On the recordJune 19, 2000
This legislation would bring some 8,700 acres of land into Federal trust status for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians outside of the regulatory framework established for bringing Indian land into trust. It is important for the tribe to have this land put into trust status in order to continue their economic development plans. The Bureau of Indian affairs has indicated that it will take at least a year for them to process the land in accordance with the land-into- trust regulations. As we hear from numerous tribes, this would have a detrimental effect on the tribe's current and future economic development and expansion. The administration supports this legislation. I urge my colleagues to support it as well.
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