HB 20-25: The Black Hills Reclamation Act (Final Vote)

[Pericles]

SENATE BILL
To recognize an historical pact and seek a cordial conclusion

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled,

Section I: Title
1. This Act may be cited as the "The Black Hills Reclamation Act".

Section II: Resolution

1. Recognizing:

  a. The historical annexation of native lands, the violation of the Treaty of Fort Laramie, and the desecration of the sacred Black Hills mountain range by the Republic of Atlasia were unjustified acts of barbarism.

2. We Resolve:

  a. To conduct a peaceful and permanent arrangement with the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota people on the basis of mutual friendship and self-determination.

Section III: The Objective

1. The Atlasia Senate Committee on Indian Affairs shall oversee an initiative to gradually return territory once belonging to the Great Sioux Reservation back to the Sioux in the form of a newly constituted reservation.

  a. This shall total 7.25 million acres of land encompassing the Black Hills, the Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Badlands N.P., Western Crow Creek, and Lower Brule.
 
     i. Of this, the Sioux shall receive direct ownership and title over 1.2 million acres of federal land. In the remaining land designated to the reservation, residents of the State of South Dakota shall retain ownership over their property.  

  b. All lands directly owned by the Sioux shall be exempt from local, state and federal taxation.

  c. The Sioux shall attain complete mineral and water rights to all directly owned territory.

2. The Committee shall consult with leaders and representatives of the Sioux and thereby determine the steps most necessary and suitable with all present-day conditions in mind.


Section IV: Effective Date

1. This act takes effect on November 28th, 2019.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

Sponsor: fhtagn
House Designation: HB 20-25

[Pericles]

This needs a sponsor.

[Pericles]

This needs a sponsor.

[fhtagn]

I'm willing to sponsor this.

[Pericles]

24 hours to object to Representative fhtagn sponsoring this bill.

[Pericles]

Representative fhtagn is recognized as the sponsor and invited to speak on this bill.

[fhtagn]

I've long been a supporter of returning land to the people that inhabit it (ex. my previous reasons for supporting Alaskan independence, which I realize goes much further than this). Simply put, the federal government has done a terrible job at managing the lands of native communities and this is a step in the right direction to right the wrongs our nation has carried out.

[fhtagn]

If no one has anything to add, motion for a final vote.

[Pericles]

24 hours for objections to the final vote motion.

[thumb21]

No objection

[Pericles]

A final vote has begun on this bill, Representatives have 72 hours to vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Aye

[fhtagn]

Aye

[thumb21]

Aye

[RC (a la Frémont)]

Abstain

[YE]

Aye

[Elcaspar]

Aye

[JGibson]

AYE

[Blair]

Aye

[Pericles]

This bill passes 7-0-1-1.
Aye; 7 (LouisvilleThunder, fhtagn, thumb21, YE, Elcaspar, JGibson, Blair)
Nay; 0
Abstaining; 1 (ReaganClinton)
Not voting; 1(razze)

[Pericles]

A BILL
To recognize an historical pact and seek a cordial conclusion

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled,

Section I: Title
1. This Act may be cited as the "The Black Hills Reclamation Act".

Section II: Resolution

1. Recognizing:

  a. The historical annexation of native lands, the violation of the Treaty of Fort Laramie, and the desecration of the sacred Black Hills mountain range by the Republic of Atlasia were unjustified acts of barbarism.

2. We Resolve:

  a. To conduct a peaceful and permanent arrangement with the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota people on the basis of mutual friendship and self-determination.

Section III: The Objective

1. The Atlasia Senate Committee on Indian Affairs shall oversee an initiative to gradually return territory once belonging to the Great Sioux Reservation back to the Sioux in the form of a newly constituted reservation.

  a. This shall total 7.25 million acres of land encompassing the Black Hills, the Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Badlands N.P., Western Crow Creek, and Lower Brule.
 
     i. Of this, the Sioux shall receive direct ownership and title over 1.2 million acres of federal land. In the remaining land designated to the reservation, residents of the State of South Dakota shall retain ownership over their property.  

  b. All lands directly owned by the Sioux shall be exempt from local, state and federal taxation.

  c. The Sioux shall attain complete mineral and water rights to all directly owned territory.

2. The Committee shall consult with leaders and representatives of the Sioux and thereby determine the steps most necessary and suitable with all present-day conditions in mind.


Section IV: Effective Date

1. This act takes effect on November 28th, 2019.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

House of Representatives
Passed 7-0-1-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled