bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
106-hr-5681,106,hr,5681,Regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.,Native Americans,2000-12-15,2000-12-15,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]",OR,R,W000791,0,"Allows any restricted lands held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon to be leased by the Indian owners, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, for terms of not to exceed 99 years for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, or certain other purposes.Approves the use of tribal lands, resources, and other assets for economic development as described in the Long-Term Global Settlement and Compensation Agreement and its Included Agreements between the Department of the Interior, the Tribes, and the Portland General Electric Company. Ratifies authorization, execution, and delivery of such Agreement by such parties and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take necessary actions to approve and implement it.",2025-01-02T17:15:40Z,
106-hr-5528,106,hr,5528,Omnibus Indian Advancement Act,Native Americans,2000-10-24,2000-12-27,Became Public Law No: 106-568.,House,"Rep. Thune, John [R-SD-At Large]",SD,R,T000250,0,"Omnibus Indian Advancement Act - Title I: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Irrigation Works - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community all rights and interests of the United States in and to the irrigation works on the Community's reservation which were formerly operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Grants the Community full ownership and operating authority on the date of conveyance of the works.Requires the operation of the works consistent with specified standards, including those for: (1) equitable distribution of water; and (2) a due process system for determination of any request for distribution of water.Cancels on the conveyance date any charges for construction of the works that were deferred.Provides that, upon such date, the works shall no longer be considered a BIA irrigation project and will not be eligible for Federal benefits based solely on the fact that the works were formerly such a project.Title II: Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance - Hawaiian Homelands Homeownership Act of 2000 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to add a new Title VIII, Housing Assistance for Native Hawaiians. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make block grants to carry out affordable housing activities for Native Hawaiian families eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (defined as the agency or department of Hawaii responsible for administration of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920) only if the Director of the Department has submitted a housing plan that meets requirements under this Act, unless otherwise waived by the Secretary. Sets forth plan terms, conditions, and requirements, including a condition that, to the extent practicable, the Department use private nonprofit organizations in the planning and development of such housing. Provides for plan review by the Secretary.Sets forth provisions regarding the treatment of program income, project labor standards, and environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.Limits assistance for affordable housing activities under the program to low-income Native Hawaiian families, with specified exceptions for: (1) certain home ownership activities; and (2) assistance to non-Native Hawaiians if the presence of the family in the housing involved is essential to the well-being of Native Hawaiian families and the housing need cannot be met without assistance.Describes eligible affordable housing activities. Sets forth program requirements, including the development of policies governing rents, home buyer payments, eligibility, management, leases, and tenant selection. Sets the maximum monthly rent or home buyer payment at 30 percent of the monthly adjusted family income.Directs the Secretary, in instances of substantial Department noncompliance, to terminate, reduce, or limit payments. Authorizes the Secretary, in addition to such actions, to refer the matter to the Attorney General for civil action.Sets forth review, auditing, and reporting requirements for the Secretary and the Director. Provides for discretionary audits by the Comptroller General. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2004.(Sec. 204) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to guarantee up to $100 million in loans from approved lenders in each of FY 2000 through 2004 to provide access to sources of private financing to Native Hawaiian families who could otherwise not acquire housing financing because of the unique legal status of the Hawaiian Home Lands or as a result of a lack of access to private financial markets. Authorizes loan guarantees of up to 100 percent of unpaid interest and principal. Provides that a loan will be used to construct, acquire, or rehabilitate not more than four-family dwellings that are standard housing and located on Hawaiian Home Lands for which an approved housing plan to provide affordable home ownership housing applies.Sets forth eligible lender categories.Limits loans to 30-year terms. Permits the Secretary to guarantee a loan only upon determining that there is a reasonable prospect of repayment. Establishes a loan guarantee fee. Authorizes loan transfer and assumption, subject to governmental supervision.Provides for lender disqualification for specified violations, and civil monetary penalties for intentional violations. Establishes the Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund for the purpose of providing loan guarantees under this Act. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2004.Directs the Secretary to establish safety and quality standards for housing financed under this section.Title III: Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Land Transactions - Allows the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any part of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States.Title IV: Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place - Subtitle A: Reconciliation Center - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a reconciliation center in South Dakota to be known as Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place. Declares that the purposes of the Reconciliation Place shall be to: (1) enhance the knowledge and understanding of the history of Native Americans; (2) provide for the interpretation of the encounters between Lewis and Clark and the Sioux Nation; and (3) house the Sioux Nation Tribal Supreme Court, a Native American economic development center, and a facility to train tribal personnel in conflict resolution and alternative dispute resolution. Directs the Secretary to offer to award a grant to the Wakpa Sica Historical Society of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, for construction of the Reconciliation Place. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 412) Requires the Attorney General to use available funds to provide technical and financial assistance to the Sioux Nation to ensure the development and operation of the Sioux Nation Tribal Supreme Court and for mediation training. Authorizes appropriations.Subtitle B: GAO Study - Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) Federal programs designed to assist Indian tribes with economic development, job creation, entrepreneurship, and business development and ways in which the Federal Government could best provide such assistance; and (2) the extent of the use of such programs and how effectively they accomplish their mission.Title V: Expenditure of Funds by Zuni Indian Tribe - Amends the Zuni Land Conservation Act of 1990 to: (1) establish the Zuni Indian Tribe as the trustee of the Zuni Indian Resource Development Trust Fund (currently, the trustee is the Secretary of the Interior); and (2) eliminate the cost limitation with respect to the expenditure of the corpus of the Trust Fund.Title VI: Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Claims Settlement - Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims Settlement Act - Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Agreement of Compromise and Settlement Concerning Claims to the Lands of the United States Within and on the Perimeter of the Salton Sea Drainage Reservoir Held in Trust for the Torres-Martinez Indians, as modified (the Settlement Agreement).Establishes in the Treasury the following three settlement trust fund accounts: (1) the Torres-Martinez Settlement Trust Funds Account; (2) the Torres-Martinez Allottees Settlement Account I; and (3) the Torres-Martinez Allottees Settlement Account II. Requires: (1) amounts held in the trust accounts to be available to the Secretary of the Interior for distribution to the Tribe and affected allottees; and (2) amounts paid to the Secretary for deposit into the accounts to be allocated among and deposited in the accounts in the amounts determined by the tribal-allottee allocation provisions of the Settlement Agreement. Directs: (1) the Coachella Valley Water District and the Imperial Irrigation District to pay separate, specified amounts to the United States for the benefit of the Tribe and any affected allottees; and (2) the United States to pay a specified amount into such accounts which shall be provided from certain moneys appropriated by Congress.(Sec. 606) Directs the Secretary to convey into trust status lands purchased or acquired by the Tribe within  specified primary and secondary acquisition areas in accordance with the terms, conditions, criteria, and procedures set forth in the Settlement Agreement. Requires all lands purchased or otherwise acquired by the Tribe and conveyed into trust status for its benefit to be considered as if they were so acquired in trust status in 1909, except as to water rights as provided in this Act and to valid rights existing at the time of acquisition. Prohibits lands in the primary acquisition area from being acquired if by majority vote the governing body of the city within whose incorporated boundaries the subject lands are situated within objects to the Tribe's request to convey the subject lands into trust and notifies the Secretary.Bars lands within the secondary acquisition area from being acquired if the preceding action is taken by the city or the governing body of Riverside County, California, in the event that such lands are located within an unincorporated area, formally objects to the Tribe's request to convey the subject lands into trust and so notifies the Secretary. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any lands into trust for the Tribe under Federal statutes or regulations where such lands are both: (1) contiguous to lands within the secondary acquisition area taken into trust pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and this title; and (2) situated outside such area. Allows the Tribe to conduct gaming on only one site within such lands. Requires that all such lands: (1) be subject to all valid water rights existing at the time of tribal acquisition; (2) be subject to the rights of any person who at any time recharges or stores water in a ground water basin to recapture or recover the recharged or stored water or to authorize others to recapture or recover it; and (3) continue to enjoy all valid water rights appurtenant to the land existing immediately prior to the time of such acquisition.(Sec. 607) Conveys to the Coachella Valley Water District: (1) a permanent flowage easement as to all Indian trust lands located within and below the minus 220-foot contour of the Salton Sink; and (2) a permanent flowage easement as to all Federal lands located within and below such contour. Grants and conveys to the Imperial Irrigation District identical easements.(Sec. 608) Declares that the benefits available to the Tribe and the allottees under the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement and the provisions of this Act constitute full and complete satisfaction of the claims by the Tribe and the allottees arising from or related to the inundation and lack of drainage of tribal and allottee lands. Approves and confirms the releases and waivers required.(Sec. 609) Provides that: (1) nothing in this Act or the Settlement Agreement shall affect the eligibility of the Tribe or its members for any Federal program or diminish the trust responsibility of the United States to the Tribe and its members; and (2) no payment pursuant to this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of any Federal services or programs to the Tribe or its members to which they are entitled or eligible because of their status as a federally recognized Indian tribe or member of such Tribe.Permits the Settlement Agreement to be amended from time to time.(Sec. 610) Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 611) Sets forth effective dates.Title VII: Shawnee Tribe Status - Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000 - Provides for Federal recognition of the Shawnee Tribe as a distinct Indian tribe.Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians.(Sec. 705) Requires the Tribe to submit its base membership roll to the Secretary of the Interior for approval.(Sec. 706) Recognizes the Tribe's constitution and bylaws and governing body.(Sec. 707) Makes the Tribe eligible to have land acquired in trust for its benefit.(Sec. 708) Grants the Tribe jurisdiction over its and its members' trust and restricted land.Title VIII: Technical Corrections - Native American Laws Technical Corrections Act of 2000 - Subtitle A: Miscellaneous Technical Provisions - Amends the Indian Self-Determination Act to modify the self-determination model agreement to make inapplicable to self-determination contracts provisions of law permitting the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribes to make contracts involving the payment of money. Makes such provisions inapplicable to professional contracts by Indian tribal governments participating in self-governance as well.Repeals provisions of law restricting the assignment of contracts with Indians and requiring approval of such assignments by the Secretary of the Interior.Repeals provisions of the Federal criminal code relating to penalties for: (1) receiving money contrary to certain provisions regarding Indian contracts for services; and (2) receiving money in connection with certain Indian enrollment contracts pertaining to the Five Civilized Tribes.(Sec. 813) Cancels the balances of all expert assistance loans made to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, respectively, relating to certain Court of Federal Claims cases. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to document such cancellations and to release the Band and Tribe from any liability associated with such loans.(Sec. 815) Extends through FY 2001 the authorization of appropriations for, and the duration of, each program under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986.(Sec. 817) Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to: (1) provide that the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation develop resources to properly train Native American and Alaska Native professionals in health care and public policy (currently) by conducting management and leadership training of Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and others involved in tribal leadership, providing assistance and resources for policy analysis, and carrying out other appropriate activities; (2) apply the Act's administrative provisions (with the exception as required under such Act) to such activities of the Foundation; and (3) authorize appropriations to carry out such activities for a five-year period.(Sec. 818) Prohibits any of the funds paid by the State of Minnesota to the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians pursuant to the agreement of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from being subject to Federal or State income taxes or being considered as income or resources or utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which a household or member of such Band would be entitled to under the Social Security Act or, except for per capita shares in excess of $2,000, any Federal or federally assisted program.(Sec. 819) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to accept specified land for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria in California, to be part of the reservation of the Rancheria.Subtitle B: Santa Fe Indian School - Santa Fe Indian School Act - Declares that certain land in Santa Fe, New Mexico, upon which the Santa Fe Indian School is located shall be held in trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. Requires such land to be used solely for the educational, health, or cultural purposes of the Santa Fe Indian School.Title IX: California Indian Land Transfer - California Indian Land Transfer Act - Declares U.S. rights and interests in specified lands to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe, the Fort Independence Community of Paiute Indians, the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians, the Cuyapaipe Band of Mission Indians, the Manzanita Band of Mission Indians, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and the Fort Bidwell Community of Paiute Indians. Requires proceeds from sales, bonuses, rents, and royalties from such lands to be available for use by the appropriate tribe, band, or group. Terminates grazing preferences two years after enactment of this Act. Requires such lands to be added to the existing reservation of the appropriate tribe, band, or group.Title X: Native American Home Ownership - Establishes the Lands Title Report Commission to facilitate home loan mortgages on Indian trust lands. Terminates the Commission one year after its initial meeting. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 1002) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to make permanent the Indian housing loan guarantee authority.(Sec. 1003) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) restrict the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's authority to waive housing plan requirements to not more than 90 days; (2) permit the Secretary to waive local cooperation requirements upon a good faith showing and agreement to make certain payments in lieu of taxes; (3) permit assistance to Indian families that are not low-income upon a showing of need; (4) eliminate separate housing plan requirements for small tribes; (5) permit the Secretary to waive certain environmental review requirements under specified conditions; (6) permit reservation housing assistance for specified full-time Federal, State, county, or tribal law enforcement officers; (7) revise audit, review, and hearing provisions; (8) prescribe a funding formula for housing authorities operating fewer than 250 units based on an average of FY 1992 through 1997 allocations; and (9) repeal the requirement regarding the certification of compliance with subsidy layering requirements.Title XI: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services - Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to: (1) revise requirements regarding affected programs to include programs for assisting Indian youth and adults to succeed in the workforce, encouraging self-sufficiency, familiarizing them with the world of work, facilitating the creation of job opportunities, and any services related to these activities (replacing current law requirements of job training, tribal work experience, employment opportunities, or skill development, or any program designed for the enhancement of job opportunities or employment training); (2) require the Secretary of the Interior to reconsider disapproval of any statutory waiver requested by a tribe; and (3) authorize the use of a percentage of funds made available under the Act for the creation of employment opportunities.(Sec. 1104) Requires the Secretaries of the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Labor, and the tribes and organizations participating in the integration initiative under this title to report to specified congressional committees on the opportunities for expanding the integration of human resource development and economic development programs, and the feasibility of establishing Joint Funding Agreements to authorize tribes to access and coordinate funds and resources from various agencies for purposes of human development, physical infrastructure development, and economic development assistance in general. Requires such report to identify programs or activities that might be integrated and make recommendations for the removal of any statutory or other barriers to such integration.Title XII: Navajo Nation Trust Land Leasing - Navajo Nation Trust Land Leasing Act of 2000 - Amends a specified Act regarding leases of restricted Indian lands for authorized purposes to provide that, any leases by the Navajo Nation for such purposes and any amendments thereto, except a lease for the exploration, development, or extraction of any mineral resources, shall not require the Secretary of the Interior's approval, if the lease is executed under the tribal regulations approved by Secretary under such Act and the term of the lease does not exceed: (1) in the case of a business or agricultural lease, 25 years, except that any such lease may include an option to renew for up to two additional terms; and (2) in the case of a lease for public, religious, educational, recreational, or residential purposes, 75 years if such a term is provided for by the Navajo Nation through the promulgation of regulations. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to individually owned Navajo Indian allotted land.Gives the Secretary the authority to approve or disapprove such tribal regulations. Requires the Secretary to review and approve or disapprove the regulations of the Navajo Nation within 120 days of their submission. Requires that any disapproval of such regulations be accompanied by written documentation that sets forth the basis for the disapproval.Requires the Navajo Nation, if it has executed a lease pursuant to such tribal regulations, to provide the Secretary with: (1) a copy of the lease and all amendments and renewals thereto; and (2) in the case of regulations or a lease that permits payment to be made directly to the Navajo Nation, documentation of the lease payments sufficient to enable the Secretary to discharge the trust responsibility of the United States under this Act.States that the United States shall not be liable for losses sustained by any party to a lease executed pursuant to such tribal regulations, including the Navajo Nation.Permits an interested party, after exhaustion of tribal remedies, to submit a petition to the Secretary to review the Navajo Nation's compliance with any regulations approved under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary, upon determining such regulations were violated, to take such action as may be necessary to remedy the violation, including rescinding the approval of the tribal regulations and reassuming responsibility for the approval of leases for Navajo Nation tribal trust lands. Requiresthe Secretary, if seeking to remedy a violation, to: (1) make a written determination with respect to the regulations that have been violated; (2) provide the Navajo Nation with a written notice of the alleged violation together with such determination; and (3) provide the Navajo Nation with a hearing on the record and a reasonable opportunity to cure the alleged violation prior to the exercise of any remedy or the rescission of the approval of the regulation and the reassumption of the lease approval responsibility.Title XIII: American Indian Education Foundation - American Indian Education Foundation Act of 2000 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the District of Columbia as a charitable and nonprofit federally chartered corporation the American Indian Education Foundation. Authorizes the Foundation to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts for the benefit or support of educational opportunities of American Indians who attend schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.Title XIV: Graton Rancheria Restoration - Graton Rancheria Restoration Act - Restores Federal recognition and associated rights, privileges, and eligibility for Federal services and benefits to the Indians of the Graton Rancheria of California (the Tribe).(Sec. 1405) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon application by the Tribe, to accept in trust for the Tribe any real property located in Marin or Sonoma County, California, after the property is conveyed to the Secretary if there are no adverse legal claims to such property. Provides that any such property shall: (1) be part of the Tribe's reservation; and (2) be exempt from all local, State, and Federal taxation.(Sec. 1406) Directs the Secretary to compile a membership roll of the Tribe not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.(Sec. 1407) Provides for: (1) an Interim Tribal Council to be the Tribe's governing body; (2) an election to ratify a tribal constitution; and (3) the election of tribal officials under such constitution.Title XV: Cemetery Sites and Historical Places - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw from all forms of appropriation certain public lands in Alaska described in applications filed by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for the conveyance of cemetery sites and historical places pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act that were rejected as having been untimely filed.",2025-04-07T13:47:14Z,
106-hr-5523,106,hr,5523,Native Americans Equal Rights Act,Native Americans,2000-10-19,2000-11-14,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.",House,"Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]",PA,R,W000268,0,"Native Americans Equal Rights Act - Repeals the Indian Preference Act and other specified provisions of law relating to Indian preferences with respect to Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services positions, Federal grants and contracts, and civil rights law exemptions.",2025-08-20T14:19:28Z,
106-hr-5494,106,hr,5494,To ensure that certain property which was taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama to protect such land from development shall not be used for gaming.,Native Americans,2000-10-18,2000-10-18,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Riley, Bob [R-AL-3]",AL,R,R000258,1,Prohibits class II and class III gaming on Hickory Ground (land held in trust for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama). Directs the Attorney General to investigate whether such gaming is being conducted and to take action to enforce such prohibition.,2025-01-02T17:15:27Z,
106-hr-5498,106,hr,5498,To permit landowners to assert otherwise available State law defenses against real property claims by Indian tribes.,Native Americans,2000-10-18,2000-10-18,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15]",IL,R,E000282,0,Permits the defendant in any real property claim by an Indian tribe to assert any defense that would be available under State law to a defendant opposing an analogous claim that does not involve an Indian tribe.,2025-01-02T17:15:27Z,
106-hr-5477,106,hr,5477,To provide that gaming shall not be allowed on certain Indian trust lands in California that were purchased with certain Federal grant funds.,Native Americans,2000-10-17,2000-11-14,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]",CA,R,H000981,2,"Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, prior to January 1, 2003, from approving the relinquishment of any lease entered into for the establishment of a health care facility for the members of seven Indian tribes or bands in San Diego County, California, unless such lease's relinquishment has been approved by tribal resolution by each of the tribes or bands.",2025-01-02T17:15:27Z,
106-s-3182,106,s,3182,Five Nations Citizens Land Reform Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-10-10,2000-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]",OK,R,I000024,0,"Five Nations Citizens Land Reform Act of 2000 - Title I: Restrictions; Removal of Restrictions - Makes restricted property subject to restrictions against alienation, lease, mortgage, and other encumbrances regardless of the degree of Indian blood of the citizen who owns such property. Defines ""restricted property"" as any right, title, or interest in real property owned by an Indian citizen that is subject to encumbrances imposed by U.S. laws expressly applicable to the property of enrollees and descendants of enrollees on the final Indian rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw (of Oklahoma), Seminole (of Oklahoma), and Muscogee (Creek) Nations) in 1906 (Five Nations).Title II: Administrative Approval of Conveyances, Partitions, Leases, and Mortgages; Management of Mineral Interests - Grants the Secretary of the Interior exclusive jurisdiction to approve: (1) conveyances and leases of restricted property by an Indian citizen; and (2) the partition of property located within the last treaty boundaries of one or more of the Five Nations, all of which is held in common by more than one Indian citizen owner, under certain circumstances. Requires approval of mineral leases purporting to convey or create any interest in restricted or trust property by the Secretary.Title III: Probate, Heirship Determination, and Other Judicial Proceedings - Prohibits the courts of the State of Oklahoma from having jurisdiction over actions affecting title to, or use or disposition of, trust or restricted property except as authorized by Federal law. Grants the Secretary exclusive jurisdiction to probate wills or determine heirs of Indian citizens and to adjudicate estate actions to the extent that they involve individual or restricted property.Title IV: Miscellaneous - Repeals provisions of specified laws.Sets forth authorities of Department of the Interior attorneys with respect to actions involving restricted property.",2025-08-20T14:19:35Z,
106-hr-5398,106,hr,5398,To provide that land which is owned by the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Tribe may be leased or transferred by the Tribe without further approval by the United States.,Native Americans,2000-10-05,2000-10-18,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7]",LA,D,J000110,0,"Allows the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any part of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States.",2025-04-07T13:47:14Z,
106-hr-5403,106,hr,5403,Miami Nation of Indiana Act,Native Americans,2000-10-05,2000-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-4]",IN,R,S001143,0,"Miami Nation of Indiana Act - Restores Federal recognition and associated rights and privileges  to the Miami Nation of Indiana. Entitles the tribe and its members to all services and benefits provided to recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation.Provides for any lands in Indiana transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, including any of the Tribe's former trust lands, to be taken into trust for the Tribe as part of its reservation.Reserves all rights by the Tribe to engage in all classes of gaming. Declares that class III gaming shall only be allowed with congressional approval.",2025-08-20T14:18:35Z,
106-hr-5374,106,hr,5374,Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-10-03,2000-10-03,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]",NM,D,U000039,0,"Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act of 2000 - Approves the May 2000 Settlement Agreement between the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Justice and the Pueblo of Santo Domingo (New Mexico) to Resolve All of the Pueblo's Land Title and Trespass Claims.Extinguishes certain Pueblo land and trespass claims. Sets forth provisions relating to the treatment of land or natural resources transferred by the Pueblo prior to this Act's enactment and ratifies such transfers. Makes this paragraph effective upon the entry of a compromise final judgment in the case of Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. United States.Establishes the Pueblo of Santo Domingo Land Claims Settlement Fund from which funds may be expended by the Pueblo to acquire lands within the exterior boundaries of the exclusive aboriginal occupancy area of the Pueblo and for other tribal purposes. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits disbursal of amounts in the Fund until: (1) the case of Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. Rael has been dismissed with prejudice; and (2) the compromise final judgment described above has been entered in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.Declares the boundaries of the Santo Domingo Pueblo Grant as determined by the 1907 Hall-Joy Survey to be the current boundaries and that any lands currently owned or hereafter acquired by the Pueblo within such boundaries or the Grant shall be considered to be Indian country.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by exchange specified New Mexico trust lands and interests, including improvements, mineral rights, and water rights. Requires the properties so exchanged to be of approximately equal value. Requires the Secretary to convey such lands to the Pueblo of Santo Domingo and grants the Pueblo the exclusive right to acquire them. Permits the conveyance of such lands by the Pueblo to the Secretary who shall hold them in trust for the Pueblo's benefit.Authorizes the exchange of the Pueblo's restricted land for lands private title to which was put at issue in Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. Rael. Approves any land exchange agreements between the Pueblo and any of the parties to such lawsuit that are executed no later than December 31, 2001. Permits the Pueblo to convey lands the Pueblo acquires to the Secretary who shall hold them in trust for the Pueblo's benefit.Approves specified boundary dispute resolutions as enacted by the Tribal Council of the Pueblo de Cochiti and the Tribal Council of the Pueblo, including the Pueblo de Cochiti's agreement to relinquish its claim to the southwest corner of its Spanish Land Grant, to the extent of its overlap with the Santo Domingo Pueblo Grant, and to disclaim any right to receive compensation from the United States or any other party with respect to such overlapping lands.",2025-08-20T14:20:11Z,
