,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aacb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,burr 7for himself and ,mrs4 
,hagan7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,indian ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to provide for the recognition 
of the ,lumbee ,tribe of ,north         
,carolina1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,lumbee ,recognition ,act4  #b4     
,preamble ,the preamble to the ,act of  
,june #g1 #aief 7#gj ,stat4 #bed71 is   
amended as follows3  7#a7 ,by striking  
and at the end of each clause4  7#b7 ,by
 striking 3 ,now1 therefore1 at the end 
of the last clause and inserting a      
semicolon4  7#c7 ,by adding at the end  
the following new clauses3  #c4 ,federal
 recognition ,the ,act of ,june #g1     
#aief 7#gj ,stat4 #bed71 is amended as  
follows3  7#a7 ,by striking the last    
sentence of the first section4  7#b7 ,by
 striking section #b and inserting the  

following new sections3  #b4 7a7        
,federal recognition is hereby extended 
to the ,lumbee ,tribe of ,north         
,carolina1 as designated as petitioner  
number #fe by the ,office of ,federal   
,acknowledgment4 ,all laws and          
regulations of the ,united ,states of   
general application to ,indians and     
,indian tribes shall apply to the       
,lumbee ,tribe of ,north ,carolina and  
its members4  7b7 ,notwithstanding the  
first section1 any group of ,indians in 
,robeson and adjoining counties1 ,north 
,carolina1 whose members are not        
enrolled in the ,lumbee ,tribe of ,north
 ,carolina as determined under section  
#c7;c71 may petition under part #hc of  
title #be of the ,code of ,federal      
,regulations for acknowledgment of      
tribal existence4  #c4 7a7 ,the ,lumbee 
,tribe of ,north ,carolina and its      
members shall be eligible for all       
services and benefits provided to       
,indians because of their status as     
members of a federally recognized tribe4

 ,for the purposes of the delivery of   
such services1 those members of the     
,tribe residing in ,robeson1            
,cumberland1 ,hoke1 and ,scotland       
counties in ,north ,carolina shall be   
deemed to be residing on or near an     
,indian reservation4  7b7 ,upon         
verification by the ,secretary of the   
,interior of a tribal roll under        
subsection 7c71 the ,secretary of the   
,interior and the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services shall develop1 in  
consultation with the ,lumbee ,tribe of 
,north ,carolina1 a determination of    
needs to provide the services to which  
members of the ,tribe are eligible4 ,the
 ,secretary of the ,interior and the    
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall each submit a written   
statement of such needs to ,congress    
after the tribal roll is verified4  7c7 
,for purposes of the delivery of        
,federal services1 the tribal roll in   
effect on the date of the enactment of  
this section shall1 subject to          

verification by the ,secretary of the   
,interior1 define the service population
 of the ,tribe4 ,the ,secretary's       
verification shall be limited to        
confirming compliance with the          
membership criteria set out in the      
,tribe's constitution adopted on        
,november #af1 #bjja1 which verification
 shall be completed within #b years     
after the date of the enactment of this 
section4  #d4 7a7 ,the ,secretary may   
take land into trust for the ,lumbee    
,tribe pursuant to this ,act4 ,an       
application to take land located within 
,robeson ,county1 ,north ,carolina1 into
 trust under this section shall be      
treated by the ,secretary as an on      
reservation trust acquisition under part
 #aea of title #be1 ,code of ,federal   
,regulations 7or a successor            
regulation74  7b7 ,the tribe may not    
conduct gaming activities as a matter of
 claimed inherent authority or under the
 authority of any ,federal law1         
including the ,indian ,gaming           

,regulatory ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #bgja et
 seq47 or under any regulations         
thereunder promulgated by the ,secretary
 or the ,national ,indian ,gaming       
,commission4  #e4 7a7 ,the ,state of    
,north ,carolina shall exercise         
jurisdiction over--  7#a7 all criminal  
offenses that are committed on2 and     
7#b7 all civil actions that arise on1   
lands located within the ,state of      
,north ,carolina that are owned by1 or  
held in trust by the ,united ,states    
for1 the ,lumbee ,tribe of ,north       
,carolina1 or any dependent ,indian     
community of the ,lumbee ,tribe of      
,north ,carolina4  7b7 ,the ,secretary  
of the ,interior is authorized to accept
 on behalf of the ,united ,states1 after
 consulting with the ,attorney ,general 
of the ,united ,states1 any transfer by 
the ,state of ,north ,carolina to the   
,united ,states of any portion of the   
jurisdiction of the ,state of ,north    
,carolina described in subsection 7a7   
pursuant to an agreement between the    

,lumbee ,tribe and the ,state of ,north 
,carolina4 ,such transfer of            
jurisdiction may not take effect until  
#b years after the effective date of the
 agreement4  7c7 ,the provisions of this
 section shall not affect the           
application of section #aji of the      
,indian ,child ,welfare ,act of #aigh   
7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #aiai74  #f4 ,there are  
authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this ,act4
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