Search Results: keywords:"tribal membership verification"

  • H. R. 1101 — An Act To amend the Lumbee Act of 1956.
    Status:Received in Senate
    Words:1,267

    H.R. 1101, known as the “Lumbee Fairness Act,” aims to amend the Lumbee Act of 1956 to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. The bill specifies that members of the Lumbee Tribe will be eligible for federal services available to recognized Indian...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1101 wants to officially say the Lumbee Tribe are Native Americans, so they can get special help from the government, and it talks about how they can have special places to live and who decides the rules there.

  • S. 107 — To amend the Lumbee Act of 1956.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,281

    S. 107, known as the “Lumbee Fairness Act,” seeks to amend the Lumbee Act of 1956 to provide federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. This recognition would make the Tribe and its members eligible for federal benefits and services like those available to other federally...

    Simple Explanation

    The "Lumbee Fairness Act" is a plan to officially recognize the Lumbee Tribe, which means the tribe will get the same help and benefits from the government as other Native American tribes do. The law will also let the government help them easily manage their land and work out some rules with the State of North Carolina, but some parts of the plan are not very clear yet.

  • H. R. 474 — To amend the Lumbee Act of 1956.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,319

    H.R. 474, also known as the "Lumbee Fairness Act," proposes amendments to the Lumbee Act of 1956 to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. This bill would make the Tribe and its members eligible for federal services and benefits provided to recognized Indian tribes....

    Simple Explanation

    This bill is about making sure the Lumbee Tribe, a group of Native Americans from North Carolina, is officially recognized by the government so they can get special benefits and services just like other recognized tribes. It also talks about how the tribe can have land set aside for them and how they will work together with the state of North Carolina.