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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 105
115TH CONGRESS SEAT REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-85
TO REPEAL CERTAIN OBSOLETE LAWS RELATING TO
INDIANS
MAY 24, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 343]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 343) to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 343 is to repeal certain obsolete laws relating
to Indians.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The bill, S. 343, would repeal eleven laws relating to Indians
that are obsolete, have not been enforced by the federal govern-
ment for several decades and are inconsistent with current federal
policy. Eleven laws are proposed to be repealed by S. 343, also
known as the Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encour-
aging Conciliation with Tribes Act (RESPECT Act). This bill is in-
tended to help mend relations and further respect between the fed-
eral and tribal governments.
These laws are a sad reminder of the hostile aggression and
overt racism displayed by the federal government to Native Ameri-
cans during a period of time in federal Indian policy often referred
to as the assimilation era. In the late 1800s to mid 1900s, during
this era, the federal government attempted to assimilate the Native
Americans by forcing them to live among the non-Indian society
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