Raúl Grijalva: “I think the executive order does that--shed light, and in the present tense--to begin to create some balance between the…”

This bill would address the long-standing inequities caused by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar.

The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.

Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.

We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.