106-hr-5322,106,hr,5322,Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Act,Native Americans,2000-09-27,2000-09-27,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-40]",CA,R,L000274,3,"Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Act - Mandates that all U.S. rights and interests to specified California and Nevada lands be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe of California and Nevada. Provides development and other limitations with respect to such lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to purchase additional lands and appurtenant water rights in trust for the Tribe's use. Recognizes certain special use areas, including the mesquite use area, a buffer area, and the Timbisha Shoshone natural and cultural preservation area.Provides that the trust lands shall constitute the Timbisha Shoshone Reservation.Directs the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Tribe to develop protocols to review planned development in Death Valley National Park (the site of the Tribe's ancestral homeland). Authorizes cooperative agreements for providing training on the interpretation, management, protection, and preservation of the natural and cultural resources of the Tribe's special use areas.",2025-08-20T14:18:49Z,
106-hr-5308,106,hr,5308,Five Nations Citizens Land Reform Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-09-26,2000-10-18,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Watkins, Wes [R-OK-3]",OK,R,W000194,2,"Five Nations Citizens Land Reform Act of 2000 - Title I: Restrictions; Removal of Restrictions - Makes restricted property subject to restrictions against alienation, lease, mortgage, and other encumbrances regardless of the degree of Indian blood of the citizen who owns such property. Defines ""restricted property"" as any right, title, or interest in real property owned by an Indian citizen that is subject to encumbrances imposed by U.S. laws expressly applicable to the property of enrollees and descendants of enrollees on the final Indian rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw (of Oklahoma), Seminole (of Oklahoma), and Muscogee (Creek) Nations) in 1906 (Five Nations).Continues such restrictions with respect to restricted property upon the acquisition of such property by an Indian citizen by, among other things, inheritance, exchange, election to take at partition, or purchase.(Sec. 103) Extends the period of restriction against encumbrances of restricted property and funds belonging to Indian citizens, subject to provisions of this Act that permit the removal of restrictions, until an Act of Congress determines otherwise.(Sec. 104) Authorizes an Indian citizen who owns restricted property to apply to the Secretary of the Interior for an order removing restrictions on any interest in such property held by such citizen.(Sec. 105) Applies to restricted property provisions of existing law that provide exemptions from prior claims and make unrestricted lands subject to taxation.(Sec. 106) Authorizes the Secretary, upon application by an Indian citizen owner of an undivided unrestricted interest in property which contains a portion of restricted interests, to convert an unrestricted interest into restricted status if all of the interests in the property are owned by Indian citizens as tenants in common.Title II: Administrative Approval of Conveyances, Partitions, Leases, and Mortgages; Management of Mineral Interests - Grants the Secretary of the Interior exclusive jurisdiction to approve: (1) conveyances and leases of restricted property by an Indian citizen; and (2) the partition of property located within the last treaty boundaries of one or more of the Five Nations, all of which is held in common by more than one Indian citizen owner, under certain circumstances. Requires approval of mineral leases purporting to convey or create any interest in restricted or trust property by the Secretary.(Sec. 202) Establishes procedures for the conveyance of restricted property by Indian citizens.(Sec. 203) Requires the Secretary, in cases where restrictions have been removed from property for purposes of allowing conveyances of property to Indian housing authorities to enable the building of homes for owners or relatives of owners of restricted property, to issue a Certificate of Restricted Status imposing restrictions upon request by the Indian citizen homebuyer. Grants homebuyers who acquired ownership of such property prior to this Act's effective date three years from such date to request such a certificate.(Sec. 205) Authorizes the surface of restricted property to be leased by an Indian citizen pursuant to specified law, but allows the Secretary to approve any agricultural lease or permit with respect to such property in accordance with the American Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act.(Sec. 207) Applies the oil and gas conservation laws of the State of Oklahoma to restricted property.(Sec. 208) Permits an Indian citizen to mortgage restricted property only in accordance with applicable Federal law.(Sec. 209) Validates all conveyances of restricted and trust property made after the effective date of the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act and prior to this Act's effective date unless such a conveyance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid upon grounds other than authority to approve, sufficiency of approval, or lack of approval.Title III: Probate, Heirship Determination, and Other Judicial Proceedings - Prohibits the courts of the State of Oklahoma from having jurisdiction over actions affecting title to, or use or disposition of, trust or restricted property except as authorized by Federal law. Grants the Secretary, acting through an Administrative Law Judge or other designated official, exclusive jurisdiction to probate wills or determine heirs of Indian citizens and to adjudicate estate actions to the extent that they involve individual or restricted property. Applies the laws of descent and distribution of the State of Oklahoma to all such property in the estates of Indian citizens who died intestate prior to this Act's effective date. Sets forth provisions regarding the validity of wills executed prior to, and after, this Act's effective date. Applies Federal law governing personal claims against a deceased Indian citizen or trust or restricted property to all such property in the estate of such citizen.(Sec. 303) Requires the Federal district courts in Oklahoma and the State courts of Oklahoma, subject to certain requirements, to retain jurisdiction over actions: (1) seeking to cure defects affecting the marketability of title to restricted property; and (2) for the involuntary partition of property consisting of undivided restricted interests.(Sec. 306) Continues State authority to exercise authority as a Federal instrumentality over all actions involving restricted property that are pending on this Act's effective date until the issuance of a final judgment and exhaustion of all appeals or until dismissal of the action in accordance with State law.Title IV: Miscellaneous - Repeals provisions of specified laws pertaining to the Five Nations.Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a list of other provisions of law that expressly reference property of the Five Nations or Five Nations' citizens, or are of general applicability with respect to the property of Indian tribes and of individual Indians, and are in conflict with this Act.(Sec. 404) Sets forth authorities of Department of the Interior attorneys with respect to actions involving restricted property.Title V: Water Basin Commission - Requires a compact among the State of Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and the Chickasaw Nation to establish a State-tribal commission for purposes of administering and distributing benefits and net revenues from the sale of water within the respective basin to the Nations and local public entities.",2025-01-02T17:15:14Z,
106-s-3114,106,s,3114,Native American Telecommunications Improvement and Value Enhancement Act,Native Americans,2000-09-26,2000-09-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,2,"Native American Telecommunications Improvement and Value Enhancement Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to make loans to eligible Indian tribes, or tribal entities that have entered into a partnership with a telecommunications carrier, to enable such tribes to provide for the development of telecommunications infrastructure (wireline or wireless) on lands under their jurisdiction. Outlines tribal eligibility requirements, including submission of a telecommunications plan.Establishes in the Treasury the Native American Telecommunications Improvement Revolving Fund to make loans and award grants to eligible tribes. Limits loan interest rates dependent upon tribal per capita income.Directs the Secretary to award grants to enable tribes to conduct feasibility studies with respect to telecommunications projects. Limits grants to $200,000.Authorizes appropriations for such loans and grants.Terminates the program on the earlier of: (1) ten years after the first loan is made; or (2) the date on which the Secretary determines that the telecommunications penetration rate is at least 90 percent of all households on reservation lands.",2025-08-20T14:17:45Z,
106-hr-5244,106,hr,5244,Tribal-State Tax Fairness Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-09-21,2000-09-21,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5]",PA,R,P000263,5,"Tribal-State Tax Fairness Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within 60 days after receiving a petition from the government of a State within which a tribal retail enterprise is located alleging the non-collection of a covered State tax (a tax imposed on the purchase of tobacco products or motor fuel) by such enterprise: (1) to determine whether the enterprise is properly collecting and remitting such State tax; and (2) if it is not, to notify and direct the enterprise to collect such tax and remit it to the Secretary on a monthly basis. Provides for the determination of the amount to be so remitted (which differs depending on the existence or non- existence of a tribal-State agreement). Requires mediation if such amount cannot be determined. Requires the Secretary to return remitted amounts to the State within 30 days.Provides for the mediation of disputes between tribes and States under tribal-State agreements, with enforcement provisions. Allows any person with information that a tribe is not remitting appropriate covered State taxes to submit such information to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to commence an administrative action for appropriate State relief. Provides for judicial review of determinations made by the Secretary.",2025-08-20T14:18:23Z,
106-hr-5207,106,hr,5207,Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-09-19,2000-09-19,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Coburn, Tom [R-OK-2]",OK,R,C000560,0,Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000 - Provides for Federal recognition of the Shawnee Tribe as a distinct Indian tribe.Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians.Requires the Tribe to submit its base membership roll to the Secretary of the Interior for approval.Recognizes the Tribe's constitution and bylaws and governing body.Makes the Tribe eligible to have land acquired in trust for its benefit.Grants the Tribe jurisdiction over its and its members' trust and restricted land.,2025-08-20T14:18:19Z,
106-s-3031,106,s,3031,Native American Laws Technical Corrections Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-09-12,2000-10-12,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 949.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Native American Laws Technical Corrections Act of 2000 - Title I: Miscellaneous Technical Provisions - Amends the Indian Self-Determination Act to modify the self-determination model agreement to make inapplicable to self-determination contracts provisions of law permitting the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribes to make contracts involving the payment of money. Makes such provisions inapplicable to professional contracts by Indian tribal governments participating in self-governance as well.(Sec. 102) Repeals provisions of law restricting the assignment of contracts with Indians and requiring approval of such assignments by the Secretary of the Interior.Repeals provisions of the Federal criminal code relating to penalties for: (1) receiving money contrary to certain provisions regarding Indian contracts for services; and (2) receiving money in connection with certain Indian enrollment contracts pertaining to the Five Civilized Tribes.(Sec. 103) Cancels the balances of all expert assistance loans made to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, respectively, relating to certain Court of Federal Claims cases. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to document such cancellations and to release the Band and Tribe from any liability associated with such loans.(Sec. 105) Extends through FY 2001 the authorization of appropriations for, and the duration of, each program under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986.(Sec. 107) Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to: (1) provide that the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation develop resources to properly train Native American and Alaska Native professionals in health care and public policy (currently) by conducting management and leadership training of Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and others involved in tribal leadership, providing assistance and resources for policy analysis, and carrying out other appropriate activities; (2) apply the Act's administrative provisions (with the exception as required under such Act) to such activities of the Foundation; and (3) authorize appropriations to carry out such activities for a five-year period.(Sec. 108) Prohibits any of the funds paid by the State of Minnesota to the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians pursuant to the agreement of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from being subject to Federal or State income taxes or being considered as income or resources or utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which a household or member of such Band would be entitled to under the Social Security Act or, except for per capita shares in excess of $2,000, any Federal or federally assisted program.Title II: Santa Fe Indian School - Santa Fe Indian School Act - Declares that certain land in Santa Fe, New Mexico, upon which the Santa Fe Indian School is located shall be held in trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. Requires such land to be used solely for the educational, health, or cultural purposes of the Santa Fe Indian School.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-3013,106,s,3013,"To make technical amendments concerning contracts affecting certain Indian tribes in Oklahoma, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2000-09-07,2000-09-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]",OK,R,I000024,0,"Amends the Indian Self-Determination Act to modify the self-determination model agreement to make inapplicable to self-determination contracts provisions of law permitting the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribes to make contracts involving the payment of money. Makes such provisions inapplicable to professional contracts by Indian tribal governments participating in self-governance as well.Repeals provisions of law restricting the assignment of contracts with Indians and requiring approval of such assignments by the Secretary of the Interior.Repeals provisions of the Federal criminal code relating to penalties for: (1) receiving money contrary to certain provisions regarding Indian contracts for services; and (2) receiving money in connection with certain Indian enrollment contracts pertaining to the Five Civilized Tribes.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-3019,106,s,3019,Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-09-07,2000-09-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]",OK,R,I000024,0,Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000 - Provides for Federal recognition of the Shawnee Tribe as a distinct Indian tribe.Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians.Requires the Tribe to submit its base membership roll to the Secretary of the Interior for approval.Recognizes the Tribe's constitution and bylaws and governing body.Makes the Tribe eligible to have land acquired in trust for its benefit.Grants the Tribe jurisdiction over its and its members' trust and restricted land.,2025-08-20T14:19:29Z,
106-hr-5073,106,hr,5073,Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-07-27,2000-08-11,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]",VA,D,M000933,2,"Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2000 - Title I: Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Extends Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Deems the Tribe's service area to be Charles City County, Virginia.(Sec. 104) Sets forth requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.(Sec. 106) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if the Tribe, no later than 25 years after this Act's enactment date, transfers land within the counties of Charles City, James City, or Henrico to the Secretary, to take such land into trust for the Tribe's benefit.Title II: Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern Division - Extends Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern Division of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Deems the Tribe's service area to be New Kent County, Virginia.(Sec. 204) Sets forth requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.(Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary, if the Tribe, no later than 25 years after this Act's enactment date, transfers land within the counties of New Kent, James City, or Henrico to the Secretary, to take such land into trust for the Tribe's benefit.Title III: Mattaponi Tribe - Extends Federal recognition to the Mattaponi Tribe of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Deems the Tribe's service area to be King William, King and Queen, Hanover, Henrico, and Chesterfield Counties, and Richmond and Virginia Beach, Virginia.(Sec. 304) Sets forth requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.(Sec. 306) Requires the Secretary, if the Commonwealth of Virginia transfers any land held in trust by the State for the benefit of the Tribe on this Act's enactment date or the Tribe transfers any land within King William County to the Secretary, to take such land into trust for the Tribe's benefit.Title IV: Upper Mattaponi Tribe - Extends Federal recognition to the Upper Mattaponi Tribe of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Deems the Tribe's service area to be King William, Richmond, Henrico, Petersburg, Chesterfield, Newport News, Chesapeake, Hanover, and Hopewell Counties in Virginia.(Sec. 404) Sets forth requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.(Sec. 406) Requires the Secretary, if the Tribe transfers any land within King William County to the Secretary, to take such land into trust for the Tribe's benefit.Title V: Pamunkey Tribe - Extends Federal recognition to the Pamunkey Tribe of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Deems the Tribe's service area to be 1,200 acres on the Pamunkey River in King William County, Virginia.(Sec. 504) Sets forth requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.(Sec. 506) Requires the Secretary, if the Commonwealth of Virginia transfers any land held in trust by the State for the benefit of the Tribe on this Act's enactment date or the Tribe transfers any land within King William County to the Secretary, to take such land into trust for the Tribe's benefit.Title VI: Rappahannock Tribe - Extends Federal recognition to the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Deems the Tribe's service area to be King and Queen, Caroline, and Essex Counties, Virginia.(Sec. 604) Sets forth requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.(Sec. 606) Requires the Secretary, if the Tribe transfers any land within King and Queen, Essex, and Caroline Counties, Virginia, to the Secretary to take such land into trust for the Tribe's benefit.Title VII: Monacan Tribe - Extends Federal recognition to the Monacan Tribe of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Deems the Tribe's service area to be all lands within 150 miles of Amherst, Virginia.(Sec. 704) Sets forth requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.(Sec. 706) Requires the Secretary, if the Tribe transfers specified parcels of land in Amherst County to the Secretary, to take such land into trust for the Tribe's benefit.Title VIII: Nansemond Tribe - Extends Federal recognition to the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Deems the Tribe's service area to be the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.(Sec. 804) Sets forth requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.(Sec. 806) Requires the Secretary, if the Tribe transfers land in Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach to the Secretary, to take such land into trust for the Tribe's benefit.",2025-08-20T14:19:40Z,
106-s-2978,106,s,2978,Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act,Native Americans,2000-07-27,2000-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7893),Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,12,"Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a specified percentage of the total amount of any Federal Perkins loan, Federal Family Education loan, or direct student loan for each year of employment (up to five) as a full-time teacher at a tribal college or university if the borrower is not in default on such loan. Prohibits a borrower from receiving, for the same service, such a benefit and a national service educational award.",2025-08-20T14:18:34Z,
106-s-2917,106,s,2917,Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-07-25,2000-11-01,Became Public Law No: 106-425.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,1,"Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act of 2000 - Approves the May 2000 Settlement Agreement between the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Justice and the Pueblo of Santo Domingo (New Mexico) to Resolve All of the Pueblo's Land Title and Trespass Claims.Extinguishes certain Pueblo land and trespass claims. Sets forth provisions relating to the treatment of land or natural resources transferred by the Pueblo prior to this Act's enactment date and ratifies such transfers. Makes this paragraph effective upon the entry of a compromise final judgment in the case of Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. United States.Establishes the Pueblo of Santo Domingo Land Claims Settlement Fund to be expended by the Pueblo to acquire lands within the exterior boundaries of the exclusive aboriginal occupancy area of the Pueblo and for use for other tribal purposes. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits disbursal of amounts in the Fund until: (1) the case of Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. Rael has been dismissed with prejudice; and (2) the compromise final judgment described above has been entered in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.Declares the boundaries of the Santo Domingo Pueblo Grant, as determined by the 1907 Hall-Joy Survey, to be the current boundaries of the Grant and that any lands currently owned or hereafter acquired by the Pueblo within such boundaries or the Grant shall be considered to be Indian country.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2920,106,s,2920,Indian Gaming Regulatory Improvement Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-07-25,2000-10-11,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 948.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Indian Gaming Regulatory Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to make the Gambling Devices Transportation Act inapplicable to class II gaming where technologic aids are used in connection with such gaming. Provides for a strategic plan for National Indian Gaming Commission activities, including a performance plan.Directs the Commission to establish a schedule of fees to be paid annually by each gaming operation that conducts a class II or III Indian gaming activity. Provides fee rates. Limits to $8 million the total amount of fees imposed in a fiscal year. Requires quarterly fee payment. Requires the aggregate amount of fees assessed to be reasonably related to the costs of Commission services provided to Indian tribes. Outlines specified factors to be considered in such determination, including the extent of regulation of the gaming activity by the State or Indian tribe, and the extent of Indian self-regulating activities. Requires the Commission to consult with Indian tribes in establishing the fee schedule.Requires all fees and civil forfeitures collected by the Commission pursuant to the Act to be maintained in separate, segregated accounts and to be expended only for the purposes set forth in the Act.Places class I gaming on Indian lands within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Indian tribes. Requires an Indian tribe, in a manner that meets or exceeds Federal minimum standards, to retain the rights with respect to class II gaming activities to: (1) monitor and regulate gaming; (2) conduct background investigations; and (3) establish and regulate internal control systems. Requires an Indian tribe or a State to conduct such activities with respect to class III gaming conducted under a compact entered into with the Commission, or under a related tribal ordinance or resolution.Authorizes the Commission to provide grants and technical assistance to Indian tribes for training and assistance related to Indian gaming.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2909,106,s,2909,A bill to permit landowners to assert otherwise-available state law defenses against property claims by Indian tribes.,Native Americans,2000-07-24,2000-07-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7482),Senate,"Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL]",IL,R,F000442,0,"Permits the defendant in any action or claim by or on behalf of an Indian tribe to enforce a real property right or otherwise asserting a claim of Indian title or right (except in any action or claim against a governmental entity with respect to land that is located within sovereign Indian country) to assert any affirmative defense that would be available under State law to a defendant opposing an analogous action or claim that does not involve an Indian tribe.Provides that the court shall allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fee with respect to a claim that was frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation or that the opposing party continued to litigate after it clearly became so. Prohibits any attorney's fee from being assessed against an Indian tribe seeking to enforce a right to an interest in land if the court determines that the land is located within sovereign Indian country.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-hr-4904,106,hr,4904,"To express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2000-07-20,2000-10-02,Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 893.,House,"Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]",HI,D,A000014,1,"Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Affairs (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.(Sec. 5) Requires the Attorney General to designate a Department of Justice official to assist the Office in the implementation and protection of the rights of Native Hawaiians and their political, legal, and trust relationship with the United States.(Sec. 6) Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Task Force to: (1) coordinate Federal policies that affect Native Hawaiians or actions by Federal agencies which may significantly or uniquely impact on Native Hawaiian resources, rights, or lands; (2) assure that each Federal agency develops a policy on consultation with Native Hawaiians; and (3) assure the participation of such agencies in the development of an annual report on Task Force activities to specified congressional committees.(Sec. 7) Establishes a process for development of a membership roll for organizing a Native Hawaiian Interim Governing Council and for election of a Native Hawaiian government. Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents. Requires the elected officers of the government to submit such documents to the Secretary for certification.Extends Federal recognition to the government as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people upon election of officers and certification by the Secretary that the documents: (1) were adopted by a majority vote of the adult members listed on the roll; (2) are consistent with Federal law and the special trust relationship between the United States and its native peoples; (3) provide for exercise of governmental authorities exercised by other governments representing U.S. native peoples; (4) provide for the protection of civil rights; (5) prevent the sale, disposition, lease, or encumbrance of assets of the government without its consent; (6) establish criteria for citizenship in the government; and (7) provide authority for the government to negotiate with Federal, State, and local governments and other entities.(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 9) Permits the United States, upon Federal recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, to enter into an agreement with the State of Hawaii and the government regarding the transfer of lands, resources, and assets dedicated to Native Hawaiian use under existing law to the government.",2025-04-07T13:47:27Z,
106-s-2899,106,s,2899,"A bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States' relationship with Native Hawaiians, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2000-07-20,2000-09-27,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 840.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,1,"Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Affairs (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.(Sec. 5) Requires the Attorney General to designate a Department of Justice official to assist the Office in the implementation and protection of the rights of Native Hawaiians and their political, legal, and trust relationship with the United States.(Sec. 6) Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Task Force to: (1) coordinate Federal policies that affect Native Hawaiians or actions by Federal agencies which may significantly or uniquely impact on Native Hawaiian resources, rights, or lands; (2) assure that each Federal agency develops a policy on consultation with Native Hawaiians; and (3) assure the participation of such agencies in the development of an annual report on Task Force activities to specified congressional committees.(Sec. 7) Establishes a process for development of a membership roll for organizing a Native Hawaiian Interim Governing Council and for election of a Native Hawaiian government. Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents. Requires the elected officers of the government to submit such documents to the Secretary for certification.Extends Federal recognition to the government as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people upon election of officers and certification by the Secretary that the documents: (1) were adopted by a majority vote of the adult members listed on the roll; (2) are consistent with Federal law and the special trust relationship between the United States and its native peoples; (3) provide for exercise of governmental authorities exercised by other governments representing U.S. native peoples; (4) provide for the protection of civil rights; (5) prevent the sale, disposition, lease, or encumbrance of assets of the government without its consent; (6) establish criteria for citizenship in the government; and (7) provide authority for the government to negotiate with Federal, State, and local governments and other entities.(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 9) Permits the United States, upon Federal recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, to enter into an agreement with the State of Hawaii and the government regarding the transfer of lands, resources, and assets dedicated to Native Hawaiian use under existing law to the government.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2872,106,s,2872,Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-07-14,2000-11-09,Became Public Law No: 106-497.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,4,"Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000 - Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to provide that in a civil action brought against a person who offers or displays for sale or sells a good in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization resident within the United States, damages shall include any and all gross profits accrued by the defendant as a result of such activities. Allows such an action to be commenced by an Indian arts and crafts organization on behalf of itself, or by an Indian on behalf of himself or herself. Authorizes the Attorney General, in the case of such a civil action commenced by the Attorney General upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of an Indian who is a member of an Indian tribe or on behalf of an Indian tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization, to deduct from the amount recovered the amount for the costs of investigation awarded and to reimburse the Indian Arts and Crafts Board the amount of such costs incurred as a direct result of Board activities in the suit. Requires the Board to promulgate regulations to include specific examples in the definition of the term ""Indian product.""",2025-08-20T14:21:00Z,
