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Cynthia Lummis: “Isn't Congress still able as the legislative arm of government to recognize a specific tribe and authorize the Secretary…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2009
Isn't Congress still able as the legislative arm of government to recognize a specific tribe and authorize the Secretary to take lands into trust on behalf of that tribe?
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Lummis questions the authority of Congress post-Carcieri decision regarding tribal land trust.

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