The decision to trade Federal land, forest land, particularly land that was set aside during the Eisenhower Administration, and withdraw it from mining--to a mining company, a foreign-owned mining company, is likely to impact the human environment.
Grijalva warns about the environmental impact of trading federal land to a foreign mining company.
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This bill would address the long-standing inequities caused by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar.
I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed.
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.
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