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- S 2160119th Congress
Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians Restoration Act of 2025
Jun 25, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- HR 748116th Congress
CARES Act
Jul 23, 2020 · Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
- HR 2929119th Congress
Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe of North Carolina Act
Apr 17, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- HR 3255119th Congress
Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians Restoration Act of 2025
May 7, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- HR 41119th Congress
Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act
Jun 3, 2026 · Received in the Senate.
- HR 4750119th Congress
Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act
Jul 23, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- HR 5144119th Congress
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Southampton County, Virginia, Federal Recognition Act
Sep 4, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- HR 5327119th Congress
Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act
Sep 11, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- HR 5820119th Congress
Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe Recognition Act
Oct 24, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- HR 619119th Congress
Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation Federal Recognition Act
Jan 22, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- S 1071119th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Dec 18, 2025 · Became Public Law No: 119-60.
- S 1790116th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Dec 20, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 116-92.