- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: July 14, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6686. Mrs. BRITT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1__. APPLICABILITY OF INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT TO THE
POARCH BAND OF CREEK INDIANS.
(a) In General.—The Poarch Band of Creek Indians shall be
considered “now under Federal jurisdiction” as of June 18,
1934, for purposes of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly
known as the “Indian Reorganization Act”) (48 Stat. 984,
chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.).
(b) Lands Taken Into Trust.—All lands taken into trust by
the United States for the benefit of the Poarch Band of Creek
Indians before the date of enactment of this Act are
reaffirmed as trust land, and the actions of the Secretary of
the Interior in taking those lands into trust under the Act
of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the “Indian
Reorganization Act”) (48 Stat. 984, chapter 576; 25 U.S.C.
5101 et seq.), are ratified and confirmed.