bill becoming law corrects a decades-old wrong. Now, we can finally return this land to the . . .
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer's (R-Neb.) bipartisan Winnebago Land Transfer Act was signed into law.
The legislation transfers approximately 1,600 acres of land back to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that was illegally seized in the 1970s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
"Our bill becoming law corrects a decades-old wrong. Now, we can finally return this land to the . . .