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On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
H.R. 5780 also includes proposals with significant impacts on Indian land, including the transfer of 100,000 acres of the Ute Indian Tribe's reservation to the state of Utah.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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He points out the bill's detrimental effects on Native American land.

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