Lets Catawba Indian Nation set its own membership rules

Removes 1993 law limits on who can join the Catawba Indian Nation and lets the tribe decide its own membership rules.

• Removes rules from a 1993 law that restricted future tribal membership
• The old rules tied membership to descendants of people on a final base roll
• The tribe would determine its own membership requirements
• The tribe uses three base rolls; members must prove descent from someone listed

Passed the House · Senate's turn

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