119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · May 14, 2025
Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act
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Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act
This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Additionally, the bill reaffirms previous decisions by the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for the tribe under the IRA.
A 2009 Supreme Court case, Carcieri v. Salazar, decided that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the IRA was enacted in 1934. This bill (1) affirms the applicability of the IRA to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, thereby deeming the tribe to be under federal jurisdiction as of June 18, 1934, for purposes of the IRA; and (2) reaffirms prior decisions by Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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TRIBAL COUNCIL POARCH CREEK INDIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: LAVENDER CONSULTANTS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 7, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$40,000
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Indian Lands Held In trust Gaming/Gambling H.R. 4147 To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Poarch Bank of Creek Indians S. 1750 Poarch Bank of Creek Indians Parity Act HR1 Budget Reconciliation H.R.____, S____ FY 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations regardin…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRIBAL COUNCIL POARCH CREEK INDIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: LAVENDER CONSULTANTS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 11, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Indian Lands Held In trust Gaming/Gambling H.R. 4147 To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Poarch Bank of Creek Indians S. 1750 Poarch Bank of Creek Indians Parity Act HR1 Budget Reconciliation H.R.____, S____ FY 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations regardin…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRIBAL COUNCIL POARCH CREEK INDIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: LAVENDER CONSULTANTS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 13, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Indian Lands Held In trust Gaming/Gambling H.R. 4147 To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Poarch Bank of Creek Indians S. 1750 Poarch Bank of Creek Indians Parity Act HR1 Budget Reconciliation H.R.____, S____ FY 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations regardin…
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