Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act

This bill would give federal recognition to the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, making the Tribe and its members eligible for federal services and benefits offered to federally recognized tribes. Federal services would be delivered in seven Virginia counties: Nottoway, Southampton, Sussex, Surry, Isle of Wight, Franklin, and Dinwiddie. At the Tribe's request, the Secretary of the Interior would be required to take into trust land the Tribe acquired on or before January 1, 2022 in six of those counties, and could take other Tribe-owned land in those counties into trust. The bill bars the Tribe from conducting gaming and states that it does not change the Tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights.

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Sponsors

• Jennifer L. McClellan Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors