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
110-s-3734,110,s,3734,Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act,Native Americans,2008-12-11,2008-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]",NV,R,E000194,1,"Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act - Ratifies the Fish Springs Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement dated May 20, 2007. Sets forth provisions governing the waiver and retention of claims by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians and the Secretary of the Interior.",2019-06-21T11:06:26Z,
110-s-3724,110,s,3724,Elko Indian Colony Expansion Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-12-08,2008-12-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10815-10816),Senate,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",NV,D,R000146,1,"Elko Indian Colony Expansion Act of 2008 - Requires that approximately 373 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and identified on the map entitled "Te-moak Tribal Land Expansion," dated September 30, 2008, be held in trust by the United States for the benefit and use of the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada as part of the Tribe's reservation.Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the BLM, to complete a survey to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust.Provides that such land shall not be eligible for class II or class III gaming. Requires the Tribe to limit the use of the land to traditional and customary uses, stewardship conservation for the Tribe's benefit, and residential or recreational development or commercial use. Authorizes the Secretary, in coordination with the Tribe, to carry out any fuels reduction and other landscape restoration activities on that land that is beneficial to the Tribe and the BLM.",2020-01-29T20:30:47Z,
110-s-16,110,s,16,A bill to provide for certain land to be held in trust for the Burns Paiute Tribe.,Native Americans,2008-11-20,2008-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]",ID,R,C000858,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon specified real property located in Malheur County, Oregon, if, at the time of conveyance or transfer to the Secretary, no adverse legal claim (including an outstanding lien, mortgage, or tax) exists with respect to the property.Requires such land to be considered to be: (1) part of the Burns Paiute Reservation; (2) Indian lands as defined in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; and (3) eligible for class I, class II, and class III gaming in accordance with that Act",2022-02-03T05:22:46Z,
110-hr-7073,110,hr,7073,Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act,Native Americans,2008-09-25,2008-09-25,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]",WA,D,D000327,0,"Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain federal and non-federal land to the Hoh Indian Tribe, to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe. Prohibits on such land: (1) the placement of commercial, residential, or industrial buildings; (2) logging and hunting activities; or (3) gaming.",2019-11-15T21:29:37Z,
110-hr-7024,110,hr,7024,Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-09-23,2008-09-23,"Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]",AZ,D,P000099,0,"Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2008 - Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to: (1) authorize any federal law enforcement officer to conduct an investigation of an alleged offense involving the sale of any good that is misrepresented as an Indian produced good or product occurring within the jurisdiction of the United States; and (2) authorize the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to refer such an alleged offense to any federal law enforcement officer (currently, just to the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]) for appropriate investigation. Permits a federal law enforcement officer to investigate such an alleged offense regardless of whether such officer receives a referral from the Board. Requires that the findings of an investigation of such an alleged offense by any federal department or agency be submitted, as appropriate, to: (1) a federal or state prosecuting authority; or (2) the Board. Provides for the Board, upon receiving the findings of such an investigation, to: (1) recommend to the Attorney General that criminal proceedings be initiated (current law); and (2) provide such support to the Attorney General relating to the criminal proceedings as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate. Allows the Board, in lieu of, or in addition to, any such criminal proceeding, to recommend that the Attorney General initiate a civil action. Revises: (1) requirements for the initiation of civil actions for misrepresentation of Indian produced goods; and (2) penalties for the misrepresentation of such goods.",2021-06-07T20:06:46Z,
110-hr-6994,110,hr,6994,Tule River Tribe Water Development Act,Native Americans,2008-09-22,2008-09-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]",CA,R,N000181,0,"Tule River Tribe Water Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to complete a feasibility study to evaluate alternatives for a domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, and irrigation water supply for the Tule River Tribe of the Tule River Reservation.Prohibits any project constructed in relation to that study from providing water supplies for the current tribal casino, an expansion of the current tribal casino, or any other tribal casino, including any current or future lodging, dining, entertainment, meeting space, parking, or other similar facilities in support of gaming activities. Requires water supplies provided from such a project to be available to serve the domestic, municipal, and governmental (including firefighting) needs of the tribe and its members and other commercial, agricultural, and industrial needs unrelated to gaming activities.",2019-11-15T21:29:38Z,
110-s-3473,110,s,3473,White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-09-11,2008-09-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]",AZ,R,K000352,0,"White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2008 - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Agreement and amendments made to such Agreement by this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in implementing the Agreement, to comply with all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and all other applicable environmental laws.Requires the water rights of the Tribe to be held in trust by the United States. Provides for reallocations of certain water rights to the Tribe.Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into a specified contract with the Tribe for tribal water rights in Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima Counties in Arizona; (2) plan, construct, and administer the White Mountain Apache Tribe rural water system; and (3) provide loans to the Tribe for the construction of the rural water system. Establishes in the Treasury the Rural Water System Construction Fund.Requires the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to complete the Hawley Lake, Horeshoe Lake, Reservation Lake, Sunrise Lake, and Big and Little Bear Lake reconstruction projects and facilities improvements.Requires the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study of options for improving: (1) the manufacture and use of timber products derived from commercial forests on the White Mountain Reservation; and (2) forest management practices.Sets forth provisions relating to the satisfaction, waiver, or release of claims by the Tribe and for a limited waiver of U.S. or tribal sovereign immunity for the purpose of resolving issues arising under this Act.",2022-02-03T05:09:00Z,
110-hr-6786,110,hr,6786,Delaware Judgment Funds Distribution Settlement Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-08-01,2008-08-01,"Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]",OK,R,S001155,4,"Delaware Judgment Funds Distribution Settlement Act of 2008 - Directs the United States to offer to file with the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, a joint motion for entry of judgment of a specified sum in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims as a final settlement of all trust claims of that Tribe that were or could have been brought regarding trust fund mismanagement.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out necessary actions to satisfy any remaining monetary obligations identified in the judgment for Delawares of Idaho, Inc., et al. v. Clark, and subsequent orders of that court. Requires: (1) the Secretary to pay to the Tribe's governing body for programming purposes each per capita payment of an eligible member of the Delaware Tribe identified as underpaid in an amount that is less than $5; and (2) any amounts remaining one year after 80% of the initial distributions have been made to be provided to the governing body for such purposes.Finds that a December 3, 1940 letter of the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, approved by Assistant Secretary Chapman for the Department of the Interior on January 23, 1941, determined that the Tribe was eligible to organize as a separate tribe under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act. Provides that if the Tribe elects to be, and is, reorganized by the Secretary under that Act, such restoration shall be subject to specified provisions regarding the resolution of issues between the Delaware Tribe and the Cherokee Nation.",2021-06-07T20:06:05Z,
110-hr-6685,110,hr,6685,To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.,Native Americans,2008-07-31,2008-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,House,"Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]",MA,D,L000562,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make a grant each year to an eligible entity to provide an iron working training program that: (1) provides specialized classroom and on-the-job training in iron working skills to adult members of federally recognized Indian tribes; and (2) facilitates job placement upon program completion.",2022-02-03T05:18:16Z,
110-hr-6689,110,hr,6689,Chinook Nation Restoration Act,Native Americans,2008-07-31,2008-07-31,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]",WA,D,B001229,0,"Chinook Nation Restoration Act - Extends federal recognition to the Chinook Indian Nation. Makes the Chinook Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the government to federally recognized tribes regardless of the existence of a reservation or the location of residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Provides that, for purposes of the delivery of federal services to enrolled members, the Tribe's service area shall consist of specified counties in Washington and Oregon.Requires the Tribe to: (1) submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll; and (2) conduct, by secret ballot, an election to adopt a constitution and bylaws. Provides that if the Tribe transfers all rights to land to the Secretary, the Secretary shall take such land in trust for the Tribe's benefit, subject to specified restrictions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) negotiate with the tribal governing body regarding establishing a reservation; (2) develop a plan for doing so.Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify and consult with all appropriate state officials and owners of land adjacent to those considered for the proposed reservation; and (2) provide complete information on the proposed plan to such officials. Provides for the plan's submission to Congress upon approval by the tribal governing body.Requires any real property transferred by the Tribe or any member to the Secretary to be held in the name of the United States for the Tribe's benefit. Prohibits the exercise of eminent domain for purposes of acquiring lands for the Tribe's benefit.",2019-11-15T21:28:20Z,
110-hr-6754,110,hr,6754,White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act,Native Americans,2008-07-31,2008-09-25,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]",AZ,D,P000099,0,"White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe to carry out planning, engineering, and design of the Miner Flat Project (defined as the White Mountain Apache Rural Water System) in Arizona.Requires the zero-interest, 10-year loan to be repaid with funds from the Lower Colorado River Development Fund.Directs the Secretary to offer to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Tribe for the planning, engineering, and design of the Project, which shall be in accordance with all federal environmental laws and subject to the requirements of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.",2023-01-11T13:15:49Z,
110-hr-6768,110,hr,6768,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, and Taos.",Native Americans,2008-07-31,2008-09-25,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]",NM,D,U000039,0,"Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Settlement Agreement dated January 19, 2006, among New Mexico, the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, the United States, the city of Santa Fe, and Santa Fe County and related agreements.Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to plan, design, and construct a Regional Water System to divert and distribute water to the Pueblos in accordance with the Agreement. Directs the Secretary, for the purpose of providing a reliable supply of water from the System for the Pueblos in accordance with the Agreement, to: (1) acquire rights to specified Nambe reserved water and water acquired by the County; (2) make a specified amount of water available to the Pueblos in accordance with the San Juan-Chama Project Act; and (3) obtain approval to divert such water for the System at points consistent with the Agreement. Establishes in the Treasury the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos Fund. Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Settlement Agreement of March 31, 2006, between the United States, the Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, the Taos Valley Acequia Association and its 55 member ditches, Taos, the El Prado Water and Sanitation District (EPWSD), and the 12 Taos area Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Associations. Requires water rights to which the Taos Pueblo is entitled under the Partial Final Decree entered in New Mexico v. Abeyta and New Mexico v. Arellano to be held in trust by the United States. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to: (1) the Pueblo to construct, replace, or rehabilitate water infrastructure, to protect the environment associated with the Buffalo Pasture area, and to enhance watershed conditions; and (2) eligible non-Pueblo entites for mutual benefits projects in accordance with the Agreement.Establishes in the Treasury a Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund.Authorizes the Pueblo to market its water rights under the Agreement.Directs the Secretary to enter into three repayment contracts by December 31, 2009, for the delivery of specified amounts of San Juan-Chama Project water to the Pueblo, the town of Taos, and EPWSD.",2023-01-11T13:15:49Z,
110-s-3381,110,s,3381,"A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, and Taos.",Native Americans,2008-07-31,2008-09-23,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,1,"Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Settlement Agreement dated January 19, 2006, among New Mexico, the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, the United States, the city of Santa Fe, and Santa Fe County and related agreements. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to plan, design, and construct a Regional Water System to divert and distribute water to the Pueblos in accordance with the Agreement. Directs the Secretary, for the purpose of providing a reliable supply of water from the System for the Pueblos in accordance with the Agreement, to: (1) acquire rights to specified Nambe reserved water and water acquired by the County; (2) make a specified amount of water available to the Pueblos in accordance with the San Juan-Chama Project Act; and (3) obtain approval to divert such water for the System at points consistent with the Agreement.  Establishes in the Treasury the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos Fund.  Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Settlement Agreement of March 31, 2006, between the United States, the Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, the Taos Valley Acequia Association and its 55 member ditches, Taos, the El Prado Water and Sanitation District (EPWSD), and the 12 Taos area Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Associations.  Requires water rights to which the Taos Pueblo is entitled under the Partial Final Decree entered in New Mexico v. Abeyta and New Mexico v. Arellano to be held in trust by the United States.  Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to: (1) the Pueblo to construct, replace, or rehabilitate water infrastructure, to protect the environment associated with the Buffalo Pasture area, and to enhance watershed conditions; and (2) eligible non-Pueblo entities for mutual benefits projects in accordance with the Agreement. Establishes in the Treasury a Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund. Authorizes the Pueblo to market its water rights under the Agreement. Directs the Secretary to enter into three repayment contracts by December 31, 2009, for the delivery of specified amounts of San Juan-Chama Project water to the Pueblo, the town of Taos, and EPWSD.",2019-06-21T11:06:26Z,
110-s-3355,110,s,3355,Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-07-29,2008-09-25,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,1,"Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008 - Ratifies the water rights compact between the Crow Tribe and the state of Montana. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promptly execute the compact and comply with applicable environmental statutes.Requires the Secretary, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out activities necessary to: (1) rehabilitate and improve the water diversion and delivery features of the Crow Irrigation Project in accordance with an agreement to be negotiated with the Tribe; and (2) design and construct such features of the reservation's municipal, rural, and industrial water system.Ratifies tribal water rights, which shall be held in trust for the use and benefit of the Tribe. Grants the Tribe sole authority to allocate, distribute, and lease such rights, subject to specified limitations.Directs the Secretary to allocate to the Tribe 300,000 acre-feet per year of water stored in Bighorn Lake, under a water right held by the United States, as measured at the Yellowtail Dam outlet works.Requires the Tribe, as a condition of receiving an allocation, to enter into an agreement with the Secretary to establish the terms and conditions. Declares that the benefits provided shall be considered to satisfy all claims of the Tribe and allottees.Establishes in the Treasury the Crow Settlement Fund. Grants the Tribe the exclusive right to develop and market power generation as a water development project on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam. Repeals this Act on January 1, 2015, if the Secretary does not publish by December 31, 2014, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including court approval and ratification of the compact).",2019-06-21T11:06:26Z,
110-hr-6583,110,hr,6583,Tribal Law and Order Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-07-23,2008-07-23,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]",SD,D,H001037,4,"Tribal Law and Order Act of 2008 - Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a long-term plan to address incarceration in Indian country. Authorizes each U.S. Attorney serving a district that includes Indian country to appoint Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys to prosecute crimes in Indian country when the crime rate, or the rate at which criminal offenses are declined to be prosecuted, exceeds the national average. Establishes in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) criminal division an Office of Indian Country Crime.Requires the United States to maintain concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute serious crimes in Indian country under specified circumstances. Authorizes the Attorney General to provide assistance to state, tribal, and local governments that enter into cooperative agreements to improve law enforcement effectiveness and reduce crime in and around Indian country.Directs the Attorney General to ensure that tribal law enforcement officials that meet applicable requirements have access to national crime information databases. Establishes: (1) the Indian Law and Order Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of law enforcement and criminal justice in tribal communities and recommend improvements to justice systems at the tribal, federal, and state levels; and (2) within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), an Office of Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse.Provides for: (1) the tracking of crimes committed in Indian country and grants to improve tribal data collection systems; (2) training in interviewing victims of domestic and sexual violence and collecting, preserving, and presenting evidence to prosecutors; (3) the development of victim services and victim advocate training programs; and (4) the development of standardized sexual assault policies and protocol.",2021-09-29T17:21:26Z,
110-s-3320,110,s,3320,Tribal Law and Order Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-07-23,2008-09-18,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]",ND,D,D000432,12,"Tribal Law and Order Act of 2008 - Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a long-term plan to address incarceration in Indian country. Authorizes each U.S. Attorney serving a district that includes Indian country to appoint Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys to prosecute crimes in Indian country when the crime rate, or the rate at which criminal offenses are declined to be prosecuted, exceeds the national average. Establishes in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) criminal division an Office of Indian Country Crime.Requires the United States to maintain concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute serious crimes in Indian country under specified circumstances. Authorizes the Attorney General to provide assistance to state, tribal, and local governments that enter into cooperative agreements to improve law enforcement effectiveness and reduce crime in and around Indian country.Directs the Attorney General to ensure that tribal law enforcement officials that meet applicable requirements have access to national crime information databases. Establishes: (1) the Indian Law and Order Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of law enforcement and criminal justice in tribal communities and recommend improvements to justice systems at the tribal, federal, and state levels; and (2) within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), an Office of Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse.Provides for: (1) the tracking of crimes committed in Indian country and grants to improve tribal data collection systems; (2) training in interviewing victims of domestic and sexual violence and collecting, preserving, and presenting evidence to prosecutors; (3) the development of victim services and victim advocate training programs; and (4) the development of standardized sexual assault policies and protocol.",2019-06-21T11:06:26Z,
110-hr-6547,110,hr,6547,Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act,Native Americans,2008-07-17,2008-07-17,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]",WA,D,I000026,2,"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.  Requires the payment of compensation to the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam. Requires the use of such funds, in part, for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center concerning the culture and history of the Spokane Tribe. Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe.  Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane Tribe to be used or invested by the Business Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over certain land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation.  Provides that payments by the Secretary and the Administrator and restoration of ownership of land in trust constitute full satisfaction of the claim of the Spokane Tribe to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use of land of the Spokane Tribe for the production of hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.",2019-11-15T21:28:18Z,
110-hr-6405,110,hr,6405,"To authorize a process by which the Secretary of the Interior shall process acquisitions of certain real property of the Samish Indian Nation into trust, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2008-06-26,2008-06-26,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]",WA,D,L000560,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of processing acquisitions of real property of the Samish Indian Nation, to process as on-reservation acquisitions any property in the islands within Skagit County, Washington, as described in this Act, which the Samish Indian Nation both acquires and requests to deed to the Secretary. Prohibits real property taken into trust under this Act from being used for gaming. States that the proclamation of a reservation for the Samish Indian Nation pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act or the establishment of an initial reservation for them shall not alter such prohibition with regard to the lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.Bars this Act from granting, restoring, or diminishing any hunting, fishing, trapping, or gathering treaty right of the Samish Indian Nation.",2019-11-15T21:28:20Z,
110-s-3192,110,s,3192,"A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon, the Coquille Tribe of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon, to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land, and to authorize the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation, California, to obtain 50-year lease authority for trust land.",Native Americans,2008-06-25,2008-09-27,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]",OR,D,W000779,1,"Amends federal law to authorize: (1) the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, the Coquille Indian Tribe, and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land; and (2) the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation, California to obtain 50-year lease authority for trust land.",2022-02-03T05:09:05Z,
110-s-3128,110,s,3128,White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act,Native Americans,2008-06-12,2008-10-10,Became Public Law No: 110-390.,Senate,"Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]",AZ,R,K000352,0,"White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe to carry out planning, engineering, and design of the Miner Flat Project (defined as the White Mountain Apache Rural Water System) in Arizona. Requires such loan to be interest free (0% rate) and to be repaid over a term of 25 years, beginning on January 1, 2013.Directs the Secretary to offer to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Tribe for the planning, engineering, and design of the Project, which shall be subject to the requirements of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.Authorizes appropriations.",2023-11-13T20:12:45Z,
