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Lumbee Fairness Act

USA118th CongressS-521| Senate 
| Updated: 2/16/2023
Thomas Tillis

Thomas Tillis

Republican Senator

North Carolina

Cosponsors (2)
J. D. Vance (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)

Indian Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Lumbee Fairness Act This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible. Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.
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Timeline
Feb 16, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 16, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Dec 18, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-1101
Received in the Senate.
  • February 16, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 16, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.


  • December 18, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-1101
    Received in the Senate.

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 118-1101: Lumbee Fairness Act
Federal-Indian relationsIndian lands and resources rightsNorth Carolina

Lumbee Fairness Act

USA118th CongressS-521| Senate 
| Updated: 2/16/2023
Lumbee Fairness Act This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible. Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.
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Timeline
Feb 16, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 16, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Dec 18, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-1101
Received in the Senate.
  • February 16, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 16, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.


  • December 18, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-1101
    Received in the Senate.
Thomas Tillis

Thomas Tillis

Republican Senator

North Carolina

Cosponsors (2)
J. D. Vance (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)

Indian Affairs Committee

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 118-1101: Lumbee Fairness Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Federal-Indian relationsIndian lands and resources rightsNorth Carolina