106-hr-4858,106,hr,4858,Native American Elders Assistance Act,Native Americans,2000-07-13,2000-12-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,31,"Native American Elders Assistance Act - Provides that any portion of the first $5,000 of income of an Indian tribe received in any calendar year by a member of the tribe who has attained 50 years of age shall not be considered income or resources in determining the eligibility of the member or the member's household for any benefit under specified means-tested public assistance programs (including Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income) or the amount or kind of any benefit provided by reason of program eligibility for so long as such portion is retained by the member.",2025-08-20T14:21:25Z,
106-hr-4842,106,hr,4842,King Salmon Traditional Village and the Shoonaq Tribe of Kodiak Recognition Act ,Native Americans,2000-07-12,2000-07-20,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"King Salmon Traditional Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak Recognition Act - Grants Federal recognition to the King Salmon Traditional Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak. Entitles the Village and the Tribe to the same rights, privileges, and obligations of other federally recognized Alaska Native tribes.",2025-08-20T14:17:50Z,
106-s-2792,106,s,2792,A bill to provide that land which is owned by the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Tribe may be leased or transferred by the Tribe without further approval by the United States.,Native Americans,2000-06-27,2000-06-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]",LA,D,B000780,0,"Allows the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any part of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2795,106,s,2795,Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act,Native Americans,2000-06-27,2000-06-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5886-5887),Senate,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",NV,D,R000146,0,Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act - Provides for the distribution of specified funds appropriated in satisfaction of an award granted to the Western Shoshone Indians in Docket Number 326-K before the Indian Claims Commission to U.S. citizens who have at least 1/4 Western Shoshone blood and who are enrolled on a Western Shoshone Judgment Roll to be established by the Secretary of the Interior.Requires that such funds and specified funds appropriated in satisfaction of the awards granted to such Indians in Docket Numbers 326-A-1 and 326-A-3 before the U.S. Court of Claims be credited to and distributed from a Western Shoshone Educational Trust Fund to be established by the Secretary for educational and other grants and other forms of assistance to individual Western Shoshone members and to pay reasonable and necessary expenses of an Administrative Committee established by this Act to oversee the distribution of such education grants.,2025-08-20T14:21:30Z,
106-hr-4730,106,hr,4730,Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia Recognition Act,Native Americans,2000-06-23,2000-06-30,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]",GA,D,B000490,5,"Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia Recognition Act - Extends Federal recognition to the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia.Makes the Tribe eligible for all Federal benefits and services furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation.Makes the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act applicable to the Tribe and its members.Directs the Secretary, if the Tribe transfers interests in land within the boundaries of the State of Georgia to the Secretary, to take such interests in land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Makes such land the Tribe's initial reservation land. Prohibits gaming on such land.Requires the Tribe to submit a membership roll.Provides for no provision of this Act to be construed to constitute an amendment, modification, or interpretation of any treaty to which the Tribe is a party nor to any right secured to the Tribe or to any other tribe by any treaty.",2025-08-20T14:19:22Z,
106-hr-4725,106,hr,4725,To amend the Zuni Land Conservation Act of 1990 to provide for the expenditure of Zuni funds by that tribe.,Native Americans,2000-06-22,2000-12-07,"House Committee on Education and the Workforce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 15, 2000.",House,"Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2]",NM,R,S000463,0,"Title I: Expenditure of Funds by Zuni Tribe - Amends the Zuni Land Conservation Act of 1990 to: (1) establish the Zuni Indian Tribe as the trustee of the Zuni Indian Resource Development Trust Fund (currently, the trustee is the Secretary of the Interior); and (2) eliminate the cost limitation with respect to the expenditure of the corpus of the Trust Fund.Title II: Establishment of Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy - Establishes at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy to promote leadership and management training and policy analysis for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and others involved in tribal leadership and management.Directs the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation to award grants to the Center to provide startup funding for the Institute (conditioned on a 25 percent match from other sources). Requires the Foundation's Board of Trustees to approve the annual budget of the Institute.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
106-s-2771,106,s,2771,Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia Recognition Act,Native Americans,2000-06-22,2000-06-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5668),Senate,"Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA]",GA,D,C001034,0,"Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia Recognition Act - Extends Federal recognition to the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia.Makes the Tribe eligible for all Federal benefits and services furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation.Makes the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act applicable to the Tribe and its members.Directs the Secretary, if the Tribe transfers interests in land within the boundaries of Grady County, Carroll County, and such other counties in Georgia to the Secretary, to take such interests in land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Makes such land the Tribe's initial reservation land. Prohibits gaming on such land.Requires the Tribe to submit a membership roll.",2025-08-20T14:17:19Z,
106-hr-4703,106,hr,4703,Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act,Native Americans,2000-06-20,2000-06-26,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,0,Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act - Reaffirms Federal recognition and the rights and privileges of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (in the State of Michigan). Entitles such Band to the Federal services and benefits provided to recognized Indians. Provides for lands to be acquired and held in trust for the Band by the Secretary of the Interior.,2025-08-20T14:19:14Z,
106-hr-4643,106,hr,4643,Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims Settlement Act,Native Americans,2000-06-13,2000-10-03,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 923.,House,"Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-44]",CA,R,B001228,18,"Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims Settlement Act - Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Agreement of Compromise and Settlement Concerning Claims to the Lands of the United States Within and on the Perimeter of the Salton Sea Drainage Reservoir Held in Trust for the Torres-Martinez Indians, as modified by the first, second, third, and fourth modifications thereto (the Settlement Agreement).Establishes in the Treasury the following three settlement trust fund accounts: (1) Torres-Martinez Settlement Trust Funds Account; (2) Torres-Martinez Allottees Settlement Account I; and (3) Torres-Martinez Allottees Settlement Account II. Requires: (1) amounts held in the trust accounts be available to the Secretary for distribution to the Tribe and affected allottees; and (2) amounts paid to the Secretary for deposit into the accounts be allocated among and deposited in the accounts in the amounts determined by the tribal-allottee allocation provisions of the Settlement Agreement. Directs: (1) the Coachella Valley Water District and the Imperial Irrigation District to pay separate, specified amounts to the United States for the benefit of the Tribe and any affected allottees; and (2) the United States to pay a specified amount into such accounts which shall be provided from certain moneys appropriated by Congress.Directs the Secretary to convey into trust status lands purchased or acquired by the Tribe within  specified primary and secondary acquisition areas. Requires all lands purchased or otherwise acquired by the Tribe and conveyed into trust status for its benefit to be considered as if they were so acquired in trust status in 1909, except as to water rights as provided in this Act and to valid rights existing at the time of acquisition. Prohibits lands in the primary acquisition area from being acquired if by majority vote the governing body of the city within whose incorporated boundaries the subject lands are situated within formally objects to the Tribe's request to convey the subject lands into trust and notifies the Secretary of such objection in writing within 60 days of receiving a copy of such request. Provides for the Secretary, upon receipt of such a notification, to deny the request.Prohibits lands in the secondary acquisition area from being acquired if by majority vote: (1) the governing body of the city within whose incorporated boundaries the subject lands are situated within; or (2) the governing body of Riverside County, California, in the event that such lands are located within an unincorporated area, formally objects to the Tribe's request to convey the subject lands into trust and notifies the Secretary of such objection in writing within 60 days of receiving a copy of such request. Provides for the Secretary, upon receipt of such a notification, to deny the request.Prohibits the Secretary from taking any lands into trust for the Tribe under generally applicable Federal statutes or regulations where such lands are both: (1) contiguous to any lands within the secondary acquisition area that are taken into trust; and (2) situated outside such area. Allows the Tribe to conduct gaming on only one site within such lands. Requires that all such lands: (1) be subject to all valid water rights existing at the time of tribal acquisition; (2) be subject to the rights of any person who at any time recharges or stores water in a ground water basin to recapture or recover the recharged or stored water or to authorize others to recapture or recover it; and (3) continue to enjoy all valid water rights appurtenant to the land existing immediately prior to the time of such acquisition.Conveys to the Coachella Valley Water District: (1) a permanent flowage easement as to all Indian trust lands located within and below the minus 220-foot contour of the Salton Sink; and (2) a permanent flowage easement as to all Federal lands located within and below such contour.Grants and conveys to the Imperial Irrigation District identical easements.Declares that the benefits available to the Tribe and the allottees under the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement and the provisions of this Act constitute full and complete satisfaction of the claims by the Tribe and the allottees arising from or related to the inundation and lack of drainage of tribal and allottee lands. Approves and confirms the releases and waivers required.Provides that: (1) nothing in this Act or the Settlement Agreement shall affect the eligibility of the Tribe or its members for any Federal program or diminish the trust responsibility of the United States to the Tribe and its members; and (2) no payment pursuant to this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of any Federal services or programs to the Tribe or its members to which they are entitled or eligible because of their status as a federally recognized Indian tribe or member of such Tribe.Permits the Settlement Agreement to be amended from time to time to the extent that such amendments are not inconsistent with the trust acquisition provisions of such Agreement as such provisions existed on: (1) the enactment of this Act, in the case of modifications one and three; and (2) September 14, 2000, in the case of modification four.Authorizes appropriations.Sets forth effective dates.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2719,106,s,2719,"Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000",Native Americans,2000-06-13,2000-11-07,Became Public Law No: 106-464.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,3,"Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 - Establishes the Office of Native American Business Development within the Department of Commerce, to be headed by a Director of Native American Business Development.Provides for: (1) financial and technical assistance and administrative services for business development and legal and regulatory compliance to Indian tribes, organizations, and businesses (eligible entities); and (2) other assistance to enhance the economies of Indian tribes.Bars assistance for activities related to gaming activities on Indian lands.Requires the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director, to carry out a Native American export and trade promotion program.Provides for technical assistance and administrative services to eligible entities for: (1) identifying and entering appropriate markets for Indian goods and services; (2) complying with foreign or domestic laws and practices with respect to financial institutions with respect to exports and imports of such goods and services; and (3) entering into financial arrangements to provide for such exporting and importing.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to conduct a Native American tourism program to facilitate tourism demonstration projects by Indian tribes on a tribal, intertribal, or regional basis. Authorizes grants to, or other arrangements with, Indian tribes and organizations or other tribal entities to carry out such program.Requires a demonstration project to be conducted for: (1) Indians of the Four Corners area in a specified area between Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; (2) Indians of the area known as the Great Northwest; (3) the Oklahoma Indians in Oklahoma; (4) Indians of the Great Plains area; and (5) Alaska Natives in Alaska. Provides for financial and technical assistance and administrative services for feasibility studies, market analyses, participation in tourism and trade missions, and related activities to participants selected to carry out tourism development projects.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2688,106,s,2688,Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-06-07,2000-10-17,Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,11,"Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends the Native American Languages Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide funds to Native American Language Educational Organizations (Organizations), Native American Language Colleges, Indian tribal governments, organizations that demonstrate potential to become Organizations, or a consortia of such organizations, colleges, or tribal governments to establish Native American Language Nest programs (site-based education programs conducted through a Native American language) for students below the age of seven and their families.Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to such Organizations, colleges, or governments to operate, expand, and increase Native American Language Survival Schools throughout the United States and its territories for Native American children and Native American language-speaking children. Allows a School receiving such funds to: (1) include Nest programs and other educational programs for students who are not Native American language speakers but who seek to establish fluency through instruction in such a language or to re-establish fluency as descendants of such language speakers; (2) provide instruction in more than one language and through regional programs; (3) include a program of concurrent and summer college or university education course enrollment for secondary school students enrolled in Schools, as appropriate; (4) provide special support for such languages for which there are very few or no remaining speakers; (5) develop comprehensive curricula in Native American language instruction; (6) provide teacher and staff training and personnel development and community resource development training; and (7) rent, purchase, construct, or repair educational facilities to ensure the academic achievement of School students.Requires the Secretary to provide funds to establish three specified demonstration programs that will provide assistance to Schools and Nests at: (1) Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani College of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, in consortium with the 'Aha Punana Leo, Inc., and with other entities if deemed appropriate by such college; (2) Piegan Institute of Browning, Montana; and (3) the Alaska Native Language Center of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, in consortium with other entities deemed appropriate by such center. Authorizes such demonstration programs to employ synchronic and asynchronic telecommunications and other appropriate means to maintain coordination and cooperation with one another and with participating Schools and Nests. Requires such programs to provide direction to the Secretary in developing site visit evaluation of Schools and Nests. Authorizes such programs to: (1) establish endowments for furthering their activities relative to the study and preservation of Native American languages; and (2) use funds to provide for the rental, lease, purchase, construction, maintenance, and repair of facilities.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
106-s-2633,106,s,2633,Graton Rancheria Restoration Act,Native Americans,2000-05-25,2000-05-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,0,"Graton Rancheria Restoration Act - Restores Federal recognition and associated rights, privileges, and eligibility for Federal services and benefits to the Indians of the Graton Rancheria of California (the Tribe).Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon application by the Tribe, to accept in trust for the Tribe any real property located in Marin or Sonoma County, California, after the property is conveyed to the Secretary if there are no adverse legal claims to such property. Provides that any such property shall: (1) be part of the Tribe's reservation; (2) not be exempt from the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; and (3) be exempt from all local, State, and Federal taxation.Directs the Secretary to compile a membership roll of the Tribe not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.Provides for: (1) an Interim Tribal Council to be the Tribe's governing body; (2) an election to ratify a Tribal constitution; and (3) the election of Tribal officials under such constitution.",2025-08-20T14:20:09Z,
106-s-2665,106,s,2665,Navajo Nation Trust Land Leasing Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-05-25,2000-10-31,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 954.,Senate,"Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]",AZ,R,K000352,2,"Navajo Nation Trust Land Leasing Act of 2000 - Provides that leases by the Navajo Nation for purposes authorized under existing law, except a lease for the exploration, development, or extraction of any mineral resources, shall not require the Secretary of the Interior's approval, if the lease is executed under the tribal regulations approved by Secretary under this Act and the term of the lease does not exceed: (1) in the case of a business or agricultural lease, 25 years, with an option to renew for up to two additional terms; and (2) in the case of a lease for public, religious, educational, recreational, or residential purposes, 75 years, if such a term is provided for by the Navajo Nation through the promulgation of regulations. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to individually owned allotted land.Empowers the Secretary to approve or disapprove such regulations. Requires the Secretary to review and approve or disapprove the regulations of the Navajo Nation within 120 days of their submission. Requires that any disapproval be accompanied by written documentation that sets forth the basis for the disapproval.Requires the Navajo Nation, if it  has executed a lease pursuant to such regulations, to provide the Secretary with: (1) a copy of the lease and all amendments and renewals thereto; and (2) in the case of regulations or a lease that permits payment to be made directly to the Navajo Nation, documentation of the lease payments sufficient to enable the Secretary to discharge the trust responsibility of the United States under this Act.States that the United States shall not be liable for losses sustained by any party to a lease executed pursuant to such tribal regulations, including the Navajo Nation.Permits an interested party, after exhaustion of tribal remedies, to submit a petition to the Secretary to review the Navajo Nation's compliance with any regulations approved under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary, upon determining such regulations were violated, to take such action as may be necessary to remedy the violation. Requires the Secretary, if seeking to remedy a violation, to: (1) make a written determination with respect to the regulations that have been violated; (2) provide the Navajo Nation with a written notice of the alleged violation together with such determination; and (3) provide the Navajo Nation with a hearing on the record and a reasonable opportunity to cure the alleged violation prior to the exercise of any remedy or rescission of approval of the regulation and resumption of the lease approval responsibility.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2580,106,s,2580,Indian School Construction Act,Native Americans,2000-05-17,2000-10-18,Star Print ordered on the report .,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,8,"Indian School Construction Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program under which eligible Indian tribes have the authority to issue tribal school modernization bonds to provide funding for the advance planning, design, and construction for the replacement of tribal schools. Requires a tribe, to be eligible to issue bonds under such program, to: (1) submit to the Secretary a plan of construction that meets specified requirements; (2) provide for inspection of the project by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (3) pledge that the facilities financed will be used primarily for elementary and secondary educational purposes for not less than the period the bond remains outstanding.Permits a tribe, in addition, to use amounts received through the issuance of a bond to: (1) enter into and make payments under contracts with architects, engineers, and construction firms to determine the needs of the tribal school and for the design and engineering of the school; (2) enter into and make payments under contracts with financial advisors, underwriters, attorneys, trustees, and other professionals who would be able to provide assistance to the tribe in issuing bonds; and (3) carry out other activities determined appropriate by the Secretary.Makes any tribal school modernization bond issued by a tribe subject to a trust agreement between the tribe and a trustee.Requires: (1) that the stated maturity of qualified tribal school modernization bonds be within 15 years from the date of issuance; and (2) upon the expiration of such period, the entire outstanding principal under the bond to become due and payable. Awards a tax credit under this Act in lieu of interest on such bonds.Requires payment of the principal portion of such bonds to be guaranteed solely by amounts deposited with each bond trustee. Authorizes the Secretary to deposit not more than $30 million into a tribal school modernization escrow account beginning in FY 2001. Requires the Secretary to use any amounts deposited to make payments to trustees or for advance planning and design.Prohibits: (1) a tribe that issues such a bond from being obligated to repay the principal on the bond, except to the extent of any escrowed funds furnished by the tribe; and (2) any land or facilities purchased or improved with amounts derived from such bonds from being mortgaged or used as collateral for such bonds.Authorizes bonds to be sold at a purchase price equal to, in excess of, or at a discount from, the par amount.Provides that any amounts earned through the investment of funds under the control of a trustee shall not be subject to Federal income tax.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit to individuals who hold such bonds. Sets forth requirements, limitations, and a special rule for issuance and redemption. Provides for the carryover of any excess credit.Requires that if any bond that is held by a regulated investment company, such credit be allowed to such company's shareholders under procedures prescribed by the Secretary.Permits a separation (including at issuance) of the ownership of such a bond and the entitlement to the credit with respect to such bond.Provides that nothing in any law or rule of law shall be construed to limit the transferability of such credit through sale and repurchase agreements.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2526,106,s,2526,Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2000,Native Americans,2000-05-09,2000-09-27,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,2,"Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2000 - Title I: Reauthorization and Revisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to require amounts appropriated for each fiscal year to carry out Indian health human resources and development activities to be allocated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the area office of each service area under a formula developed in consultation with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.Empowers the Director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) with the administration of Indian health professions scholarships. Requires all recipients of such scholarships awarded after December 31, 2001, to meet the active duty service obligation (service with the IHS or related service for Indians) within the service area from which the scholarship was awarded. Requires the Secretary to make funds available, through area offices, to Indian tribes and tribal organizations to assist such entities in educating Indians to serve as health professionals in Indian communities, as long as such Indians are enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a course of study in one of the health professions described by the Act. Requires a written contractual agreement from such recipients to provide service in an Indian health program in the same service area where the entity providing the scholarship is located.Entitles Indian health scholarship recipients to IHS employment or employment by a program of an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization, or other HHS agencies, as available.Adds Indian tribes and tribal organizations as participants in the Community Health Representative Program under the Act, which provides for the training and use of Indians as community health representatives (currently, as community health paraprofessionals).Allows participants completing a term of education under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program to be employed within an Indian urban organization.Discontinues the annual authorization of appropriations for the Indian Health Scholarship and Loan Repayment Recovery Fund.Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse health professionals seeking positions with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations (currently, only those seeking employment with the IHS) for certain recruitment evaluation expenses.Limits to three years demonstration programs to enable Indian tribes, tribal organizations (current law), and urban Indian organizations to recruit, place, and retain Indian health professionals.Requires health professionals from urban Indian organizations to be given an equal opportunity to participate in a demonstration program to enable Indian health professionals to pursue advanced training or research in needed areas of study.Discontinues the annual authorization of appropriations for the Indian Nursing Program.Requires the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to award grants to community colleges for programs which provide education in a health profession for individuals who desire to practice such profession in the IHS or a tribal health program (currently, only on an Indian reservation or tribal clinic). Provides a funding priority for tribally controlled colleges in service areas where they exist.Authorizes the Secretary to pay a retention bonus to any health professional (currently, physician or nurse) employed by or assigned to, and serving in, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations (currently, only in the IHS) who meet specified requirements.Authorizes the Secretary, through area offices, to fund pilot programs for tribes and tribal organizations to address the chronic shortages of health professionals.Deems scholarships and loan reimbursements provided under title I (Indian health, human resources and development) of the Act as ""qualified scholarships"" and therefore excluded from gross income for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code.Makes a certain prohibition on the Secretary removing a member of the National Health Service Corps from an Indian health program applicable to health programs operated by urban Indian organizations as well. Requires all service areas served by programs operated by the IHS, tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to be designated as Health Professional Shortage areas under the Public Health Service Act.Authorizes appropriations through FY 2012 to carry out title I of the Act.Provides additional authorized uses for funds appropriated under the authority of provisions regarding the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund. Authorizes such funds to be allocated to Indian tribes or tribal organizations.Requires funds provided through the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund to be administered by service area offices based upon priorities determined by the Indian tribes and tribal organizations within each area. Increases the cost level required to qualify for payments from the Fund.Requires the Secretary to continue to fund through FY 2012 each effective model diabetes project in existence on the date of enactment of the Act. Directs the Secretary to include funding to establish dialysis programs.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to enter into arrangements with Indian tribes or tribal organizations for the delivery of long-term care and similar services to Indians on a shared-services basis.Directs the Secretary to make funding available for research to further the performance of the health service responsibilities of the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations and to coordinate the activities of other agencies within HHS to address such research needs.Directs the Secretary to provide mammography and other cancer screening through Indian tribes or tribal organizations (currently, only through the IHS).Requires the Secretary to pay certain patient travel costs through Indian tribes and tribal organizations (currently, only through the IHS).Revises provisions regarding epidemiology centers.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to provide funding to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations (currently, Indian tribes) to develop comprehensive school health education programs for children from preschool through grade 12 in schools (currently, schools on reservations) for the benefit of Indian and urban Indian children.Includes urban Indian preadolescent and adolescent youth within a program for innovative mental and physical disease prevention and health promotion and treatment.