HB 18-34: Recognizing Unrecognized Tribes Act (Passed)

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Recognizing Unrecognized Tribes Act

HOUSE BILL

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

SECTION I: UNRECOGNIZED TRIBES

1. The following Native Atlasian tribes are hereby recognized by the Republic of Atlasia:
a) The Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians
b) The Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama
c) The Cherokees of Southeast Alabama
d) The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
e) The Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama
f) The MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians
g) The Piqua Shawnee Tribe
h) The Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks
i) The United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation
j) The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
k) The Golden Hill Paugussett
l) The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
m) The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
n) The Nanticoke Indian Association
o) The Cherokee of Georgia Tribal Council
p) The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees
q) The Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe
r) The Addai Caddo Tribe
s) The Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee
t) The Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb
u) The Clifton-Choctaw Tribe
v) The Four Winds Tribe, Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy
w) The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band
x) The Isle de Jean Charles Band
y) The Louisiana Choctaw Tribe
z) The Pointe-au-Chien Tribe
aa) The United Houma Nation
ab) The Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana
ac) The Piscataway Conoy Tribe
ad) The Piscatway Indian Nation
ae) The Praying Indians of Natick
af) The Massachusett-Ponkapoag Tribal Council
ag) The Nipmuc Nation
ah) The Webster/Dudley Band of the Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck
ai) The Assonet Wampanoag Tribe
aj) The Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe
ak) The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
al) The Pocasset Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation
am) The Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe
an) The Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
ao) The Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians
ap) The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
aq) The Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan
ar) The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians
as) The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
at) The Ramapough Lenape Nation
au) The Powhatan Renape Nation
av) The Unkechague Poosepatuck Tribe
aw) The Coharie Intra-tribal Council
ax) The Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
ay) The Lumbee Tribe
az) The Meherrin Nation
ba) The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
bb) The Sappony Tribe
bc) The Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe
bd) The Beaver Creek Indians
be) The Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina
bf) The Pee Dee Nation of Upper South Carolina
bg) The Pee Dee Indian Tribe
bh) The Santee Indian Organization
bi) The Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians
bj) The Waccamaw Indian People
bk) The Lipan Apache Tribe
bl) The Mount Tabor Indian Community
bm) The Elnu Abenaki Tribe
bn) The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation
bo) The Koasek Abenaki Tribe
bp) The Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe
bq) The Chinook Indian Tribe

Passed in the House of Representatives 8-0-0-1

Sponsor: MB
House Designation: HB 18-34

[Esteemed Jimmy]

HB 18-34 is now on the House floor. Debate on this legislation has begun and shall last for no less than 72 hours.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

I don't see a reason to oppose this bill.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

So this bill would alter the state lines?  What would the new map look like?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So this bill would alter the state lines?  What would the new map look like?

I would like to see a map as well.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I dont think Congress has the power to adjust State boundaries at will. That is a judicial power.

Edit: is there an original source for why these specific 60ish "tribes" are identified?

[Dr. MB]

Edit: is there an original source for why these specific 60ish "tribes" are identified?

They're recognized by state governments but not by the federal government.

So this bill would alter the state lines?  What would the new map look like?

All the changes are minor and wouldn't be very noticeable on a map.

[JGibson]

I support the federal recognization of the tribes listed here. 

[Esteemed Jimmy]

I support the federal recognization of the tribes listed here. 

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Do any representives have anything else to add?

[Mr. Reactionary]

I dont think Congress has the power to adjust State boundaries at will. That is a judicial power.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Proposing this amendment:

