H.R. 5050May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act

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Sponsor: Michael K. Simpson [R-ID-02]
Cosponsors: 1 · 1 Democrat
Policy area: Native Americans
Committee: Natural Resources Committee
Latest action: Dec 18, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-262.

IntroducedJul 9, 2014
Passed the HouseDec 2, 2014
Passed the SenateDec 15, 2014
Sent to the PresidentDec 17, 2014
Became lawDec 18, 2014

What the measure doesCRS summary

May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act - Repeals the 1918 Act (authorizing the establishment of a town site on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho). Grants the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation the exclusive right of first refusal to purchase at fair market value any land offered for sale within the Fort Hall Townsite.

Requires the United States to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribes or a member of the Tribes, as applicable, any land owned or acquired by the Tribes or a member of the Tribes within the Fort Hall Townsite before, on, or after this Act's enactment.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5050 as public Law on Dec 18, 2014. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 535

House Dec 2, 2014

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To repeal the Act of May 31, 1918, and for other purposes

Passed · Two-thirds required

418 Yea 0 Nay 16 not voting

Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.

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All members434 members

Democratic201 members

Republican233 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors1 · 1 Democrat

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5050 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

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