United States · Bill · S
S. 2694 (107th)
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2002
Introduced
27 June 2002
Last action
—
Status
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-921.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
19 August 2025
Summary
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2002- Extends Federal recognition to: (1) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia; (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern Division of Virginia; (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe of Virginia; (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., of Virginia; (5) the Monacan Tribe of Virginia; and (6) the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia. Sets forth the service areas of the various Tribes and requirements for the Tribes with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon certain land transfers, to take specified lands into trust for the various Tribes' benefit.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 June 2002
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 June 2002
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 27 June 2002
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2694
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2694