110-hr-6087,110,hr,6087,"To sunset the Federal recognition and acknowledgment process within the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2008-05-20,2008-05-20,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]",CA,R,C001064,2,"Bars an American Indian Group seeking federal tribal acknowledgment that does not submit a letter of intent to the Secretary of the Interior within 180 days after receiving notice under this Act from petitioning for or receiving status as a federally recognized Indian tribe through any administrative process. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the need of any group to submit such a letter and to notify each group with a pending petition for federal tribal acknowledgment by first class mail. Directs the Secretary, when multiple petitions are submitted by groups claiming the same name, to inform each group that all such petitions shall receive no consideration and such petitions shall not be considered.Authorizes: (1) the Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA) to expedite a finding declining to acknowledge a group if it determines that the group clearly did not demonstrate in the application that it meets at least three of seven required criteria; and (2) a group that has an application denied to appeal to the Board of Indian Appeals.Sets deadlines for the submission of applications and for the consideration of petitions. Terminates the Federal Recognition and Acknowledgment Process by the earlier of three years after enactment of this Act or upon completion of all final decisions by OFA. Provides that no groups shall thereafter be acknowledged as federally recognized Indian tribes through an administrative process.",2019-11-15T21:28:13Z,
110-hr-5928,110,hr,5928,Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-04-30,2008-04-30,"Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]",OR,D,W000793,0,"Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2008 - Establishes as an independent executive branch entity the Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Foundation, to be located in Portland, Oregon. Requires the Foundation to: (1) develop resources to train Native American and Alaska Native tribal council members in self-government and related fields; (2) foster greater recognition and understanding of the role of tribal self-government in the development of the United States; (3) identify critical issues facing tribal governments; (4) establish a program for tribal governance research at the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University; and (5) provide educational outreach regarding tribal self-government. Authorizes the Foundation to award: (1) scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers relating to tribal governance and to Native American and Alaska Native undergraduate students intending to pursue careers in tribal public policy; (2) fellowships to outstanding graduate students who intend to pursue advanced degrees in fields relating to tribal governance, to Native American and Alaska Native graduate students intending to pursue advanced degrees in tribal public policy, law, or medicine, and to faculty from a variety of disciplines to bring their expertise to the Foundation; and (3) internships to individuals to work in government agencies or in offices of major tribal governance organizations and to Native American and Alaska Native individuals to work in agencies or in offices of major public health or public policy organizations.Directs the Foundation to award grants to the Institute to: (1) provide for an annual panel of experts to discuss contemporary tribal governance issues; (2) conduct research in tribal governance policy and on Native American and Alaska Native tribal public policy issues; and (3) invite visiting policymakers to share practical experiences with the Foundation.Requires the Foundation to assist in the development and implementation of a program for tribal governance research to be located at the Institute.",2022-02-03T05:17:25Z,
110-s-2949,110,s,2949,Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-04-30,2008-04-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,0,"Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2008 - Establishes as an independent executive branch entity the Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Foundation, to be located in Portland, Oregon. Requires the Foundation to: (1) develop resources to train Native American and Alaska Native tribal council members in self-government and related fields; (2) foster greater recognition and understanding of the role of tribal self-government in the development of the United States; (3) identify critical issues facing tribal governments; (4) establish a program for tribal governance research at the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University; and (5) provide educational outreach regarding tribal self-government. Authorizes the Foundation to award: (1) scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers relating to tribal governance and to Native American and Alaska Native undergraduate students intending to pursue careers in tribal public policy; (2) fellowships to outstanding graduate students who intend to pursue advanced degrees in fields relating to tribal governance, to Native American and Alaska Native graduate students intending to pursue advanced degrees in tribal public policy, law, or medicine, and to faculty from a variety of disciplines to bring their expertise to the Foundation; and (3) internships to individuals to work in government agencies or in offices of major tribal governance organizations and to Native American and Alaska Native individuals to work in agencies or in offices of major public health or public policy organizations.Directs the Foundation to award grants to the Institute to: (1) provide for an annual panel of experts to discuss contemporary tribal governance issues; (2) conduct research in tribal governance policy and on Native American and Alaska Native tribal public policy issues; and (3) invite visiting policymakers to share practical experiences with the Foundation.Requires the Foundation to assist in the development and implementation of a program for tribal governance research to be located at the Institute.",2019-06-21T11:06:16Z,
110-hr-5795,110,hr,5795,"To require the Secretary of the Interior to notify units of local government when a Native American group files a petition to become a federally recognized Indian tribe and before the decision on the petition is made, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2008-04-15,2008-04-15,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]",CA,R,C001064,4,"Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to notify certain local governments: (1) within 60 days after a petition is filed requesting that a tribe be recognized, acknowledged, or reacknowledged as a federally recognized Indian tribe; (2) within 30 days after enactment of this Act regarding pending petitions; and (3) 90 days before a decision on a petition is announced.Describes a local government to be notified as a local city, parish, or county government located within a 25-mile radius of land that would be taken into trust for or transferred to, or for which jurisdiction would be given to, a tribe pursuant to such a petition.Prohibits Secretary from taking land into trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe or member thereof unless an Act enacted after this Act specifically instructs the Secretary to do so.",2019-11-15T21:28:16Z,
110-hr-5680,110,hr,5680,"To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2008-04-02,2008-09-25,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1082.,House,"Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]",AZ,D,G000551,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make annual disbursements to the Colorado River Indian Tribes to fund the Office of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation Energy Development. Requires that such disbursements be not less than $200,000, and not more than $350,000 annually.Provides for the inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in construction contracts for the Gila River Indian Community. Authorizes the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan to transfer, lease, encumber, or convey any part of its interest in real property that is not held in trust by the United States for its benefit. Absolves the United States from liability for any loss resulting from a transfer of real property by the Tribe. Makes this provision retroactive to January 1, 2005.Authorizes the Morongo Band of Mission Indians to lease lands held in trust for up to 50 years.Authorizes the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians to lease lands held in trust for up to 99 years.Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to authorize the Alaska Native Corporation to issue additional settlement common stock with limitations on voting rights and transferability by gift.Ratifies, effective December 5, 2006, the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Doe v. Kamehameha Schools, case number 04-15044, which allows Native American (i.e., American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians) schools to maintain certain admission policies for the provision of educational programs and services. Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to revise legal definitions relating to interests in land and intestate descent.",2022-02-03T05:20:20Z,
110-hr-5608,110,hr,5608,Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments Act,Native Americans,2008-03-13,2008-04-09,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]",WV,D,R000011,4,"Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments Act - Requires the Department of the Interior, the Indian Health Service, and the National Indian Gaming Commission, when formulating, amending, implementing, or rescinding policies that have tribal implications, to adhere to certain fundamental principles and policymaking criteria, including that the United States: (1) has a unique legal and political relationship with Indian tribal governments; (2) recognizes the right of Indian tribes to self government; and (3) shall encourage Indian tribes to develop their own policies to meet program objectives. Prohibits such entities from formulating, amending, or implementing policies that impose substantial direct compliance costs on Indian tribal governments and are not required by federal law, unless: (1) funds necessary to pay such costs are provided by the federal government; or (2) the entities consulted with tribal officials early in the process of developing the proposed policy and provided a tribal summary impact statement to specified congressional committees and affected tribes. Requires such entities to have accountable consultation processes and to explore and use consensual mechanisms for developing policies on issues relating to tribal self-government, tribal trust resources, or Indian tribal treaty and other rights. Prohibits such entities from implementing policies that have tribal implications and that preempt tribal law unless the entities: (1) consulted with tribal officials in the policy's development; and (2) provided to specified congressional committees and affected Indian tribes a tribal summary impact statement.Sets forth provisions concerning the process for Indian tribes applying for waivers from requirements.",2022-02-03T05:18:12Z,
110-hr-5581,110,hr,5581,"To require the Secretary of the Interior to notify units of local government when a Native American group files a petition to become a federally recognized Indian tribe and before the decision on the petition is made, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2008-03-11,2008-03-11,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]",CA,R,C001064,0,"Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to notify certain local governments: (1) within 60 days after a petition is filed requesting that a tribe be recognized, acknowledged, or reacknowledged as a federally recognized Indian tribe; (2) within 30 days after enactment of this Act regarding pending petitions; and (3) 90 days before a decision on a petition will be announced.Describes a local government to be notified as a local city, parish, or county government located within a 25-mile radius of land that would be taken into trust for or transferred to, or for which jurisdiction would be given to, the tribe pursuant to the petition.",2019-11-15T21:28:15Z,
110-hr-5521,110,hr,5521,To authorize the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.,Native Americans,2008-03-03,2008-03-03,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]",WI,D,K000365,0,"Authorizes the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (Tribe) to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey the Tribe's interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.",2022-02-03T05:22:19Z,
110-s-2676,110,s,2676,Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2008,Native Americans,2008-02-28,2008-02-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]",LA,R,V000127,0,"Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to revise requirements for the exemption of Indian land from gaming prohibitions.Requires: (1) the governor and the legislative body of the state in which a gaming activity is proposed to concur with the Secretary of the Interior's determination that the activity would be in the best interest of the tribe and not have a negative impact; and (2) the land to be land within a state in which the tribe is primarily located and land on which the primary geographic, social, and historical nexus is located.Adds as conditions for class II or class III gaming that it be conducted on: (1) lands that were Indian lands before enactment of this Act; or (2) land taken into trust for an Indian tribe after enactment, but only if the application requesting that the land be taken into trust stated the tribe's intent to conduct such gaming activities on the land.Authorizes the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission to: (1) approve the involvement in a gaming activity of any one of the ten persons or entities that have the highest financial interest in the activity; (2) investigate gaming activities and conduct background investigations of such persons or entities; and (3) audit and inspect class III gaming on Indian lands. Requires tribal ordinances to provide the Commission will conduct background investigations on tribal gaming commissioners, key tribal gaming employees, primary management officials, and key employees of the gaming enterprise.Revises the cap on the total fees to be paid to the Commission during any fiscal year by gaming operations conducting regulated class II and III gaming activities.Requires Indian tribes, before using lands for class II or III gaming, to: (1) submit to the Secretary an environmental impact statement; and (2) obtain the Secretary's consent with respect to the change in use of the lands.",2022-02-03T05:08:34Z,
110-hr-5403,110,hr,5403,13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Act,Native Americans,2008-02-12,2008-02-12,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,1,"13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to set forth land selection rights of the 13th Regional Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation, within five years, to select up to 1,453,388 acres from specified public lands and directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Corporation the surface and subsurface estate of no more than 1,162,710 acres of the lands selected. Prohibits any selection within the geographical region of any other Alaska Native Regional Corporation without such Regional Corporation's written approval. Sets forth: (1) limitations on lands that may be selected; (2) restrictions on rights, use, management, and sale of lands conveyed; and (3) requirements for timber and subsurface estate revenue sharing by the 13th Regional Corporation and the other 12 Regional Corporations.",2023-01-11T13:15:45Z,
110-hr-5293,110,hr,5293,Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act,Native Americans,2008-02-07,2008-09-22,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]",NV,R,H001041,1,"Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act - (Sec. 5) Approves, ratifies, and confirms, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute, the Agreement to Establish the Relative Water Rights of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation and the Upstream Water Users, East Fork Owyhee River, except as specified in this Act. Provides that: (1) this Act does not authorize the Tribes to use or authorize others to use tribal water rights off the Reservation other than for storage at Wild Horse Reservoir for use on tribal land and for the allocation of 265 acre feet to upstream water users under such Agreement, or use on tribal land off the Reservation; (2) execution of such Agreement shall not constitute major federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act; and (3) this Act does not affect the status of the Duck Valley Indian Irrigation Project.(Sec. 6) Requires tribal water rights to be held in trust by the United States for the Tribes' benefit. Directs the Tribes to enact a water code to administer such rights. Requires the Secretary to regulate such rights until the Tribes enact a water code. Provides that: (1) such rights are not subject to loss by abandonment, forfeiture, or nonuse; and (2) capital costs associated with the Project are nonreimbursable.(Sec. 8) Establishes the Shoneshone-Paiute Tribes Water Rights Development Fund for: (1) the rehabilitation or expansion of the Project; (2) acquisition of land and water rights; (3) cultural preservation; (4) restoring or improving fish or wildlife habitat; (5) fish or wildlife protection, water resource development, or agricultural development; (6) water resource planning and development; (7) designing and constructing water supply and sewer systems for tribal communities; (8) water-related projects and other related economic development projects; (9) developing water codes; or (10) the costs of implementing the Agreement. Establishes the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Operation and Maintenance Fund to pay or provide reimbursement for the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of: (1) the Project and other water-related projects funded under this Act; or (2) water supply and sewer systems for tribal communities. Authorizes appropriations for such Funds for FY2008-FY2013. Requires the Secretary to manage the Funds in accordance with the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994. Provides for withdrawing and spending amounts from the Funds, enforcing tribal management plans and expenditure plans, and reporting on the expenditures from the Funds. Prohibits amounts from the Funds from being distributed to Tribal members on a per capita basis.(Sec. 9) Authorizes the waiver or release by Tribes and the United States of the Tribes' water rights in the East Fork of the Owyhee River in Nevada, and claims to such rights that could be asserted in court proceedings or claims for damages, losses, or injuries to such rights, or claims of interference with, diversion or taking of water rights within the State of Nevada. Authorizes Tribes to waive and release claims against the United States: (1) for water rights in the East Fork of the Owyhee River or the Snake River Basin Adjudication in Idaho; (2) for damages, losses, or injuries to water, such rights, land, or other resources due to loss of water or water rights within Nevada and Idaho; (3) that relate to the operation maintenance, or rehabilitation of the Project; (4) that relate to the litigation of claims concerning the Tribes' water rights in pending proceedings before the Nevada State Engineer to determine the the water rights of the Tribes in the East Fork of the Owyhee River in Nevada or the Snake River Basin Adjudication in Idaho; or (5) that relate to the negotiation, execution, or adoption of the Agreement. Requires Tribes and the United States to retain: (1) claims for enforcement of the Agreement, the Final Consent Decree, or this Act; (2) rights to acquire a water right in a state to the same extent as other entities in the state and to use and protect water rights acquired; (3) claims relating to activities affecting the quality of water; and (4) rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, and powers not specifically waived and released under the terms of this Act.Provides that the waivers and release of claims become effective when the Secretary publishes a finding that: (1) the Agreement and the waivers and releases authorized have been executed by the parties and the Secretary; (2) the Fourth Judicial District Court, Elko County, Nevada, has issued a judgment and decree consistent with the Agreement from which no further appeal can be taken; and (3) specified amounts have been appropriated. Declares that the Agreement and this Act will not take effect and any funds and interest accrued that have been appropriated under this Act shall revert to the general fund of the Treasury if the Secretary does not publish such statement by March 31, 2016. Provides for the tolling of claims. (Sec. 10) Gives U.S. consent to jurisdiction in a proper forum for purposes of enforcing the Agreement's provisions.",2023-01-11T13:15:05Z,
110-hr-4841,110,hr,4841,Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act,Native Americans,2007-12-19,2008-07-31,Became Public Law No: 110-297.,House,"Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]",CA,R,B001228,5,"Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act - Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Settlement Agreement dated June 7, 2006, between the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians (Tribe) and certain water districts in California relating to the water rights of such Tribe.Establishes in the Treasury: (1) the San Jacinto Basin Restoration Fund to pay costs associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the basin recharge project for accommodating supplemental imported water deliveries; and (2) the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Water Development Fund for costs associated with constructing and maintaining water-related development projects.Provides for waivers and releases of specified claims made by the Tribe.Declares that the United States consents to jurisdiction in the case of Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, No. 001-04208, for the purpose of entering the judgment and decree rendered in such case.Allows the Tribe to use water made available to it under the Settlement Agreement for any use it deems advisable on the Reservation and to enter into contracts and other agreements to exchange water made available to it under the Settlement Agreement, subject to certain limitations.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to comply with all federal environmental requirements in implementing the Agreement.",2023-11-13T20:30:44Z,
110-s-2494,110,s,2494,Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act,Native Americans,2007-12-17,2008-09-09,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 948.,Senate,"Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]",WA,D,C000127,2,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)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 to compensate the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation in the state of Washington for the use of its land for the generation of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) make payments to the Fund in FY2008-FY2012; (2) pay compensation from the Fund to the Spokane Business Council.Requires the use of such funds for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center to house, preserve, and protect the burial remains and funerary and cultural resources affected by the operation of the Grand Coulee Dam and to provide a facility to promote the culture and history of the Tribe. Allocates funds to the Council for resource development programs, credit programs, scholarship programs, or reserve, investment, and economic development programs.Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Tribe.Allows payments made to the Council or Tribe to be used or invested by the Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds.Directs the Secretary to transfer from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs administrative jurisdiction over certain land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation established by the Executive Order of January 18, 1881. Provides that all land transferred by the Secretary shall be held in trust for the benefit and use of the Tribe and shall remain part of the Spokane Indian Reservation. Grants the United States a perpetual easement over land transferred by the Secretary to carry out the Columbia Basin Project under the Columbia Basin Project Act. Provides that payments by the Secretary and the Administrator and restoration of ownership of land in trust constitute full satisfaction of the claim of the Tribe to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use of land of the Tribe for the production of hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.Authorizes appropriations. Provides that nothing in this Act establishes any precedent or is binding on the Southwestern Power Administration, Western Area Power Administration, or the Southeastern Power Administration.",2023-01-11T13:15:24Z,
110-s-2489,110,s,2489,Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act,Native Americans,2007-12-14,2008-09-25,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1090.,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) carry out the modernization and improvement of facilities at the Angostura Irrigation Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program; and (2) provide for the delivery of water saved through such modernization and improvement for fish and wildlife purposes and environmental restoration on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (South Dakota). Authorizes appropriations.Establishes in the Treasury the Oglala Sioux Tribal Development Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) deposit $92.5 million into such Trust Fund by the first day of the 11th fiscal year after the enactment of this Act; and (2) make payments to the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as requested by the Tribe pursuant to tribal resolution. Requires the Tribal Council to prepare a plan for the use of such payments for economic and infrastructure development and for educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the Tribe or members of the Tribe. Provides for the review and updating of such plan and the auditing of the activities of the Tribe in carrying out the plan. Prohibits payments to any member of the Tribe on a per capita basis. States that no payment made to the Tribe under this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of any service or program to which the Tribe or any member of the Tribe is otherwise entitled under federal law. Authorizes appropriations to pay the administrative expenses of the Trust Fund. Declares that nothing in this Act affects: (1) any right or claim of the Tribe under the Treaty of Fort Laramie of September 17, 1851, or April 29, 1868; or (2) reserved water rights of the Tribe.",2023-01-11T13:15:24Z,
