A bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust and to provide for the conduct of certain activities on the land.

11/5/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to repeal the declaration that specified land accepted by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria in California shall be deemed to have been held in trust and part of the reservation of the Rancheria prior to October 17, 1988. (The date on the recorded deed is October 16, 2000.) Allows the Lytton Rancheria to conduct activities for class II gaming on the land taken into trust.
Prohibits the Lytton Rancheria from expanding the exterior physical measurements of any facility on the Rancheria in use for class II gaming activities.
States that, for class III gaming purposes, the land taken into trust shall be treated, for purposes of provisions relating to gaming on lands acquired in trust after October 17, 1988, as if the land was acquired on October 9, 2003, the date on which the Secretary took it into trust.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]

Committees

• House Natural Resources
• 1 more
  • Senate Indian Affairs
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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 09, 2007		November 05, 2007

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• Nov 06, 2007: Received in the House.
• Nov 06, 2007: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Nov 06, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
• Passed by Unanimous Consent in the Senate on Nov 05, 2007. Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
• Oct 30, 2007: Star Print ordered on the report.
• Added to calendar on Oct 26, 2007: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 452..
• Oct 26, 2007: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan without amendment. With written report No. 110-208.
• Sep 27, 2007: Committee on Indian Affairs. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-628. 9:00 a.m.
• Added to calendar on Sep 27, 2007: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably..
• Sep 27, 2007: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• May 09, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
• May 09, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5873-5874)
• Introduced on May 09, 2007.
• May 09, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5873-5874)

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• Indians
• California
• Federal-Indian relations
• Gambling
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• Indian lands
• Land transfers
• Minorities
• Natural resources
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