Northern Cheyenne Lands Act

Hozzl · 2024-03-14T12:48:47Z

Explore the details of House Bill 4350 Northern Cheyenne Lands Act currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Native Americans. Stay informed on legislative developments.

3/14/2024, 12:48 PM

Congressional Summary of HR 4350

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 1,568 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.

Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mineral interests underlying the land on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in exchange for U.S. coal mineral interests underlying the land referred to as Bull Mountains and East Fork. Sets forth conditions on the conveyance to Great Northern Properties.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that the deed for those federal coal mineral interests includes a covenant that precludes surface mining of the coal unless certain conditions are met.

Prohibits Montana from taxing the mineral interests this Act conveys to the Tribe.

Sets forth conditions regarding waiver of claims by the Tribe and Great Northern Properties.

Requires the Northern Cheyenne Trust Fund to be transferred to the Tribe in exchange for the Tribe waiving all of its claims arising from U.S. management of the Fund.

Read the Full Bill

Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Current Status of Bill HR 4350

Bill HR 4350 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since April 1, 2014. Bill HR 4350 was introduced during Congress 113 and was introduced to the House on April 1, 2014. Bill HR 4350's most recent activity was Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444. as of September 15, 2014

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 4350

Total Number of Sponsors

Democrat Sponsors

Republican Sponsors

Unaffiliated Sponsors

Total Number of Cosponsors

Democrat Cosponsors

Republican Cosponsors

Unaffiliated Cosponsors

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 4350

Primary Policy Focus

Native Americans

Potential Impact Areas

- Coal

- Energy revenues and royalties

- Federal-Indian relations

- Government trust funds

- Indian claims

- Indian lands and resources rights

- Land transfers

- Metals

- Mining

- Montana

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 4350

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other culturally important lands into trust, and for other purposes.

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act