119-HR1723

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1723

1. Short title
2. Definition of employer

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025".

2. Definition of employer

Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152) is amended—

(1) - in paragraph (2), by inserting "or any Indian tribe, or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its Indian lands," after "subdivision thereof,"; and

(2) - by adding at the end the following:

(15) - The term Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.

(16) - The term Indian means any individual who is a member of an Indian tribe.

(17) - The term Indian lands means—

(A) - all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation;

(B) - any lands title to which is either held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or Indian or held by any Indian tribe or Indian subject to restriction by the United States against alienation; and

(C) - any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are within the boundaries of a former reservation (as defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian tribe.