Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act
Public Law 113-290 · H.R. 3608 · 113th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Dec 19, 2014 · Native Americans
Sponsor: Rep. Richard Nolan (D-MN-8)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Don Young
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Excludes funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from: (1) federal or state income taxes; or (2) use in denying or reducing a member's benefits under the Social Security Act or, except for payments in excess of $2,000, a federal or federally-assisted program.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee- Judiciary Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
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Related bills
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S. 2249Related bill
Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 24 actions.
- Dec 19, 2014Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 113-290.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 18, 2014FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Dec 17, 2014FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 16, 2014FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 18, 2014CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Nov 17, 2014FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3608.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Labrador moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 466.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-625, Part I.
- Sep 18, 2014CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
- Jul 29, 2014CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Jan 9, 2014CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Nov 29, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
- Nov 21, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee c…
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.