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to make funding available to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, to provide funding for other health care services and programs not otherwise described in the Act, including hospice care and assisted living, long-term health care, home- and community-based services, public health functions, and traditional health care practices.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations, to provide funding to monitor and improve the quality of health care for Indian women of all ages through the planning and delivery of programs administered by the IHS. (Currently, an Office of Indian Women's Health Care has such monitoring duty.)Revises provisions regarding nuclear resource development health hazards to direct the Secretary and the IHS to conduct a study and ongoing monitoring programs to determine trends in health hazards to Indian miners and to Indians on or near Indian reservations and in Indian communities as a result of environmental hazards which may result in chronic or life-threatening health problems.Extends through FY 2012 the designation of Arizona as a contract health service delivery area for purposes of providing health care services to members of federally recognized Arizona Indian tribes.Authorizes the Secretary to fund a program using the California Rural Indian Health Board as a contract care intermediary to improve the accessibility of health services to California Indians. Allows certain counties in California that are currently excluded from the contract health services delivery area to be included in such area if funding is provided by the IHS for such services in those counties.Requires the IHS to provide funds for health care programs and facilities operated by Indian tribes and tribal organizations under funding agreements entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEA) on the same basis as such funds are provided to programs and facilities operated directly by the IHS.Exempts from State licensing requirements health care professionals employed by Indian tribes and tribal organizations to carry out the above funding agreements if such individuals are licensed in any other State.Allows elderly or disabled Indians receiving emergency medical care or services from a non-IHS provider or in a non-IHS facility 30 days to notify the IHS of such treatment or admission.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title II (health services) of the Act.Prohibits the closure of any hospital, outpatient health care, inpatient service, or special care facility operated by the IHS if the Secretary has not submitted to Congress at least one year prior to such proposed closure an evaluation of the impact of such closure. Directs the Secretary to establish a health care facility priority system. Directs the Secretary, beginning in2001, to annually transmit to the President a report setting forth the needs of the IHS and all Indian tribes and tribal organizations for inpatient, outpatient, and specialized care facilities. Directs the Secretary to consult and cooperate with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations in developing innovative approaches to address unmet needs for the construction of health facilities.Provides authority for the Secretary to use specified appropriated funds for providing sanitation facilities and related services to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into inter-agency agreements with appropriate Federal agencies to provide financial assistance for safe water supply and sanitary sewage disposal facilities under the Act; and (2) establish standards applicable to the planning, design, and construction of water supply and sanitary sewage and solid waste disposal facilities funded under the Act. Makes the Indian family, community, or tribe primarily responsible for establishing, collecting, and using reasonable user fees for operating and maintaining sanitation facilities. Revises the defined water sanitation deficiency levels for facilities serving an Indian individual or community.Exempts construction or renovation of facilities constructed or renovated by funds made available under title III (facilities) of the Act from the Davis-Bacon Act.Authorizes the Secretary to accept any major expansion (currently, only renovation or modernization) by an Indian tribe of any IHS facility or any other Indian health facility operated pursuant to a funding agreement entered into under ISDEA. Revises grant eligibility requirements with respect to the construction, expansion, or modernization of ambulatory care facilities.Authorizes all Federal agencies to transfer land and improvements to the IHS at no cost for the provision of health care services.Makes certain provisions that authorize leases with Indian tribes applicable to tribal organizations as well. Considers such leases as operating leases for purposes of scoring under the Budget Enforcement Act.Establishes in the Treasury the Health Care Facilities Loan Fund to provide Indian tribes and tribal organizations direct loans, or guarantees for loans, for construction of health care facilities and related facilities and staff quarters. Authorizes appropriations.Authorizes Indian tribes and tribal organizations (currently, only Indian tribes) providing health care services pursuant to a funding agreement under the ISDEA to lease permanent structures for providing health care services without obtaining advance approval in appropriations Acts.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to establish joint venture demonstration projects under which an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall expend tribal, private, or other available funds for the acquisition or construction of a health care facility for a minimum of ten years under a no-cost lease, in exchange for agreement by the IHS to provide the equipment, supplies, and staffing for such facility. Makes an Indian tribe or tribal organization liable for noncompletion of such a project.Adds Alaska Native lands to the definition of ""Indian lands"" for purposes of giving priority to locating Bureau of Indian Affairs and IHS facilities on such lands.Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the President identifying the backlog of maintenance and repair work required at both IHS and tribal health care facilities.Authorizes an Indian tribe or tribal organization which operates a hospital or other health care facility and the federally owned quarters associated therewith pursuant to a funding agreement under the ISDEA to establish the rental rates charged, and to notify the Secretary of its election to exercise such authority. Requires rental occupants to be notified at least 60 days in advance of a change in rental rates by an Indian tribe or tribal organization. Authorizes such tribe or organization to collect rents directly from Federal employees occupying such quarters, under specified conditions and procedures.Authorizes the Secretary to accept from any source funds for the construction of Indian health care facilities, and to enter into funding agreements with other Federal entities for such purposes.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title III of the Act.Requires the Secretary, in making payments to IHS service units for services rendered to Indians eligible for benefits under title XIX (Medicaid), to ensure that each such unit receives 100 (currently 80) percent of the amounts to which such facilities are entitled under the Medicaid provisions.Directs the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into funding agreements with, Indian tribes (currently, only tribal organizations) for establishing and administering programs on or near Indian reservations and trust areas and Alaska Native villages to assist Indians to enroll and apply for Medicare, Medicaid, and child health assistance under XXI (Children's Health Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations for the provision of such assistance to urban Indians.Makes permanent (currently a demonstration project) a program under which an Indian tribe or tribal organization may directly bill and receive reimbursement for health care services provided for which payment is made under Medicare, Medicaid, a State's children's insurance health plan approved under title XXI (Children's Health Insurance) of the Social Security Act, or from any other third-party payor.Applies to urban Indian organizations a certain right to recovery of expenses incurred by the United States, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations in providing health services. Provides for the enforcement of such right of recovery.Authorizes tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to utilize funding from the Secretary under this Act to purchase managed care coverage for IHS beneficiaries.Directs the Secretary to examine, and report to Congress on, the feasibility of entering into or expanding existing arrangements for the sharing of medical facilities and services between the IHS and the Department of Veterans Affairs and other appropriate Federal agencies. Authorizes the IHS to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to assist in achieving parity in health services for Indians.Makes the IHS and programs operated by Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations the payor of last resort for services provided to persons eligible for services from these programs, notwithstanding contradicting Federal, State, or local law, unless such law explicitly provides otherwise. Makes such entities eligible to receive payment or reimbursement for services provided by such entities from any federally funded health care program, unless there is an explicit prohibition on such payments in the applicable authorizing statute.Authorizes the IHS service unit in Tuba City, Arizona, to enter into a demonstration project with Arizona under which the IHS would provide certain Medicaid services to individuals dually eligible for IHS services and Medicaid in return for payment from the State.Entitles an Indian tribe or tribal organization carrying out programs under the ISDEA, or an urban Indian organization carrying out programs under title V of the Act, to purchase Federal health and life insurance for the employees of such tribe or organization.Requires certain consultation with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations prior to the adoption of any policy or regulation by the Health Care Financing Administration.Authorizes the IHS, an Indian tribe, or tribal or urban Indian organization to apply for a waiver of certain Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance sanctions.Excludes from the definition of ""remuneration,"" for purposes of specified provisions of the Social Security Act, certain exchanges of value between or among the IHS, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations related to the provision of health care services.Prohibits any Indian eligible for services under Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance of the Social Security Act from being charged a deductible or other payment for any service provided by or through the IHS, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization. Excludes certain income and property from the estate, for purposes of eligibility for services or implementing estate recovery rights under Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance. Prohibits a parent from being responsible for reimbursing the Federal Government or a State for the cost of medical services provided to a child through the IHS, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization. Provides such entities with a right of recovery from all private and public health plans for the reasonable costs of delivering health services to Indians entitled to receive services. Requires States entering into agreements with one or more managed care organizations to provide services under Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance to enter into such an agreement with the IHS, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization that can provide services to Indians who may be eligible or required to enroll in such a managed care plan.Authorizes the Secretary to treat the Navajo Nation as a State, for purposes of Medicaid, to provide medical assistance to Indians living within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation.Directs the Health Care Financing Administration to establish and fund a National Indian Technical Advisory Group and an Indian Medicaid Advisory Committee.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title IV (access to health services) of the Act.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to contract with, or make grants to, an urban Indian organization that provides or arranges for the provision of health care services to urban Indians in more than one urban center.Changes from quarterly to semiannually certain reporting requirements of urban Indian organizations receiving or expending funds pursuant to a grant or contract with respect to health care services provided to urban Indians.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to contractors or other recipients for the lease, purchase, renovation, construction, or expansion of facilities in order to assist them in complying with licensure or certification requirements. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS or the Health Resources and Services Administration, to provide loans to such entities from the Urban Indian Health Care Facilities Revolving Loan Fund (established herein) for the construction, renovation, expansion, or purchase of health care facilities.Redesignates the Branch of Urban Health Programs as the Office of Urban Indian Health. Includes among Office responsibilities the provision of technical assistance to urban Indian organizations.Treats the Tulsa Clinic demonstration project as a permanent program within the IHS direct care program and as a service unit in the allocation of resources and coordination of Indian health care.Requires grants or contracts made or entered into by the Secretary for the administration of urban Indian alcohol programs to become effective no later than September 30, 2001.Directs the Secretary to ensure that the IHS, the Health Care Financing Administration, and other operating and staff divisions of HHS consult with urban Indian organizations prior to taking any action, or approving Federal financial assistance for any action, that may affect urban Indians or urban Indian organizations.Deems an urban Indian organization that has entered into a contract or received a grant pursuant to title V (health services for urban Indians) of the Act to be part of the Public Health Service while carrying out such contract or grant for purposes of coverage under the Federal Tort Claims Act.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to make payments for the construction and operation of at least two residential alcohol treatment centers in each State where there reside urban Indian youth with a need for alcohol and substance abuse treatment services and at which there is a significant shortage of such services.Directs the Secretary to permit an urban Indian organization that has entered into a contract or received a grant under title V of the Act to use existing facilities and equipment and other personal property owned by the Federal Government, including that determined to be excess to the needs of the IHS or the General Services Administration.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to those urban Indian organizations that have entered into a contract or grant under title V of the Act for the provision of services for the prevention, treatment, and control of complications resulting from, diabetes among urban Indians.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to enter into contracts with, and make grants to, urban Indian organizations for the use of Indians trained as health service providers through the Community Health Representatives Program in the provision of health care, health promotion, and disease prevention services to urban Indians.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title V and VI (organizational improvements) of the Act.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal and urban Indian organizations, to encourage Indian tribes and tribal organizations to participate in developing area-wide plans for Indian Behavioral Health Services, including plans for treating substance abuse, mental illness, and dysfunctional and self-destructive behavior (suicide, child abuse, and family violence) among Indians. Requires the establishment of a national clearinghouse for such plans and related information. Authorizes technical assistance to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to develop community behavioral health plans.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, to provide a program of comprehensive behavioral health, prevention, treatment, and aftercare for Indian tribes. Requires the development of criteria for the certification of behavioral health service providers and accreditation of service facilities providing such care.Directs (currently, authorizes) the Secretary to make funds available to urban Indian organizations to develop and implement a comprehensive behavioral health program (currently, an alcohol and substance abuse program) of prevention, intervention, treatment, and relapse prevention services that specifically address the spiritual, cultural, historical, social, and child care needs of Indian women, regardless of age. (Currently, such funding is available only to Indian tribes and tribal organizations.)Includes behavioral health services within a current program for acute detoxification and treatment for Indian youth. Authorizes the Secretary to provide specified intermediate behavioral health services to Indian children and adolescents. Requires Indian tribes or tribal organizations (currently, only the Secretary) to develop and implement within each IHS service unit community-based rehabilitation and follow-up services for Indian youth who are having significant behavioral health problems and require long-term treatment, community reintegration, and monitoring after their return to their home community. Provides for the inclusion of family members of such youth in their treatment. Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal and urban Indian organizations, to provide programs and services to prevent and treat the abuse of multiple forms of substances, including alcohol, drugs, inhalants, and tobacco, among Indian youth residing in Indian communities, on Indian reservations, and in urban areas and to provide appropriate mental health services to address the incidence of mental illness among such youth.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, to provide, in each IHS service area, not less than one inpatient mental health care facility for Indians with behavioral health problems.Requires the Secretary to develop and implement (or provide funding to enable Indian tribes and tribal organizations to implement) programs of behavioral health (currently, alcohol and substance abuse) community leadership training and education.Directs the Secretary, acting through Indian tribes and tribal and urban Indian organizations, to establish and operate fetal alcohol disorders programs in order to meet specified health status objectives. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations to establish such programs.) Redesignates a task force established for such purposes as the Fetal Alcohol Disorders Task Force. Includes urban Indian organizations as entities eligible for funding from the Secretary for such programs.Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, to establish programs involving treatment for both victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to provide funding to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations, or make appropriate contracts or grants, for research on the incidence and prevalence of behavioral health problems among Indians served by the IHS or such tribes or organizations.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title VII (behavioral health programs) of the Act.Requires the President to include in required annual reports to Congress reports on various programs established under this Act.Requires regulations implementing amendments to the Act to be negotiated by a rulemaking committee made up of representatives of the Federal Government, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress a plan explaining the manner and schedule by which the Secretary will implement provisions of the Act, as amended by this Act.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to provide services and benefits for Indians in Montana in a manner consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in McNabb for McNabb v. Bowen.Directs the IHS to provide health care services during a moratorium period in which certain service eligibility criteria are being developed.Establishes the National Bipartisan Indian Health Care Entitlement Commission to: (1) establish a Study Committee to study the extent of Indian health services needs; (2) review and analyze the Study Committee's report; and (3) make recommendations to Congress for providing health services for Indians as an entitlement. Authorizes appropriations for the Commission.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations under title VIII (miscellaneous) of the Act.Title II: Conforming Amendments to the Social Security Act - Subtitle A: Medicare - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require agreements with service providers, in the case of hospitals and critical access hospitals providing Medicare-covered inpatient hospital services, to accept Medicare payment in full for contract health services program operated by the Indian Health Service, by an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or furnished to an urban Indian eligible for health services purchased by an urban Indian organization.(Sec. 202) Replaces specified payment requirements for eligible Indian Health Service facilities with payment requirements for qualified Indian Health programs operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization, including community health aide and nursing services.Subtitle B: Medicaid - Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to: (1) require a State Medicaid plan to provide for payment of 100 percent of the reasonable costs of Federally-qualified health center services and any other ambulatory services offered by a Federally-qualified plan furnished by an Indian tribe or tribal organization or an urban Indian organization (and for certain at least quarterly State supplemental payments to a Federally-qualified health center under contract with a Medicaid managed care organization); (2) require State Medicaid plan consultation with Indian health programs; and (3) modify the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for health services provided by Indian health programs.Subtitle C: State Children's Health Insurance Program - Amends SSA title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) to: (1) set the enhanced FMAP for a State for a fiscal year to 100 percent with respect to expenditures for child health assistance for services provided through a health program operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization; and (2) permit direct funding of Indian health programs.Subtitle D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title.Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals specified provisions on: (1) facilities assessment under the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1990; and (2) the National Health Service Corps under the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1988.",2025-08-20T14:21:32Z,
106-s-2508,106,s,2508,Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000,Native Americans,2000-05-04,2000-12-15,By Senator Campbell from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 106-513.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,2,"Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in order to settle the outstanding claims of the Ute Indian tribes on the Animas and La Plata Rivers in Colorado and acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to: (1) complete construction of, operate, and maintain a reservoir, pumping plant, reservoir inlet conduit, and appurtenant facilities to divert and store water from the Animas River to provide a municipal and industrial water supply (the Project); and (2) deliver through the use of such components, specified municipal and industrial water allocations to the San Juan Water Commission, Animas-La Plata Conservancy District, State of Colorado, La Plata Conservancy District of New Mexico, Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes, and Navajo Nation.Declares that such facilities, if constructed, constitute the Animas- La Plata Project. Prohibits the commencement of construction of any other project features authorized by the Colorado River Basin Project Act without further authorization from Congress.Provides that construction costs required to deliver each tribe's water allocation shall be nonreimbursable. Makes the nontribal repayment obligations for water allocations subject to a final cost allocation by the Secretary upon project completion. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of cost-share agreements. Requires the reallocation of water allocations for the Animas-La Plata Conservancy District and the State of Colorado to the Colorado Ute Tribes if no agreement is reached with the District or the State for such allocations.(Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary, upon request of the State Engineer of New Mexico, to assign to the New Mexico Project beneficiaries or the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Department of the Interior interests under a specified permit in order to fulfill the New Mexico non-Navajo purposes of the Project, so long as the assignment does not affect the application of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to the use of the water.Authorizes the Secretary to construct a water line to augment the existing system that conveys municipal water supplies to the Navajo Indian Reservation at or near Shiprock, New Mexico. Makes construction costs for the water line nonreimbursable.Authorizes appropriations to the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Resource Funds. Requires the Secretary to establish such Funds. Provides for disbursement of Fund monies, with an exception, in accordance with approved natural resource acquisition and enhancement plans.Establishes the Colorado Ute Settlement Fund in the Treasury and authorizes appropriations to the Fund to complete the construction of Project facilities and the Navajo Nation water line.Requires the construction of facilities, allocation of water supply to the Indian tribes, provision of funds, and issuance of an amended final consent decree under this Act to constitute final settlement of tribal claims to water rights on the Animas and La Plata Rivers. Requires such decree to provide for an extension of the current January 1, 2005, deadline for the tribes to commence litigation of their reserved rights claims on such rivers.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
106-hr-4338,106,hr,4338,Elk Valley Land Restoration Act,Native Americans,2000-04-13,2000-04-25,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]",CA,D,T000460,3,"Elk Valley Land Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the benefit of the Elk Valley Band of Indians of the Elk Valley Rancheria of California any real property located in Del Norte County, California, if: (1) such property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the Secretary by or for the Tribe's benefit; and (2) at the time of such conveyance or transfer, there are no adverse legal claims to such property, including outstanding liens, mortgages, or taxes owed. Provides that any such property taken into trust shall be considered part of the Tribe's initial reservation.",2025-08-20T14:17:03Z,
106-hr-4345,106,hr,4345,Alaska Native Claims Technical Amendments Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-04-13,2000-10-13,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Title I: Technical Amendments to Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make technical amendments to provisions regarding open season for allotments for certain Alaska Native veterans.Revises eligibility requirements to make a veteran eligible for an allotment if the veteran served at least six months between January 1, 1969, and December 31, 1971 (currently, June 2, 1971), and meets other existing requirements.Changes provisions regarding the authority of a personal representative of a decedent to select an allotment to authorize such representative or a special administrator appointed in an Alaska State court to select an allotment if the decedent was a veteran who served in Southeast Asia at any time during August 5, 1964, and December 31, 1971, and during such period: (1) was killed in action; (2) was wounded in action and died as a consequence of the wound; or (3) died while a prisoner of war. (Current law allows personal representatives to select such allotments if, during January 1, 1969, and December 31, 1971, one of such events occurred with respect to the decedent.)Subjects a beneficiary's interest in a settlement trust and the distributions thereon to creditor action only to the extent that Settlement Common Stock and related distributions are subject to such action under the Act.Title II: National Leadership Symposium For American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Youth - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education for the Washington Workshops Foundation for administration of a national leadership symposium for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian youth on the traditions and values of American democracy.",2025-08-20T14:18:26Z,
106-s-2351,106,s,2351,Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act,Native Americans,2000-04-04,2000-06-14,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,1,"Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act - Requires the St. George (Utah) Water Reuse Project to consist of water treatment facilities, a pipeline, and associated pumping and delivery facilities to divert water from the Water Reclamation Facility in St. George and transport such water for delivery and use by St. George and the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah. Makes 2,000 acre-feet of water available annually to the Band.Sets forth funding provisions and describes project construction, permitting, operation, and maintenance responsibilities of St. George.(Sec. 6) Requires the Santa Clara Project to: (1) consist of a pressurized pipeline from the existing Gunlock Reservoir across the Shivwits Reservation, along with main lateral pipelines; (2) pool and deliver the water rights of the parties as set forth in the Santa Clara Agreement; and (3) deliver to the Band 1,900 acre-feet annually.Sets forth funding provisions and describes project construction, permitting, operation, and maintenance responsibilities of the Washington County Water Conservancy District.(Sec. 7) Settles, ratifies, and confirms the Band's water rights.Grants the Band the right in perpetuity to: (1) the water quantities described in this Act as set forth in the Santa Clara Project and St. George Water Reuse Project Agreements (Project Agreements) (with first priority to the water generated by the St. George Project); and (2) 100 acre-feet annually from groundwater on the Shivwits Reservation.Provides that the Shivwits Water Right shall not be subject to loss by abandonment or forfeiture for nonuse. Authorize the Band to use the Water Right for: (1) any purpose anywhere on the Reservation; and (2) any beneficial use off the Reservation.(Sec. 8) Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Project Agreements and the Settlement Agreement among the United States, Utah, the Band, and other specified parties, except to the extent they conflict with this Act. Requires the benefits realized by the Band under the Agreements and this Act to constitute full and complete satisfaction of all Band water rights claims under Federal and State laws from time immemorial to the effective date of this Act. Provides for a waiver and release of all such claims.(Sec. 10) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a water rights and habitat acquisition program in the Virgin River Basin for the benefit of species and plants in the Santa Clara and Virgin River Basins which have been listed or are likely to be listed, or are the subject of an approved conservation agreement under the Endangered Species Act. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire water rights and habitat property to assist the conservation and recovery of such plants or species. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 11) Establishes the Shivwits Band Trust Fund in the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 14) Releases the Band's water rights claims as of the date the Secretary publishes a finding that certain actions, including those under this Act, have been taken.",2025-08-20T14:17:45Z,
