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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-928
LITTLE SHELL TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS
RESTORATION ACT OF 2018
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3764]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3764) to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration
Act of 2018.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) MEMBER.-The term member means an individual who is enrolled in the
Tribe pursuant to section 6.
(2) SECRETARY.-The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) TRIBE.-The term Tribe means the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indi-
ans of Montana.
SEC. 3. FEDERAL RECOGNITION.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe.
(b) EFFECT OF FEDERAL LAWS.-Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all Fed-
eral laws (including regulations) of general application to Indians and Indian tribes,
including the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) (commonly known as
the Indian Reorganization Act), shall apply to the Tribe and members.
SEC. 4. FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe and
each member shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided by the United
States to Indians and federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to-
(1) the existence of a reservation for the Tribe; or
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