An Act to provide for final settlement of the conflicting rights and interests of the Hopi and Navajo Tribes to and in lands lying within the joint use area of the reservation established by the Executive order of December 16, 1882, and lands lying within the reservation created by the Act of June 14, 1934, and for other purposes.
Public Law 93-531 · H.R. 10337 · 93rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Dec 22, 1974 · Native Americans
Sponsor: Rep. Douglas Owens (D-UT-2)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateRecorded vote: 72 yea, 0 nay72–0
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Requires the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to appoint a Mediator to assist in the negotiations for the settlement and partition of the relative rights and interests of the Hopi and Navajo Tribes, in the supplemental proceedings in the case of Healing v. Jones pending in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Prescribes the procedure for the negotiations.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allot lands to Paiute Indians, not now members of the Navajo Tribe, who are located in the affected area, such land to be held in trust for them and their heirs by the United States.
Authorizes the Secretary to transfer up to 250,000 acres of lands within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management within Arizona or New Mexico to the Navajo Tribe, in return for the fair market value of such land as determined by the Secretary.
Establishes within the executive branch the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission. Requires the Commission, following an order of the District Court in the supplemental proceedings of the Healing case, to prepare and submit to Congress a report concerning the relocation of Members and households of each tribe from lands partitioned to the other tribe. Specifies the procedure for such relocations as may be necessary.
Grants to the Hopi Tribe perpetual use of Cliff Spring in Arizona as a religious shrine, and provides that the Secretary shall make reasonable provision for the use and right of access to identified religious shrines for the members of each tribe on the reservation of the other tribe.
Authorizes funds to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out specified provisions of this Act, such funds to remain available until expended.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 77 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
77 yea0 nay24 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(45)
- Sen. James AbourezkD-SD
- Sen. Harold HughesD-IA
- Sen. Mike MansfieldD-MT
- Sen. William ProxmireD-WI
- Sen. Gaylord NelsonD-WI
- Sen. George McGovernD-SD
- Sen. Dick ClarkD-IA
- Sen. Lee MetcalfD-MT
- Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
- Sen. William HathawayD-ME
- Sen. Philip HartD-MI
Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA- Sen. Floyd HaskellD-CO
- Sen. Walter MondaleD-MN
- Sen. Thomas EagletonD-MO
- Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
- Sen. Birch BayhD-IN
- Sen. Edmund MuskieD-ME
- Sen. Frank MossD-UT
- Sen. Abraham RibicoffD-CT
- Sen. Hubert HumphreyD-MN
- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
- Sen. Mike GravelD-AK
- Sen. Warren MagnusonD-WA
- Sen. Lawton ChilesD-FL
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Joseph MontoyaD-NM
- Sen. John TunneyD-CA
- Sen. John PastoreD-RI
- Sen. Alan BibleD-NV
- Sen. Jennings RandolphD-WV
- Sen. Thomas McIntyreD-NH
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
- Sen. Howard CannonD-NV
- Sen. Scoop JacksonD-WA
- Sen. Russell LongD-LA
- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. Gale McGeeD-WY
- Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
- Sen. John SparkmanD-AL
- Sen. John McClellanD-AR
- Sen. John StennisD-MS
- Sen. James AllenD-AL
- Sen. Harry ByrdD-VA
Republicans who voted yea(31)
- Sen. Richard SchweikerR-PA
- Sen. Jacob JavitsR-NY
- Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
- Sen. Robert StaffordR-VT
- Sen. James PearsonR-KS
- Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. Milton YoungR-ND
- Sen. George AikenR-VT
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK- Sen. Marlow CookR-KY
- Sen. John BeallR-MD
- Sen. Hugh ScottR-PA
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM- Sen. Hiram FongR-HI
- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
- Sen. Edward GurneyR-FL
- Sen. Howard BakerR-TN
- Sen. Peter DominickR-CO
- Sen. Robert GriffinR-MI
- Sen. William BrockR-TN
- Sen. James McClureR-ID
- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
- Sen. Dewey BartlettR-OK
- Sen. Roman HruskaR-NE
- Sen. John TowerR-TX
- Sen. Clifford HansenR-WY
- Sen. Wallace BennettR-UT
- Sen. Paul FanninR-AZ
- Sen. Jesse HelmsR-NC
- Sen. Barry GoldwaterR-AZ
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1080 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. 1 yea vote was cast by members of neither major party and is highlighted on the compass but not listed. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- Dec 22, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-531.
- Dec 12, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Dec 10, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to Senate amendments.
- Dec 2, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #510 (72-0).Senate roll call 510
- Sep 25, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 30, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 29, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #253 (290-38).House roll call 253
- Mar 18, 1974FloorFloor · Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #92 (133-199).House roll call 92
- FloorFloor · Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #92 (133-199).House roll call 92
- Mar 13, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Sep 18, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.