A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands for the benefit of the Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians.
Latest action. Vetoed by President.
(Measure passed House, amended) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to acquire the interest of the fee title holders in specified lands for the benefit of the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians. Requires the cost of acquisition of such land to be the sum of: (1) the value of such land as determined by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on January 9, 1980; and (2) the amount of outstanding debts and obligations of a specified corporation attributable to the development of such land (not to exceed $240,000). Requires all development plans and other work products relating to such development of the land to be transferred to the Indian tribe. Directs that the cost of acquisition agreed to in such agreement shall be treated as if it were final judgment of the Court of Claims. Prohibits offsetting any judgment against the United States in favor of such tribe based on such acquisition cost.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on September 22, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
1 step remains before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on October 11, 1980: Vetoed by President.
- A two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate to override the veto
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 1 step is still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
RUDOLF BOSCHWITZ (R-MN) introduced it on July 9, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on July 9, 1979, 17230 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16770 days ago, on October 11, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenatePassed
- HousePassed
- PresidentVetoed on October 11, 1980