| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Mar 02, 2020 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S7912
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
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2019-S7912 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S7912 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7912
SPONSOR: KENNEDY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the Indian law, in relation to requiring the department
of state to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the recogni-
tion of Indian tribes as Indian Nations
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require the Department of State to promulgate rules and regulations
to create a process providing for State recognition of Indian tribes and
to report the status of applications received in an annual report.
Furthermore, the bill requires the Department of State to make recommen-
dation to the Legislature on whether a tribe should be recognized or not
and why based on the process developed.
JUSTIFICATION:
Over the past several years, there have been many attempts by Indian
2019-S7912 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7912
I N S E N A T E
March 2, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the Indian law, in relation to requiring the department
of state to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the recog-
nition of Indian tribes as Indian Nations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2 of the Indian law, as added by chapter 174 of the
laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. New York state Indian nations and tribes. 1. The term "Indian
nation or tribe" means one of the following New York state Indian
nations or tribes: Cayuga Nation, Oneida Nation of New York, Onondaga
Nation, Poospatuck or [Unkechauge] UNKECHAUG Nation, Saint Regis Mohawk
Tribe, Seneca Nation of Indians, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Tonawanda
Band of Seneca and Tuscarora Nation.
2. A. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
PROVIDING FOR A PROCESS FOR INDIAN TRIBES TO APPLY TO BE RECOGNIZED AS
INDIAN NATIONS. RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY ESTABLISHED CRITE-
RIA NECESSARY FOR RECOGNIZING DOMESTIC INDIAN TRIBES, THE EVALUATION
PROCESS BY WHICH AN INDIAN TRIBE CAN SEEK TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN INDIAN
NATION, AND THE TIMELINE WITHIN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE WILL PROC-
ESS SUCH APPLICATIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL PROMULGATE ALL APPLICABLE RULES AND
REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO.
B. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL ISSUE AN ANNUAL REPORT AND RECOMMEN-
DATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE. THE ANNUAL REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
NECESSARILY BE LIMITED TO, A SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR TRIBAL RECOGNITION, THE STATUS OF EACH APPLICA-
TION RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHETHER
LEGISLATION SHOULD BE ENACTED TO GRANT STATE RECOGNITION TO ANY SUCH
APPLICANT TRIBE AND ALL MATERIAL, ANALYSIS, LAW AND REASONING USED IN
REACHING SUCH RECOMMENDATION. ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE SHALL BE
ISSUED NO LATER THAN JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH YEAR.
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