106-hr-4148,106,hr,4148,Tribal Contract Support Cost Technical Amendments of 2000,Native Americans,2000-03-30,2000-10-19,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,1,"Tribal Contract Support Cost Technical Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide that an Indian tribe or tribal organization administering a contract or compact shall be entitled to recover its full indirect costs associated with any other Federal funding received by such tribe or tribal organization (other than funds paid under this Act), consistent with the tribe's or tribal organization's indirect cost rate agreement with its cognizant Federal agency. Entitles such tribes or tribal organizations that employ an indirect cost pool that includes both funds paid under this Act and other Federal funds to use or expend all Federal funding received by such tribe or tribal organization in such pool in the same manner as permitted in provisions under the Act relating to allowable uses of funds without approval of the Secretary of any Federal agency providing funds to such tribe or tribal organization.Makes, within the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, tribal contract support cost entitlements the responsibility of the Office of Tribal Programs, subject to the tribe's or tribal organization's indirect cost rate agreement with its cognizant Federal agency.Provides that contract support costs that are eligible for the purposes of receiving funding under the Act include direct contract support costs associated with all Federal employees employed in connection with the program, service, function, or activity that is the subject of the contract, including all Federal employees paid with funds generated from third-party collections.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to pay preaward and startup costs without regard to the year in which such costs were incurred, including such costs identified by the Indian Health Service in a September 1999 report entitled ""FY 1999 IHS CSC Shortfall Data.""",2025-04-07T13:47:14Z,
106-s-2282,106,s,2282,"Native American Agricultural Research, Development and Export Enhancement Act of 2000",Native Americans,2000-03-23,2000-09-06,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,3,"Native American Agricultural Research, Development and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture a Native American Agricultural Research, Development and Export Office.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Director of such Office, to ensure the coordination of all programs that provide assistance to Native American communities within seven specified mission areas of the Department of Agriculture and to ensure the coordination of, or carry out, activities to: (1) promote Indian agricultural programs; (2) facilitate water and waste programs, housing, utility and other infrastructure development with respect to Native American communities; (3) provide assistance to Indian tribal college programs; (4) implement rural economic development programs for Native American communities; and (5) promote food and nutrition services for such communities. Requires the Director  to provide: (1) financial and technical assistance and administrative services to assist eligible entities in identifying and taking advantage of business development opportunities and complying with laws and regulatory practices; and (2) such other assistance necessary for the development of business opportunities to enhance Indian tribes' economies.Requires the Director to establish and implement a Native American export and trade promotion program and, in carrying out such program, to ensure the coordination of: (1) Federal programs and services designed to develop Indian tribes' economies and stimulate the demand for Indian goods and services that are available from eligible entities; and (2) Federal programs that are designed to provide technical or financial assistance to eligible entities and any activities related to the development of markets for Indian goods and services. Requires the Director to provide technical assistance and administrative services to assist eligible entities in: (1) identifying and entering markets for Indian goods and services; (2) complying with foreign or domestic laws and practices with respect to financial institutions concerning the export and import of such goods and services; and (3) entering into financial arrangements to provide for the export and trade of Indian agricultural and related products.",2025-08-20T14:19:28Z,
106-s-2283,106,s,2283,Indian Tribal Surface Transportation Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-03-23,2000-09-11,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 796.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,2,"Indian Tribal Surface Transportation Act of 2000 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from distributing the obligation authority for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for FY 2001 through 2003 with respect to amounts authorized for Indian reservation roads under the Federal Lands Highways Program.Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a demonstration project under which all funds made available for Indian reservation roads and highway bridges located on such roads shall be made available to an Indian tribal government, upon its request, for contracts and agreements for planning, research, engineering, and construction of any highway, road, bridge, parkway, or transit facility that provides access to or is located within the reservation or community of the  Indian tribe in accordance with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA).Requires the selection of 12 geographically diverse Indian tribes each fiscal year from an applicant pool described below. Permits two or more tribes to form a consortium to be considered as a single tribe for purposes of becoming part of such pool.Provides for a participating Indian tribe to receive funding equivalent to the funding that it would otherwise receive pursuant to the funding formula established under TEA-21, plus an additional percentage of funds withheld during the fiscal year for the road program management costs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.Requires such applicant pool to consist of each Indian tribe or consortium that: (1) has successfully completed a planning phase that includes legal and budgetary research and internal tribal government and organization preparation; (2) has requested participation in such demonstration project through the adoption of a resolution or other official action by the tribal governing body; and (3) has, during the three-fiscal year period immediately preceding the fiscal year for which participation is being requested, demonstrated financial stability and financial management capability through a showing of no material audit exceptions. (States that evidence that during such period, an Indian tribe had no uncorrected significant and material exceptions in the required annual audit of the tribe's self-determination contracts or self-governance funding agreements with any Federal agency shall be conclusive evidence of the required stability and capability.)Provides that not to exceed six percent of the contract authority amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund to the Bureau shall be used to pay the administrative expenses for the Indian reservation roads program and administrative expenses related to individual projects associated with such program. Requires that such administrative funds be made available to an Indian tribal government, upon its request, for use for the associated administrative functions assumed by the Indian tribe under contracts and agreements pursuant to the ISDEAA. Permits an Indian tribe or tribal organization to commence road and bridge construction under the TEA-21 that is funded through a contract or agreement under the ISDEAA so long as the Indian tribe or tribal organization has: (1) provided assurances that the construction will meet or exceed proper health and safety standards; (2) obtained advance review of the plans and specifications from a licensed professional who has certified that such plans and specifications meet or exceed such standards; and (3) provided a copy of such certification to the Bureau.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2102,106,s,2102,Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Act,Native Americans,2000-02-24,2000-11-01,Became Public Law No: 106-423.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,2,"Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Act - Mandates that all U.S. rights and interests to specified California and Nevada lands and water be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe of California and Nevada. Makes water rights granted by this Act junior to existing Federal and State water rights and prohibits them from being subject to relinquishment, forfeiture, or abandonment. Provides development and other limitations with respect to such lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to purchase additional lands and appurtenant water rights in trust for the Tribe's use. Recognizes certain special use areas, including the mesquite use area, a buffer area, and the Timbisha Shoshone natural and cultural preservation area. Outlines authorized administrative activities.Directs the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Tribe to enter into consultations and develop protocols to review planned development in Death Valley National Park (the site of the Tribe's ancestral homeland). Authorizes cooperative agreements for providing training on the interpretation, management, protection, and preservation of the natural and cultural resources of the Tribe's special use areas.Requires the Secretary and the Tribe to develop mutually agreed upon standards for a water monitoring system to assess the effects of water use at Scotty's Junction and Death Valley Junction on certain tribal trust lands described in this Act and on the Park.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-2052,106,s,2052,Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act of 2000,Native Americans,2000-02-10,2000-09-27,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-793.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,1,"Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to select up to 24 Indian tribes per fiscal year to participate in projects to foster community, economic, and business development in Native American communities through grants or other financial assistance provided through Federal programs or projects.Directs the President to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act and to ensure it is applied and implemented by all executive agencies.Outlines procedures for processing requests for joint financing (financing by at least two Federal assistance programs). Authorizes the establishment of a joint assistance fund to ensure that amounts received from more than one Federal program or appropriation are more effectively administered.Provides for the financial management, accountability, and audits of the use of financial assistance provided.Authorizes the provision of technical assistance and personnel training under a project approved for joint financing.Authorizes the head of an executive agency to enter into an agreement with a State to extend the benefits of this Act to a project that involves assistance from at least one executive agency and at least one tribal agency or instrumentality.Requires an implementation report from the President to Congress.",2025-08-20T14:19:56Z,
106-hconres-237,106,hconres,237,Expressing the sense of the Congress that a portion of the budget surplus should be used to fulfill moral and legal responsibilities of the United States by ensuring proper payment and management of all federally held tribal trust fund accounts and individual Indian money accounts.,Native Americans,1999-11-18,1999-11-19,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2480),House,"Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]",CA,D,M000725,11,Expresses the sense of the Congress that a portion of the budget surplus should be used to fulfill the moral and legal responsibilities of the United States by ensuring proper payment and management of all federally held tribal trust fund accounts and individual Indian money accounts.,2025-01-02T17:07:35Z,
106-s-1967,106,s,1967,"A bill to make technical corrections to the status of certain land held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, to take certain land into trust for that Band, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,1999-11-18,2000-06-29,Became Public Law No: 106-228.,Senate,"Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]",MS,R,C000567,1,"Provides that: (1) all land taken in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians on or after December 23, 1944, shall be part of the Mississippi Choctaw Indian Reservation; (2) all land held in fee by such Band located within the boundaries of the State of Mississippi is hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Band; and (3) land made part of the Mississippi Choctaw Indian Reservation after December 23, 1944, shall not be considered to be part of the initial reservation of the tribe upon which gaming is permitted under specified provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.",2026-02-10T13:38:48Z,
106-hr-3397,106,hr,3397,Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2000,Native Americans,1999-11-16,1999-12-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]",CA,D,M000725,30,"Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to require funding authorized for programs under title I (Indian health, human resources, and development) of the Act to be allocated by service area under a formula developed in consultation with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.Empowers the Director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) with the administration of Indian health professions scholarships. Requires all recipients of such scholarships awarded after 2001 to meet the active duty service obligation (service with the IHS or related service for Indians) within the service area from which the scholarship was awarded. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make funds available to Indian tribes and tribal organizations to assist such entities in educating Indians to serve as health professionals in Indian communities, as long as such Indians are enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a course of study in one of the health professions contemplated by the Act. Requires a written contractual agreement from such recipients to provide service in an Indian health program in the same service area where the entity providing the scholarship is located. Provides Indian health scholarship recipients a preference for IHS employment or authorizes employment by a program of an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization, or other HHS agencies, as available.Adds Indian tribes and tribal organizations as participants in the Community Health Representative Program under the Act, which provides for the training and use of Indians as community health representatives (currently, as community health paraprofessionals).Allows participants completing a term of education under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program to be employed within an Indian urban organization.Discontinues the annual authorization of appropriations for the Indian Health Scholarship and Loan Repayment Recovery Fund.Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse health professionals seeking positions with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations (currently, only those seeking employment with the IHS) for certain recruitment evaluation expenses.Limits to three years demonstration programs to enable Indian tribes, tribal organizations (current law), and urban Indian organizations to recruit, place, and retain Indian health professionals.Requires health professionals from urban Indian organizations to be given an equal opportunity to participate in a demonstration program to enable Indian health professionals to pursue advanced training or research in needed areas of study.Discontinues the annual authorization of appropriations for the Indian Nursing Program.Requires the Secretary to award grants to community colleges for programs which provide education in a health profession for individuals who desire to practice such profession in the IHS or a tribal health program (currently, only on an Indian reservation or tribal clinic). Provides a funding priority for tribally controlled colleges in service areas where they exist.Authorizes the Secretary to pay a retention bonus to any health professional (currently, physician or nurse) employed by or assigned to, and serving in, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations (currently, only in the IHS) who meet specified requirements.Directs the Secretary to develop and operate a National Community Health Aide Program based on the current Community Health Aide Program for Alaska. Authorizes the Secretary to fund pilot programs for tribes and tribal organizations to address the chronic shortages of health professionals.Deems scholarships provided under title I of the Act as ""qualified scholarships"" and therefore excluded from gross income for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code.Makes a certain prohibition on the Secretary removing a member of the National Health Service Corps from an Indian health program applicable to health programs operated by urban Indian organizations as well. Requires all service areas served by programs operated by the IHS, tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to be designated as Health Professional Shortage areas under the Public Health Service Act. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2012 to carry out title I of the Act.Provides additional authorized uses for funds appropriated under the authority of provisions regarding the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund. Authorizes such funds to be allocated to Indian tribes or tribal organizations.Requires funds provided through the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund to be administered by service area offices based upon priorities determined by the Indian tribes and tribal organizations within each area. Increases the cost level required to qualify for payments from the Fund.Requires the Secretary to continue to fund through FY 2012 each model diabetes project in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to include funding to establish dialysis programs.Authorizes the Secretary to enter into arrangements with Indian tribes or tribal organizations for the delivery of long-term care and similar services to Indians on a shared- services basis.Directs the Secretary to make funding available for research to further the performance of the health service responsibilities of the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations and to coordinate the activities of other agencies within HHS to address such research needs.Directs the Secretary to provide mammography and other cancer screening through Indian tribes or tribal organizations (currently, only through the IHS).Requires the Secretary to pay certain patient travel costs through Indian tribes and tribal organizations (currently, only through the IHS).Revises provisions regarding epidemiology centers.Directs the Secretary to provide funding to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations (currently, Indian tribes) to develop comprehensive school health education programs for children from preschool through grade 12 in schools (currently, schools on reservations) for the benefit of Indian and urban Indian children.Includes urban Indian preadolescent and adolescent youth within a program for innovative mental and physical disease prevention and health promotion and treatment.Authorizes the Secretary to make funding available to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, to provide funding for other health care services and programs not otherwise described in the Act, including hospice care and assisted living, long-term health care, home- and community-based services, public health functions, and traditional health care practices.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations, to provide funding to monitor and improve the quality of health care for Indian women of all ages through the planning and delivery of programs administered by the IHS. (Currently, an Office of Indian Women's Health Care has such monitoring duty.)Revises provisions regarding nuclear resource development health hazards to direct the Secretary and the IHS to conduct studies and ongoing monitoring programs to determine trends in health hazards to Indian miners and to Indians on or near Indian reservations and in Indian communities as a result of environmental hazards which may result in chronic or life-threatening health problems. Extends through FY 2012 the designation of Arizona as a contract health service delivery area for purposes of providing health care services to members of federally recognized Arizona Indian tribes.Authorizes the Secretary to fund a program using the California Rural Indian Health Board as a contract care intermediary to improve the accessibility of health services to California Indians. Allows certain counties in California that are currently excluded from the contract health services delivery area to be included in such area if funding is provided by the IHS for such services in those counties. Requires the IHS to provide funds for health care programs and facilities operated by Indian tribes and tribal organizations under funding agreements entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEA) on the same basis as such funds are provided to programs and facilities operated directly by the IHS.Exempts from State licensing requirements health care professionals employed by Indian tribes and tribal organizations to carry out the above funding agreements if such individuals are licensed in any other State.Allows elderly or disabled Indians receiving emergency medical care or services from a non-IHS provider or in a non-IHS facility 30 days to notify the IHS of such treatment or admission.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title II (health services) of the Act.Prohibits the closure of any hospital, outpatient health care, inpatient service, or special care facility operated by the IHS if the Secretary has not submitted to Congress at least one year prior to such proposed closure an evaluation of the impact of such closure. Directs the Secretary to establish a health care facility priority system. Directs the Secretary, beginning in the year 2000, to annually transmit to the President a report setting forth the needs of the IHS and all Indian tribes and tribal organizations for inpatient, outpatient, and specialized care facilities. Directs the Secretary to consult and cooperate with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations in developing innovative approaches to address unmet needs for the construction of health facilities.Provides authority for the Secretary to use specified appropriated funds for providing sanitation facilities and related services to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into inter-agency agreements with appropriate Federal agencies to provide financial assistance for safe water supply and sanitary sewage disposal facilities under the Act; and (2) establish standards applicable to the planning, design, and construction of water supply and sanitary sewage and solid waste disposal facilities funded under the Act. Makes the Indian family, community, or tribe primarily responsible for establishing, collecting, and using reasonable user fees for operating and maintaining sanitation facilities. Revises the defined water sanitation deficiency levels for facilities serving an Indian individual or community.Exempts construction or renovation of facilities constructed or renovated by funds made available under title III (facilities) of the Act from the Davis-Bacon Act.Authorizes the Secretary to accept any major expansion (currently, only renovation or modernization) by an Indian tribe of any IHS facility or any other Indian health facility operated pursuant to a funding agreement entered into under ISDEA.Revises grant eligibility requirements with respect to the construction, expansion, or modernization of ambulatory care facilities.Authorizes all Federal agencies to transfer land and improvements to the IHS at no cost for the provision of health care services.Makes certain provisions that authorize leases with Indian tribes applicable to tribal organizations as well. Considers such leases as operating leases for purposes of scoring under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.Establishes in the Treasury the Health Care Facilities Loan Fund to provide Indian tribes and tribal organizations direct loans, or guarantees for loans, for construction of health care facilities and related facilities and staff quarters. Authorizes appropriations.Authorizes Indian tribes and tribal organizations (currently, only Indian tribes) providing health care services pursuant to a funding agreement under the ISDEA to lease permanent structures for providing health care services without obtaining advance approval in appropriations Acts.Directs the Secretary to establish joint venture demonstration projects under which an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall expend tribal, private, or other available funds for the acquisition or construction of a health care facility for a minimum of ten years under a no-cost lease, in exchange for agreement by the IHS to provide the equipment, supplies, and staffing for such facility. Makes an Indian tribe or tribal organization liable for noncompletion of such a project.Adds Alaska Native lands to the definition of ""Indian lands"" for purposes of giving priority to locating Bureau of Indian Affairs and IHS facilities on such lands.Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the President identifying the backlog of maintenance and repair work required at both IHS and tribal health care facilities.Authorizes an Indian tribe or tribal organization which operates a hospital or other health care facility and the federally owned quarters associated therewith pursuant to a funding agreement under the ISDEA to establish the rental rates charged, and to notify the Secretary of its election to exercise such authority. Requires rental occupants to be notified at least 60 days in advance of a change in rental rates by an Indian tribe or tribal organization. Authorizes such tribe or organization to collect rents directly from Federal employees occupying such quarters, under specified conditions and procedures.Authorizes the Secretary to accept from any source funds for the construction of Indian health care facilities, and to enter into funding agreements with other Federal entities for such purposes.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title III of the Act.Requires the Secretary, in making payments to IHS service units for services rendered to Indians eligible for benefits under title XIX (Medicaid), to ensure that each such unit receives 100 (currently 80) percent of the amounts to which such facilities are entitled under the Medicaid provisions.Directs the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into funding agreements with, Indian tribes (currently, only tribal organizations) for establishing and administering programs on or near Indian reservations and trust areas and Alaska Native villages to assist Indians to enroll and apply for Medicare, Medicaid, and child health assistance under XXI (Children's Health Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations for the provision of such assistance to urban Indians.Makes permanent (currently a demonstration project) a program under which an Indian tribe or tribal organization may directly bill and receive reimbursement for health care services provided for which payment is made under Medicare, Medicaid, a State's children's insurance health plan approved under title XXI (Children's Health Insurance) of the Social Security Act, or from any other third-party payor.Applies to urban Indian organizations a certain right to recovery of expenses incurred by the United States, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations in providing health services. Provides for the enforcement of such right of recovery.Authorizes tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to use funding from the Secretary under this Act to purchase managed care coverage for IHS beneficiaries.Directs the Secretary to examine, and report to Congress on, the feasibility of entering into or expanding existing arrangements for the sharing of medical facilities and services between the IHS and the Department of Veterans Affairs and other appropriate Federal agencies. Authorizes the IHS Director to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to assist in achieving parity in health services for Indians.Makes the IHS and programs operated by Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations the payor of last resort for services provided to persons eligible for services from these programs, notwithstanding contradicting Federal, State, or local law, unless such law explicitly provides otherwise. Makes such entities eligible to receive payment or reimbursement for services provided by such entities from any federally funded health care program, unless there is an explicit prohibition on such payments in the applicable authorizing statute.Authorizes the IHS service unit in Tuba City, Arizona, to enter into a demonstration project with Arizona under which the IHS would provide certain Medicaid services to IHS/Medicaid eligibles in return for payment from the State.Entitles an Indian tribe or tribal organization carrying out programs under the ISDEA, or an urban Indian organization carrying out programs under title V of the Act, to purchase Federal health and life insurance for the employees of such tribe or organization.Requires certain consultation with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations prior to the adoption of any policy or regulation by the Health Care Financing Administration.Authorizes the IHS, an Indian tribe, or tribal organization to apply for a waiver of certain Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance sanctions.Excludes from the definition of ""remuneration,"" for purposes of specified provisions of the Social Security Act, certain exchanges of value between or among the IHS, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations related to the provision of health care services.Prohibits any Indian eligible for services under Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance of the Social Security Act from being charged a deductible or other payment for any service provided by or through the IHS, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization. Excludes certain income and property from the estate, for purposes of eligibility for services or implementing estate recovery rights under Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance. Prohibits a parent from being responsible for reimbursing the Federal Government or a State for the cost of medical services provided to a child through the IHS, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization. Provides such entities with a right of recovery from all private and public health plans for the reasonable costs of delivering health services to Indians entitled to receive services. Requires States entering into agreements with one or more managed care organizations to provide services under Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance to enter into such an agreement with the IHS, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization that can provide services to Indians who may be eligible or required to enroll in such a managed care plan.Authorizes the Secretary to treat the Navajo Nation as a State, for purposes of Medicaid, to provide services to Indians living within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation.Directs the Health Care Financing Administration to establish and fund a National Indian Technical Advisory Group and an Indian Medicaid Advisory Committee.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title IV (access to health services) of the Act.Authorizes the Secretary, through the IHS, to contract with, or make grants to, an urban Indian organization that provides or arranges for the provision of health care services to urban Indians in more than one urban center.Changes from quarterly to semiannually certain reporting requirements of urban Indian organizations receiving or expending funds pursuant to a grant or contract with respect to health care services provided to urban Indians.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to contractors or other recipients for the lease, purchase, renovation, construction, or expansion of facilities in order to assist them in complying with licensure or certification requirements. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS or the Health Resources and Services Administration, to provide loans to such entities from the Urban Indian Health Care Facilities Revolving Loan Fund (established herein) for the construction, renovation, expansion, or purchase of health care facilities.Redesignates the Branch of Urban Health Programs as the Office of Urban Indian Health. Includes among office responsibilities the provision of technical assistance to urban Indian organizations.Treats the Tulsa Clinic demonstration project as a permanent program within the IHS direct care program and as a service unit in the allocation of resources and coordination of Indian health care.Requires grants or contracts made or entered into by the Secretary for the administration of urban Indian alcohol programs to become effective no later than September 30, 2001.Directs the Secretary to ensure that the IHS, the Health Care Financing Administration, and other operating and staff divisions of HHS consult with urban Indian organizations prior to taking any action, or approving Federal financial assistance for any action, that may affect urban Indians or urban Indian organizations.Deems an urban Indian organization that has entered into a contract or received a grant pursuant to title V (health services for urban Indians) of the Act to be part of the Public Health Service while carrying out such contract or grant for purposes of coverage under the Federal Tort Claims Act.Directs the Secretary to make payments for the construction and operation of at least two residential alcohol treatment centers in each State where there reside urban Indian youth with a need for alcohol and substance abuse treatment services and at which there is a significant shortage of such services.Directs the Secretary to permit an urban Indian organization that has entered into a contract or received a grant under title V of the Act to use existing facilities and equipment and other personal property owned by the Federal Government, including that determined to be excess to the needs of the IHS or the General Services Administration.