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Cocopah Lands Act

Floor Speech

Date: March 2, 2009
Issues: Indigenous Peoples Housing and Property

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Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, the majority has adequately explained the purpose of H.R. 326. This legislation is the same as H.R. 673 that passed by unanimous consent in the House in 2007 but did not move in the Senate.

At present, the tribe benefiting from this legislation has a reservation that consists of several noncontiguous trust lands. H.R. 326 places tribal fee lands in trust to fill in some of the gaps in these reservation properties, and thereby, improves travel management and governance of the reservation.

The text of H.R. 326 reflects changes that had been recommended by the Bush administration in the last Congress. To the best of our knowledge, the bill is noncontroversial; and, therefore, we have no objections to it.

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