Recent allotment-related legislation


	The information contained in this section revolves around the Indian Land Consolidation Act of 1983 and its amendments. These pieces of legislation are important attempts by the federal government to address the effects of allotment and prevent the further fractionation of Indian land. Clicking on the name of the act listed below will access a summary of its major provisions.


		Indian Land Consolidation Act of 1983, Public Law 97-459 (Jan. 12, 1983), 96 Stat. 2517 A Joint Resolution to Make Technical Corrections in the Act of January 25, 1983, Public Law 98-608 (Oct. 30, 1984), 99 Stat. 3171 Technical Amendments to Various Indian Laws Act of 1991, Public Law 102-238 (Dec. 17, 1991), 105 Stat. 1908 Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000, Public Law 106-462 (Nov. 7, 2000), 114 Stat. 1992 NEW! American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004, signed into law by President Bush October 27, 2004. (To access this important piece of legislation, click here to go to the Library of Congress 's Thomas system of online legislative information. Type in "s. 1721" in the Bill Number field under the "Search Bill Text 108th Congress" heading and hit the Search button. Next, to access the version passed into law, scroll down to line 6 (labeled "Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate") and click on S. 1721.ENR.)








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	Since 1983, there have been several important changes to the original act as a result of U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of some of its provisions, the necessity for greater clarity in others, or the need for new ways to support land consolidation without infringing upon the rights of Indian landowners. These changes will not be apparent if one examines only the summaries of the acts listed above. Clicking “here” will access a diagram in PDF format that will give you a better idea as to which provisions were changed, how they were changed, and which act introduced a particular provision. (This document does not yet include changes resulting from the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004.) If you are interested simply in the version of the Indian Land Consolidation Act as codifed in the United States Code, clicking on USC Title 25, ch. 24, Sections 2201-2219 will access the the law, as amended through 2003, without repeating all the language of the amendatory acts except when necessary. The United States Code (USC) has the purpose of presenting laws in a concise and usable form without requiring recourse to the many volumes of the Statutes at Large containing the individual acts and amendments.

	There have been several bills proposed during the 106th, 107th, and 108th Congresses that would have further amended the Indian Land Consolidation Act. Most recently, the “American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004” was signed into law by President Bush on October 27, 2004. See above for instructions on how to access this important piece of legislation.


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