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to those urban Indian organizations that have entered into a contract or grant under title V of the Act for the provision of services for the prevention, treatment, and control of complications resulting from, diabetes among urban Indians.Authorizes the Secretary, through the IHS, to enter into contracts with, and make grants to, urban Indian organizations for the use of Indians trained as health service providers through the Community Health Representatives Program in the provision of health care, health promotion, and disease prevention services to urban Indians.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title V and VI (organizational improvements) of the Act.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal and urban Indian organizations, to encourage Indian tribes and tribal organizations to participate in developing area-wide plans for Indian Behavioral Health Services, including plans for treating substance abuse, mental illness, and dysfunctional and self-destructive behavior (suicide, child abuse, and family violence) among Indians. Requires the establishment of a national clearinghouse for such plans and related information. Authorizes technical assistance to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to develop community behavioral health plans. Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, to provide a program of comprehensive behavioral health, prevention, treatment, and aftercare for Indian tribes. Requires the development of criteria for the certification of behavioral health service providers and accreditation of service facilities providing such care.Directs (currently, authorizes) the Secretary to make funds available to urban Indian organizations to develop and implement a comprehensive behavioral health program (currently, an alcohol and substance abuse program) of prevention, intervention, treatment, and relapse prevention services that specifically address the spiritual, cultural, historical, social, and child care needs of Indian women, regardless of age. (Currently, such funding is available only to Indian tribes and tribal organizations.)Includes behavioral health services within a current program for acute detoxification and treatment for Indian youth. Authorizes the Secretary to provide specified intermediate behavioral health services to Indian children and adolescents. Requires Indian tribes or tribal organizations (currently, only the Secretary) to develop and implement within each IHS service unit community- based rehabilitation and follow-up services for Indian youth who are having significant behavioral health problems and require long-term treatment, community reintegration, and monitoring after their return to their home community. Provides for the inclusion of family members of such youth in their treatment. Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal and urban Indian organizations, to provide programs and services to prevent and treat the abuse of multiple forms of substances, including alcohol, drugs, inhalants, and tobacco, among Indian youth residing in Indian communities, on Indian reservations, and in urban areas and to provide appropriate mental health services to address the incidence of mental illness among such youth.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, to provide, in each IHS service area, not less than one inpatient mental health care facility for Indians with behavioral health problems.Requires the Secretary to develop and implement (or provide funding to enable Indian tribes and tribal organizations to implement) programs of behavioral health (currently, alcohol and substance abuse) community leadership training and education.Directs the Secretary, acting through Indian tribes and tribal and urban Indian organizations, to establish and operate fetal alcohol disorders programs in order to meet specified health status objectives. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations to establish such programs.) Redesignates a task force established for such purposes as the Fetal Alcohol Disorders Task Force. Includes urban Indian organizations as entities eligible for funding from the Secretary for such programs.Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the IHS, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, to establish programs involving treatment for both victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse.Directs the Secretary to provide funding to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations, or make appropriate contracts or grants, for research on the incidence and prevalence of behavioral health problems among Indians served by the IHS or such tribes or organizations.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations for title VII (behavioral health programs) of the Act.Requires the President to include in required annual reports to Congress reports on various programs established under this Act.Requires regulations implementing amendments to the Act to be negotiated by a rulemaking committee made up of representatives of the Federal Government, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress a plan explaining the manner and schedule by which the Secretary will implement provisions of the Act, as amended by this Act.Directs the Secretary to provide services and benefits for Indians in Montana in a manner consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in McNabb for McNabb v. Bowen.Directs the IHS to provide health care services during a moratorium period in which certain service eligibility criteria are being developed.Establishes the National Bipartisan Indian Health Care Entitlement Commission to: (1) establish a Study Committee to study the extent of Indian health services needs; (2) review and analyze the Study Committee's report; and (3) make recommendations to Congress for providing health services for Indians as an entitlement. Authorizes appropriations for the Commission.Extends through FY 2012 the authorization of appropriations under title VIII (miscellaneous) of the Act.",2026-03-23T12:17:56Z,
106-hr-3412,106,hr,3412,Charlotte Beach Land Claims Settlement Act,Native Americans,1999-11-16,1999-11-16,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,0,"Charlotte Beach Land Claims Settlement Act - Requires that, upon relinquishment by the Bay Mills Indian Community of all claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands (certain Michigan lands that are located within the Community's traditional homelands) and dismissal of specified suits by the Community concerning title to such lands: (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall take certain Alternative Lands into trust for the benefit of such Community as part of the settlement of the Community's claim to the Charlotte Beach Lands; and (2) the Alternative Lands shall become part of the Community's reservation.Directs the Secretary to take certain other Michigan lands into trust for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan as settlement of that Tribe's claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands.Extinguishes all claims of the Community and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe for Charlotte Beach Lands upon the transfer of the Alternative Lands.",2025-08-20T14:19:29Z,
106-s-1929,106,s,1929,Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2000,Native Americans,1999-11-16,2000-10-23,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,1,"Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2000 - Amends the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to find that the unmet needs and serious health disparities that adversely affect Native Hawaiians include cancer, diabetes, asthma, heart disease, hypertension, strokes, infectious disease and illness, dental health, life expectancy, maternal and child health, mental health (including alcohol and drug abuse), and health professions education and training.Expresses as the intent of Congress: (1) the establishment and implementation of health care programs which substantially reduce or eliminate the over-representation of Native Hawaiians among those suffering from chronic and acute disease and illness and addressing Native Hawaiian health needs; and (2) that the United States raise the health status of Native Hawaiians by the year 2010 to at least the levels set forth within Healthy People 2010 or successor standards and to incorporate within health programs certain activities identified by Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the progress made in achieving such national policy.Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Papa Ola Lokahi (an organization of public agencies and private organizations focused on improving the health status of Native Hawaiians) to support community-based initiatives that are reflective of holistic approaches to health. Authorizes Papa Ola Lokahi and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (Office) to enter into a memorandum of understanding to accomplish such objectives. Requires a report from Papa Ola Lokahi to Congress on the impact of current Federal and State health care financing mechanisms and policies on the health and well-being of Native Hawaiians. Authorizes appropriations. Requires Papa Ola Lokahi to serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and maintenance of data associated with the health status of Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to provide Papa Ola Lokahi and the Office, at least annually, an accounting of funds and services provided to States and other organizations from the Department of Health and Human Services for purposes set forth in this Act. Directs Papa Ola Lokahi to make annual recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the allocation of all amounts appropriated under the Act. Requires Federal agencies providing health care financing and carrying out health care programs to consult with Native Hawaiians and organizations providing health care services to Native Hawaiians prior to the adoption of any policy or regulation impacting the provision of services or health insurance coverage. Requires the State of Hawaii to consult with Native Hawaiians and such organizations prior to making or initiating new programs. Authorizes the Office to develop arrangements with any Federal agency or other agencies providing full or partial health insurance to Native Hawaiians for appropriate reimbursement for services provided. Authorizes the use of traditional healers as part of such services.Limits to eight the number of Native Hawaiian health care systems that the Secretary may award a grant to or contract with to provide comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention services for Native Hawaiians. Authorizes the Secretary, in addition to such grants and contracts, to make a grant to or contract with Papa Ola Lokahi for planning with Native Hawaiian health care systems or a Native Hawaiian Center to serve the health needs of Native Hawaiian communities on each of the islands of Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii, Lanai, Kauai, and Niihau. Adds to the services authorized under all such grants and contracts the support of culturally appropriate activities enhancing health and wellness, including land-, water-, ocean-, and spiritually-based projects and programs. Extends through FY 2011 the authorization of appropriations for such grants.Extends through FY 2011 the authorization of appropriations for administrative grants for Papa Ola Lokahi.Changes reporting requirements of grant entities from a quarterly to an annual basis.Allows the Secretary to provide funds to an appropriate Native Hawaiian organization or health care organization (currently, only to Kamehameha Schools) to provide scholarship assistance to Native Hawaiian students enrolled in health professions courses or programs. Adds the provision of fellowships to authorized fund uses. Authorizes a priority for such assistance for employees of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems and the Native Hawaiian Health Centers. Extends through FY 2011 the authorization of appropriations for such scholarships and fellowships.Directs the Secretary to permit organizations receiving contracts or grants under this Act to use government facilities and equipment in carrying out authorized purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to donate excess property, or to acquire excess or surplus property, for such purposes.Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to carry out Native Hawaiian demonstration projects of national significance. Prohibits such funding from reducing other funding provided under this Act.Establishes a National Bipartisan Native Hawaiian Health Care Entitlement Commission: (1) to establish a study committee to collect and compile data concerning Native Hawaiian needs with regard to the provision of health services; and (2) after reviewing the study committee's report, to make recommendations to Congress for the provision of such services as an entitlement. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-hr-3291,106,hr,3291,Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act,Native Americans,1999-11-10,2000-08-18,Became Public Law No: 106-263.,House,"Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1]",UT,R,H000172,0,"Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act - Requires the St. George (Utah) Water Reuse Project to consist of water treatment facilities, a pipeline, and associated pumping and delivery facilities to divert water from the Water Reclamation Facility in St. George and transport such water for delivery to and use by St. George and the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah. Makes 2,000 acre-feet of water available annually to the Band.Sets forth funding provisions and describes project construction, permitting, operation, and maintenance responsibilities of St. George.(Sec. 6) Requires the Santa Clara Project to: (1) consist of a pressurized pipeline from the existing Gunlock Reservoir across the Shivwits Reservation, along with main lateral pipelines; (2) pool and deliver the water rights of the parties as set forth in the Santa Clara Project Agreement; and (3) deliver to the Band 1,900 acre-feet annually.Sets forth funding provisions and describes project construction, permitting, operation, and maintenance responsibilities of the Washington County Water Conservancy District.(Sec. 7) Grants the Band the right in perpetuity to divert, pump, impound, use, and reuse a total of 4,000 acre-feet of water annually from the Virgin River and Santa Clara River systems to be taken as follows: (1) the water quantities described in this Act as set forth in the Santa Clara Project and St. George Water Reuse Project Agreements (Project Agreements) (with first priority to the reuse water provided from the St. George Project); and (2) 100 acre-feet from groundwater on the Shivwits Reservation.Settles, ratifies, and confirms the Band's water rights.Permits the Band to use water from the springs and runoff on the Reservation. Declares that the amount used from such sources will be reported annually to the Utah State Engineer by the Band and requires the amount to be counted against the annual Water Right.Provides that the Shivwits Water Right shall not be subject to loss by abandonment, forfeiture, or nonuse. Authorize the Band to use or lease the Water Right for: (1) any purpose permitted by tribal or Federal law anywhere on the Reservation; and (2) any beneficial use off the Reservation.(Sec. 8) Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Project Agreements and the Settlement Agreement among the United States, Utah, the Band, and other specified parties, except to the extent they conflict with this Act.(Sec. 9) Requires the benefits realized by the Band under the Agreements and this Act to constitute full and complete satisfaction of all Band water rights claims under Federal and State laws from time immemorial to the effective date of this Act. Provides for a waiver and release, in conjunction with the Reservation of Rights and Retention of Claims set forth in the Settlement Agreement, of all such claims.(Sec. 10) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a water rights and habitat acquisition program in the Virgin River Basin for the benefit of native plant and animal species in the Santa Clara and Virgin River Basins which have been listed or are likely to be listed, or are the subject of an approved conservation agreement under the Endangered Species Act. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire water rights and habitat property to assist the conservation and recovery of such plants or species. Authorizes appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for such program, but subjects expenditures to certain conditions.(Sec. 11) Establishes the Shivwits Band Trust Fund in the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 14) Releases and waives the Band's water rights claims as of the date the Secretary publishes a finding that certain actions, including those under this Act, have been taken. Provides that if such actions have not been completed in order to allow the publication of the Secretary's findings by December 31, 2003, this Act shall have no effect.",2025-04-07T13:47:14Z,
106-hr-3333,106,hr,3333,Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-11-10,2000-03-27,Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.,House,"Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]",NM,D,U000039,1,"Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 1999 - Title I: Training and Technical Assistance, Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Grants - Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice, to award grants to: (1) national and regional membership organizations and associations whose membership consists of judicial system personnel within tribal justice systems, to provide training and technical assistance for the development, enrichment, and enhancement of such systems; and (2) non-profit entities that provide legal assistance services for Indian tribes, members of Indian tribes, or tribal justice systems pursuant to federal poverty guidelines, for the provision of civil or criminal legal assistance to members of tribes and tribal justice systems. Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Indian Tribal Courts - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants and provide technical assistance to Indian tribes to enable such tribes to carry out programs supporting the development, enhancement, and continuing operation of tribal justice systems and the development and implementation of: (1) tribal codes and sentencing guidelines; (2) inter-tribal courts and appellate systems; (3) tribal probation services, diversion programs, and alternative sentencing provisions; (4) tribal juvenile services and multi-disciplinary protocols for child physical and sexual abuse; and (5) traditional tribal judicial practices, traditional tribal justice systems, and traditional methods of dispute resolution.Authorizes appropriations.Amends the Indian Tribal Justice Act to extend through FY 2007 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Office of Tribal Justice Support; (2) base support funding for tribal justice systems; (3) administration of the Office; and (4) the administration of tribal judicial conferences.",2025-08-20T14:19:37Z,
106-s-1913,106,s,1913,Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-11-10,1999-11-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,1,"Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999 - Permits the Ak-Chin Indian Community to lease, enter into options to lease, renew options to lease, extend the initial terms of or renew leases (for the same or a lesser term as the initial term of the lease) exchange, or temporarily dispose of water to which it is entitled for the beneficial use in the areas initially designated as the Pinal, Phoenix, and Tucson Active Management Areas pursuant to the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980. Limits to 100 years the initial term of any such lease.Ratifies and approves the option and lease agreement among the Community, the United States, and Del Webb Corporation, dated as of December 14, 1996, and the Amendment Number One thereto, dated as of January 7, 1999. Directs the Secretary to execute Amendment Number One, and the restated agreement as provided in such amendment, within 60 days after the enactment date of this Act.",2025-08-20T14:17:00Z,
106-hr-3262,106,hr,3262,Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia Recognition Act,Native Americans,1999-11-09,1999-11-09,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]",GA,D,B000490,1,"Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia Recognition Act - Extends Federal recognition to the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia.Makes the Tribe eligible for all Federal benefits and services furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation.Makes the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act applicable to the Tribe and its members.Directs the Secretary, if the Tribe transfers interests in land within the boundaries of Grady County, Carroll County, and such other counties in Georgia to the Secretary, to take such interests in land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Makes such land the Tribe's initial reservation land.Requires the Tribe to submit a membership roll.",2025-08-20T14:17:19Z,
106-s-1893,106,s,1893,Gaming Clarification Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-11-09,1999-11-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,0,"Gaming Clarification Act of 1999 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to make class III gaming activities lawful on Indian trust land in the State of Missouri only when they are conducted in accordance with any geographic limitation placed by the Missouri State Constitution. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from taking land into trust for an Indian tribe in Missouri for class II or class III gaming or approving such gaming on lands taken into trust in the State when the Missouri State Constitution authorizes the State's general assembly to permit lotteries, gift enterprises, and games of chance to be conducted only upon the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers on excursion gambling boats and floating facilities.",2025-08-20T14:21:18Z,
106-s-1857,106,s,1857,Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act,Native Americans,1999-11-04,1999-11-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon the relinquishment by certain holders of coal preference right lease applications, to issue to each such holder a Certificate of Bidding Rights that constitutes the fair market value of the relinquished rights. Provides a fair market value determination method.Directs the Secretary: (1) no later than July 15, 2000, to verify the selection of current Bureau of Land Management lands in New Mexico made by the Navajo Indian Nation pursuant to a resettlement plan for the Navajo Tribe; and (2) within 30 days thereafter, to issue patents to the Navajo Nation to the relinquished coal preference rights.",2025-08-20T14:18:41Z,
106-s-1840,106,s,1840,California Indian Land Transfer Act,Native Americans,1999-11-02,2000-10-02,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 895.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,0,"California Indian Land Transfer Act - Declares U.S. rights and interests in specified lands to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe, the Fort Independence Community of Paiute Indians, the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians, the Cuyapaipe Band of Mission Indians, the Manzanita Band of Mission Indians, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and the Fort Bidwell Community of Paiute Indians. Requires proceeds from rents and royalties from such lands to be available for use by the appropriate tribe, band, or group. Terminates grazing preferences two years after enactment of this Act. Requires such lands to be added to the existing reservation of the appropriate tribe, band, or group.",2025-08-20T14:21:00Z,
106-s-1838,106,s,1838,A bill to provide that certain income derived from an agreement between the Bios Forte Band of Chippewa Indians and the State of Minnesota shall not be considered income for purposes of Federal assistance eligibility.,Native Americans,1999-11-01,1999-11-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN]",MN,D,W000288,0,"Prohibits any of the funds paid by the State of Minnesota to the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians and the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians pursuant to the agreement of such Bands to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from being considered as income or resources, or otherwise being used as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which a household or member of such Bands would be entitled to under the Social Security Act, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, or any Federal or federally assisted program.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-1839,106,s,1839,A bill to provide that land which is owned by the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Community may be leased or transferred by the Community without further approval by the United States.,Native Americans,1999-11-01,1999-11-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN]",MN,D,W000288,0,"Permits the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota, without further approval by the United States, to lease or transfer all or any part of the Community's interest in any real property that is not held: (1) within the borders of the Lower Sioux Reservation; or (2) in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Community.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-hr-3181,106,hr,3181,"To permit the leasing of oil and gas rights on certain lands held in trust for the Navajo Nation or alloted to a member of the Navajo Nation, in any case in which there is consent from a specified percentage interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease.",Native Americans,1999-10-28,1999-11-04,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]",NM,D,U000039,2,Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to approve any oil or gas lease or agreement that affects individually owned Navajo Indian allotted land if: (1) the owners of no less than the specified applicable percentage of the undivided interest in the Navajo Indian allotted land that is covered by the oil or gas lease or agreement consent in writing; and (2) the Secretary determines that approving the lease or agreement is in the best interest of the owners. Specifies the applicable percentage as: (1) 100 percent if there are ten or fewer owners; (2) 80 percent if there are ten to 50 owners; and (3) 60 percent if there are more than 50 owners.Authorizes the Secretary to give written consent to such an oil or gas lease or agreement on behalf of an individual Indian owner if: (1) the owner is deceased and the heirs to the interest have not been determined; or (2) the heirs have been determined but one or more cannot be located.Provides that: (1) an oil or gas lease or agreement approved under this Act shall be binding on all owners of interest in the Navajo Indian allotted land and all parties to the lease or agreement to the same extent as if all of the owners had consented to the lease or agreement; and (2) an approved lease or agreement shall apply to any portion of the undivided interest in allotted lands held by an Indian tribe even though the tribe did not consent.Provides for the distribution of proceeds derived from the lease or agreement to all owners of the undivided interest in the covered land in accordance with the portion of the undivided interest owned.,2025-04-07T13:47:14Z,
106-hr-3112,106,hr,3112,Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000,Native Americans,1999-10-20,2000-10-25,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 584.",House,"Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]",CO,R,M000477,0,"Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in order to settle the outstanding claims of the Ute Indian tribes on the Animas and La Plata Rivers in Colorado and acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to: (1) complete construction of, operate, and maintain a reservoir, pumping plant, reservoir inlet conduit, and appurtenant facilities to divert and store water from the Animas River to provide a municipal and industrial water supply (the Project); and (2) deliver through the use of such components, specified municipal and industrial water allocations to the San Juan Water Commission, Animas-La Plata Conservancy District, State of Colorado, La Plata Conservancy District of New Mexico, Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes, and Navajo Nation.Declares that such facilities, if constructed, constitute the Animas- La Plata Project. Prohibits the commencement of construction of any other project features authorized by the Colorado River Basin Project Act without further authorization from Congress.Provides that construction costs required to deliver each tribe's water allocation shall be nonreimbursable. Makes the nontribal repayment obligations for water allocations subject to a final cost allocation by the Secretary upon project completion. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of cost-share agreements. Requires the reallocation of water allocations for the Animas-La Plata Conservancy District and the State of Colorado to the Colorado Ute Tribes if no agreement is reached with the District or the State for such allocations.(Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary, upon request of the State Engineer of New Mexico, to assign to the New Mexico Project beneficiaries or the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission any portion of Department of the Interior interests under a specified permit in order to fulfill the New Mexico purposes of the Project, so long as the assignment does not affect the application of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to the use of the water.Authorizes the Secretary to construct a water line to augment the existing system that conveys municipal water supplies to the Navajo Indian Reservation at Shiprock, New Mexico. Makes construction costs for the water line nonreimbursable.Authorizes appropriations to the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Resource Funds. Requires the Secretary to establish such Funds. Provides for disbursement of Fund monies in accordance with approved natural resource acquisition and enhancement plans.Establishes the Colorado Ute Settlement Fund in the Treasury and authorizes appropriations to the Fund to complete the construction of Project facilities.Requires the construction of facilities, allocation of water supply to the Indian tribes, provision of funds, and issuance of an amended final consent decree under this Act to constitute final settlement of tribal claims to water rights on the Animas and La Plata Rivers. Requires such decree to provide for an extension of the current January 1, 2005, deadline for the tribes to commence litigation of their reserved rights claims on such rivers.",2025-04-07T13:47:32Z,
106-hr-3090,106,hr,3090,"To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to restore certain lands to the Elim Native Corporation, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,1999-10-18,2000-05-02,Became Public Law No: 106-194.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to withdraw certain Alaska lands from disposition under the public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, for a two-year period, for selection by the Elim Native Corporation. Authorizes such Corporation to select 50,000 acres of such lands. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the surface and subsurface estate in the lands selected. Subjects such transfer to valid existing rights, covenants, terms, and conditions. Constitutes the Corporation's selection and final conveyance of such lands as full satisfaction of its land entitlement. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to convey selections of hot or medicinal springs (subject to specified covenants and conditions). Reserves certain U.S. rights with respect to the conveyance to the Corporation. Directs the Secretary and the Corporation to enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement such conveyance. Directs the Bureau of Land Management to reserve appropriate easements to the United States, and authorizes the Bureau to reserve easements for the Iditarod National Historic Trail.Authorizes appropriations.Authorizes an Alaska Native to transfer Settlement Common Stock to a descendant notwithstanding an adoption, relinquishment, or termination of parental rights that may have altered or severed the legal relationship between the donor and recipient.Redefines a Settlement Trust as any trust operated for the benefit of shareholders, Natives, and descendants of Natives (current law limits to stockholders).",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
