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S. Rept. 116-132 1 (2019-10-22)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxacuu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Op Calendar No. 252 116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT 1st Session J SENATE 116-132 TO REPEAL CERTAIN OBSOLETE LAWS RELATING TO INDIANS OCTOBER 22, 2019.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2071] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill, S. 2071, to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 2071 is to repeal eleven outdated federal laws relating to Indians, with the goal of reversing certain historic wrongs committed by the United States against Indians and Indian Tribes. SUMMARY OF THE BILL The bill, S. 2071, would repeal eleven laws enacted between 1862 and 1913 relating to Native Americans in the United States. These laws have been unenforced for decades, and reflect the stigma of subjugation and paternalism of bygone eras. Beginning in the mid-1800s, and continuing through the mid- 1900s, the federal government treated Native Americans with hos- tile aggression and overt racism. This period is often referred to as the removal and reservations and allotment and assimilation 99-010