{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=34A6A8E6-1A65-4C13-B409-EC9853BF0B3E", "Heller Applauds Passage of Nevada Native Nations Land Act", "2016-09-29", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "NV", "Dean Heller", "H001041", "www.heller.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Legislation\u2019s next stop is the President\u2019s desk \r\n(Washington, DC) \u2013 U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) issued the following statement today after the United States Senate passed the Nevada Native Nations Land Act:\r\n\u201cApproval by the Senate was the final hurdle to clear for the Nevada Native Nations Land Act. I\u2019m proud this important bipartisan legislation empowering Nevada\u2019s tribal leaders to make important decisions affecting their communities will soon become law. The entire Nevada delegation came together to advance this legislation through both chambers of Congress. I\u2019m very excited to see the Nevada Native Nations Land Act make its way to the President\u2019s desk to be signed into law,\u201d said Senator Dean Heller.\u00a0 \r\nBACKGROUND:\r\nThe Nevada Native Nations Land Act conveys more than 71,000 acres of land currently administered by the federal government over to six federally recognized tribes in Nevada to expand housing, provide economic development opportunities and promote cultural activities.\u00a0Nearly every acre of this land is currently managed by either the Bureau of Land Management or the U.S. Forest Service.\u00a0 The six tribes that benefit from this legislation are the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, the Summit Lake Paiute, and the Ft. McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe.\r\nSenator Heller, Senator Reid, and Congressman Amodei have worked to advance the Nevada Native Nations Lands Act for the past two Congresses. The Senators navigated S.1436 through the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on October 21, 2015 and to Senate passage on April 14, 2016. Nevada Congressmen Mark Amodei, Joe Heck, and Cresent Hardy introduced the House companion (H.R.2733), and navigated it to House-passage on June 7, 2016. Today\u2019s Senate vote on the bill was the final step necessary to send the bill to the President\u2019s desk for signature.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=34A6A8E6-1A65-4C13-B409-EC9853BF0B3E"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9855236858129501, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}