Grants federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

§1What it does

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This bill would give the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina federal recognition, making tribe members eligible for the same services and benefits as members of other federally recognized tribes.^2,3 Members living in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke and Scotland counties would be treated as living in the area where those services are delivered, and the Interior and Health and Human Services departments would work with the tribe to determine its needs for them.³ The Interior Department could take land into trust for the tribe, and North Carolina would keep criminal and civil jurisdiction over the tribe's lands unless the tribe and the state agree to transfer it to the federal government.³

§2Status

§3How Congress voted

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