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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-165
YSLETA DEL SUR PUEBLO AND ALABAMA-COUSHATTA
TRIBES OF TEXAS EQUAL AND FAIR OPPORTUNITY SET-
TLEMENT ACT
JULY 22, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 759]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 759) to restore an opportunity for tribal economic devel-
opment on terms that are equal and fair, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 759 is to restore an opportunity for tribal
economic development on terms that are equal and fair.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, also known as the Tigua Tribe, is a
federally recognized tribe located approximately thirteen miles
from El Paso, TX. The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas is a fed-
erally recognized tribe located in Polk County, TX.
As part of Indian policy followed by the federal government from
the 1940s through the 1960s, both tribes were terminated by an act
of Congress. On August 23, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower
signed Public Law 83-627, 68 Stat. 768, therein terminating the
trust relationship between the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
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