110-s-2457,110,s,2457,A bill to provide for extensions of leases of certain land by Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe.,Native Americans,2007-12-12,2008-05-08,Became Public Law No: 110-228.,Senate,"Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]",CT,ID,L000304,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on February 5, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes any lease of restricted land of the Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe entered into by its tribal corporation to include an option to renew the lease for not more than two additional terms of up to 25 years each, subject only to the approval of the tribal council. Provides that the United States shall not be liable for any loss resulting from such a renewal.  Prohibits any entity from conducting gaming activity on any land that is leased with an option to renew under this Act.",2023-11-13T20:15:18Z,
110-hjres-68,110,hjres,68,To acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.,Native Americans,2007-12-11,2007-12-11,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]",OK,D,B001254,37,"Recognizes the special legal and political relationship the Indian tribes have with the United States and the solemn covenant with the land we share. Commends and honors the Native Peoples for the thousands of years that they have stewarded and protected this land.Recognizes that there have been years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the U.S. government regarding Indian tribes.Apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on them by U.S. citizens. Expresses the regret of the United States for the ramifications of former wrongs and its commitment to build on the positive relationships of the past and present to move toward reconciliation. Urges the President to acknowledge the wrongs of the United States against Indian tribes in U.S. history.Commends the state governments that have begun reconciliation efforts with recognized Indian tribes located in their boundaries, and encourages all state governments to do the same.Declares that nothing in this Joint Resolution authorizes or supports any claim against the United States or serves as a settlement of any claim against the United States.",2023-01-11T20:07:45Z,
110-hr-4243,110,hr,4243,Indian School Construction Act,Native Americans,2007-11-15,2008-02-05,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.",House,"Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]",ND,D,P000422,3,"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 funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of tribal schools, including advance planning and design.Permits a tribe to use amounts received through a bond issue to enter contracts: (1) for the design and engineering of the school; and (2) with financial advisors, underwriters, attorneys, trustees, and other professionals to provide assistance to the tribe in issuing bonds.Makes any tribal school modernization bond issued by a tribe subject to a trust agreement. Authorizes the Secretary to deposit not more than $50 million into a tribal school modernization escrow account and to accept additional amounts from other federal agencies and non-federal public or private sources.Declares that no bond shall be an obligation of, nor shall payment of the principal be guaranteed by, the United States, the tribes, or their schools. Exempts from federal income tax any earnings through the investment of funds under the control of a trustee. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit to individuals who hold such bonds.",2023-01-11T20:11:23Z,
110-s-2367,110,s,2367,Indian School Construction Act,Native Americans,2007-11-15,2007-11-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,3,"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 funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of tribal schools, including advance planning and design.Permits a tribe to use amounts received through a bond issue to enter contracts: (1) for the design and engineering of the school; and (2) with financial advisors, underwriters, attorneys, trustees, and other professionals to provide assistance to the tribe in issuing bonds.Makes any tribal school modernization bond issued by a tribe subject to a trust agreement. Authorizes the Secretary to deposit not more than $50 million into a tribal school modernization escrow account and to accept additional amounts from other federal agencies and non-federal public or private sources.Declares that no bond shall be an obligation of, nor shall payment of the principal be guaranteed by, the United States, the tribes, or their schools. Exempts from federal income tax any earnings through the investment of funds under the control of a trustee. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit to individuals who hold such bonds.",2023-01-11T14:50:57Z,
110-hr-4168,110,hr,4168,"To authorize the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the State of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-11-13,2007-11-13,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,0,"Authorizes the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan to convey fee simple land owned by the Tribe. Deems this Act to have taken effect on January 1, 2005.",2023-01-11T20:11:49Z,
110-hr-4115,110,hr,4115,To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.,Native Americans,2007-11-08,2008-04-04,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 346.",House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]",MI,D,D000355,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 6, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take lands identified as alternative lands in the Settlement of Land Claim (the agreement between the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the Governor of Michigan executed on December 30, 2002, including the document titled "Addendum to Settlement of Land Claim," executed on November 14, 2007) into trust for the benefit of the Tribe within 30 days after the Secretary has: (1) received a title insurance policy for the alternative lands that shows that such lands are not subject to mortgages, liens, deeds of trust, options to purchase, or other security interests; and (2) confirmed that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 has been complied with regarding the trust acquisition of the property.Provides for the alternative lands to become part of the Tribe's reservation immediately upon attaining trust status. Requires the alternative lands to be taken into trust as part of the settlement and extinguishment of the Tribe's Charlotte Beach land claims and to be deemed lands obtained in settlement of a land claim within the meaning of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.Extinguishes all claims by the Tribe to the Charlotte Beach lands or against the United States, the State of Michigan, or any other person or entity based on or relating to claims to such lands, whether based on aboriginal or recognized title, upon: (1) the Secretary having taken the alternative lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe; and (2) congressional acceptance of the extinguishment of such claims to the Charlotte Beach lands by the Bay Mills Indian Community.Approves and ratifies the Settlement of Land Claim, which shall be enforceable by the Tribe or the Governor according to its terms. Vests exclusive jurisdiction over any enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.",2023-01-11T20:16:19Z,
110-hr-4027,110,hr,4027,To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act so that it will be interpreted in accordance with the original intent of Congress to require a significant relationship be found between remains discovered on Federal lands and presently existing Native American tribes for those remains to be applicable under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.,Native Americans,2007-10-31,2007-10-31,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]",WA,R,H000329,0,"Amends the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to redefine Native American to mean cultural items that have a significant and substantial genetic or cultural relationship, based on factors other than geography alone, to a presently existing tribe, people, or culture that is now indigenous to the United States. Declares that nothing in such Act shall be deemed to restrict excavation, examination, investigation, or scientific study under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 of any cultural item found on federal land that has not been determined to be the property of an Indian tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization.",2023-01-11T20:22:33Z,
110-hr-3994,110,hr,3994,Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-10-30,2007-11-08,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]",OK,D,B001254,2,"Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2007 - Amends the Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Office of Self-Governance, to select up to 50 new Indian tribes per year from those eligible to participate in self-governance.",2023-01-11T20:22:45Z,
110-s-2232,110,s,2232,Foreign Aid Lessons for Domestic Economic Assistance Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-10-25,2008-02-27,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-368.,Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,3,"Foreign Aid Lessons for Domestic Economic Assistance Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement the Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project through which federal economic development assistance may be provided for certain Native American communities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such assistance to consortia of Alaska Native nonprofit organizations, Native Hawaiian community organizations, and other Indian tribes that enter into Native American Challenge Compacts. Requires such Compacts to establish a multiyear plan for achieving certain development objectives, including promoting economic growth and the elimination of poverty, strengthening good governance, entrepreneurship, and investment in Native American communities, and building the capacity of Native people to deal with rapid change and uncertainty due to climate change.",2023-01-11T20:20:15Z,
110-s-2200,110,s,2200,Tribal Water Resources Innovative Financing Act,Native Americans,2007-10-18,2007-10-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]",ND,D,C000705,2,"Tribal Water Resources Innovative Financing Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse an Indian tribe for specified expenses and costs incurred by the tribe with respect to an eligible debt financing instrument. Defines "eligible debt financing instrument" to mean a bond or other debt financing instrument (including a note, certificate, mortgage, or lease agreement) issued by an Indian tribe, the proceeds of which are used for construction of an authorized Indian tribal municipal, rural, or industrial water project. Allows the Secretary to reimburse an Indian tribe for a project funded by an eligible debt financing instrument if the project is being carried out by the Indian tribe pursuant to a contract or cooperative agreement with the Secretary in accordance with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.  Limits the federal cost share for a project under this Act to the federal cost share for the project as determined under the authorizing statute.",2023-01-11T20:20:31Z,
110-hr-3858,110,hr,3858,"To improve the further development of water resources in Colorado and New Mexico, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-10-16,2007-10-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]",CO,D,S001158,0,"Amends the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 to require: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to assure that not less than one-third of funds appropriated for economic development through each tribe's Tribal Resource Fund be expended for municipal or rural water development; and (2) funds appropriated by this Act and placed in the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Tribal Resource Funds which have not been disbursed by December 31, 2020, to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.",2023-01-11T20:23:54Z,
110-hr-3787,110,hr,3787,Land-In-Trust Public Hearing Act,Native Americans,2007-10-09,2007-10-09,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]",NY,R,M000472,1,"Land-In-Trust Public Hearing Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, at least six months before approving any application to take land into trust for an Indian tribe, to hold at least one public hearing in the surrounding community where the land is located in order to ascertain the community's needs and interests.  Instructs the Secretary to solicit comments from the public at hearings held pursuant to such requirement and to ensure that comments received or related to such hearings are part of the record.",2023-01-11T20:24:17Z,
110-hr-3788,110,hr,3788,"To ensure that no Federal law shall prevent the Tuscarora Nation of Indians of the Carolinas from seeking Federal recognition as an Indian tribe, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-10-09,2007-10-09,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]",NC,R,M001134,0,"Prohibits neither the Lumbee Act of June 7, 1956, (relating to the designation of certain Indian inhabitants of North Carolina as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina) nor the federally recognized status of any Indian tribe from preventing the Tuscarora Nation of Indians of the Carolinas from seeking or attaining federal recognition as an Indian tribe.",2023-01-11T20:24:16Z,
110-hr-3752,110,hr,3752,To provide that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act shall not apply to an Indian tribe or to Indian lands of an Indian tribe until that Indian tribe has been federally recognized for a period of not less than 25 continuous years.,Native Americans,2007-10-04,2007-10-04,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]",CA,R,C001064,1,Bars applying the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to an Indian tribe or to Indian lands of an Indian tribe until such Indian tribe has been a federally recognized Indian tribe for a period of not less than 25 continuous years. Makes such waiting period on gaming activities nonapplicable to Indian tribes that were federally recognized before the enactment of this Act.,2023-01-11T20:24:30Z,
110-s-2145,110,s,2145,American Indian Veteran Health Care Improvement Act,Native Americans,2007-10-04,2007-10-15,Star Print ordered on the bill.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,2,"American Indian Veteran Health Care Improvement Act - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary) to: (1) provide for veteran-related expenses incurred by eligible Indian veterans for medical services administered at an Indian Health Service facility pursuant to a local memorandum of understanding between the HHS Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA Secretary); and (2) establish guidelines regarding the method of payments to the VA Secretary for such expenses.Requires the HHS Secretary, in negotiating such a local memorandum of understanding with the VA Secretary, to consult with each Indian tribe that would be affected.Provides that expenses incurred by the HHS Secretary while providing for eligible Indian veterans' expenses shall not be considered Contract Health Service expenses.",2023-01-11T20:21:05Z,
110-hr-3709,110,hr,3709,"To authorize inter-tribal transfers of authority in leases between the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-10-01,2007-10-01,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]",CA,D,F000116,0,"Allows the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians of Alpine, California, to lease any portion of land held in trust for the Band within the boundaries of its reservation to the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay of Alpine.",2023-01-11T20:25:03Z,
110-hr-3699,110,hr,3699,"To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, Docket Nos. 19 and 188, United States Court of Federal Claims.",Native Americans,2007-09-27,2008-06-05,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to distribute the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, Docket Nos. 19 and 188 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims together with all interest and investment income accrued on deposit in trust account JA1041696 in equal shares to each of the following constituent bands of the Tribe: (1) the Bois Forte Band; (2) the Fond du Lac Band; (3) the Grand Portage Band; (4) the Leech Lake Band; (5) the Mille Lacs Band; and (6) the White Earth Band.  Requires that the shares of such Bands be made available for use in the manner determined by the governing body of each Band, except that at least 20% of such funds shall be set aside for social and economic development, education, reservation infrastructure needs, and other governmental purposes.",2023-01-11T20:29:06Z,
110-s-2087,110,s,2087,Native American Omnibus Technical Corrections Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-09-25,2008-04-16,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 700.,Senate,"Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]",ND,D,D000432,3,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Native American Omnibus Technical Corrections Act of 2007 - Amends various enactments relating to Native Americans to make technical corrections.(Sec. 2) Amends the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to define “Native American” to mean of or relating to a tribe, people, or culture that is or was indigenous to any geographic area that is now located within the boundaries of the United States.(Sec. 3) Amends the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000 to extend through FY2012 the grant programs for tribal justice training and technical assistance and for tribal justice systems. (Sec. 4) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include territories and Indian tribes as eligible grant recipients under a program that addresses public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots.Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to include territories and Indian tribes as eligible recipients under grant programs for drug endangered children and grant programs to address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.(Sec. 5) Revises legal definitions relating to interests in land and intestate descent under the Indian Land Consolidation Act.Provides for an exception to a requirement concerning devising an Indian tribe's trust or restricted land.Prohibits the presumption of joint tenancy from applying to any devise of an interest in trust or restricted land under a will executed prior to September 1, 2008. Authorizes the Secretary to extend such date by not more than one year if the Secretary publishes notice of the extension.Requires the Secretary, upon receiving a request with respect to an interest in probate from more than one eligible purchaser, to sell the interest to the eligible purchaser that is selected by the applicable heir, devisee, or surviving spouse. (Currently, the Secretary is required to sell the interest by public auction or sealed bid.)(Sec. 6) Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to: (1) authorize any federal law enforcement officer to conduct an investigation of offenses involving the sale of goods or products misrepresented as Indian-produced on lands under federal jurisdiction; (2) authorize the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to refer an alleged offense under such Act to any federal law enforcement officer for investigation (currently, referral is limited to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)); (3) permit any federal law enforcement officer to investigate an alleged offense without a referral from the Board; and (4) provide penalties for the misrepresentation of Indian produced goods and products.",2023-01-11T20:27:42Z,
110-hr-3560,110,hr,3560,Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act,Native Americans,2007-09-18,2007-11-14,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,4,"Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act - Authorizes Sealaska Corporation to select and receive conveyance of its remaining Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) land entitlement from federal lands in southeast Alaska from each of the following categories: (1) specified economic development land; (2) specified sites with sacred, cultural, traditional, or historical significance; and (3) specified native enterprise sites with traditional and recreational use value. Requires the Secretary of Interior to complete the conveyance of land to Sealaska within 180 days of selection.Declares that upon the exhaustion of Sealaska's remaining land entitlement under ANCSA and the completion of the conveyances of the land selected, the original southeast Alaska withdrawals shall expire and the lands within the withdrawals that are not conveyed to a Southeast Alaska Regional or Village Corporation shall be returned to the unencumbered management of the U.S. Forest Service as a part of the Tongass National Forest.Prohibits Sealaska from selecting or receiving conveyance of lands from within any Conservation System Unit, federally designated wilderness areas, or Land Use Designation I or II Areas.Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) covenants and conditions on land conveyances to Sealaska, including subjecting conveyances of specified lands to a covenant prohibiting commercial timber harvesting; (2) authorized uses for the sacred, cultural, traditional, and historic sites; and (3) nonexclusive access and use rights that are required to be included in conveyances to Sealaska of native enterprise sites.",2023-01-11T20:30:33Z,
110-hr-3570,110,hr,3570,Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act,Native Americans,2007-09-18,2007-09-18,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]",OK,D,B001254,0,"Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act - Transfers administrative jurisdiction over specified federal land in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, within the boundary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (the Tribe) to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall take such land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe.  Requires: (1) the Tribe to pay fair market value for the land; and (2) all costs and administrative expenses associated with the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of the land and the taking of it into trust, including any environmental remediation costs, to be paid by the Tribe.",2023-01-11T20:30:28Z,
110-s-2062,110,s,2062,Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-09-18,2008-07-17,Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill House requests a conference.,Senate,"Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]",ND,D,D000432,12,"Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2007 - (Sec.2) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for block grants under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) for Indian tribe affordable housing activities. Considers, for purposes of the procurement and supply of personal property and nonpersonal services for executive agencies, a tribe or tribally designated housing entity to be an executive agency when carrying out housing programs, services, functions, and activities under such tribe or entity, and its employees to be eligible to have access to such supply sources as executive agency employees. Requires, with respect to any grant made under NAHASDA that is intended to benefit one tribe, the tribal employment or contract preference laws adopted by such tribe to govern the administration of the grant or grant portion. Prohibits funds authorized under this Act from being expended for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until it is in full compliance with the Treaty of 1866 and fully recognizes all Cherokee Freedmen and their descendants as citizens of the Cherokee Nation.Requires one-year Indian housing plans under NAHASDA to include a description of grant amounts made available for the preceding fiscal year which have not been, or are not expected to be, used before the beginning of the fiscal year for which a plan is submitted. Excludes from NAHASDA program income development fees paid to an Indian tribe for certain projects assisted with a low-income housing tax credit. Permits affordable housing assistance for: (1) essential (under current law, essential non-Indian) families on Indian reservations and other Indian areas; and (2) local law enforcement officers on Indian reservations or other Indian areas.  Includes among affordable housing activities that are eligible for assistance: (1) the operation and maintenance of affordable housing units; and (2) the deposit of specified funds into reserve accounts established for tribes for the purpose of accumulating funds for affordable housing activities.  Exempts recipients of less than $5,000 of goods and services from NAHASDA rules and procedures for competitive procurement.Allows the disclosure of criminal conviction records to Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities for purposes of screening adult applicants for employment in housing-related positions.(Sec. 3) Establishes self-determined housing activities for the tribal communities program under which a qualifying tribe may use a portion of its grant amounts during FY2008-FY2012 for housing activities involving the construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of housing to benefit the low-income community served by the tribe. Prohibits the use of funds for any infrastructure, commercial and economic development, and housing operating costs.Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, during 2011, to conduct, and report to Congress no later than December 31, 2011, on a review of such program's results to determine: (1) the housing constructed, acquired, or rehabilitated under the program and the effects of such housing on costs to low-income families of affordable housing; (2) the effectiveness of each recipient in achieving the results intended to be achieved, as set forth in the Indian housing plan for the Indian tribe; and (3) the need for, and effectiveness of, extending the duration of the program and increasing the amount of grants that may be used under the program. (Sec. 4) Declares that NAHASDA does not prohibit or prevent any insular area or participating jurisdiction from providing amounts to Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities for use in accordance with the HOME Investment Partnership Act.(Sec. 5) Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of NAHASDA in meeting the needs for affordable housing for low-income Indian families(Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to carry out training and information activities that include conducting educational seminars with tribes and tribally designated housing entities on how to utilize the loan guarantee program. Extends through FY2012 the aggregate fiscal year limitation with regard to federal guarantees for financing tribal housing activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for: (1) the costs of making such guarantees; (2) training and technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally designated housing entities; and (3) block grants for affordable housing activities for Native Hawaiian families who are eligible to reside on the Hawaiian home lands. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee notes and obligations issued by Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities with tribal approval to finance activities carried out on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas that are eligible for financing under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Requires no less than 70% of the aggregate funds received by an Indian tribe from a guaranteed loan to be used for the support of activities that benefit low-income Indian families. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish underwriting criteria and other requirements to ensure the financial soundness of the loan guarantee program and the repayment of loans; and (2) carry out training and information activities with respect to the guarantee program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-2012. Imposes limitations on the amount of loan guarantees, including: (1) an annual fiscal year limitation of $200 million for FY2008-FY2012; and (2) an aggregate limitation on outstanding guarantees of $1 billion.Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the loan guarantee program within four years after the enactment of this Act. Terminates the Secretary's authority to make new loan guarantees on October 1, 2012.(Sec. 10) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to employ unauthorized aliens.",2023-01-11T20:27:51Z,