106-hr-3080,106,hr,3080,American Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-10-14,2000-12-14,"Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-1028, Part I.",House,"Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-9]",MI,D,K000172,6,"American Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the District of Columbia as a charitable and nonprofit federally chartered corporation the American Indian Education Foundation. Authorizes the Foundation to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts for the benefit or support of educational opportunities of American Indians who attend schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.",2025-08-20T14:19:22Z,
106-s-1702,106,s,1702,Alaska Native Claims Technical Amendments Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-10-06,1999-10-14,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-414.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,1,"Alaska Native Claims Technical Amendments Act of 1999 - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to authorize an Alaska Native to transfer Settlement Common Stock to a descendant notwithstanding an adoption, relinquishment, or termination of parental rights that may have altered or severed the legal relationship between the donor and recipient. (Sec. 3) Includes any corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, or affiliate with which a Native Corporation or its affiliate engages in one or more commercial transactions that exceed $20,000 in a calendar year within the entities excluded from the definition of ""employer"" for purposes of application of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Sec. 4) Includes as a Settlement Trust any trust operated for the benefit of shareholders (current law), Natives, and descendants of Natives. (Sec. 5) Includes within lands authorized to be allotted to Alaska Native veterans: (1) land in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska which the eligible person used and occupied; (2) land that was not vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved when the eligible person first used and occupied such land, but which prior to December 18, 1971, became vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved during the time the eligible person used and occupied the land; or (3) land that was not vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved when the eligible person first used and occupied such land, but which became vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved after the above date, and remains so. Makes eligible for such allotments Alaska veterans who served during the period between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975 (currently, the period between January 1, 1969, and December 31, 1971) and served on active duty for at least six months.  Outlines allotment approval procedures, including the right to protest a proposed allotment. (Sec. 7) Withdraws for two years from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws certain lands in the vicinity of Elim, Alaska.  Authorizes the Elim Native Corporation to select and receive title to 50,000 acres within the withdrawn lands to replace lands deleted from the original Norton Bay Reservation by executive order in 1929.  Outlines selection procedures.  States that conveyance of selected lands shall constitute full satisfaction of Corporation claims to replacement lands. (Sec. 8) States that no person acquiring a land interest under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be liable for costs of removal or remedial action, any damages, or any third party liability arising out of any contamination on that land at the time the land was acquired unless such person was directly responsible for such contamination.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
106-hr-3013,106,hr,3013,Alaska Native Claims Technical Amendments Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-10-05,1999-10-18,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2124-2125),House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Alaska Native Claims Technical Amendments Act of 1999 - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to authorize an Alaska Native to transfer Settlement Common Stock to a descendant notwithstanding an adoption, relinquishment, or termination of parental rights that may have altered or severed the legal relationship between the donor and recipient. (Sec. 3) Includes any corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, or affiliate with which a Native Corporation or its affiliate engages in one or more commercial transactions that exceed $20,000 in a calendar year within the entities excluded from the definition of ""employer"" for purposes of application of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Sec. 4) Includes as a Settlement Trust any trust operated for the benefit of shareholders (current law), Natives, and descendants of Natives. (Sec. 5) Includes within lands authorized to be allotted to Alaska Native veterans lands: (1) in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska which the eligible person used and occupied; (2) that were not vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved when the eligible person first used and occupied such land, but which prior to December 18, 1971, became vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved during the time the eligible person used and occupied the land; or (3) that were not vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved when the eligible person first used and occupied such land, but which became vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved after the above date, and remain so. Makes eligible for such allotments Alaska veterans who served during the period between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975 (currently, the period between January 1, 1969, and December 31, 1971) and served on active duty for at least six months.  Outlines allotment approval procedures, including the right to protest a proposed allotment. (Sec. 7) Withdraws for two years from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws certain lands in the vicinity of Elim, Alaska.  Authorizes the Elim Native Corporation to select and receive title to 50, 000 acres of land within the withdrawn lands to replace lands deleted from the original Norton Bay Reservation by executive order in 1929. Outlines selection procedures.  States that conveyance of selected lands shall constitute full satisfaction of Corporation claims to replacement lands. (Sec. 8) States that no person acquiring a land interest under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be liable for contamination cleanup costs at the time the land was acquired unless such person was directly responsible for such contamination.",2025-08-20T14:20:58Z,
106-hr-2992,106,hr,2992,Tribal Sovereignty Protection Act,Native Americans,1999-10-01,1999-10-01,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6]",AZ,R,H000413,9,"Tribal Sovereignty Protection Act - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to prohibit negotiated Tribal-State compacts from including, or being conditioned upon, any provision relating to labor terms or conditions for employees of tribally owned businesses located on Indian lands.",2025-08-20T14:18:55Z,
106-s-1658,106,s,1658,"A bill to authorize the construction of a Reconciliation Place in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,1999-09-29,2000-09-27,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,1,"Title I: Reconciliation Center - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish in Stanley County, South Dakota, a reconciliation center known as Reconciliation Place to: (1) enhance knowledge and understanding of the history of Native Americans; (2) interpret the encounters between Lewis and Clark and the Sioux Nation; (3) house the Sioux Nation Tribal Supreme Court (Court); (4) house the Native American Economic Development Council (Council); and (5) house the National Native American Mediation Training Center (Center). Directs such Secretary to award a grant to the Wakpa Sica Historical Society of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, for construction of Reconciliation Place.(Sec. 102) Directs the Attorney General to provide technical and financial assistance to ensure the development and operation of the Court and the Center. Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Native American Economic Development Council - Establishes the Native American Economic Development Council to: (1) accept gifts and use them as a source of matching funds necessary for Federal assistance; (2) provide members of Indian tribes with skills, resources, and grants and loans for establishing and operating businesses; (3) provide scholarships to Indian students pursuing an education in a business or a business-related subject; and (4) provide technical assistance to Indian tribes in obtaining Federal assistance. Establishes a Council Board of Directors.(Sec. 204) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to: (1) provide necessary administrative services to the Council for five years after the enactment of this Act; and (2) accept volunteers to serve on the Council and the Board.(Sec. 206) Subjects the Council to Federal audit requirements. Directs the Council to report annually to Congress on its proceedings and activities. Provides for district court relief for certain Council acts or failures to act.(Sec. 207) Releases the United States from all Council debts, actions, or omissions.(Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to award, at least annually, grants to the Council to carry out its purposes. Provides a Federal share of 80 percent, with a 20 percent matching funds requirement from the Council. Requires specified agency heads to provide necessary technical assistance to the Council.(Sec. 209) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 through 2006 to carry out this Act.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-hr-2875,106,hr,2875,"To amend the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act to provide for tribal representation on the Klamath Fishery Management Council, to clarify allocation of the annual tribal catch, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,1999-09-15,2000-05-04,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]",CA,R,H000528,0,Amends the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act to add a representative of the Karuk Indian Tribe to the Klamath Fishery Management Council.Requires the Karuk Tribe's annual catch yielded through the tribal fishery on the Klamath River to be part of the tribe's in-river tribal allocation.,2025-01-02T17:12:20Z,
106-s-1586,106,s,1586,Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000,Native Americans,1999-09-15,2000-11-07,Became Public Law No: 106-462.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,1,"Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 - Title I: Indian Land Consolidation - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to revise certain Indian land consolidation provisions. Adds to the definition of ""Indian"" for purposes of such Act any person who has been found to meet such definition under a provision of Federal law if consistent with the purposes of the Act. Sets forth provisions concerning, among other things: (1) the acquisition of fractional interests in Indian trust or restricted lands; (2) the required approval of the Secretary of the Interior for trust or restricted land sales, except with respect to an Indian tribe that has a Secretary-approved land consolidation plan; (3) the required approval by the Secretary within a specified time frame of any adopted Indian tribal probate code governing the descent and distribution of trust or restricted lands (outlines approval procedures, reserves life estates for non-Indian devisees who would otherwise be precluded from inheriting by reason of the adopted code, and authorizes payments by tribes to such devisees to acquire interests); (4) the descent and distribution of interests in trust or restricted lands, including fractional interests; (5) intestate succession and descent to an Indian tribe of remainder interests in trust or restricted lands when the decedent has no Indian heirs of the first or second degree subject to acquisition of such interests by Indian co-owners; (6) creation of joint tenancy with the right to survivorship if interests in the same parcel of land are devised to more than one person; (7) the descent and distribution of trust or restricted lands located outside of a reservation and authority of the official authorized to adjudicate probate to approve agreements between a decedent's heirs and devisees to consolidate interest in such lands; (8) notification by the Secretary of Indian tribes and owners of trust or restricted lands of the amendments made by this Act with respect to testate disposition, intestate descent, and estate planning options, including opportunities for receiving assistance or advice; (9) the authority of the Secretary to acquire fractional interests in trust or restricted lands, with owner consent and at fair market value; (10) conveyance of the Secretary's interest to an Indian who owns at least five percent of the undivided interest in trust or restricted lands upon request and payment, subject to tribal consent if the tribe owns ten percent or more of remaining interest; (11) Indian tribe administration of acquired fractional interests and the disposition of proceeds from leases, resource sales, rights-of-way, or other transactions affecting interests in trust or restricted lands; (12) the authority of the Secretary to develop a system for establishing the fair market value of various types of lands and improvements of interests in trust or restricted lands; (13) the establishment of an Acquisition Fund; (14) the sale or other exchange of interests in trust or restricted lands, including a prohibition on terminating trust or restriction status on land conveyed for less than fair market value until five years after approval of conveyance; (15) required reports from the Secretary to specified congressional committees on fractional interests in trusts or restricted lands acquired and the impact on Bureau of Indian Affairs financial and realty recordkeeping systems; and (16) approval by the Secretary of leases, rights-of-way, and sales of natural resources affecting individually owned trust or restricted lands based upon consent of specified percentages of the owners concerned (with decreasing percentages required the greater the number of owners).Requires the Secretary to provide for estate planning assistance to Indian land owners.Makes this Act inapplicable to land located in Alaska.Authorizes owners of interests in trust or restricted land to bring administrative actions to challenge the application of provisions regarding descent and distribution after the Secretary has certified that notice on the amendments of this Act has been made to tribes and land owners. Permits judicial review of the Secretary's final decision.Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Leases of Navajo Indian Allotted Lands - Authorizes the Secretary to approve any oil or gas lease or agreement that affects individually owned Navajo Indian allotted land if: (1) the owners of no less than the specified applicable percentage of the undivided interest in the Navajo Indian allotted land that is covered by the oil or gas lease or agreement consent in writing; and (2) the Secretary determines that approving the lease or agreement is in the best interest of the owners. Specifies the applicable percentage as: (1) 100 percent if there are ten or fewer owners; (2) 80 percent if there are eleven to 50 owners; and (3) 60 percent if there are more than 50 owners.Authorizes the Secretary to give written consent to such an oil or gas lease or agreement on behalf of an individual Indian owner if: (1) the owner is deceased and the heirs to the interest have not been determined; or (2) the heirs have been determined but one or more cannot be located.Provides that: (1) an oil or gas lease or agreement approved under this Act shall be binding on all owners of interest in the Navajo Indian allotted land and on all parties to the lease or agreement to the same extent as if all of the owners had consented to the lease or agreement; and (2) an approved lease or agreement shall apply to any portion of the undivided interest in allotted lands held by an Indian tribe even though the tribe did not consent.Provides for the distribution of proceeds derived from the lease or agreement to all owners of the undivided interest in the covered land in accordance with the portion of the undivided interest owned.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-1587,106,s,1587,A bill to amend the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 to establish within the Department of the Interior an Office of Special Trustee for Data Cleanup and Internal Control.,Native Americans,1999-09-15,1999-09-22,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-218.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Amends the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 to establish within the Department of the Interior the Office of Special Trustee for Data Cleanup and Internal Control. Requires the Special Trustee to be appointed by the Department's Inspector General, to report directly to the Secretary of the Interior, and to: (1) oversee specified subprojects identified in the Draft Trust Management Improvement Project Subproject Task Updates, dated April 1999; (2) oversee the expenditure of funds for the subprojects, including the approval or modification of contracts; and (3) make employment decisions for each of the positions funded for such projects.Requires that the Special Trustee ensure that activities are carried out under this Act through contracts entered into with private entities or through the retention of the temporary services of trust management specialists.Declares that the Special Trustee shall continue to be responsible for overseeing such activities if they are altered or amended as a result of any modifications to the Department's Trust Management Improvement Project, High Level Implementation Plan (dated July 28, 1998).",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-1588,106,s,1588,Native American Census Participation Enhancement Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-09-15,1999-09-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Native American Census Participation Enhancement Act of 1999 - Title I: Grants to Tribes and Organizations - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide for grants to be made to Indian tribes and tribal organizations, consistent with the purposes of this Act, in order to improve Native American participation in the 2000 census.(Sec. 3) Requires: (1) grant applications to include at least a statement of objectives, and a description of the programs and activities, for which the grant is sought; and (2) grant applicants to agree to make available non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to 50 percent of the Federal funds provided under the grant.(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to allocate the amounts appropriated to carry out this Act equitably and in a manner that best achieves the purposes of this Act.(Sec. 5) Allows a grant to be used only to: (1) train volunteers to assist individuals residing on Indian lands to complete and return census questionnaires; (2) educate Native Americans and the public about the importance of participating in the 2000 census and the confidentiality that is accorded to information collected; (3) recruit candidates to apply for census office and field enumerator positions; (4) sponsor community events to promote the 2000 census; (5) produce community-tailored promotional materials; or (6) rent space to provide any such training.Title II: Recruitment of Temporary Employees - Prohibits the earning or receipt of compensation for service performed by an individual in a temporary census position (a temporary position within the Bureau of the Census established for purposes relating to the 2000 decennial census of population) from having the effect of causing: (1) such individual or any other individual to become ineligible for any benefits provided under any Federal program or any State, tribal, or local program financed with Federal funds; or (2) a reduction in the amount of any such benefits for which such individual or any other individual would otherwise be eligible. Makes such requirement applicable only with respect to compensation for service performed during calendar year 2000. Prohibits the application of such requirement if the individual performing the service involved was first appointed to such position (whether such individual's then current position or a previous one) before January 1, 2000.Modifies Federal law regarding exemptions from certain provisions relating to offsets from pay and other benefits for reemployed annuitants and former uniformed service members to make such law: (1) applicable to service in any temporary position within the Bureau established for purposes relating to the 2000 decennial census; and (2) inapplicable to any service performed after December 31, 2000. Allows the Secretary to provide such reasonable and appropriate incentives to facilitate and encourage volunteers to assist in the enumeration of Native Americans and reimburse them for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by assistants in conducting the Census.Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a program of undergraduate or graduate debt relief for those Census assistants that have provided significant service.",2025-08-20T14:20:33Z,
106-s-1589,106,s,1589,American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act Amendments,Native Americans,1999-09-15,1999-09-22,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-218.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,1,"American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act Amendments - Amends the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (the Act) to: (1) provide a two-year term of office for the Special Trustee for American Indians; and (2) establish the Indian Trust Fund Reform Commission.  Requires the Commission to prepare for submission to the Secretary of the Interior, specified congressional committees, and the Special Trustee's advisory board a recommended reinvention strategy for all trust management business cycles that ensures the proper and efficient discharge of the trust responsibility of the Federal Government to Indian tribes and individual Indians in compliance with the Act.  Outlines strategy adoption procedures and requirements.  Requires the Commission to: (1) recommend to Congress the Federal agency that should be responsible for regulating such Federal fund management activities; and (2) submit recommendations for legislation to implement the strategy adopted by the Commission.",2025-08-20T14:17:43Z,
106-hr-2820,106,hr,2820,"To provide for the ownership and operation of the irrigation works on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona, by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.",Native Americans,1999-09-09,2000-10-04,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6]",AZ,R,H000413,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community all rights and interests of the United States in and to the irrigation works on the Community's reservation which were formerly operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Grants the Community full ownership and operating authority on the date of conveyance of the works.Requires the operation of the works consistent with specified standards, including those for: (1) equitable distribution of water; and (2) a due process system for determination of any request for distribution of water.Cancels on the conveyance date any charges for construction of the works that were deferred.Provides that, upon such date, the works shall no longer be considered a BIA irrigation project and will not be eligible for Federal benefits based solely on the fact that the works were formerly such a project.",2025-04-07T13:47:14Z,
106-hr-2803,106,hr,2803,Alaska Native Claims Technical Amendments Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-08-05,1999-10-05,For Further Action See H.R.3013.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Alaska Native Claims Technical Amendments Act of 1999 - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to authorize an Alaska Native to transfer Settlement Common Stock to a descendant notwithstanding an adoption, relinquishment, or termination of parental rights that may have altered or severed the legal relationship between the donor and recipient. (Sec. 3) Includes any corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, or affiliate with which a Native Corporation or its affiliate engages in one or more commercial transactions that exceed $20,000 in a calendar year within the entities excluded from the definition of ""employer"" for purposes of application of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Sec. 4) Includes as a Settlement Trust any trust operated for the benefit of shareholders (current law), Natives, and descendants of Natives. (Sec. 5) Includes within lands authorized to be allotted to Alaska Native veterans: (1) lands in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska which the eligible person used and occupied; and (2) land that was not vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved when the eligible person first used and occupied such land, but which later became vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved during the time the eligible person used and occupied the land. Makes eligible for such allotments Alaska veterans who served during the period between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975 (currently, the period between January 1, 1969, and December 31, 1971) and served on active duty for at least six months.  Outlines allotment approval procedures, including the right to protest a proposed allotment. (Sec. 7) Allows allotment selections made after December 18, 1974, to be in partial sections, but requires each selection to be not less than 160 contiguous acres. (Sec. 8) Withdraws for two years from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws certain lands in the vicinity of Elim, Alaska.  Authorizes the Elim Native Corporation to select and receive title to 50,000 acres within the withdrawn lands to replace lands deleted from the original Norton Bay Reservation by executive order in 1929. Subjects any such conveyance to valid existing rights and certain reserved easements.  States that conveyance of selected lands shall constitute full satisfaction of Corporation claims to replacement lands. (Sec. 9) States that no person acquiring a land interest under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be liable for costs of removal or remedial action, any damages, or any third party liability arising out of any contamination on that land at the time the land was acquired unless such person was directly responsible for such contamination.",2025-08-20T14:20:30Z,
106-s-1507,106,s,1507,Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2000,Native Americans,1999-08-05,2000-07-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,1,"Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, Interior, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation, and the Attorney General, as appropriate, upon receiving an acceptable plan from an Indian tribe, to authorize such tribe to coordinate its federally funded alcohol and substance abuse and mental health programs by integrating the program services involved into a single, comprehensive program and reducing administrative costs through the consolidation of administrative functions. Sets forth eligible program criteria, plan requirements, and provisions governing plan review, waivers of statutory requirements for plan implementation, and plan approval. Requires such officials to enter into an interdepartmental memorandum of agreement providing for the implementation of authorized plans. Establishes the Indian Health Service as the lead agency with specified responsibilities, including the development of a single reporting format for plans and projects and development of a single system of Federal oversight for the plan.Prohibits any reduction of Federal funds available to a participating tribe as a result of this Act. Provides for interagency fund transfers to carry out this Act.Makes any State with an alcohol and substance abuse or mental health program targeted to Indian tribes eligible to receive, at no cost, such Federal personnel assignments as the Secretary may deem appropriate to help ensure the success of such program.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-1508,106,s,1508,Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000,Native Americans,1999-08-05,2000-12-21,Became Public Law No: 106-559.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000 - Title I: Training and Technical Assistance, Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Grants - Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice, to award grants to: (1) national or regional membership organizations and associations whose membership consists of judicial system personnel within tribal justice systems which submit an application to the Attorney General to provide training and technical assistance for the development, enrichment, and enhancement of such systems; and (2) non-profit entities that provide legal assistance services for Indian tribes, members of Indian tribes, or tribal justice systems pursuant to Federal poverty guidelines, for the provision of civil or criminal legal assistance to members of tribes and tribal justice systems. Authorizes appropriations.Prohibits Federal agencies from offsetting funds made available for Indian tribal court membership organizations or Indian legal services organizations against other funds otherwise available for use in connection with technical or legal assistance to tribal justice systems or members.Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Indian Tribal Courts - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants and provide technical assistance to enable Indian tribes to carry out programs to support: (1) the development, enhancement, and continuing operation of tribal justice systems; and (2) the development and implementation of tribal codes and sentencing guidelines; inter-tribal courts and appellate systems; tribal probation services, diversion programs, and alternative sentencing provisions; tribal juvenile services and multi-disciplinary protocols for child physical and sexual abuse; and traditional tribal judicial practices, tribal justice systems, and methods of dispute resolution. Authorizes appropriations.Amends the Indian Tribal Justice Act to extend the authorization of appropriations relating to tribal justice systems through FY 2007.Title III: Technical Amendments to Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make technical amendments to provisions regarding open season for allotments for certain Alaska Native veterans.Revises eligibility requirements to make a veteran eligible for an allotment if the veteran served at least six months between January 1, 1969, and December 31, 1971 (currently, June 2, 1971), and meets other existing requirements.Changes provisions regarding the authority of a personal representative of a decedent to select an allotment to authorize such representative or a special administrator appointed in an Alaska State court to select an allotment if the decedent was a veteran who served in Southeast Asia at any time during August 5, 1964, and December 31, 1971, and during such period: (1) was killed in action; (2) was wounded in action and died as a consequence of the wound; or (3) died while a prisoner of war. (Current law allows personal representatives to select such allotments if, between January 1, 1969, and December 31, 1971, one of such events occurred with respect to the decedent.)Subjects a beneficiary's interest in a settlement trust and the distributions thereon to creditor action only to the extent that Settlement Common Stock and related distributions are subject to such action under the Act.Title IV: National Leadership Symposium For American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Youth - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education for the Washington Workshops Foundation for administration of a national leadership symposium for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian youth on the traditions and values of American democracy.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-1509,106,s,1509,"Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act Amendments of 2000 ",Native Americans,1999-08-05,2000-10-24,Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Title I: Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act Amendments - Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to: (1) include programs for assisting Indian youth and adults to succeed in the workforce, encouraging self-sufficiency, familiarizing them with the world of work, facilitating the creation of job opportunities, and any services related to these activities (replacing current law requirements of job training, tribal work experience, employment opportunities, or skill development, or any program designed for the enhancement of job opportunities or employment training); (2) require the Secretary of the Interior to reconsider disapproval of any statutory waiver requested by a tribe; and (3) authorize the use of a percentage of funds made available under the Act for the creation of employment opportunities.Permits a regional consortium of Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations to carry out a project under a plan that meets the Act's requirements through a resolution adopted by the governing body of that consortium or corporation. Provides that such authorization shall not prohibit such a village or corporation from withdrawing from participation in any portion of a program.