Senate panel approves Lumbee recognition bill
Friday, April 25, 2008
Filed Under:
Politics
The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committeeon Thursday approved
H.R.
65, the Lumbee Recognition Act.
The bill extends federal recognition to the
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. The tribe is currently barred from going through the
Bureau of
Indian Affairs process.
The House passed the bill last June. It's not clear when it might come up for a final vote in the Senate.
Congress hasn't approved a stand-alone recognition bill since the 1990s.
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