,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,cole introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,act of ,june #ah1
 #aicd1 to reaffirm the authority of the
 ,secretary of the ,interior to take    
land into trust for ,indian tribes1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,authority     
reaffirmed  7a7 ,reaffirmation ,section 
#ai of the ,act of ,june #ah1 #aicd     
7commonly known as the ,indian          
,reorganization ,act2 #be ,u4,s4,c4     
#dgi71 is amended--  7#a7 in the first  
sentence--  7,a7 by striking ,the term  
and inserting ,effective beginning on   
,june #ah1 #aicd1 the term2 and  7,b7 by
 striking any recognized ,indian tribe  
now under ,federal jurisdiction and     
inserting any federally recognized      
,indian tribe2 and  7#b7 by striking the
 third sentence and inserting the       
following3 ,in said sections1 the term  

,indian tribe means any ,indian or      
,alaska ,native tribe1 band1 nation1    
pueblo1 village1 or community that the  
,secretary of the ,interior acknowledges
 to exist as an ,indian tribe44  7b7    
,effective ,date ,the amendments made by
 this section shall take effect as if   
included in the ,act of ,june #ah1 #aicd
 7commonly known as the ,indian         
,reorganization ,act2 #be ,u4,s4,c4     
#dgi71 on the date of enactment of that 
,act4