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Grants federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes Tribe members eligible for all federal Indian services and benefits. It requires the Tribe to verify a tribal roll within two years, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe, and preserves North Carolina’s civil and criminal jurisdiction over Tribe lands unless jurisdiction is transferred under the law’s specified conditions. The measure also allows certain local groups to seek federal acknowledgment under existing federal rules.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced January 16, 2025 by Thomas Roland Tillis · Last progress January 16, 2025
Lumbee Fairness Act