The Supreme Court rules specifically that the Secretary's authority to hold land in trust for tribal governments under the Indian Reorganization Act was limited only to recognized tribes 'now under Federal jurisdiction.'
Cole explains the Supreme Court's ruling affecting tribal land trust authority.
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The bill before us is a clean, narrowly tailored continuing resolution that keeps the government open and operating. Nothing more. Nothing less.
It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid.
Our conference refuses to let the obstruction and inaction of Senate Democrats trigger another manufactured shutdown at the end of September. That is why we are acting before a funding lapse crisis, not in response to it.
It reinforces support for key allies - like Israel and Taiwan - and directly counters threats from Communist China and other regimes that challenge our interests and principles.
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