Screwing Around with Borders Act Recognizing Unrecognized Tribes Act

HOUSE BILL

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

SECTION I: UNRECOGNIZED TRIBES

1. The following Native Atlasian tribes are hereby recognized by the Republic of Atlasia:
a) The Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians
b) The Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama
c) The Cherokees of Southeast Alabama
d) The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
e) The Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama
f) The MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians
g) The Piqua Shawnee Tribe
h) The Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks
i) The United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation
j) The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
k) The Golden Hill Paugussett
l) The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
m) The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
n) The Nanticoke Indian Association
o) The Cherokee of Georgia Tribal Council
p) The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees
q) The Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe
r) The Addai Caddo Tribe
s) The Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee
t) The Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb
u) The Clifton-Choctaw Tribe
v) The Four Winds Tribe, Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy
w) The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band
x) The Isle de Jean Charles Band
y) The Louisiana Choctaw Tribe
z) The Pointe-au-Chien Tribe
aa) The United Houma Nation
ab) The Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana
ac) The Piscataway Conoy Tribe
ad) The Piscatway Indian Nation
ae) The Praying Indians of Natick
af) The Massachusett-Ponkapoag Tribal Council
ag) The Nipmuc Nation
ah) The Webster/Dudley Band of the Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck
ai) The Assonet Wampanoag Tribe
aj) The Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe
ak) The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
al) The Pocasset Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation
am) The Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe
an) The Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
ao) The Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians
ap) The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
aq) The Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan
ar) The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians
as) The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
at) The Ramapough Lenape Nation
au) The Powhatan Renape Nation
av) The Unkechague Poosepatuck Tribe
aw) The Coharie Intra-tribal Council
ax) The Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
ay) The Lumbee Tribe
az) The Meherrin Nation
ba) The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
bb) The Sappony Tribe
bc) The Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe
bd) The Beaver Creek Indians
be) The Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina
bf) The Pee Dee Nation of Upper South Carolina
bg) The Pee Dee Indian Tribe
bh) The Santee Indian Organization
bi) The Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians
bj) The Waccamaw Indian People
bk) The Lipan Apache Tribe
bl) The Mount Tabor Indian Community
bm) The Elnu Abenaki Tribe
bn) The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation
bo) The Koasek Abenaki Tribe
bp) The Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe
bq) The Chinook Indian Tribe

SECTION II: FIXING RIVER BOUNDARIES

1. State borders involving the Colorado, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Wabash Rivers are set to the present course of the respective rivers.
2. Should the course of the rivers shift in the future, the borders shall be changed accordingly.

SECTION III: FIXING OTHER BORDER IRREGULARITIES

1. Finns Point, Delaware and the Delaware portion of Artificial Island are ceded to New Jersey.
2. The artificially constructed part of Ellis Island is ceded to New York.
3. The Kentucky Bend is ceded to Tennessee.
4. Ronald Reagan National Airport is ceded to Nyman, District of Columbia.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

I'll agree to support this bill, recognizing the history of the native tribes is an integral part of the culture of the nation. We must honor those who came before us and their tribes and recognize them as an important part of our history, culture, politics, and society at large

[Dr. MB]

Objecting to the amendment

[Dr. MB]

I dont think Congress has the power to adjust State boundaries at will. That is a judicial power.

You sure? Where exactly does that come from?

[Mr. Reactionary]

I dont think Congress has the power to adjust State boundaries at will. That is a judicial power.

You sure? Where exactly does that come from?

Land disputes between states is literally one of the Constitutional grants of subject matter jurisdiction to the Supreme court, both irl and in game. A boundary dispute is over ownership, surveys and land grants, not just something that can abrogated by congress at will. I live 6 miles from the Carolina border ... does anyone actually believe congress could at will redraw the Carolina border 10 miles north, thus taking land that was Virginia before the Constitution was even ratified, even if Virginia objects? State boundary disputes are settled by the Supreme court. See for example Rhode Island v. Massachusetts (1846), Georgia v. South Carolina (1922), Vermont v. New Hampshire (1933), and New Jersey v. Delaware (1934).

[Esteemed Jimmy]

A vote on whether to accept the amendment has begun on this bill. Please vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.