(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretaries of the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Labor, and the tribes and organizations participating in the integration initiative under the Act to report to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the House Committee on Resources on the opportunities for expanding the integration of human resource development and economic development programs, and the feasibility of establishing Joint Funding Agreements to authorize tribes to access and coordinate funds and resources from various agencies for purposes of human resources development, physical infrastructure development, and economic development assistance in general. Requires such report to identify programs or activities that might be integrated and make recommendations for the removal of any statutory or other barriers to such integration.Title II: Limitation on Parties Liable in Certain Land Disputes - Provides that, in any action brought claiming an interest in land or natural resources located in Oneida or Madison counties in the State of New York that arises from: (1) the failure of Congress to approve or ratify the transfer of such land or natural resources from, by, or on behalf of any Indian nation, tribe, or band; or (2) a violation of any U.S. law that is specifically applicable to the transfer of land or natural resources from, by, or on behalf of any Indian nation, tribe, or band, liability shall be limited to the party to whom the Indian nation, tribe, or band allegedly transferred the land or natural resources.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-1525,106,s,1525,Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act,Native Americans,1999-08-05,1999-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]",WA,D,M001111,1,"Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund Account.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to deposit into the Account a sum equal to 39.4 percent of the lump sum paid to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, pursuant to the Confederated Tribes Act, adjusted for inflation, as payment and satisfaction of the Spokane Tribe's claim for use of its lands for generation of hydropower from 1940 through November 2, 1994, the enactment date of such Act.Requires the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, on September 30 of the next six fiscal years, to pay into the Fund deposits equal to 20 percent of 39.4 of the sum authorized to be paid to the Confederated Tribes through the end of the fiscal year during which this Act is enacted, adjusted for inflation, to maintain the purchasing power the Spokane Tribe would have had if annual payments had been made to it on the date annual payments commenced and were subsequently made to the Confederated Tribes under such Act.Requires, on September 1 of each fiscal year, annual payments to be made by the Power Administration directly to the Spokane Tribe in an amount that is equal to 39.4 percent of the annual payment authorized to be paid to the Confederated Tribes under such Act.Requires the Secretary to transfer settlement funds to the Spokane Business Council within 60 days after receiving written notice of adoption of a resolution by the Council requesting the transfer. Requires that: (1) 25 percent of such funds be reserved by the Council and used for general discretionary purposes of general benefit to all members of the Spokane Tribe; and (2) 75 percent of such funds be used for the resource development program, credit program, scholarship program, and reserve, investment, and economic development programs.Declares that the approval of the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior for any payment, distribution, or use of the funds transferred or paid to the Spokane Tribe shall not be required and such Secretaries shall have no trust responsibility for the investment, supervision, administration, or expenditure of such funds.Requires that: (1) the Administrator deduct from the interest payable to the Secretary from net proceeds (as defined in the Federal Columbia River Transmission system Act) each year a specified percentage of the payment made to the Tribe for the prior fiscal year; and (2) each deduction be credited to the interest payments otherwise payable by the Administrator to the Secretary during the fiscal year and allocated pro rata to all interest payments on debt associated with the generation function of the Federal Columbia River Power System that are due during that fiscal year.Provides that payments made under this Act shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the Spokane Tribe's claim to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project from 1940 through the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year during which this Act is enacted and represents the Tribe's proportional entitlement of hydropower revenues based on the lump sum payment for damages from 1940 through 1994 and the annual payments by the Power Administration to the Confederated Tribes.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:20:00Z,
106-hr-2671,106,hr,2671,Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Development Trust Fund Act,Native Americans,1999-08-02,2000-07-17,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.",House,"Rep. Barrett, Bill [R-NE-3]",NE,R,B000179,0,"Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Development Trust Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Development Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) deposit a specified amount into each Fund; (2) invest such amounts and deposit resulting interest in the Funds; and (3) withdraw the aggregate amount of interest deposited into the Funds each fiscal year and transfer that amount to the Secretary of the Interior to use for making payments to the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe, as requested by each Tribe pursuant to tribal resolution, for carrying out projects and programs under each Tribe's Tribal Plan. Permits each Tribe to enter into an agreement under which it pledges future payments as security for a loan or other financial transaction, but only in connection with the purchase of land or other capital assets, and only for an amount less than 40 percent of any payment for that year.Directs the tribal council of each Tribe to prepare a Tribal Plan for using payments for carrying out projects and programs to promote: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) the educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the Tribe and its members.Prohibits any payment made to either Tribe pursuant to this Act from: (1) resulting in the reduction or denial of any service or program to which the Tribe or any member of the Tribe is otherwise entitled because of federally recognized status; (2)  being subject to any Federal or State income tax; or (3) affecting Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin power rates.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:19:06Z,
106-hr-2661,106,hr,2661,American Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-07-30,1999-08-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.,House,"Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-9]",MI,D,K000172,6,American Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999 - Establishes and grants a Federal charter to the American Indian Education Foundation.,2025-08-20T14:18:20Z,
106-hr-2664,106,hr,2664,Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act,Native Americans,1999-07-30,1999-07-30,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]",WA,R,N000051,1,"Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund Account.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to deposit into the Account a sum equal to 39.4 percent of the lump sum paid to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, pursuant to the Confederated Tribes Act, adjusted for inflation, as payment and satisfaction of the Spokane Tribe's claim for use of its lands for generation of hydropower from 1940 through November 2, 1994, the enactment date of such Act.Requires the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, on September 30 of the next six fiscal years, to pay into the Fund deposits equal to 20 percent of 39.4 of the sum authorized to be paid to the Confederated Tribes through the end of the fiscal year during which this Act is enacted, adjusted for inflation, to maintain the purchasing power the Spokane Tribe would have had if annual payments had been made to it on the date annual payments commenced and were subsequently made to the Confederated Tribes under such Act.Requires, on September 1 of each fiscal year, annual payments to be made by the Power Administration directly to the Spokane Tribe in an amount that is equal to 39.4 percent of the annual payment authorized to be paid to the Confederated Tribes under such Act.Requires the Secretary to transfer settlement funds to the Spokane Business Council within 60 days after receiving written notice of adoption of a resolution by the Council requesting the transfer. Requires that: (1) 25 percent of such funds be reserved by the Council and used for general discretionary purposes of general benefit to all members of the Spokane Tribe; and (2) 75 percent of such funds be used for the resource development program, credit program, scholarship program, and reserve, investment, and economic development programs.Declares that the approval of the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior for any payment, distribution, or use of the funds transferred or paid to the Spokane Tribe shall not be required and such Secretaries shall have no trust responsibility for the investment, supervision, administration, or expenditure of such funds.Requires that: (1) the Administrator deduct from the interest payable to the Secretary from net proceeds (as defined in the Federal Columbia River Transmission system Act) each year a specified percentage of the payment made to the Tribe for the prior fiscal year; and (2) each deduction be credited to the interest payments otherwise payable by the Administrator to the Secretary during the fiscal year and allocated pro rata to all interest payments on debt associated with the generation function of the Federal Columbia River Power System that are due during that fiscal year.Provides that payments made under this Act shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the Spokane Tribe's claim to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project from 1940 through the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year during which this Act is enacted and represents the Tribe's proportional entitlement of hydropower revenues based on the lump sum payment for damages from 1940 through 1994 and the annual payments by the Power Administration to the Confederated Tribes.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:18:59Z,
106-hr-2638,106,hr,2638,Gaming Clarification Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-07-29,1999-08-04,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]",MO,R,B000575,10,"Gaming Clarification Act of 1999 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to  make class III gaming activities lawful on Indian trust land in the State of Missouri only when they are conducted in accordance with any geographic limitation placed by the Missouri State Constitution.  Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from taking land into trust for an Indian tribe in Missouri for class II or class III gaming or approving such gaming on lands taken into trust in the State when the Missouri State Constitution authorizes the State's general assembly to permit lotteries, gift enterprises, and games of chance to be conducted only upon the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers on excursion gambling boats and floating facilities.",2025-08-20T14:19:22Z,
106-hr-2643,106,hr,2643,To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to provide for appropriate study and repatriation of remains for which a cultural affiliation is not readily ascertainable.,Native Americans,1999-07-29,1999-07-29,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]",WA,R,H000329,0,"Amends the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to repeal a provision regarding the granting of ownership or control of Native American cultural items which are excavated or discovered on Federal or tribal lands after November 16, 1990, and for which a cultural affiliation is not readily ascertainable. Directs that such items excavated or discovered on Federal lands: (1) be reasonably recorded according to generally accepted scientific standards; (2) remain under the control of the agency having primary management authority for the land on which the item was excavated or discovered until 90 days after the publication in the Federal Register of a notice setting out a general description of the item, its estimated age, and the general area of discovery; and (3) be subject to the following study provisions. Revises study and recording provisions to provide that, in cases of human remains and associated funerary objects for which no lineal descendants have been identified and in cases of other cultural items, if the cultural affiliation of a cultural item has: (1) not been established, studies may be conducted in an attempt to establish such an affiliation or to obtain scientific, historical, or cultural information; and (2) been established with an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, studies of such item may be conducted if needed for the completion of a specific study, the outcome of which is reasonably expected to provide significant new information concerning the history or prehistory of the United States.  Requires the Federal agency or museum with custody of the cultural item to: (1) return an item to the affiliated tribe or organization, upon request, within 90 days after the study is completed; and (2) provide a report of the results to such tribe or organization within 180 days after the study is completed.  Provides that if a study of a specified cultural item is requested, the Federal agency or museum with custody of such item must make such item reasonably available for such study unless, within 90 days after the request for the study is made, the Secretary determines that the agency or museum has reasonably established that the potential scientific benefit of the requested study is outweighed by curatorial, cultural, or other reasonable considerations.",2025-01-02T17:11:59Z,
106-hr-2647,106,hr,2647,Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-07-29,2000-10-10,Became Public Law No: 106-285.,House,"Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4]",AZ,R,S000275,0,"Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999 - Permits the Ak-Chin Indian Community to lease, enter into options to lease, renew options to lease, extend the initial terms of or renew leases (for the same or a lesser term as the initial term of the lease), exchange, or temporarily dispose of water to which it is entitled for the beneficial use in the areas initially designated as the Pinal, Phoenix, and Tucson Active Management Areas pursuant to the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980; and (2) limit to 100 years the initial term of any such lease.Ratifies and approves the option and lease agreement among the Community, the United States, and Del Webb Corporation, dated as of December 14, 1996, and the Amendment Number One thereto, dated as of January 7, 1999. Directs the Secretary to execute Amendment Number One, and the restated agreement as provided in such amendment, within 60 days after the enactment date of this Act.",2025-08-20T14:17:50Z,
106-hr-2484,106,hr,2484,To provide that land which is owned by the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Community may be leased or transferred by the Community without further approval by the United States.,Native Americans,1999-07-12,2000-06-21,Became Public Law No: 106-217.,House,"Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2]",MN,D,M000795,0,"Allows the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota, without further approval by the United States, to lease or transfer all or any part of the Community's interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the Community.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-1315,106,s,1315,"A bill to permit the leasing of oil and gas rights on certain lands held in trust for the Navajo Nation or allotted to a member of the Navajo Nation, in any case in which there is consent from a specified percentage interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease.",Native Americans,1999-07-01,2000-03-22,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,4,Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to approve any oil or gas lease or agreement that affects individually owned Navajo Indian allotted land if: (1) the owners of no less than the specified applicable percentage of the undivided interest in the Navajo Indian allotted land that is covered by the oil or gas lease or agreement consent in writing; and (2) the Secretary determines that approving the lease or agreement is in the best interest of the owners. Specifies the applicable percentage as: (1) 100 percent if there are ten or fewer owners; (2) 80 percent if there are ten to 50 owners; and (3) 60 percent if there are more than 50 owners. Authorizes the Secretary to give written consent to such an oil or gas lease or agreement on behalf of an individual Indian owner if: (1) the owner is deceased and the heirs to the interest have not been determined; or (2) the heirs have been determined but one or more cannot be located. Provides that: (1) an oil or gas lease or agreement approved under this Act shall be binding on all owners of interest in the Navajo Indian allotted land and all parties to the lease or agreement to the same extent as if all of the owners had consented to the lease or agreement; and (2) an approved lease or agreement shall apply to any portion of the undivided interest in allotted lands held by an Indian tribe even though the tribe did not consent. Provides for the distribution of proceeds derived from the lease or agreement to all owners of the undivided interest in the covered land in accordance with the portion of the undivided interest owned.,2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-s-1290,106,s,1290,American Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-06-28,1999-11-12,Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,8,American Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999 - Establishes and grants a Federal charter to the American Indian Education Foundation.,2025-08-20T14:19:28Z,
106-s-1213,106,s,1213,Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments of 1999,Native Americans,1999-06-10,1999-06-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,2,"Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments of 1999 - Amends the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to provide for retention by an Indian tribe of exclusive jurisdiction over child custody proceedings involving Indian children that are or become wards of a tribal court of that Indian tribe. Revises requirements, with respect to Indian children, regarding: (1) the voluntary termination of parental rights; and (2) the withdrawal of a consent to such voluntary termination or to adoption. Requires a party seeking the voluntary placement of an Indian child or the voluntary termination of parental rights to provide written notice to the Indian child's tribe.  Sets forth the requirements for such a written notice.  Permits an Indian tribe to intervene only if a child's tribe has sent a written objection to the adoptive placement to the court or to the party seeking the voluntary placement of the Indian child, but permits the child's Indian tribe to intervene in any case in which the Indian tribe did not receive a written notice. Modifies requirements regarding consideration of the personal preference of an Indian child or parent with respect to adoptive placements, foster care, and preadoptive placements.  Prescribes, in any case in which a court determines that it is appropriate to consider the preference of a parent or Indian child, that preference may be considered to constitute good cause. Provides criminal sanctions for fraudulent representation with respect to any proceeding involving an Indian child.",2025-08-20T14:20:59Z,
106-s-1148,106,s,1148,Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act,Native Americans,1999-05-27,2000-08-25,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 744.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,3,"Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund and the Santee Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) deposit specified amounts into each Fund; (2) invest such amounts and deposit resulting interest in the Funds; and (3) withdraw the aggregate amount of interest deposited into the Funds each fiscal year (beginning with the 11th fiscal year after this Act's enactment date) and transfer that amount to the Secretary of the Interior to use for making payments to the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe, as requested by each Tribe pursuant to tribal resolution, for carrying out projects and programs under each Tribe's Tribal Plan.Directs the tribal council of each Tribe to prepare a Tribal Plan for using payments for carrying out projects and programs to promote: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) the educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the Tribe and its members. Provides for audits of Tribal Plans.Prohibits any payment made to either Tribe pursuant to this Act from: (1) resulting in the reduction or denial of any service or program to which the Tribe or any member of the Tribe is otherwise entitled because of federally recognized status; (2) being subject to any Federal or State income tax; or (3) affecting Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin power rates.Authorizes appropriations.Extinguishes all monetary claims that the Tribes have or may have against the United States for loss of value or use of land resulting from the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program upon deposit of amounts into the Funds.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-hr-1944,106,hr,1944,Gila River Indian Community-Phelps Dodge Corporation Water Rights Settlement Act of 1999,Native Americans,1999-05-26,1999-06-04,Referred to Department of the Interior for comments.,House,"Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4]",AZ,R,S000275,0,"Gila River Indian Community-Phelps Dodge Corporation Water Rights Settlement Act of 1999 - Ratifies, approves, and confirms the May 4, 1998, settlement agreement among Phelps Dodge Corporation, the Gila River Indian Community, and the United States (agreement).  Directs the Secretary of the Interior or his lawful designee (Secretary) to execute, and perform all of the Secretary's duties under, the agreement. (Sec. 6) Directs that: (1) the Secretary take all actions specified in the agreement necessary on the Secretary's part to obtain title to Blue Ridge Reservoir from Phelps Dodge; and (2) title to the Reservoir be held by the Secretary in trust for the benefit of the Navajo Nation. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary, simultaneously with the transfer of the Reservoir to the United States, to: (1) reallocate to the Community 12,000 acre-feet of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water; (2) amend the Community's CAP Contract to include the reallocated water; and (3) extend the Community's CAP Contract to 100 years, plus such additional term as may result from the exercise of the option provided for in, or other extension of, the lease referred to in the agreement. Sets forth provisions regarding nonreimbursability of water service and other capital charges and operation, maintenance, and replacement charges to the Community. (Sec. 8) Ratifies, approves, and confirms a lease referred to in the agreement.  Makes such lease ineffective as to the United States and directs the Secretary not to execute it, until environmental compliance has been completed and the exchange has been approved. Allows the Secretary and the Community to renew or extend the lease at the end of the initial or any extended term as the Community, the Secretary, and Phelps Dodge may agree, with a limitation. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the Secretary and the Community to enter into an exchange agreement under which CAP water leased to Phelps Dodge by the Community is delivered by Phelps Dodge to the Community in return for the right to divert water from the Gila River upstream of the Gila River Indian Reservation.  Sets the term of any such exchange agreement at 100 years, plus any additional term occasioned by the exercise of the option contained in the lease or other authorized extension. Directs the Secretary to commence negotiations regarding the exchange agreement and to process all associated environmental compliance expeditiously.  Prohibits the Secretary from executing the exchange agreement until: (1) all such environmental compliance has been finally concluded; (2) any necessary order approving the exchange, or any aspect of the exchange, has been obtained from the U.S. district court; and (3) the order is final and subject to no further appeal. (Sec. 10) Makes specified waivers of the agreement effective, and binding upon the Community and the United States, on behalf of the Community and the owners of beneficial interests in allotted land within the Reservation (allottees), after the date certain conditions set forth in the agreement occur.  Directs the United States to execute the agreement on behalf of the allottees in its capacity as trustee of allotted lands on the Reservation.  Makes the agreement binding upon the allottees. (Sec. 11) Authorizes the Navajo Nation, and the United States on its behalf, to enter into an agreement with: (1) the town of Payson, Arizona, or the unincorporated communities of Pine and Strawberry, Arizona (the towns), to subordinate water rights held in the Reservoir by the United States for the benefit of the Navajo Nation to rights to the use of up to 3,000 acre-feet per annum of water in the Reservoir acquired by the towns under Arizona law; and (2) Phelps Dodge to subordinate water rights held in the Reservoir by the United States on behalf of the Navajo Nation to water rights acquired by Phelps Dodge in the Reservoir subsequent to this Act's enactment under Arizona law for use on land owned by Phelps Dodge around the Reservoir identified in the agreement. Designates the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency with regard to environmental compliance. Authorizes any party to the agreement, and to the lease and exchange agreement, if approved, to bring suit in the U.S. district court for the district of Arizona for the interpretation and enforcement of this Act, the agreement, the lease, and exchange agreement and waives claims by the United States or the Community to sovereign immunity.",2026-02-10T13:38:48Z,
106-hr-1953,106,hr,1953,To authorize leases for terms not to exceed 99 years on land held in trust for the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians and the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians of the Guidiville Indian Rancheria.,Native Americans,1999-05-26,2000-06-21,Became Public Law No: 106-216.,House,"Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-44]",CA,R,B001228,1,"Authorizes the leasing of lands held in trust for the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians of the Guidiville Indian Rancheria, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation by their Indian owners, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for public, religious, educational, residential, or business purposes for terms not exceeding 99 years.Grants the request of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin to surrender the charter of incorporation issued to the Community on May 21, 1938, pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act, thereby revoking the charter.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
106-hr-1811,106,hr,1811,Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 1999,Native Americans,1999-05-13,1999-05-18,Referred to Department of the Interior for comments.,House,"Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-2]",AZ,D,P000099,1,"Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 1999 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to revise specified definitions and define ""compact"" and ""management contract."" Revises provisions regarding powers of the National Indian Gaming Commission and its Chairman. Repeals the Secretary of the Interior's interim gaming regulatory authority. Authorizes tribes to request a State to enter into class III gaming compact negotiations.  Sets forth related provisions, including a State's right not to assume tribal gaming responsibilities. Eliminates the requirement of gubernatorial concurrence with regard to gaming on after-acquired lands. Grants Federal tax-exempt status to tribally owned or chartered gaming operations. Provides for the lawfulness of specified class III gaming activities.",2025-08-20T14:21:36Z,
106-hr-1814,106,hr,1814,To provide incentives for Indian tribes to collect and pay lawfully imposed State sales taxes on goods sold on tribal lands and to provide for penalties against Indian tribes that do not collect and pay such State sales taxes.,Native Americans,1999-05-13,2000-07-19,Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.,House,"Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]",IN,D,V000108,46,"Provides that, among Indian tribes competing for Federal grants, priority shall be given to Indian tribes that certify, through a process established by the Secretary of the Interior, that retail establishments operating on trust lands within a tribes's jurisdiction are collecting and paying all qualified State retail taxes. Sets forth procedures and penalties (including removal of tribal lands from trust status) regarding failure of Indians or Indian tribes to pay qualified State retail taxes on goods sold to nontribal members on tribal lands.",2025-04-07T13:47:14Z,
106-hr-1780,106,hr,1780,To provide for the settlement of claims of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.,Native Americans,1999-05-12,1999-05-12,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]",WI,R,G000545,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin a specified amount for damages sustained by the Tribe by reason of the: (1) enactment and implementation of an Act to provide for a per capita distribution of Menominee tribal funds and authorize the withdrawal of the Menominee Tribe from Federal jurisdiction; and (2) mismanagement by the United States of the Tribe's assets held in trust by the United States before April 30, 1961.  Provides that payment of such amount shall be in full satisfaction of any claims that the Tribe may have against the United States with respect to such damages. States that such payment shall: (1) have the status of a judgment of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the purposes of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act; (2) be made in accordance with that Act's requirements on the condition that after payment of attorney's fees and litigation expenses, of the remaining amount, not less than 30 percent shall be distributed on a per capita basis and not more than 70 percent shall be set aside and programmed to serve tribal needs; and (3) not be used to purchase land for the purpose of having such land taken into trust for the Tribe's benefit.",2025-04-07T13:47:14Z,
106-s-1021,106,s,1021,A bill to provide for the settlement of claims of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.,Native Americans,1999-05-12,1999-05-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]",WI,D,K000305,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin a specified amount for damages sustained by the Tribe by reason of the: (1) enactment and implementation of an Act to provide for a per capita distribution of Menominee tribal funds and authorize the withdrawal of the Menominee Tribe from Federal jurisdiction; and (2) mismanagement by the United States of the Tribe's assets held in trust by the United States before April 30, 1961.  Provides that payment of such amount shall be in full satisfaction of any claims that the Tribe may have against the United States with respect to such damages. States that such payment shall: (1) have the status of a judgment of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the purposes of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act; and (2) be made in accordance with that Act's requirements on the condition that after payment of attorneys fees and litigation expenses, of the remaining amount, not less than 30 percent shall be distributed on a per capita basis, and not more than 70 percent shall be set aside and programmed to serve tribal needs.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,