110-hr-3522,110,hr,3522,"To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-09-10,2008-05-27,Became Public Law No: 110-236.,House,"Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]",NM,D,U000039,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)Ratifies and approves the Jicarilla Apache Nation's quitclaim deed for the Settlement Lands to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, but such ratification and approval shall be effective only upon satisfaction of the following conditions: (1) that the Board of Commissioners of the Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, has enacted a resolution permanently abandoning a specified disputed county road and has submitted a copy of that resolution to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) that the Jicarilla Apache Nation has executed a quitclaim deed to Rio Arriba County for specified settlement lands subject to the exceptions identified in the Settlement Agreement and has submitted a copy of such deed to the Secretary. Makes such ratification and approval effective only as of the date that the Secretary publishes findings in the Federal Register that the conditions have been met.Requires the Secretary, following publication of the findings, to issue to the County a patent for the Settlement lands. Subjects the patent to all valid existing rights of third parties, including but not limited to easements of record. Requires that the patent include a specified perpetual restrictive covenant running with the Settlement Lands for the benefit of the lands comprising the Jicarilla Apache Reservation adjacent to the Settlement Lands. Provides that the lands conveyed to the County in such patent shall cease to be a part of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation and the exterior boundary of the Reservation shall be deemed relocated accordingly.",2023-11-13T20:29:20Z,
110-hr-3490,110,hr,3490,Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2008,Native Americans,2007-09-06,2008-09-16,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1024.,House,"Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]",CA,R,R000004,0,"Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2008 - Declares that specified federal lands are to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California (the Tribe) for nongaming purposes. Subjects: (1) such lands to the same terms and conditions as those lands described in the California Indian Land Transfer Act; and (2) specified lands taken or to be taken into trust for the Tribe's benefit to the Act's requirements regarding the applicability of laws governing lands which are to be held in trust for the benefit of a tribe, band, or group of Indians pursuant to the Act. Requires the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to complete: (1) fieldwork required for a survey of the federal lands and trust lands for the purpose of incorporating those lands within the boundaries of the Tuolumne Rancheria; and (2) the survey within 90 days after the fieldwork is completed. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon the approval by the Community Council of the Tribe of such survey, to publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the new boundary lines of the Tuolumne Rancheria and a legal description of the land surveyed.",2023-01-11T20:31:04Z,
110-hr-3413,110,hr,3413,Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-08-03,2007-09-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.",House,"Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]",MN,R,K000363,6,Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2007 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its Indian lands is not considered an employer for purposes of such Act.,2023-01-11T20:37:23Z,
110-hr-3351,110,hr,3351,Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-08-02,2007-11-14,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement the Native American Challenge Demonstration Project through which federal economic development assistance may be provided for certain Native American communities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such assistance to eligible entities that enter into Native American Challenge Compacts with the United States pursuant to this Act.  Requires that Compacts establish a multi-year plan for achieving development objectives in furthering the purposes of this Act, including to adapt the lessons of foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to the provision of federal economic development assistance to similarly situated remote Native American communities.",2023-01-11T20:37:43Z,
110-s-1901,110,s,1901,Lake Traverse Reservation Heirship Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-07-30,2007-07-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]",SD,R,T000250,1,Lake Traverse Reservation Heirship Act of 2007 - Amends federal Indian law to provide for the inheritance of small fractional interests within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.,2023-01-11T20:40:58Z,
110-hr-3069,110,hr,3069,Dunlap Band of Mono Indians Reaffirmation Act,Native Americans,2007-07-17,2007-07-17,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]",CA,R,N000181,1,"Dunlap Band of Mono Indians Reaffirmation Act - Reaffirms federal recognition of the Dunlap Band of Mono Indians (the Tribe). Makes all federal laws of general application to Indians and Indian tribes applicable with respect to the Tribe.  Reaffirms all rights and privileges of the Tribe and members of the Tribe which may have been abrogated or diminished or lost as a result of administrative oversight or neglect, or as a result of implementation of the termination policy of the federal government in California to the Tribe and its members.  Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all programs, benefits, and services provided by the United States to Indians and Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust specified real property for the benefit of the Tribe. Makes any real property taken into trust become part of the Tribe's reservation.  Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) the initial membership of the Tribe; (2) the interim government of the Tribe; and (3) a constitution for the Tribe.",2023-01-11T21:19:11Z,
110-hr-3048,110,hr,3048,To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.,Native Americans,2007-07-16,2007-07-16,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]",MI,D,D000355,0,"Provides for and approves the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take certain alternative lands into trust for the Tribe's benefit, upon fulfillment of a specified condition, as part of the settlement and extinguishment of the Tribe's Charlotte Beach land claims. Extinguishes such claims.",2023-01-11T21:19:19Z,
110-s-1779,110,s,1779,Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act of 2008,Native Americans,2007-07-12,2008-10-01,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1110.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,4,"Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act of 2008 - Title I: Through Higher Education: Promoting the Advancement of Tribal Health - Through Higher Education: Promoting the Advancement of Tribal Health Act or THE PATH Act - (Sec. 104) Designates the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the coordinating officer for programs of tribal colleges and universities (tribal colleges) relating to health care workforce development and health promotion and disease prevention.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a formal memorandum of agreement with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium to establish programs to ensure equitable Native American participation in HHS programs, services, and resources and to provide technical assistance to tribal colleges. (Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to provide for grants, or enter into cooperative agreements with, tribal colleges to: (1) carry out annual, community-based, and culturally relevant health and wellness fairs at tribal colleges; and (2) assist tribal colleges to carry out health promotion and disease prevention programs and reduce health disparities in tribal communities. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2017.(Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to provide grants to tribal colleges to develop and strengthen public health professional degree programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2017.(Sec. 108) Establishes in the Treasury the Tribal College and University Rural Health Equity Endowment Fund to establish and maintain an endowment for a health professions workforce development program at tribal colleges. (Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary to establish a grant program to establish and maintain at tribal college offices sponsored programs for research, grant management, and coordination of tribal college activities.Requires tribal colleges to report to the Director in FY2010-FY2018 on sponsored programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2017.(Sec. 110) Directs the Secretary to provide for competitive grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, tribal colleges to conduct research on health promotion and disease prevention at the tribal colleges. Limits the term of such grants or cooperative agreements to three years and establishes the minimum amount of grants at $150,000 for a fiscal year. Provides a one-year term and a $10,000 minimum amount for undergraduate research experience program grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2017. Title II: Advancing Tribes through Tribal Colleges and Universities - Advancing Tribes Through Tribal Colleges and Universities Act or the AT TCUs Act - (Sec. 203) Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to establish the TCU Native Prosperity Program to provide for grants to, or offer to enter into cooperative agreements with, eligible tribal colleges to promote economic development, entrepreneurship, community development, and sound fiscal leadership in Indian communities. Limits grant periods to five years, but allows a three-year extension on a non-competitive basis for tribal colleges that perform successfully. Allows a tribal college to use assistance received under this Act to carry out specified activities, including: (1) microenterprise development; (2) business development and administration courses and degree programs; (3) entrepreneurship programs; (4) municipality planning and administration courses, degree programs, and in-service training; and (5) executive leadership training in economic development, planning, and emerging management issues. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium to provide tribal colleges with technical assistance.Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2012.(Sec. 204) Defines "tribal college or university" to mean: (1) an institution that is eligible to receive funds under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978; (2) Dine College; and (3) any of the 1994 Institutions listed in the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994.",2023-01-11T20:41:57Z,
110-hr-3002,110,hr,3002,Native American Economic Development and Infrastructure for Housing Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-07-11,2007-10-02,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 223.",House,"Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]",NM,R,P000588,4,"Native American Economic Development and Infrastructure for Housing Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to guarantee notes and obligations issued by Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities, with tribal approval, to finance community and economic development activities on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas. Requires the use of at least 70% of the aggregate funds received as a result of such guarantee to support activities that benefit low-income Indian families. Directs the Secretary to establish underwriting criteria for such guarantees, including necessary fees, to ensure that the guarantee program is financially sound. Prohibits the Secretary from denying a guarantee on the basis of the proposed repayment period for the note or other obligation, unless the period is more than 20 years or he determines that the period causes the guarantee to constitute an unacceptable financial risk. Limits a guarantee to repayment of 95% of the unpaid principal and interest due.   Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities, to carry out training and information activities with respect to the guarantee program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into guarantee commitments with an aggregate principal amount of up to $200 million for each of FY2008-FY2012. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal years. Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until the Secretary certifies to Congress that it is in compliance with the Treaty of 1866 and fully recognizes all Cherokee Freedmen and their descendants as citizens of the Cherokee Nation.  Limits to $1 billion, or any authorized higher amount, the total aggregate outstanding obligations guaranteed on a cumulative basis by the Secretary for any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to monitor the use of such guarantees by Indian tribes. Authorizes the Secretary, upon finding that 50% of such aggregate guarantee authority has been committed, to: (1) limit to $25 million the amount of guarantees that any one Indian tribe may receive in any fiscal year; or (2) request the enactment of legislation increasing the aggregate outstanding limitation.  Terminates on October 1, 2012, the Secretary's authority to make new guarantees for notes and obligations.",2023-01-11T21:19:41Z,
110-hr-2952,110,hr,2952,To authorize the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Indians of the State of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.,Native Americans,2007-07-10,2007-08-13,Became Public Law No: 110-76.,House,"Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]",MI,D,K000172,2,"(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 30, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Allows, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, without further authorization or approval, all or any part of the Tribe's interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.  Prohibits anything in this Act from intending to authorize the Tribe to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, any lands, or any interest in any lands, that are held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.  Bars the United States from being held liable to any party (including the Tribe or any agent or instrumentality of the Tribe) for any term of, or any loss resulting from the term of any transfer, lease, encumbrance, or conveyance of land pursuant to this Act, except as specified. Makes such prohibition nonapplicable to land transferred or conveyed by the Tribe to the United States to be held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe.",2023-03-30T18:35:45Z,
110-hr-2963,110,hr,2963,Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-07-10,2008-10-10,Became Public Law No: 110-383.,House,"Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]",CA,R,I000056,1,"Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2007 - Transfers certain lands in Riverside and San Diego Counties, California, from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. Prohibits such transfer from including the 12.82 acres of lands more or less, including the facilities, improvements, and appurtenances associated with the existing 230kV transmission line in San Diego County and its 300 foot corridor, which shall be sold by BLM for fair market value to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company not later than 30 days after the completion of the cadastral survey and appraisal described in this Act. Requires: (1) conveyance of the utility corridor to the Gas & Electric Company; and (2) the Company to pay the costs of carrying out the conveyance of the utility corridor, including any associated survey and appraisal costs. Allows the transferred lands to be used only as open space and for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of archeological, cultural, and wildlife resources. Bars the construction of any roads on such lands other than for maintenance purposes. Prohibits the development of infrastructure or buildings on the transferred land. Prohibits the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians from conducting gaming activities or activities conducted in conjunction with the operation of a casino: (1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; or (2) under any federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (including any regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior or the National Indian Gaming Commission under such Act).",2023-11-13T20:12:39Z,
110-s-1746,110,s,1746,Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act,Native Americans,2007-06-29,2007-06-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8742-8744),Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]",AK,R,M001153,1,"Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement lands and other compensation pursuant to this Act.",2023-01-12T17:52:44Z,
110-hr-2863,110,hr,2863,To authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.,Native Americans,2007-06-26,2007-08-13,Became Public Law No: 110-75.,House,"Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]",OR,D,D000191,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 30, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Allows, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Coquille Indian Tribe of Oregon to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, without further authorization or approval, all or any part of the Tribe's interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.  Makes such authority nonapplicable with respect to any transfer, encumbrance, lease, or other conveyance of any land or interest in land of the Tribe that occurred before January 1, 2007. Prohibits anything in this Act from intending to authorize the Tribe to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, any lands, or any interest in any lands, that are held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.  Bars the United States from being held liable to any party (including the Tribe or any agent or instrumentality of the Tribe) for any term of, or any loss resulting from the term of any transfer, lease, encumbrance, or conveyance of land pursuant to this Act, except as specified. Makes such prohibition nonapplicable to land transferred or conveyed by the Tribe to the United States to be held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe.",2023-03-30T18:35:45Z,
110-hr-2837,110,hr,2837,Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act,Native Americans,2007-06-22,2007-10-03,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]",AS,D,F000010,0,"Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act - Establishes the Commission on Indian Recognition. Sets forth procedures for an Indian group to submit letters of intent and a petition to the Commission requesting federal recognition as an Indian tribe (effectively transferring the federal recognition process from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Commission).  Specifies the requirements of a petition for recognition.  Requires the Commission upon receiving a petition to: (1) send acknowledgment of receipt in writing to the petitioner; and (2) conduct a review to determine whether the petitioner is entitled to be recognized as an Indian tribe. Authorizes the petitioner to seek judicial review of a final determination with respect to a petition in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Makes an Indian tribe upon recognition by the Commission: (1) eligible for services and benefits from the federal government that are available to other federally recognized Indian tribes by virtue of their status as Indian tribes with a government-to-government relationship with the United States; and (2) have responsibilities, obligations, privileges, and immunities of those Indian tribes.  Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to Indian groups seeking federal recognition as Indian tribes to enable them to conduct research to substantiate, and prepare documentation necessary for submission of, documented petitions under this Act.",2023-01-12T17:52:57Z,
110-hr-2824,110,hr,2824,"To sever United States' government relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until such time as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma restores full tribal citizenship to the Cherokee Freedmen disenfranchised in the March 3, 2007, Cherokee Nation vote and fulfills all its treaty obligations with the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-06-21,2007-10-01,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1052-1053),House,"Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]",CA,D,W000794,23,"Severs the United States relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until the Cherokee Nation is meeting all of its treaty obligations and other federal statutory obligations, including all obligations with the Treaty of 1866 and has restored the rights of Cherokee Freedmen disenfranchised from the Cherokee Nation in the March 3, 2007, Cherokee Nation vote to remove them from the Cherokee Nation. Requires a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Cherokee Nation's expenditure of federal funds, as well as other specified reports from federal agencies, the Secretary of the Interior, and the National Indian Gaming Commission.Suspends the Cherokee Nation's authority to conduct gaming operations until it is in compliance with all treaty and other obligations with the United States.Grants any Cherokee Freedman a private right to bring actions for injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or monetary damages against the Cherokee Nation, officials of the Cherokee Nation, or federal officials. Directs the Attorney General to issue a finding on whether the federal civil rights of the Cherokee Freedmen have been violated by the Cherokee Nation and/or the Department of the Interior.",2023-01-12T17:52:57Z,