Screwing Around with Borders Act Recognizing Unrecognized Tribes Act

HOUSE BILL

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

SECTION I: UNRECOGNIZED TRIBES

1. The following Native Atlasian tribes are hereby recognized by the Republic of Atlasia:
a) The Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians
b) The Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama
c) The Cherokees of Southeast Alabama
d) The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
e) The Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama
f) The MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians
g) The Piqua Shawnee Tribe
h) The Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks
i) The United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation
j) The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
k) The Golden Hill Paugussett
l) The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
m) The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
n) The Nanticoke Indian Association
o) The Cherokee of Georgia Tribal Council
p) The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees
q) The Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe
r) The Addai Caddo Tribe
s) The Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee
t) The Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb
u) The Clifton-Choctaw Tribe
v) The Four Winds Tribe, Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy
w) The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band
x) The Isle de Jean Charles Band
y) The Louisiana Choctaw Tribe
z) The Pointe-au-Chien Tribe
aa) The United Houma Nation
ab) The Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana
ac) The Piscataway Conoy Tribe
ad) The Piscatway Indian Nation
ae) The Praying Indians of Natick
af) The Massachusett-Ponkapoag Tribal Council
ag) The Nipmuc Nation
ah) The Webster/Dudley Band of the Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck
ai) The Assonet Wampanoag Tribe
aj) The Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe
ak) The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
al) The Pocasset Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation
am) The Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe
an) The Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
ao) The Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians
ap) The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
aq) The Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan
ar) The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians
as) The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
at) The Ramapough Lenape Nation
au) The Powhatan Renape Nation
av) The Unkechague Poosepatuck Tribe
aw) The Coharie Intra-tribal Council
ax) The Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
ay) The Lumbee Tribe
az) The Meherrin Nation
ba) The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
bb) The Sappony Tribe
bc) The Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe
bd) The Beaver Creek Indians
be) The Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina
bf) The Pee Dee Nation of Upper South Carolina
bg) The Pee Dee Indian Tribe
bh) The Santee Indian Organization
bi) The Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians
bj) The Waccamaw Indian People
bk) The Lipan Apache Tribe
bl) The Mount Tabor Indian Community
bm) The Elnu Abenaki Tribe
bn) The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation
bo) The Koasek Abenaki Tribe
bp) The Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe
bq) The Chinook Indian Tribe

SECTION II: FIXING RIVER BOUNDARIES

1. State borders involving the Colorado, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Wabash Rivers are set to the present course of the respective rivers.
2. Should the course of the rivers shift in the future, the borders shall be changed accordingly.

SECTION III: FIXING OTHER BORDER IRREGULARITIES

1. Finns Point, Delaware and the Delaware portion of Artificial Island are ceded to New Jersey.
2. The artificially constructed part of Ellis Island is ceded to New York.
3. The Kentucky Bend is ceded to Tennessee.
4. Ronald Reagan National Airport is ceded to Nyman, District of Columbia.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Aye

The current bill is unconstitutional.

[lfromnj]

Aye

The current bill is unconstitutional.

I also vote Aye. Read above for explanation.

[Dr. MB]

Nay

[fhtagn]

Aye

[Coastal Elitist]

Aye

[JGibson]

AYE

[Esteemed Jimmy]

The amendment is adopted by a vote of 5-1.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

The bill currently stands as:

Recognizing Unrecognized Tribes Act

HOUSE BILL

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

SECTION I: UNRECOGNIZED TRIBES

1. The following Native Atlasian tribes are hereby recognized by the Republic of Atlasia:
a) The Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians
b) The Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama
c) The Cherokees of Southeast Alabama
d) The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
e) The Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama
f) The MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians
g) The Piqua Shawnee Tribe
h) The Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks
i) The United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation
j) The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
k) The Golden Hill Paugussett
l) The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
m) The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
n) The Nanticoke Indian Association
o) The Cherokee of Georgia Tribal Council
p) The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees
q) The Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe
r) The Addai Caddo Tribe
s) The Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee
t) The Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb
u) The Clifton-Choctaw Tribe
v) The Four Winds Tribe, Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy
w) The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band
x) The Isle de Jean Charles Band
y) The Louisiana Choctaw Tribe
z) The Pointe-au-Chien Tribe
aa) The United Houma Nation
ab) The Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana
ac) The Piscataway Conoy Tribe
ad) The Piscatway Indian Nation
ae) The Praying Indians of Natick
af) The Massachusett-Ponkapoag Tribal Council
ag) The Nipmuc Nation
ah) The Webster/Dudley Band of the Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck
ai) The Assonet Wampanoag Tribe
aj) The Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe
ak) The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
al) The Pocasset Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation
am) The Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe
an) The Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
ao) The Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians
ap) The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
aq) The Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan
ar) The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians
as) The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
at) The Ramapough Lenape Nation
au) The Powhatan Renape Nation
av) The Unkechague Poosepatuck Tribe
aw) The Coharie Intra-tribal Council
ax) The Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
ay) The Lumbee Tribe
az) The Meherrin Nation
ba) The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
bb) The Sappony Tribe
bc) The Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe
bd) The Beaver Creek Indians
be) The Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina
bf) The Pee Dee Nation of Upper South Carolina
bg) The Pee Dee Indian Tribe
bh) The Santee Indian Organization
bi) The Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians
bj) The Waccamaw Indian People
bk) The Lipan Apache Tribe
bl) The Mount Tabor Indian Community
bm) The Elnu Abenaki Tribe
bn) The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation
bo) The Koasek Abenaki Tribe
bp) The Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe
bq) The Chinook Indian Tribe