Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017

H.R. 984 · 115th Congress · Jan 29, 2018 · Lineage

AN ACT

To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short Title— This Act may be cited as the “Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017”.

(b)

Table of Contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978

Nothing in this Act affects the application of section 109 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1919).

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Jan 29, 2018 Pub. L. 115–121 Enacted
Jan 29, 2018viewing Enrolled Bill See what changed
May 18, 2017 Referred in Senate Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs See what changed
May 17, 2017 Engrossed in House See what changed
Feb 7, 2017 Introduced in House Mr. Wittman (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Connolly, and Mr. Taylor) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978

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