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Calendar No. 234
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3454
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 10, 2022
Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was read the first time
January 18, 2022
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2022
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Definition of employer
NLRA Amendment
Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152) is amended—
in paragraph (2), by inserting or any Indian Tribe, or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian Tribe and located on its Indian lands,
after subdivision thereof,
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by adding at the end the following:
The term Indian Tribe means any Indian Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
The term Indian means any individual who is a member of an Indian Tribe.
The term Indian lands means—
all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation;
any lands title to which is either held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian Tribe or Indian or held by any Indian Tribe or Indian subject to restriction by the United States against alienation; and
any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are within the boundaries of a former reservation (as defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian Tribe.
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Effective date
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the day after the date of enactment of this Act.
January 18, 2022
Read the second time and placed on the calendar