110-hr-2786,110,hr,2786,Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008,Native Americans,2007-06-20,2008-10-14,Became Public Law No: 110-411.,House,"Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]",MI,D,K000172,6,"Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) with respect to congressional findings to make mandatory the role of the federal government in providing housing assistance to Native Americans and in promoting the economic self-sufficiency and self-determination of Native Americans. (Sec. 3) Defines "housing related community development" to mean any facility, community building, business, activity, or infrastructure that: (1) is owned by an Indian tribe or a tribally designated housing entity; (2) is necessary to the provision of housing in an Indian area; and (3) would help an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity to reduce the cost of construction of Indian housing, would make housing more affordable, accessible, or practicable in an Indian area, or would otherwise advance the purposes of NAHASDA. Excludes from such term any activity conducted by any Indian tribe under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Title I: Block Grants and Grant Requirements (Sec.101) Amends NAHASDA to: (1) provide for self-determined housing activities for tribal communities programs under the block grant program for Native American housing assistance; (2) deem a tribe or tribally designated housing entity to be an executive agency for procurement purposes; and (3) require, with respect to any grant made under NAHASDA that is intended to benefit one tribe, that the tribal employment or contract preference laws adopted by such tribe govern the administration of the grant or grant portion.  (Sec. 102) Expands requirements for Indian housing plans to include a description of planned activities to identify the types of Indian households to be assisted under NAHASDA and the levels of such assistance. (Sec. 103) Revises provisions relating to review of Indian housing plans to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to review information included in an Indian housing plan only to determine compliance. (Sec. 104) Excludes from NAHASDA program income any income derived from a regular and customary developer's fee for any project that receives a low-income housing tax credit and is initially funded using NAHASDA grant funds if the developer's fee is approved by a state housing credit agency. (Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary to initiate a negotiated rulemaking to develop implementing regulations under NAHASDA. Title II: Affordable Housing Activities - (Sec. 201) Expands the exception for providing housing assistance to non-Indian families to include essential families (families that provide essential services such as law enforcement). (Sec. 202) Redefines "affordable housing activities" to include activities that develop, operate, maintain, or support affordable housing for rental or homeownership. Authorizes a tribe to establish reserve accounts to accumulate amounts for administration and planning of affordable housing activities.  (Sec. 203) Authorizes the use of NAHASDA grant funds over a multiyear period. Exempts from competitive procurement rules an acquisition by a tribe of goods and services the value of which is less than $5,000.  (Sec. 204) Provides that binding commitments under NAHASDA for the use of property as affordable housing shall not apply to a family or household member who subsequently takes ownership of a homeownership unit.  (Sec. 205) Allows Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities to access National Crime Information Center records related to criminal convictions for purposes of reviewing applications for employment. (Sec. 206) Establishes a program for self-determined housing activities to provide Indian tribes with flexibility in using grant funds for assisted housing. Limits the amount available for such purpose to the lesser of 20% of a recipient's total grant amount or $2 million, annually. Requires the Secretary, during 2011, to review and report to Congress on the effectiveness of such program. Title III: Allocation of Grant Amounts - (Sec. 301) Amends NAHASDA grant allocation provisions to provide that a housing unit that is no longer owned or operated by a grant recipient as affordable housing or that is lost by conveyance, demolition, or other means may not be counted in a funding formula under NAHASDA. Title IV: Compliance, Audits, and Reports - (Sec. 401) Amends NAHASDA provisions relating to remedies for noncompliance, monitoring of compliance, and performance reports.  Title V: Termination of Assistance for Indian Tribes under Incorporated Programs - (Sec. 501) Declares that NAHASDA does not prohibit or prevent any participating jurisdiction from providing amounts to Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities for use in accordance with the HOME Investment Partnership Act. Title VI: Guaranteed Loans to Finance Tribal Community and Economic Development Activities - (Sec. 601) Authorizes the Secretary to make loan guarantees to finance housing activities on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for not more than four Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities in a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) region. Requires no less than 70% of the aggregate funding received by a tribe or entity to be used for support of activities that benefit low-income Indian families. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish underwriting criteria for loan guarantees; and (2) carry out training and information activities with respect to the program. Sets forth limits on the issuance of guarantees in FY2009-FY2013.  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within four years after the enactment of this Act on the use of the loan guarantee authority by Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities. Terminates the Secretary's authority to make new guarantees on October 1, 2013. Title VII: Funding - (Sec. 701) Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for NAHASDA block grants and grant requirements, loan guarantees for tribal housing activities, and training and technical assistance.  Title VIII: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 801) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation unless the Temporary Order and Temporary Injunction issued on May 14, 2007, by the District Court of the Cherokee Nation remains in effect or there is a settlement agreement which ends litigation among the adverse parties.  (Sec. 802) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to employ unauthorized aliens.  (Sec. 803) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of NAHASDA in meeting affordable housing needs for low-income Indian families in tribes of various sizes and types, specifically smaller tribes.",2023-11-13T20:13:14Z,
110-hr-2562,110,hr,2562,Limitation of Tribal Gambling to Existing Tribal Lands Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-06-05,2007-06-05,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]",PA,R,D000604,1,"Limitation of Tribal Gambling to Existing Tribal Lands Act of 2007 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit the Indian land eligible for gaming. Revises the prohibition against gaming on lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after October 17, 1988, by repealing the exception to such prohibition for lands taken into trust as part of: (1) a settlement of a land claim; (2) the initial reservation of an Indian tribe acknowledged by the Secretary under the federal acknowledgment process; or (3) the restoration of lands for an Indian tribe that is restored to federal recognition. Requires joint approval by the legislature of a state as well as by its governor of gaming on other lands otherwise excepted from the prohibition when the Secretary determines that a gaming establishment on newly acquired lands would be in the best interest of the Indian tribe and its members, and would not be detrimental to the surrounding community.",2023-01-12T17:53:05Z,
110-hr-2535,110,hr,2535,Tule River Tribe Water Development Act,Native Americans,2007-05-24,2008-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]",CA,R,N000181,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Tule River Tribe Water Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, by the later of two years after funds are appropriated for this Act or the signing of a reserved water rights settlement agreement by the Tule River Tribe of California and other settling water users, to complete a feasibility study to evaluate alternatives for a domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, and irrigation water supply for the Tule River Tribe of the Tule River Reservation. Prohibits any project conducted in relation to that study from providing water supplies for any other Tribal casino, except: (1) the casino in its current form and dimensions operated by the Tribe on the Tule River Reservation; and (2) any lodging, dining, entertainment, meeting space, parking, or other similar facilities which may be constructed in the future in support of current, or any future expansion of, on-Reservation gaming activities.",2023-01-11T16:17:52Z,
110-hr-2541,110,hr,2541,Tribal Economic Development and Infrastructure Support Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-05-24,2007-05-24,Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.,House,"Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]",AZ,R,R000574,0,Tribal Economic Development and Infrastructure Support Act of 2007 - Amends the Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize Indian tribes to issue notes and other obligations (guarantee loans) to finance community and economic development activities; and (2) require at least 70% of the aggregate funds received by an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity as a result of a guarantee under such Act to be used for the support of activities that benefit low-income Indian families on Indian reservations and other Indian areas.,2023-01-11T16:17:52Z,
110-hr-2445,110,hr,2445,"To amend that Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as Native village, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-05-22,2007-11-14,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Recognizes the village of Alexander Creek located in Alaska as an eligible Native village. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish an Alexander Creek account, the funds of which shall be available to Alexander Creek, Incorporated for bidding on and purchasing property sold at public sale. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to enter into negotiations to attempt to conclude a land exchange to acquire the surface estate in lands not within any conservation system unit from the State of Alaska or the Mantanuska-Susitna Borough to enable Alexander Creek to select additional public lands within Alexander Creek's original withdrawal area in Alaska. Requires the: (1) the account's initial balance to be the fair market value of the surface estate of certain deficiency selections made by Alexander Creek; and (2) subsurface estate to the lands conveyed to Alexander Creek to be conveyed to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated.  Deems Alexander Creek, upon certification by the Secretary of the appraisal described in this Act, to have accepted the terms of this Act in lieu of any other land entitlement it could have received pursuant to ANCSA. Declares that such acceptance shall satisfy all claims of Alexander Creek against the United States.  Deems any land conveyed to Alexander Creek pursuant to this Act to be a conveyance pursuant to ANCSA.",2023-01-11T16:17:54Z,
110-hr-2326,110,hr,2326,Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Water Rights Settlement Act,Native Americans,2007-05-15,2007-05-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]",NV,R,H001041,0,"Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Water Rights Settlement Act - Approves, ratifies, and confirms, the agreement entitled the "Agreement to Establish the Relative Water Rights of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation and the Upstream Water Users, East Fork Owyhee River," except as specified in this Act.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to hold tribal water rights in trust. Requires the Tribes to enact a water code to administer such rights.  Establishes the Shoneshone-Paiute Tribes Water Rights Development Fund and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Operation and Maintenance Fund.",2023-01-11T16:03:27Z,
110-hr-2306,110,hr,2306,Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-05-14,2008-06-05,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]",MN,D,P000258,0,"Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse to each of the Boise Forte Band, Fond du Lac Band, Grand Portage Band, Leech Lake Band, Mille Lacs Band, and White Earth Band the amount of funds plus interest earned to the date of reimbursement that each Band contributed for payment of litigation expenses and expert witness fees associated with the litigation of Docket No. 19 and Docket No. 188 before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.  Provides for reimbursement to a Band only for litigation expenses and expert witness fees incurred prior to June 22, 1999. Requires that a Band's claim for reimbursement of expended funds be certified by the Band as being unreimbursed to it from other funding sources.  Requires the Secretary to review the claims and determine if the fees and expenses are properly documented and incurred in the litigation of the claims before the Court in Docket Nos. 19 and 188.  Requires the Bands to update their membership rolls to include all living enrolled members. Subjects the membership rolls to the review and approval of the Secretary.  Sets forth provisions for the: (1) division of the judgment funds; and (2) development of separate tribal plans for the use and distribution of such funds.",2023-01-11T16:03:28Z,
110-s-1347,110,s,1347,A bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust and to provide for the conduct of certain activities on the land.,Native Americans,2007-05-09,2007-11-06,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Amends the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to repeal the declaration that specified land accepted by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria in California shall be deemed to have been held in trust and part of the reservation of the Rancheria prior to October 17, 1988. (The date on the recorded deed is October 16, 2000.) Allows the Lytton Rancheria to conduct activities for class II gaming on the land taken into trust.Prohibits the Lytton Rancheria from expanding the exterior physical measurements of any facility on the Rancheria in use for class II gaming activities.States that, for class III gaming purposes, the land taken into trust shall be treated, for purposes of provisions relating to gaming on lands acquired in trust after October 17, 1988, as if the land was acquired on October 9, 2003, the date on which the Secretary took it into trust.",2023-01-11T16:47:43Z,
110-hr-2145,110,hr,2145,To establish a pilot program in the Department of State for improvement of government-to-government relations with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.,Native Americans,2007-05-03,2007-05-03,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]",FL,R,D000600,0,Directs the Secretary of State to establish in the Department of State a pilot program with the Miccosukee Indian tribe (Florida) for the purpose of exploring the development of more appropriate and effective arrangements for managing relations between the federal government and Indian tribes. Vests in the Secretary of State the authorities and responsibilities currently vested in any federal official or agency with respect to managing relations between the federal government and the Miccosukee Indian tribe.,2023-01-11T15:47:59Z,
110-hr-2176,110,hr,2176,To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community.,Native Americans,2007-05-03,2008-06-25,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,2,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 6, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take lands identified as alternative lands in the Settlement of Land Claim (the agreement between the Bay Mills Indian Community and the Governor of Michigan executed on August 23, 2002, including the document titled Addendum to Settlement of Land Claim, executed on November 13, 2007) into trust for the benefit of the Community within 30 days after the Secretary has: (1) received a title insurance policy for the alternative lands that shows that such lands are not subject to mortgages, liens, deeds of trust, options to purchase, or other security interests; and (2) confirmed that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 has been complied with regarding the trust acquisition of the property.Provides for the alternative lands to become part of the Community's reservation immediately upon attaining trust status. Requires the alternative lands to be taken into trust as part of the settlement and extinguishment of the Community's Charlotte Beach land claims and to be deemed lands obtained in settlement of a land claim within the meaning of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.Extinguishes, concurrent with the Secretary taking the alternative lands into trust, all claims by the Community: (1) to the Charlotte Beach lands; or (2) against the United States, the State of Michigan, or any other person or entity based on or relating to claims to such lands, whether based on aboriginal or recognized title. Approves and ratifies the Settlement of Land Claim, which shall be enforceable by the Community or the Governorn according to its terms. Vests exclusive jurisdiction over any enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.",2023-01-11T15:47:58Z,
110-s-1286,110,s,1286,A bill to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.,Native Americans,2007-05-03,2007-05-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,1,"Allows, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Coquille Indian Tribe of Oregon to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, without further authorization or approval, any land or interest in land owned by the Tribe.",2023-01-11T16:32:43Z,
110-hr-2119,110,hr,2119,Tribal Government Pension Equality Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-05-02,2007-05-02,"Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]",ND,D,P000422,2,Tribal Government Pension Equality Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the definition of governmental plan with respect to the treatment of the Indian tribal pension plans. Makes the amendments made by this Act effective as if included in section 906 (Treatment of certain pension plans of Indian tribal governments) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.,2023-01-11T15:48:00Z,
110-hr-2120,110,hr,2120,To direct the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now held in trust by the United States for that Indian tribe.,Native Americans,2007-05-02,2008-05-15,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.,House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a specified parcel of land in Michigan now held in trust by the United States for the Tribe.States that the Secretary's proclamation shall be pursuant to section 7 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (relating to new Indian reservations), and shall be deemed effective as of April 19, 1988.",2023-01-11T15:48:00Z,
110-s-1255,110,s,1255,Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2008,Native Americans,2007-05-01,2008-09-24,"Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,4,"Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2008 - Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to: (1) authorize any federal law enforcement officer to conduct an investigation of an offense involving the sale of any item that is misrepresented as an Indian produced good or product that occurs on land under the jurisdiction of the federal government; and (2) authorize the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to refer an alleged violation to any federal law enforcement officer (currently, just to the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]) for appropriate investigation. Permits a federal law enforcement officer to investigate an alleged violation regardless of whether such officer receives a referral from the Board. Requires that the findings of an investigation of such an alleged violation by any federal department or agency be submitted to a federal or state prosecuting authority or the Board. Authorizes the Board, upon receiving the findings of such an investigation, to: (1) recommend to the Attorney General that criminal proceedings be initiated (current law); and (2) provide such support to the Attorney General relating to the criminal proceedings as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate. Allows the Board, in lieu of or in addition to any such criminal proceeding, to recommend that the Attorney General initiate a civil action. Revises the definitions and requirements relating to civil actions for mispresentation of Indian produced goods and products.Amends the federal criminal code to base criminal penalties for misrepresentation of Indian produced goods and products upon the value of such goods and products.",2023-01-11T16:32:44Z,
110-hr-2028,110,hr,2028,Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act,Native Americans,2007-04-25,2007-04-25,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]",FL,D,B000716,1,"Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida (the Nation). Makes the Nation and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Considers, for the purpose of the delivery of federal services to members, the service area of the Nation to be: (1) the community of Bruce in Walton County, Florida; and (2) an area in Florida in which members reside that is bordered on the west by the Escambia River and on the east by the St. Marks River.  Declares that the constitution and bylaws of the Nation shall be the constitution and bylaws of the Nation's Tribal Council dated January 21, 2001 (including amendments). Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of a written request of the Tribal Council, to hold a referendum for members to adopt a new constitution and bylaws. Specifies the role and duties of the Tribal Council.  Requires that the membership roll of the Nation be determined in accordance with the membership criteria established by the ordinance of the Nation numbered 04-01-100 and dated February 7, 2004.",2023-01-11T19:43:03Z,
110-hr-2022,110,hr,2022,"To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-04-24,2007-04-24,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]",NC,D,S001171,5,Provides for the consideration of a petition for federal recognition as an Indian tribe by the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties of North Carolina. Expresses the sense of the Congress that review of such petition should not unnecessarily delay review of petitions awaiting active consideration.,2023-01-11T19:43:07Z,
110-s-1193,110,s,1193,Albuquerque Indian School Act,Native Americans,2007-04-24,2008-12-02,Became Public Law No: 110-453.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,1,"Title I: Albuquerque Indian School Act - Albuquerque Indian School Act - (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust two tracts of federal land identified as tract B and tract D that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School for the benefit of the 19 New Mexico Indian Pueblos specified in this Act for use for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of those 19 Pueblos. (Sec. 104) Prohibits any gaming activities from being carried out on such land taken into trust. Title II: Native American Technical Corrections - (Sec. 201) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make annual disbursements to the Colorado River Indian Tribes to fund the Office of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation Energy Development. Requires that such disbursements be not less than $200,000, and not more than $350,000 annually. (Sec. 202) Provides for the inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in construction contracts for the Gila River Indian Community. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan to transfer, lease, encumber, or convey any part of its interest in real property that is not held in trust by the United States for its benefit. Absolves the United States from liability for any loss resulting from a transfer of real property by the Tribe. Makes this provision retroactive to January 1, 2005. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Morongo Band of Mission Indians to lease lands held in trust for up to 50 years. (Sec. 205) Authorizes the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians to lease lands held in trust for up to 99 years. (Sec. 206) Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to authorize the Alaska Native Corporation to issue additional settlement common stock with limitations on voting rights and transferability by gift. (Sec. 207) Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to revise legal definitions relating to interests in land and intestate descent. Title III: Reauthorization Of Memorial To Martin Luther King, Jr. - (Sec. 301) Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend until November 12, 2009, the authority to permit the establishment of a memorial in the District of Columbia to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. .",2023-11-13T20:14:06Z,
110-s-1200,110,s,1200,Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2008,Native Americans,2007-04-24,2008-02-28,"Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",Senate,"Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]",ND,D,D000432,83,"Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2008 - Reauthorizes Indian Health Service (IHS) programs. Title I: Amendments to Indian Laws - (Sec. 101) Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( IHCIA) to declare a national Indian health policy to: (1) raise the health status of Indians and Urban Indians by 2010 to at least the levels set forth in the goals contained within the Healthy People 2010 or successor objectives; (2) ensure maximum Indian participation in the direction of health care services to make the persons administering such services and the services themselves more responsive to the needs and desires of Indian communities; and (3) ensure that the United States and Indian Tribes work together to ensure quality health care for all tribal members.Authorizes approval of up to a two-year extension (or the part-time equivalent) of a health profession preparatory pregraduate education scholarship.Revises Indian Health Scholarship requirements. Gives the Director of IHS the responsibility of administration of such scholarship program. Requires scholarship recipients to work full-time for a time frame equal to one year for each school year, or two years, whichever is greater, in specified programs, including working in a practice that addresses the health care needs of Indians or teaching in a tribal college or university nursing (or related health profession) program, if the health service provided to Indians would not decrease.Revises American Indians Into Psychology Program requirements to establish a maximum grant amount of $300,000 to each of nine (currently three) colleges and universities. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2017.Revises requirements for matching grants to tribes for health professional scholarship programs. Allows 20% of funds for the scholarship costs to be from any source instead of only non-federal sources. Requires a scholarship recipient to agree not to discriminate in providing health care against individuals on the basis of payment under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA).Revises IHS extern program requirements. Extends the extern program to a Tribal Health Program (THP) or an Urban Indian Organization (UIO) (on a discretionary basis) or other Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies (as available). Allows a high school extern program.Revises requirements for programs for continuing education allowances. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to provide programs or allowances to: (1) transition into an Indian Health Program (IHP), including licensing, board or certification examination, and technical assistance in fulfilling service obligations, and (2) enable health professionals employed in an IHP to take leave of their duty stations for a period each year for professional consultation and refresher training and, in the case of nurses, for additional clinical sexual assault nurse examiner experience to maintain competency or certification. Repeals the set-aside for postdoctoral training. Allows extension of continuing education allowances to health professionals employed in an IHP or a UIO.Revises community health representative program requirements. Renames health paraprofessionals as "community health representatives."Revises Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program requirements. Requires the Secretary to notify a loan repayment applicant of approval or disapproval within 21 days after receipt of the application. Cancels the service or payment of damages obligation of an individual at death.Revises Scholarship and Loan Repayment Recovery Fund requirements. Includes among Fund sources any collections from contract breaches for the scholarships or loan repayment programs and interest. Allows THPs to use payments received from the Fund to provide scholarships.Revises requirements for recruitment activities to allow travel reimbursement of health professionals seeking positions with IHPs or UIOs. Revises Indian recruitment and retention program and advanced training and research requirements, specifying the involvement of health professionals who have worked in an IHP or UIO.Renames the nursing grant program as the "Quentin N. Burdick American Indians into Nursing Program." Eliminates the program of grants to establish nursing school clinics.Makes tribal cultural orientation and history education of IHS employees mandatory. Requires such education to describe the use and place of traditional health care practices of the Indian Tribes in the IHS area.Revises requirements for the Indians Into Medicine (INMED) Program.Revises community college health training program requirements to require grant-receiving community colleges to: (1) have a relationship with a hospital rather than mere access; and (2) agree to provide preference for Indian applicants. Establishes a funding priority for tribal colleges and universities in Service Areas where they exist.Repeals the authority for additional incentives for health professionals.Extends retention bonuses to any health professional (not just doctors and nurses) employed by an IHP or UIO. Permits the Secretary to provide such bonuses to professionals who have completed: (1) two (currently, three) years of employment with an IHP or UIO; or (2) any service obligations incurred as a requirement of any federal scholarship or loan repayment program. Repeals the requirement that the retention bonus be paid at the beginning of the term of service.Limits the nursing residency training program to Indians working in an IHP or UIO. Allows education leading to any advanced degree or certification in nursing or public health (currently, a Master's degree). Allows obligated service in a UIO.Revises community health aide program requirements. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Community Health Aide Program, to ensure that pulpal therapy or extraction of adult teeth can be performed by a dental health aide therapist only after consultation with a licensed dentist who determines that the procedure is a medical emergency that cannot be resolved with palliative treatment. Prohibits such therapists from performing all other oral or jaw surgeries. Requires the Secretary, acting through IHS, to establish a neutral panel to study the dental health aide therapist services under such program.Directs the Secretary to act through IHS to provide training for Indians in the administration and planning of THPs.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through IHS, to fund health professional chronic shortage demonstration programs.Prohibits the Secretary from removing a National Health Service Corps member from an IHP or a UIO. Revises requirements for substance abuse counselor educational curricula demonstration programs. Extends the initial grant period from one year to three years and the renewal periods from one year to two years.Converts mental health to behavioral health training and community education programs, making Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations participants.Repeals the University of South Dakota pilot program.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for Indian health, human resources, and development.Revises Indian Health Care Improvement Fund requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to expend funds either directly or under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA). Adds telehealth and telemedicine to uses of such funds, as well as elimination of inequities in funding for both direct care and contract health service programs.Revises Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) requirements. Prohibits allocation, apportionment, or delegation of CHEF funds on an Area Office, Service Unit, or other similar basis. Requires the Secretary to use a specified negotiated rulemaking process for the promulgation of CHEF regulations.Revises requirements for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Services.Revises diabetes prevention, treatment, and control requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a cost-effective approach to ensure ongoing monitoring of disease indicators; and (2) continue to maintain each model diabetes project already in existence on the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a position of diabetes control officer in each Area Office. Converts the shared services for long-term care demonstration project into a permanent program. Repeals certain contract eligibility requirements. Directs the Secretary to encourage the use of existing underused facilities or allow the use of swing beds for long-term or similar care.Revises health services research requirements. Replaces the current set-aside of $200,000 for research with general authority to fund research for IHPs, instead of only IHS. Requires the Secretary to coordinate resources and activities to address relevant IHP research needs. Authorizes the use of research funding for both clinical and nonclinical research. Requires the Secretary to evaluate the impact of such research and to disseminate to THPs information regarding such research.Revises requirements on coverage of screening mammography. Eliminates the minimum age requirement of 35 for Indian women. Opens screening mammography to Indian women at a frequency appropriate to such women under accepted and appropriate national standards. Requires the Secretary to provide for other cancer screening that receives an A or B rating as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Requires the Secretary to ensure that the screening provided complies with the Task Force's recommendations.Revises patient travel cost requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds for appropriate and necessary qualified escorts and transportation by private vehicle (where no other means of transportation is available), specially equipped vehicle, ambulance, or by such other available means when air or motor vehicle transportation is not available.Revises epidemiology center requirements. Requires the Secretary to establish an epidemiology center in each service area. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, Indian Organizations, and eligible intertribal consortia to conduct epidemiological studies of Indian communities. Requires: (1) the Secretary to grant epidemiology centers operated by a grantee access to use of the data, data sets, monitoring systems, delivery systems, and other protected health information in the Secretary's possession; and (2) such use of data to be for research and for preventing and controlling disease, injury, or disability for purposes of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Repeals requirements that the Secretary: (1) develop sets of data and formats for the uniform collecting and reporting of information; and (2) establish a system for monitoring progress toward health objectives. Revises requirements for comprehensive school health education programs and the Indian Youth Program. Includes urban Indian youth as beneficiaries of the latter.Extends a specified disease prevention, control, and elimination program from tuberculosis to other communicable and infectious diseases.Makes permanent a demonstration project for home- and community-based care, including hospice care, assisted living services, and long-term care services. Revises requirements for the program. Repeals the prohibition against the use of funds for cash payments, room and board, construction, and nursing facility services.Eliminates the Office of Indian Women's Health Care. Requires the Secretary, acting through IHS, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and UIOs, to monitor and improve the quality of health care for Indian women of all ages through the planning and delivery of IHS programs.Revises requirements for the nuclear resource development health hazards study and health plan development program. Extends such program to ongoing monitoring of environmental health hazards generally, including petroleum contamination and contamination of water sources and of the food chain, as well as nuclear resource development.Extends through FY2016 the designation of Arizona as a contract health service delivery area.Designates North Dakota and South Dakota as contract health service delivery areas.Converts the current California contract health services demonstration program into a permanent program. Allows the excluded counties to become part of the contract service area if funding is specifically provided by IHS for contract health services in those counties.Repeals a specified limitation on the provision of funds for health care programs and facilities operated by Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations.Exempts from state licensing requirements any health care professionals employed by a THP to perform services described in its contract or compact under the ISDEAA.Requires IHS to pay a valid claim (currently, a completed claim) within 30 days after completion of the claim. Denies recourse by a service provider against a patient for contract health care services if the claim has been deemed accepted by IHS.Authorizes the Secretary to establish within IHS an Office of Indian Men's Health to coordinate and promote the health status of Indian men.Extends the authorization of appropriations for health services to Indians through FY2017.Revises requirements regarding health facilities.Requires any Indian health facility to meet the construction standards of any accrediting body (not only those of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations) recognized by the Secretary for programs under title XVIII (Medicare), title XIX (Medicaid), and title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act.Requires the Secretary, acting through IHS, to maintain a health care facility priority system, which shall: (1) be developed in consultation with Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations; (2) give Indian Tribes' needs the highest priority; and (3) provide an opportunity for the nomination of planning, design, and construction projects by IHS, Indian Tribes, and Tribal Organizations for consideration under the priority system at least once every three years. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report that describes the comprehensive, national, ranked list of all health care facilities needs for IHS, Indian Tribes, and Tribal Organizations developed by them for the Facilities Needs Assessment Workgroup and the Facilities Appropriation Advisory Board. Requires the Secretary to cooperate with Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations, and confer with UIOs, in developing innovative approaches to address the unmet need for construction of health facilities, that may include the establishment of an area distribution fund in which a portion of health facility construction funding could be devoted to all Service Areas. Revises requirements on safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities, now called sanitation facilities. Requires the Secretary to provide priority funding for emergency repairs and operation and maintenance for sanitation facilities to avoid imminent health threats (currently, hazards) or to protect the investment in the health benefits gained through sanitation facilities. Prohibits the use of IHS funding for new homes constructed using Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds. Authorizes the Secretary to accept funds from any source for placement into contracts or compacts under the ISDEAA for sanitation facilities and services.Authorizes the Secretary to use sanitation facilities appropriations to: (1) fund tribal loans for new sanitation facility projects; or (2) meet matching or cost participation requirements under other federal and nonfederal programs for such new projects. Directs the Secretary to establish standards applicable to the planning, design, and construction of sanitation facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to accept payment for goods and services furnished by IHS from public authorities, nonprofit organizations or agencies, or Indian Tribes. Declares that an Indian tribe has primary responsibility for establishing and collecting user fees. Authorizes the Secretary to assist, on a short-term basis, an Indian Tribe, Tribal Organization, or Indian community when a tribally operated sanitation facility is threatened with imminent failure.Revises requirements for determining sanitation deficiency levels.Revises pay rate and specified wage requirements with respect to preference for Indians and Indian firms in the construction of tribally related health and sanitation facilities.Revises requirements for expenditure of non-IHS funds for renovation to include major expansion as an authorized use. Requires the Indian Tribe or Tribal Organization to provide to the Secretary certain information regarding staffing, equipment, and other costs associated with the expansion. Requires the methodology for determining priorities to be developed and updated through regulations.Revises requirements for the grant program for the construction, expansion, and modernization of small ambulatory care facilities.Revises requirements for alternative Indian health care delivery demonstration project requirements by: (1) permitting the use of IHS funds to match other funds; and (2) requiring the Secretary to give priority to demonstration projects located in specified Service Units. Authorizes federal agencies in addition to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to transfer to IHS and the Secretary to accept land and improvements for the provision of health care services.Revises requirements for leases, contracts, and other agreements between the Secretary and Indian Tribes to add Tribal Organizations as eligible lessors.Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of establishing a loan fund to provide to Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations direct loans or guarantees for loans for the construction of health care facilities.Authorizes a THP to lease permanent structures for the purpose of providing health care services without obtaining advance approval in appropriations Acts.Renames certain joint venture demonstration projects as "the Indian Health Service/Tribal Facilities Joint Venture Program." Makes Tribal Organizations eligible for participation. Requires the Secretary to develop project need criteria through the negotiated rulemaking process. Requires negotiation for continued operation of a facility at the end of the initial 10-year no-cost lease period. Authorizes recovery in a proportional amount from the United States if IHS ceases to use the facility within the 10-year lease period. Includes staff quarters in the definition of health facility for purposes of such Program requirements.Revises requirements concerning priority in the location of IHS facilities on Indian lands. Grants top priority to Indian land owned by one or more Indian Tribes. Includes among such lands: (1) all lands in Alaska owned by any Alaska Native village or any village or regional corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; or (2) any land allotted to any Alaska Native.Requires the Secretary to identify in the report to Congress accompanying the President's budget the backlog of maintenance and repair work required at both IHS and tribal health care facilities.Authorizes a THP which operates a hospital or other health facility and associated, federally owned quarters pursuant to a contract or compact under the ISDEAA to: (1) establish the rental rates charged to the occupants of such quarters; and (2) collect rents directly from federal employees who occupy such quarters.Exempts Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations from the requirements of the Buy American Act.Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) accept from any source, including federal and state agencies, funds available for the construction of health care facilities for Indians and place such funds into a contract or compact under the ISDEAA; and (2) enter into interagency agreements for the planning, design, and construction of health care facilities.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for Indian health facilities.Revises requirements for access to health services. Prohibits from consideration in determining appropriations for health care and services to Indians any Medicare, Medicaid, or SCHIP payments (reimbursements) received by an IHP or a UIO. Requires the Secretary to ensure that each Service Unit of IHS receives 100% (currently, at least 80%) of the amount to which the facilities are entitled. Requires: (1) amounts to first be used to make improvements in IHS's programs that may be necessary to achieve or maintain compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the SSA; and (2) amounts so received that are in excess of the amount necessary to achieve or maintain such conditions and requirements to be used for reducing the health resource deficiencies.Revises requirements for the direct billing program. Revises requirements for grants to and contracts with IHS, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and UIOs to assist individual Indians to enroll for Medicare, Medicaid, or SCHIP benefits.Revises requirements for reimbursement from certain third parties of costs of health services. Grants the United States, an Indian Tribe, or Tribal Organization, including a UIO, the right to seek recovery from third parties. Requires all reasonable efforts to provide notice to the individual to whom health services were provided, either before or during the pendency of an action. Gives specified Indian Tribes or Tribal Organizations the right to recover from the tortfeasor the reasonable value of the health services furnished, paid for, or to be paid for in accordance with the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act to the same extent and under the same circumstances as the United States may recover under that Act. Provides that such rights are independent of the rights of the injured or diseased person served by the Indian Tribe or Tribal Organization. Denies the United States the right of recovery against a tribal self-insured plan without written authorization from the tribe. Prohibits denial of a claim for benefits based on the format in which the claim is submitted, if the format complies with certain requirements. Authorizes Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and UIOs to use certain funds to purchase health care coverage.Revises requirements with respect to sharing arrangements with federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to enter agreements for sharing of medical facilities with the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense (DOD), requiring VA or DOD reimbursement where services are provided through IHS, an Indian Tribe, or a Tribal Organization to beneficiaries eligible for services from either Department.Requires the Secretary to provide for veteran-related expenses incurred by eligible Indian veterans and to establish guidelines about the method of payments to the Secretary of Veteran Affairs.Makes IHPs and health care programs operated by UIOs the payor of last resort for services provided to eligible persons.Requires nondiscrimination with regard to service provider qualifications for reimbursement of services by qualified providers. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of treating the Navajo Nation as a state for Medicaid purposes, with an entity having the same authority and performing the same functions as a single-state Medicaid agency responsible for administration of a plan to provide services to Indians living within the boundaries of the Nation.Provides that the requirements of title IV (Access to Health Services) of IHCIA do not apply to any excepted benefits described in the Public Health Service Act relating to supplemental insurance products.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for Indian access to health services. Revises requirements for health services for Urban Indians.Revises requirements for evaluations and renewal standards for contracts and grants. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate each UIO through acceptance of evidence of its accreditation in lieu of an annual onsite evaluation. Revises requirements for other contracts with and grants to UIOs. Allows a single advance payment by the Secretary to a UIO unless it is determined that the organization is not capable of administering such payments, in which case the payments may be made: (1) in semiannual or quarterly payments; or (2) by way of reimbursement.Revises reports and records requirements. Extends the reporting period from quarterly to semi-annual. Requires a report to include a minimum set of data, using uniformly defined elements. Requires the Secretary, acting through IHS and working with a national membership-based consortium of UIOs, to report to Congress on: (1) the health status of Urban Indians; (2) services provided to Indians; and (3) areas of unmet needs in the delivery of health services to Urban Indians, including unmet health care facilities' needs. Modifies the cost of annual audits to allow as a cost of any contract or grant the cost of an independent financial audit (currently, a private audit) conducted by a certified public accountant or a certified public accounting firm qualified to conduct federal compliance audits.Revises requirements for facilities renovation grants. Allows the use of grants for the lease, purchase, construction, or expansion as well as renovation of facilities (currently, only for minor renovations).Authorizes the Secretary, acting through IHS, to study the feasibility of establishing a loan fund to provide UIOs with direct loans or guarantees for loans for health care facility construction.Changes the IHS Branch of Urban Health Programs into an IHS Division of Urban Indian Health.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through IHS, to make grants to UIOs for the provision in Urban Centers of health-related services in prevention, treatment, or rehabilitation of, or school- and community-based education regarding, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.Makes permanent the Tulsa Clinic and Oklahoma City demonstration projects, continuing their treatment as Service Units and Operating Units in the allocation of resources and coordination of care. Subjects such projects to the requirements and definitions of a UIO.Sets September 30, 2010, as the final effective date of any grants to or contracts with UIOs for the administration of Urban Indian alcohol programs transferred to IHS from the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.Requires the Secretary to ensure that IHS confers or conferences with UIOs.Requires the Secretary, acting through IHS, to fund the construction and operation of at least one residential treatment center in each eligible Service Area that meets certain criteria to demonstrate the provision of alcohol and substance abuse treatment services to Urban Indian youth in a culturally competent residential setting.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to UIOs for the prevention and treatment of, and control of the complications resulting from, diabetes among Urban Indians.Permits the Secretary, acting through IHS, to enter into contracts with, and make grants to, UIOs for the employment of Indians as health service providers through the Community Health Representation Program. Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for health services for urban Indians.Revises requirements for automated management information systems. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director, to enter into contracts, agreements, or joint ventures with other federal agencies, states, and private and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of enhancing information technology in IHPs and facilities.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 with respect to organizational improvements.Subsumes substance abuse and mental health programs into behavioral health programs.Directs the Secretary, acting through IHS, to: (1) encourage Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations to develop tribal plans and to participate in developing areawide plans for Indian Behavioral Health Services; (2) coordinate with existing national clearinghouses and information centers to include plans and reports on their outcomes; and (3) provide technical assistance for plan preparation and development of standards of care.Requires updates of memoranda of agreement with respect to behavioral health services.Revises requirements for a comprehensive behavioral health prevention and treatment program.Requires the Secretary, acting through IHS, to ensure that the mental health technician program involves the use and promotion of the Traditional Health Care Practices of the Indian Tribes to be served.Revises requirements for the Indian women treatment program.Renames the Indian Health Service youth program as the "Indian Youth Program." Authorizes the Secretary, acting through IHS, to provide for intermediate adolescent behavioral health services which include sober or transitional housing. Requires the Secretary to collect the data for an Indian youth mental health report.Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project to test the use of telemental health services in suicide prevention, intervention, and treatment of Indian youth. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011.Revises requirements for facilities assessment. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through IHS, Indian Tribes, and Tribal Organizations, to provide in each IHS area at least one inpatient mental health care facility, or the equivalent, for Indians with behavioral health problems. Considers California to be two Area Offices for such purposes.Revises requirements for training and community education, including instruction with respect to child sexual abuse.Revises requirements for innovative community-based behavioral health services to Indians, including regarding grants for projects by Tribal Organizations.Revises requirements for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder programs. Directs the Secretary, acting through IHS, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and UIOs, to develop and provide services for early childhood intervention projects and supportive services. Includes the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Task Force.Combines certain demonstration projects regarding child sex abuse into permanent programs for victims of sexual abuse who are Indian children or children in an Indian household.Replaces requirements for mental health research with requirements for behavioral health research.Authorizes the Secretary to establish in each Service Area programs involving the prevention and treatment of: (1) Indian victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse; and (2) perpetrators of domestic violence or sexual abuse who are Indian or members of an Indian household. Sets forth provisions concerning the use of funding for such victims, victim services, and victim advocate training programs.Requires the Director's approval of any request or subpoena for a sexual assault nurse examiner employed by IHS to provide testimony in a deposition, trial, or other similar proceeding regarding information obtained in carrying out the official duties of the nurse examiner.Requires the Director, in coordination with the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice (DOJ), in consultation with Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations, and in conference with UIOs, to develop standardized sexual assault policies and protocol for IHS facilities.Extends the authorization of appropriations through FY2017 for behavioral health programs.Revises reporting requirements and requirements governing regulations to implement IHCIA. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations and in conference with UIOs, to submit to Congress a plan explaining the manner and schedule by which the Secretary will implement the provisions of this Act by title and section.Prohibits IHS funds or facilities from being used to provide any abortions or to provide or pay for any administrative cost of health benefits coverage that includes coverage of an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, or where the woman' life is in danger.Prohibits the use of any funds under IHCIA to carry out any anti-firearm program, gun buy-back program, or program to discourage or stigmatize the private ownership of firearms for collecting, hunting, or self-defense purposes.Revises requirements governing the eligibility of California Indians for health services.Revises requirements governing health services for ineligible persons.Requires the Secretary, acting through IHS, to provide services and benefits for Indians in Montana in a manner consistent with the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in McNabb for McNabb v. Bowen.Treats Indian Tribes or Tribal Organizations carrying out a contract or compact pursuant to the ISDEAA as not an employer for certain purposes.Establishes the National Bipartisan Indian Health Care Commission to study and make legislative recommendations to Congress regarding the delivery of federal health care services to Indians. Authorizes appropriations.Provides that medical quality assurance records created by or for any IHP or a health program of a UIO as part of a medical quality assurance program are confidential and privileged. Prohibits such records from being: (1) disclosed to any person or entity; or (2) subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding. Prohibits a person who reviews or creates such records from being permitted or required to testify in any judicial or administrative proceeding with respect to such records or with respect to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or action taken in connection with such records. Sets forth exceptions to such requirement to allow specified disclosure and testimony.Encourages state, local, and Indian tribal law enforcement agencies to enter into memoranda of agreement for purposes of streamlining law enforcement activities and maximizing the use of limited resources to: (1) improve law enforcement services provided to Indian tribal communities; and (2) increase the effectiveness of measures to address problems relating to methamphetamine use in Indian Country.Declares that this Act does not: (1) limit the ability of a THP to charge an Indian for services provided by such program; and (2) authorize IHS to charge Indians for services or to require such program to charge Indians for services.Requires the Attorney General to ensure that an Indian victim of sexual violence is tested within a specified time frame for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and for such other sexually transmitted diseases as may be requested by the victim.Requires the Secretary, acting through epidemiology centers, to solicit from independent organizations bids to conduct a study to determine causes for the high prevalence of tobacco use among Indians.Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to study, evaluate the effectiveness of, and report on the coordination of health care services provided to Indians: (1) through Medicare, Medicaid, or SCHIP; (2) by IHS; or (3) using funds provided by state, local governments, or Indian Tribes.(Sec. 102) Revises federal law authorizing sanitation facilities for the Soboba Band of Mission Indians.(Sec. 103) Amends the ISDEAA to direct the Secretary to establish the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation to conduct activities to further the health and wellness activities and opportunities of Native Americans. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 104) Amends IHCIA and SSA to make technical modifications to specified terms.(Sec. 105) Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct studies of: (1) the utilization of health care furnished by health care providers under the contract health services program funded by IHS and operated by IHS, an Indian Tribe, or a Tribal Organization, including recommendations on the appropriate level of, and most efficient way to utilize, federal funding for health care under such program; (2) membership criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes; and (3) the tribal justice systems of Indian tribes located in North Dakota and South Dakota.Title II: Improvement of Indian Health Care Provided Under the Social Security Act - (Sec. 201) Amends title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (SCHIP) of the SSA to conform to this Act.(Sec. 202) Requires the Secretary to encourage states to take steps to provide for enrollment on or near the reservation.(Sec. 203) Provides for increased outreach to, and enrollment of, Indians in SCHIP and Medicaid. Excludes specified outreach activities from the 10% cap on certain SCHIP payments.(Sec. 204) Prohibits the imposition of enrollment fees, premiums, deductions, copayments, cost sharing, or similar charges on an Indian who is furnished an item or service directly by IHS, an Indian Tribe, a Tribal Organization, or a UIO or by a health care provider through referral under the contract health service. Sets forth exemptions.Directs states to disregard specified Indian property for purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for Medicaid.Continues to protect specified Indian property from Medicaid estate recovery.(Sec. 205) Requires nondiscrimination with regard to service providers qualifications for payment for services under federal health care programs.(Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary to maintain within the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services a Tribal Technical Advisory Group.Requires states to establish a process for consultation with the IHPs or UIOs on matters relating to Medicaid that are likely to have a direct effect on Indians or IHPs.(Sec. 207) Authorizes the Secretary, in the case of an IHP, to waive sanctions on a health provider if the sanctions would impose a hardship on individuals entitled to benefits under, or enrolled in, a federal health care program. Deems specified transfers between or among IHPs, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and UIOs to not be treated as remuneration under the SSA.(Sec. 208) Allows Indians enrolled in a non-Indian Medicaid managed care entity (MCE) that has an IHP participating in the network to choose the IHP as the primary care provider. Sets forth requirements for Indian MCEs and for MCEs with significant Indian enrollees.Deems an Indian health care provider to satisfy the requirement that it have medical malpractice insurance if it is: (1) a federally-qualified health center that is covered under the Federal Tort Claims Act; (2) providing services pursuant to a contract under the Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act; or (3) IHS providing services covered under the Federal Tort Claims Act. (Sec. 209) Requires the Secretary to report annually on the enrollment and health status of Indians receiving items or services under the health benefit programs.(Sec. 210) Requires the Secretary to study and report on barriers to interstate coordination of enrollment and coverage under Medicaid and SCHIP of eligible children who frequently change their state of residency or otherwise are temporarily present outside of the state of their residency. Requires such study to include an examination of the enrollment and coverage coordination issues faced by relevant Indian children.(Sec. 211) Requires the Secretary of HHS to establish a National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes that is: (1) specifically and exclusively dedicated to meeting the needs of Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations through the provision of assistance; and (2) not part of any existing national child welfare resource center.Requires such Center to provide information, advice, educational materials, and technical assistance to Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations with respect to the types of services, administrative functions, data collection, program management, and reporting that are provided for under State Plans for Child Welfare Services and State Plans and Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Plans of the Social Security Act. Appropriates to the Secretary of HHS funding for FY2009-FY2013 for such assistance.(Sec. 212) Reduces the amount of funding available for FY2013 for the MA (Medicare Advantage) Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.(Sec. 213) Delays until April 1, 2009, implementation of the interim final rule published on December 4, 2007, about a moratorium on the implementation of changes to case management and targeted case management payment requirements under Medicaid.Prohibits the Secretary of HHS from taking action, prior to April 1, 2009, to restrict coverage or payment under state medical assistance programs for case management and targeted case management services if such action is more restrictive than the administrative action, policy, or practice that applies to coverage of, or payment for, such services. Makes any action taken by the Secretary between December 4, 2007, to March 31, 2009, that is based on the interim final rule null and void.Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to participate in the Federal Payment Levy Program.(Sec. 214) Increases: (1) civil and criminal penalties for receiving or paying illegal remunerations under a federal health care program; (2) criminal fines for assisting individuals in disposing assets to become eligible for medical assistance under a state plan; (3) criminal fines for making false statements or representations with respect to the condition or operation of institutions; (4) criminal fines for illegal patient admittance and retention practices; and (5) criminal fines for violation of assignment terms.(Sec. 215) Increases sentences for felonies involving assisting individuals in disposing assets to become eligible for medical assistance under a state plan, receiving or paying illegal remunerations, giving false statements or representations with respect to the condition or operation of institutions, and enabling illegal patient admittance and retention practices.Title III: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 301) Recognizes the relationship Indian Tribes have with the United States.Honors Native Peoples for their stewardship and protection of land.Recognizes that there have been years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the federal government regarding Indian Tribes.Apologizes to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by U.S. citizens.Urges the President to acknowledge the wrongs of the United States against Indian Tribes.Encourages state governments to work toward reconciling relationships with Indian Tribes.",2023-01-11T19:40:50Z,
110-hr-1946,110,hr,1946,Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act,Native Americans,2007-04-19,2007-04-19,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]",AL,R,B001244,1,"Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition and associated services and benefits to the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama. Restores federal rights and privileges abrogated by earlier statutes. Approves and ratifies the cession to the United States of all historical tribal lands of the Band.  Extinguishes all specified claims against the United States, a state or local government, or any other person or entity, by the Band arising subsequent to such cession, and based upon any interest in or right involving the land.  Prohibits the Band from using its federal recognition to assert any historical land claim.  Transfers all interests in lands held by the Band upon enactment of this Act to the United States, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Band.",2023-01-11T19:43:35Z,
110-s-1129,110,s,1129,Tribal Government Equality Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-04-17,2007-04-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,2,Tribal Government Equality Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of governmental plan with respect to the treatment of Indian tribal pension plans. Makes the amendments made by this Act effective as if included in section 906 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.,2023-01-11T19:41:37Z,
110-s-1080,110,s,1080,Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act,Native Americans,2007-04-10,2008-06-19,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,1,Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a loan program to assist the Crow Tribe of the State of Montana in purchasing from eligible individuals land and interests in land within the Crow Reservation in the state. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into one or more loan obligation(s) with the Tribe as the Secretary determines necessary to fund such program.   Allows the Secretary to accept from any eligible individual a donation of land or an interest in land within the Reservation to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to manage such land and interests in accordance with a land management program to be developed and implemented by the Tribe to achieve repayment of each applicable loan obligation issued pursuant to this Act.,2023-01-11T19:42:17Z,
110-s-1058,110,s,1058,Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act,Native Americans,2007-03-29,2008-09-25,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-686.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,1,Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act - Provides for an expedited review of the petition of the Grand River Bands of the Ottawa Indians of Michigan for recognition as a federal Indian tribe.,2023-01-11T19:47:37Z,
110-hr-1696,110,hr,1696,To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that Tribe.,Native Americans,2007-03-26,2007-08-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,House,"Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]",TX,D,R000170,0,(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to remove the blood quantum requirement for determining the membership of descendants of members of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe.,2023-01-12T17:52:41Z,
110-hr-1654,110,hr,1654,To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to require that the Secretary of the Interior determine that a gaming establishment on certain newly acquired Indian lands would be in the best interests of certain Indian tribes and not detrimental to the surrounding community before such lands would be eligible for certain exceptions to the general prohibition on gaming on such lands.,Native Americans,2007-03-22,2007-03-22,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]",CA,R,L000517,0,"Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to except certain newly acquired lands taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of an Indian Tribe from the prohibition on gaming on such lands when the Secretary, after consultation with the Tribe and appropriate state and local officials, including officials of other nearby tribes, determines that a gaming establishment on those newly acquired lands would be in the best interest of the Tribe and its members and would not be detrimental to the surrounding community.",2023-01-11T19:50:33Z,
110-s-952,110,s,952,"A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-03-21,2008-07-31,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,0,"Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environment and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy.",2023-01-11T19:45:34Z,
110-hr-1575,110,hr,1575,Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act,Native Americans,2007-03-19,2008-07-29,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 512.",House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,1,"Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act - Reaffirms federal recognition and the rights and privileges of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Extends to the Band eligibility for all federal services and benefits available to other federally recognized Indian tribes. Designates the service area for the delivery of federal services to the Band and to other Indians in the area of Cheboygan County, Michigan.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in Cheboygan County, Michigan, and in other geographic areas and to hold such lands in trust for the benefit of the Band.Sets forth criteria and evidentiary requirements for determining the initial membership of the Band. Requires the Band to provide a copy of its base roll to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within one year after the enactment of this Act.Provides that the initial constitution of the Band shall be the constitution submitted by the Band to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment on May 2, 2005.",2023-01-11T19:51:28Z,
110-hr-1555,110,hr,1555,To impose a two year moratorium on the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.,Native Americans,2007-03-15,2007-03-15,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]",MI,R,R000572,3,Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from approving any new tribal-state compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act until two years after enactment of this Act.,2023-01-11T19:51:36Z,
110-hr-1478,110,hr,1478,"To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2007-03-12,2007-06-27,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.",House,"Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]",AZ,D,G000551,2,"Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environment and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy.",2023-01-11T19:54:03Z,
110-s-792,110,s,792,Tribal Government Equality Act of 2007,Native Americans,2007-03-07,2007-03-07,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,1,Tribal Government Equality Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the definition of governmental plan with respect to the treatment of the Indian tribal pension plans. Makes the amendments made by this Act effective as if included in section 906 (Treatment of certain pension plans of Indian tribal governments) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.,2023-01-11T19:46:39Z,
110-hr-1328,110,hr,1328,Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007,Native Americans,2007-03-06,2008-06-06,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.",House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,58,"Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the system of third-party payment collections for items and services furnished through the Indian Health Service (IHS).Title I: Amendments to Indian Laws - (Sec. 101) Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to declare a new national Indian health policy in order to: (1) raise the health status of Indians and Urban Indians by 2010 to at least the levels set forth in the goals contained within the Healthy People 2010 or successor objectives; and (2) allow Indians, to the greatest extent possible, to set their own health care priorities and establish goals that reflect their unmet needs.Authorizes approval of up to a two-year extension (or the part-time equivalent) of a health profession preparatory pregraduate education scholarship.Revises Indian Health Scholarship requirements. Requires scholarship recipients to work full-time for a time frame equal to one year for each school year, or two years, whichever is greater, in specified programs, including working in a practice that addresses Indian's health care needs or teaching in a tribal college or university nursing (or related health profession) program, if the health service provided to Indians would not decrease.Revises American Indians Into Psychology Program requirements to establish a maximum grant amount of $300,000 to each of nine (currently three) colleges and universities. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2017.Revises requirements for matching grants to tribes for health professional scholarship programs. Allows 20% of funds for the scholarship costs to be from any source instead of only nonfederal sources. Requires a scholarship recipient to agree not to discriminate in providing health care against individuals on the basis of payment under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA).Revises the Indian health service extern program requirements. Extends the extern program to a Tribal Health Program or an Urban Indian Organization (on a discretionary basis) or other HHS agencies (as available). Allows a high school extern program.Revises requirements for programs for continuing education allowances. Authorizes the Secretary to provide programs or allowances to: (1) transition into an Indian Health Program, including licensing, board or certification examination and technical assistance, in fulfilling service obligations, and (2) enable health professionals employed in an Indian Health Program to take leave of their duty stations for a period of time each year for professional consultation and refresher training. Repeals the set-aside for postdoctoral training. Allows extension of continuing education allowances to health professionals employed in an Indian Health Program or an Urban Indian Organization.Revises community health representative program requirements. Renames health paraprofessionals community health representatives.Revises Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program requirements. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to notify a loan repayment applicant of approval or disapproval within 21 days after receipt of the application. Cancels the service or payment of damages obligation of an individual at death.Revises Scholarship and Loan Repayment Recovery Fund (LRRF) requirements. Includes among Fund sources any collections from contract breaches for the scholarships or loan repayment programs and interest. Allows Tribal Health Programs also to use payments received from the LRRF to provide scholarships.Revises requirements for recruitment activities to allow travel reimbursement of health professionals seeking positions with Indian Health Programs or Urban Indian Organizations. Revises Indian recruitment and retention program and advanced training and research requirements, specifying the involvement of health professionals who have worked in an Indian Health Program or Urban Indian Organization.Renames the nursing grant program the Quentin N. Burdick American Indians into Nursing Program. Eliminates the program of grants to establish nursing school clinics.Makes tribal cultural orientation and history education of IHS employees mandatory. Requires such education to describe the use and place of Traditional Health Care Practices of the Indian Tribes in the IHS area.Revises requirements for the Indians Into Medicine (INMED) Program.Revises health training programs of community colleges requirements to require grant-receiving community colleges to: (1) have a relationship with a hospital rather than mere access; and (2) agree to provide for Indian preference for program applicants. Establishes a funding priority for tribal colleges and universities in Service Areas where they exist.Repeals the authority for additional incentives for health professionals.Extends retention bonuses to any health professional (not just doctors and nurses) employed by Indian Health or Urban Indian Organization programs. Permits the Secretary to provide such bonuses to professionals who have completed: (1) two (currently, three) years of employment with an Indian Health Program or Urban Indian Organization; or (2) any service obligations incurred as a requirement of any federal scholarship or loan repayment program. Repeals the requirement that the retention bonus be paid at the beginning of the term of service.Limits the nursing residency training program to Indians working in an Indian Health Program or Urban Indian Organization. Allows education leading to any advanced degrees or certifications in nursing or public health (currently, a Master's degree). Allows obligated service in an Urban Indian Organization.Revises community health aide program requirements. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Community Health Aide Program, to ensure that pulpal therapy or extraction of adult teeth can be performed by a dental health aide therapist only after consultation with a licensed dentist who determines that the procedure is a medical emergency that cannot be resolved with palliative treatment. Prohibits such therapists from performing all other oral or jaw surgeries. Requires the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to establish a neutral panel to study the dental health aide therapist services under such program.Directs the Secretary to act through the IHS to provide training for Indians in the administration and planning of Tribal Health Programs.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to fund health professional chronic shortage demonstration programs.Prohibits the Secretary from removing a National Health Service Corps member from an Indian Health Program or an Urban Indian Organization. Exempts National Health Service (NHS) Corps scholars qualifying for the Commissioned Corps in the U.S. Public Health Service from the full-time equivalent limitations of the NHS Corps and the IHS when serving as a commissioned corps officer in a Tribal Health Program or an Urban Indian Organization.Revises requirements for substance abuse counselor educational curricula demonstration programs. Extends the initial grant period from one year to three years and the renewal periods from one year to two years.Converts mental health to behavioral health training and community education programs, making Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations participants.Repeals the University of South Dakota pilot program.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for Indian health, human resources, and development.Revises Indian Health Care Improvement Fund requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to expend funds either directly or under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA). Adds telehealth and telemedicine to uses of such funds, as well as elimination of inequities in funding for both direct care and contract health service programs.Revises Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) requirements. Prohibits allocation, apportionment, or delegation of CHEF funds on an Area Office, Service Unit, or other similar basis. Requires the Secretary to use a specified negotiated rulemaking process for the promulgation of CHEF regulations.Revises requirements for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Services.Revises diabetes prevention, treatment, and control requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a cost-effective approach to ensure ongoing monitoring of disease indicators; and (2) continue to maintain each model diabetes project already in existence on the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a position of diabetes control officer in each Area Office. Converts the shared services for long-term care demonstration project into a permanent program. Repeals certain contract eligibility requirements. Directs the Secretary to encourage the use of existing underused facilities or allow the use of swing beds for long-term or similar care.Revises health services research requirements. Replaces the current set-aside of $200,000 for research with general authority to fund research for Indian health programs, instead of only the IHS. Requires the Secretary to coordinate, to the maximum extent practicable, resources and activities to address relevant Indian Health Program research needs. Authorizes the use of research funding for both clinical and nonclinical research. Requires the Secretary to evaluate the impact of such research and to disseminate to Tribal Health Programs information regarding such research.Revises requirements on coverage of screening mammography. Eliminates the minimum age requirement of 35 for Indian women. Opens screening mammography to Indian women at a frequency appropriate to such women under accepted and appropriate national standards. Requires the Secretary to provide for other cancer screening that receives an A or B rating as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Requires the Secretary to ensure that the screening provided complies with the Task Force's recommendations.Revises patient travel costs requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds for appropriate and necessary qualified escorts and transportation by private vehicle (where no other means of transportation is available), specially equipped vehicle, ambulance, or by such other available means when air or motor vehicle transportation is not available.Revises epidemiology center requirements. Requires the Secretary to establish an epidemiology center in each service area. