Advance legislation to federally recognize the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas and grant the Tribe and its members access to federal tribal rights, services, benefits, support, and resources.

Vicente Gonzalez · Texas · Democratic

policy impact 0.74 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Advance H.R. 10435, the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas Recognition Act, to federally recognize the Tribe.. Promised outcome: The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas and its members gain access to the rights, services, benefits, support, and resources available to federally recognized Indian Tribes.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Press release from Gonzalez's congressional office announcing introduction of H.R. 10435 during his service as U.S. Representative for Texas's 34th District.

Occurrences

Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) introduced H.R. 10435, the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas Recognition Act . This legislation would grant the Tribe and its members access to all of the rights, services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized Indian Tribes.

Gonzalez introduced federal legislation to recognize the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas and extend federal tribal rights, services, and benefits to the Tribe and its members.

Congressman Vicente Gonzalez Introduces Bill to Federally Recognize Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas | Representative Gonzalez
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Evidence

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Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the 30-day lookback window, Gonzalez introduced H.R. 10435 and it was referred to committee. This is concrete legislative effort, but not enactment or final delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10435 (Introduced-in-House)
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Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill contains operative recognition language that would satisfy the federal-recognition portion if enacted, but the text is only an introduced bill.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10435 (Introduced-in-House)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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The Tribe and its members shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized Indian Tribes

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill also contains services-and-benefits language matching the commitment, but eligibility would depend on enactment and later administrative steps.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10435 (Introduced-in-House)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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This notice publishes the current list of 575 Tribal entities recognized by and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) by virtue of their status as Indian Tribes.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The 2026 BIA recognized-tribes list is the baseline official list; review of the listed entities did not show the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, supporting that federal recognition had not already been delivered before H.R. 10435.

unresolved unknown

2026-01899.pdf
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It is long overdue for Congress to officially recognize this Tribe and expand their access to federal support and resources

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Gonzalez's official House site announced and advocated the recognition bill during the lookback window, reinforcing effort but not proving enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Representative Gonzalez |
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-09-28 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

Gonzalez materially advanced the commitment by introducing H.R. 10435, which was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources and contains language extending federal recognition and federal tribal services and benefits. But the verified evidence shows only introduction/referral and bill text, not enactment or actual federal recognition/access to benefits. With no documented deadline expired as of 2026-09-28, the outcome remains unresolved rather than delivered or partial.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%