,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #g1  
#bjai,mr4 ,tester 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,moran1 ,mr4 ,udall1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4  
,warren1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,ms4 ,hirono1   
,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,ms4 ,smith1
 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 and ,ms4 ,cortez       
,masto7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,indian ,affairs  ,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 7#dh
 ,stat4 #ihh1 chapter #egf2 #be         
,u4,s4,c4 #eabi7 7commonly known as the 
,indian ,reorganization ,act71 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 this ,act1 
the terms ,indian tribe and tribe mean  
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 subsection 7a7  
shall take effect as if included in the 
,act of ,june #ah1 #aicd 7#dh ,stat4    
#ihd1 chapter #egf2 #be ,u4,s4,c4 #eaja 
et seq47 7commonly known as the ,indian 
,reorganization ,act71 on the date of   
the enactment of that ,act4