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, Urban Indian Organizations, and eligible intertribal consortia to conduct epidemiological studies of Indian communities. Declares that an epidemiology center operated by a grantee shall be treated as a public health authority for purposes of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Repeals requirements that the Secretary: (1) develop sets of data and formats for the uniform collecting and reporting of information; and (2) establish a system for monitoring progress toward health objectives. Revises requirements for comprehensive school health education programs and the Indian Youth Program, including urban Indian youth as beneficiaries of the latter.Extends a specified disease prevention, control, and elimination program from tuberculosis to other communicable and infectious diseases.Makes permanent a demonstration project for home- and community-based care, including hospice care, assisted living, and long-term care. Revises requirements for the program. Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards for a service, provided that they are not more stringent than those required by the state in which the service is provided. Repeals the prohibition against the use of funds for cash payments, room and board, construction, and nursing facility services.Eliminates the Office of Indian Women's Health Care. Requires the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations, to monitor and improve the quality of health care for Indian women of all ages through the planning and delivery of IHS programs.Revises requirements for the nuclear resource development health hazards study and health plan development program. Extends such program to ongoing monitoring of environmental health hazards generally, including petroleum contamination, and contamination of water source and of the food chain, as well as nuclear resource development. Requires the Intergovernmental Task Force to include as members the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Indian Health Service or their designees.Extends through FY2016 the designation of Arizona as a contract health service delivery area.Designates North Dakota and South Dakota as contract health service delivery areas.Converts the current California contract health services demonstration program into a permanent program. Allows the excluded counties to become part of the contract service area if funding is specifically provided by IHS for contract health services in those counties.Repeals a specified limitation on the provision of funds for health care programs and facilities operated by Indian tribes and tribal organizations.Exempts from state licensing requirements any health care professionals employed by a Tribal Health Program to perform services described in its contract or compact under the ISDEAA.Requires the IHS to pay a valid claim (currently, a completed claim) within 30 days after completion of the claim. Denies recourse by a service provider against a patient for contract health care services if the claim has been deemed accepted by the IHS.Authorizes the Secretary to establish within IHS an Office of Indian Men's Health to coordinate and promote the health status of Indian men.Extends the authorization of appropriations for health services to Indians through FY2017.Revises requirements regarding health facilities.Requires any Indian health facility to meet the construction standards of any accrediting body (not only those of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations) recognized by the Secretary for programs under title XVIII (Medicare), title XIX (Medicaid), and title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act.Requires the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to maintain a health care facility priority system, which shall: (1) be developed in consultation with Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations; (2) give Indian Tribes' needs the highest priority; and (3) provide an opportunity for the nomination of planning, design, and construction projects by the Service, Indian Tribes, and Tribal Organizations for consideration under the priority system at least once every three years. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report that describes the comprehensive, national, ranked list of all health care facilities needs for the Service, Indian Tribes, and Tribal Organizations developed by them for the Facilities Needs Assessment Workgroup and the Facilities Appropriation Advisory Board.Revises requirements on safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities, now simply called sanitation facilities. Requires the Secretary to provide priority funding for emergency repairs and operation and maintenance for sanitation facilities to avoid imminent health threats (currently, hazards) or to protect the investment in the health benefits gained through sanitation facilities. Prohibits the use of IHS funding for new homes constructed using Department of Housing and Urban Development funds. Authorizes the Secretary to accept funds from any source for placement into contracts or compacts under the ISDEAA for sanitation facilities and services.Authorizes the Secretary to use sanitation facilities appropriations to: (1) fund tribal loans for new sanitation facility projects; or (2) meet matching or cost participation requirements under other federal and nonfederal programs for such new projects. Directs the Secretary to establish standards applicable to the planning, design, and construction of sanitation facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to accept payment for goods and services furnished by the Service from public authorities, nonprofit organizations or agencies, or Indian Tribes. Declares that an Indian tribe has primary responsibility for establishing and collecting user fees. Authorizes the Secretary to assist, on a short-term basis, an Indian Tribe, Tribal Organization, or Indian community when a tribally operated sanitation facility is threatened with imminent failure.Revises requirements for determining sanitation deficiency levels.Revises pay rate and specified wage requirements with respect to preference for Indians and Indian firms in the construction of tribally related health and sanitation facilities.Revises requirements for expenditure of non-IHS funds for renovation to include major expansion as an authorized use of such funds. Requires the Indian tribe or Tribal Organization to provide to the Secretary certain information regarding staffing, equipment, and other costs associated with the expansion. Requires the methodology for determining priorities to be developed and updated through regulations.Revises requirements for the grant program for the construction, expansion, and modernization of small ambulatory care facilities.Revises requirements for alternative Indian health care delivery demonstration projects requirements by, among other changes: (1) permitting the use of IHS funds to match other funds; (2) requiring the Secretary to promulgate regulations, not later than one year after this Act's enactment, for the review and approval of applications for such projects; and (3) requiring the Secretary to give priority to demonstration projects located in specified Service Units. Authorizes all other federal agencies, in addition to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), to transfer, at no cost, land and improvements to IHS for the provision of health care services. Authorizes the Secretary to accept such land and improvements for such purposes.Revises requirements for leases, contracts, and other agreements between the Secretary and Indian tribes to add tribal organizations as eligible lessors.Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of establishing a loan fund to provide to Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations direct loans or guarantees for loans for the construction of health care facilities.Authorizes a Tribal Health Program to lease permanent structures for the purpose of providing health care services without obtaining advanced approval in appropriations Acts.Renames certain joint venture demonstration projects the Indian Health Service/Tribal Facilities Joint Venture Program. Makes Tribal Organizations eligible for participation. Requires the Secretary to develop project need criteria through the negotiated rulemaking process. Requires negotiation for continued operation of a facility at the end of the initial 10 year no-cost lease period. Authorizes recovery in a proportional amount from the United States if the IHS ceases to use the facility within the 10-year lease period. Includes staff quarters in the definition of health facility for purposes of such Joint Venture Program requirements.Revises requirements on priority in location of IHS facilities on Indian lands. Grants top priority to Indian land owned by one or more Indian tribes. Includes among such lands all lands in Alaska owned by any Alaska Native village, or village or regional corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, or any land allotted to any Alaska Native.Requires the Secretary to identify, in the report to Congress accompanying the President's budget, the backlog of maintenance and repair work required at both IHS and tribal health care facilities.Authorizes a Tribal Health Program which operates a hospital or other health facility and associated, federally owned quarters pursuant to a contract or compact under the ISDEAA to: (1) establish the rental rates charged to the occupants of such quarters; and (2) collect rents directly from federal employees who occupy such quarters.Exempts Indian tribes and tribal organizations from the requirements of the Buy American Act.Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) accept from any source, including federal and state agencies, funds available for the construction of health care facilities for Indians, and place such funds into a contract or compact under the ISDEAA; and (2) enter into interagency agreements for the planning, design, and construction of health care facilities.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for Indian health facilities.Revises requirements for access to health services. Prohibits from consideration in determining appropriations for health care and services to Indians any Medicare, Medicaid, or SCHIP payments (reimbursements) received by an Indian Health Program or by an Urban Indian Organization. Requires the Secretary to ensure that each Service Unit of IHS receives 100% (currently, at least 80%) of the amount to which the facilities are entitled. Requires: (1) amounts to first be used to make improvements in the Service's programs that may be necessary to achieve or maintain compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the SSA; and (2) amounts so received that are in excess of the amount necessary to achieve or maintain such conditions and requirements to be used for reducing the health resource deficiencies.Revises requirements for the direct billing program. Revises requirements for grants to and contracts with IHS, Indian tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations to assist individual Indians to enroll for Medicare, Medicaid, or SCHIP benefits.Revises requirements for reimbursement from certain third parties of costs of health services. Grants the United States, an Indian Tribe, or Tribal Organization, including an Urban Indian Organization, the right to seek recovery from third parties. Requires all reasonable efforts to provide notice to the individual to whom health services were provided, either before or during the pendency of an action. Gives specified Indian Tribes or Tribal Organizations the right to recover from the tortfeasor the reasonable value of the health services furnished, paid for, or to be paid for in accordance with the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act to the same extent and under the same circumstances as the United States may recover under that Act. Provides that such rights are independent of the rights of the injured or diseased person served by the Indian Tribe or Tribal Organization. Denies the United States the right of recovery against a tribal self-insured plan without written authorization from the tribe. Prohibits denial of a claim for benefits based on the format in which the claim is submitted, if the format complies with certain requirements. Authorizes Indian tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations to use certain funds to purchase health care coverage.Revises requirements with respect to sharing arrangements with federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to enter agreements for sharing of medical facilities with the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and of Defense (DOD), requiring VA or DOD reimbursement where services are provided through the IHS, an Indian Tribe, or a Tribal Organization, to beneficiaries eligible for services from either Department.Makes Indian Health Programs and health care programs operated by Urban Indian Organizations the payor of last resort for services provided to eligible persons.Requires nondiscrimination with regard to service provider qualifications for reimbursement of services by qualified providers. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of treating the Navajo Nation as a state for Medicaid purposes, with an entity having the same authority and performing the same functions as a single-state Medicaid agency responsible for administration of a plan to provide services to Indians living within the boundaries of the Nation.Provides that the requirements of title IV (Access to Health Services) of the Act do not apply to any excepted benefits described in the Public Health Service Act relating to supplemental insurance products.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for Indian access to health services. Revises requirements for health services for Urban Indians.Revises requirements for evaluations and renewal standards for contracts and grants. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate each Urban Indian Organization through acceptance of evidence of its accreditation in lieu of an annual onsite evaluation. Revises requirements for other contracts with and grants to Urban Indian Organizations. Allows a single advance payment by the Secretary to an Urban Indian Organization unless it is determined that the organization is not capable of administering such payments, in which case the payments may be made: (1) in semiannual or quarterly payments; or (2) by way of reimbursement.Revises reports and records requirements, extending the reporting period from quarterly to semi-annual. Requires a report to include a minimum set of data, using uniformly defined elements. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Service, to report to Congress on: (1) the health status of Urban Indians; (2) services provided to Indians; and (3) areas of unmet needs in the delivery of health services to Urban Indians. Modifies the cost of annual audits to specify independent financial audits (currently, private audits) conducted by a certified public accountant or a certified public accounting firm qualified to conduct federal compliance audits.Revises requirements for facilities renovation grants. Allows use of grants for the lease, purchase, construction, or expansion as well as renovation of facilities (currently, only for minor renovations).Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to study the feasibility of establishing a loan fund to provide Urban Indian Organizations with direct loans or guarantees for loans for health care facility construction.Changes the IHS Branch of Urban Health Programs into an IHS Division of Urban Indian Health.Makes permanent the Tulsa Clinic and Oklahoma City demonstration projects, continuing their treatment as Service Units and Operating Units in the allocation of resources and coordination of care. Subjects such projects to the requirements and definitions of an Urban Indian Organization.Sets September 30, 2010, as the final effective date of any grants to or contracts with Urban Indian Organizations for the administration of Urban Indian alcohol programs transferred to the IHS from the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.Establishes consultation requirements with Urban Indian Organizations.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to: (1) fund the construction and operation of at least two residential treatment centers in each state meeting certain criteria to demonstrate the provision of alcohol and substance abuse treatment services to Urban Indian youth in a culturally competent residential setting.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Urban Indian Organizations for the prevention and treatment of, and control of the complications resulting from, diabetes among Urban Indians.Permits the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to enter into contracts with, and make grants to, Urban Indian Organizations, for the employment of Indians as health service providers through the Community Health Representation Program. Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for health services for urban Indians.Converts the Director of IHS into an Assistant Secretary of Indian Health in the Public Health Service of the HHS.Revises requirements for automated management information systems. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, to enter into contracts, agreements, or joint ventures with other federal agencies, states, private and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of enhancing information technology in Indian health programs and facilities.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 with respect to organizational improvements.Subsumes substance abuse and mental health programs into behavioral health programs.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to: (1) encourage Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations to develop tribal plans, Urban Indian Organizations to develop local plans, and all such groups to participate in developing areawide plans for Indian Behavioral Health Services; (2) coordinate with existing national clearinghouses and information centers to include plans and reports on their outcomes; and (3) provide technical assistance for plan preparation and development of standards of care.Requires updates of memoranda of agreement with respect to behavioral health services.Revises requirements for a comprehensive behavioral health prevention and treatment program.Requires the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to ensure that the mental health technician program involves the use and promotion of the Traditional Health Care Practices of the Indian Tribes to be served.Revises requirements for the Indian women treatment program.Renames the Indian Health Service youth program the Indian Youth Program. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to provide for intermediate adolescent behavioral health services which include sober or transitional housing. Requires the Secretary to collect the data for an Indian youth mental health report.Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project to test the use of telemental health services in suicide prevention, intervention, and treatment of Indian youth. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011.Revises requirements for facilities assessment. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian Tribes, and Tribal Organizations, to provide in each IHS area at least one inpatient mental health care facility, or the equivalent, for Indians with behavioral health problems. Considers California to be two Area Offices for such purposes.Revises requirements for training and community education, including instruction with respect to child sexual abuse.Revises requirements for innovative community-based behavioral health services to Indians, including regarding grants for projects by tribal organizations.Revises requirements for fetal alcohol disorder programs. Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations, to develop and provide services for early childhood intervention projects and supportive services. Includes the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Fetal Alcohol Disorder Task Force.Combines certain demonstration projects regarding child sex abuse into permanent programs for: (1) victims of sexual abuse who are Indian children or children in an Indian household; and (2) perpetrators of child sex abuse who are Indians or members of an Indian household. Requires the use of funding to develop and provide community education and prevention programs.Replaces requirements for mental health research with requirements for behavioral health research.Extends the authorization of appropriations through FY2017 for behavioral health programs.Revises reporting requirements and requirements on regulations, including negotiated rulemaking.Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan explaining the manner and schedule, by title and section, for implementation of this Act. Revises requirements on the eligibility of California Indians for health services.Revises requirements on health services for ineligible persons.Requires the Secretary, acting through the IHS, to provide services and benefits for Indians in Montana in a manner consistent with the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in McNabb for McNabb v. Bowen.Authorizes the IHS to provide certain services according to eligibility criteria in effect on September 15, 1987, until IHS submits to specified congressional committees a budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with HHS's proposed final rule and the request has been included in an appropriations Act enacted into law.Establishes the National Bi-Partisan Indian Health Care Commission to study and make legislative recommendations to Congress regarding the delivery of federal health care services to Indians. Authorizes appropriations.Provides that medical quality assurance records created by or for any Indian Health Program or a health program of an Urban Indian Organization as part of a medical quality assurance program are confidential and privileged. Prohibits such records from being: (1) disclosed to any person or entity; or (2) subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding. Prohibits a person who reviews or creates such records from being permitted or required to testify in any judicial or administrative proceeding with respect to such records or with respect to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or action taken in connection with such records. Sets forth exceptions to such requirement to allow specified disclosure and testimony.Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 to carry out specified miscellaneous requirements.(Sec. 102) Amends federal law authorizing sanitation facilities for the Soboba Band of Mission Indians.(Sec. 103) Amends the ISDEAA to direct the Secretary to establish the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation. Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Improvement of Indian Health Care Provided Under the Social Security Act - (Sec. 201) Amends title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (SCHIP) of the SSA to conform to this Act.(Sec. 202) Requires the Secretary to encourage states to take steps to provide for enrollment on or near the reservation.(Sec. 203) Provides for increased outreach to, and enrollment of, Indians in SCHIP and Medicaid. Excludes specified outreach activities from the 10% cap on certain SCHIP payments.(Sec. 204) Prohibits the imposition of enrollment fees, premiums, deductions, copayments, cost sharing, or similar charges on an Indian who is furnished an item or service directly by the IHS, an Indian Tribe, a Tribal Organization, or an Urban Indian Organization or through referral under the contract health service.Directs states to disregard specified Indian property for purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for Medicaid.Continues to protect specified Indian property from Medicaid estate recovery.(Sec. 205) Requires nondiscrimination with regard to service providers qualifications for payment for services under federal health care programs.(Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary to maintain within the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services a Tribal Technology Advisory Group.Requires states to establish a process for consultation with the tribal or urban Indian health programs on matters relating to Medicaid that are likely to have a direct effect on Indians or Indian health programs.(Sec. 207) Authorizes the Secretary, in the case of an Indian health program, to waive sanctions on a health provider if the sanctions would impose a hardship on individuals entitled to benefits under, or enrolled in, a federal health care program. Deems specified transfers between or among Indian health programs, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations to not be treated as remuneration under the SSA.(Sec. 208) Allows Indians enrolled in a non-Indian Medicaid managed care entity (MCE) that has an Indian health program participating in the network, to choose the Indian health program as the primary care provider. Sets forth requirements for MCEs with significant Indian enrollees and for Indian MCEs.Deems an Indian health care provider to satisfy the requirement that it have medical malpractice insurance if it is: (1) a federally-qualified health center that is covered under the Federal Tort Claims Act; (2) providing services pursuant to a contract under the Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act; or (3) the Indian Health Service providing services covered under the Federal Tort Claims Act.(Sec. 209) Requires the Secretary to report annually on the enrollment and health status of Indians receiving items or services under the health benefit programs.",2023-01-11T19:55:35Z,