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H.R. 226119th CongressNative Americans
Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act
Sponsored by Rep. Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN) · 0 active
Latest action: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Where it standsBefore the House35 representatives score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedFeb 4, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govEastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act
This bill takes specified lands and easements in Monroe County, Tennessee, into trust for the use and benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. These lands include the Sequoyah Museum, the Chota Memorial, the Tanasi Memorial, and land to provide support for these properties and cultural programs.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) maintains its right to carry out river control and development on these lands, including temporarily and intermittently flooding certain lands. The bill specifies the structures that may be constructed with the TVA's written consent on certain lands subject to flooding. Additionally, the TVA must be compensated for lost hydropower capacity from future development of these lands.
Further, the bill specifies that the United States is not liable for loss or damage resulting from certain activities, such as the permanent flooding of adjacent lands.
In addition, the bill outlines the TVA's continuing responsibilities, including those related to environmental remediation.
Finally, the bill prohibits gaming on these lands.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · SenateHearings by (full committee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Floods and storm protection
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Historical and cultural resources
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Lakes and rivers
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Monuments and memorials
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
0 activeThis bill has no cosponsors.
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
