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Calendar No. 490
118TH CONGRESS E REPORT
2d Session SENATE 118-212
A BILL TO ACCEPT THE REQUEST TO REVOKE THE CHARTER OF INCORPO-
RATION OF THE LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA AT THE REQUEST OF THAT COMMUNITY, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2868]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 2868), to accept the request to revoke the charter of incorpora-
tion of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Min-
nesota at the request of that Community, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment, and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 2868 is to revoke the corporate charter under
Section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act for the Lower Sioux In-
dian Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of the
Community.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Under Section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
(IRA),' a Tribe may form a federally-chartered corporation to carry
out commercial activities upon approval by the Secretary of the In-
terior, however, once issued such charter can only be revoked by
Congress. Congress has acted numerous times to revoke Section 17
IRA charters for Tribes.2
IIndian Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. § 5124.
2E.g., Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (P.L. 114-28); the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohi-
can Indians (P.L. 106-216); the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (P.L. 104-109); and the Prairie Is-
land Indian Community (P.L. 104-261).
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