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
112-hr-6708,112,hr,6708,To authorize certain appropriations under the Native American Programs Act of 1974.,Native Americans,2012-12-27,2012-12-27,Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2015 for: (1) programs promoting economic and social self-sufficiency for Native Americans, (2) a program awarding grants to Indian tribes to improve their regulation of environmental quality, (3) a program awarding grants to public and nonprofit entities to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and (4) a demonstration project enabling Hawaii to establish a revolving fund providing loans or loan guarantees to Native Hawaiians organizations and individuals to promote economic development in Hawaii.",2020-02-10T16:50:32Z,
112-s-3685,112,s,3685,Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-12-17,2012-12-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,1,"Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2012 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Tribal Self-Governance Program. Authorizes the Secretary, 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.",2019-06-21T11:05:56Z,
112-s-3679,112,s,3679,Indian Trust Asset Reform Act,Native Americans,2012-12-13,2012-12-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]",ID,R,C000880,1,"Indian Trust Asset Reform Act - Reaffirms the federal government's fiduciary responsibilities to Indians.  States that: (1) the most exacting common law fiduciary standards governing private trustees also govern the federal government when it manages Indian Trust Assets, and (2) those standards are not limited to the express terms of statutes and regulations. Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an eight-year Indian trust asset management demonstration project that allows Indian tribes to propose, for the Secretary's approval, Indian trust asset management plans. Allows participating Indian tribes that contract or compact trust management functions or activities under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to develop and carry out trust asset management systems, practices, and procedures that differ from the Secretary's.  Requires each plan to: (1) be consistent with all tribal laws and all federal treaties, statutes, executive orders, and court decisions applicable to the trust assets and their management; (2) establish procedures for nonbinding mediation or resolution of any plan-related disputes between the Indian tribe and the federal government; (3) include an annual evaluation by the Indian tribe and affected federal agencies of the plan's implementation; and (4) identify any federal regulations that the plan will supersede. Prohibits the approval of any plan that does not: (1) protect trust assets from loss, waste, and unlawful alienation; and (2) promote the interests of the trust asset's beneficial owner. Establishes, in the Department of the Interior, an Under Secretary for Indian Affairs who is to report directly to the Secretary and assume the functions of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians. Requires the Office of the Under Secretary to carry out additional duties relating to the management of Indian trust assets and resources through an Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight. Requires the Under Secretary to give a hiring preference to Indians.",2019-06-21T11:05:56Z,
112-s-3654,112,s,3654,A bill to create equal footing for tribal economic development.,Native Americans,2012-12-04,2012-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7403),Senate,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",NV,D,R000146,0,Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to repeal the prohibition on the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe conducting on its reservation or lands gaming activities that are prohibited by Texas.,2019-06-21T11:05:56Z,
112-hr-6625,112,hr,6625,Violence Against Indian Women Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-12-03,2012-12-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.",House,"Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]",CA,R,I000056,4,"Violence Against Indian Women Act of 2012 - Amends the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to give Indian tribes criminal jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders that occur on their lands. Makes that jurisdiction concurrent with federal and state jurisdiction.  Prohibits a tribe from exercising such jurisdiction if neither the defendant or alleged victim is an Indian, or the defendant lacks certain ties to the tribe. Requires Indian tribes prosecuting those crimes to: (1) provide defendants the right to a trial by an impartial jury; and (2) notify detainees of their rights, including the right to file a writ of habeas corpus in federal court.  Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to assist Indian tribes in exercising such jurisdiction, providing indigent defendants with free legal counsel, and securing the rights of victims of such crimes. Authorizes appropriations for such grant program and to provide participating Indian tribes with training, technical assistance, data collection, and an evaluation of their criminal justice systems. Authorizes defendants charged with domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders to petition the appropriate federal district court for the removal of their case from tribal court. Prohibits a case from being removed from tribal court unless a defendant proves by a preponderance of evidence that a constitutional right guaranteed under the Act has been violated, the tribal court has not adequately remedied the violation, and the violation is prejudicial to the defendant.",2022-02-03T05:53:30Z,
112-sres-605,112,sres,605,"A resolution designating the week beginning November 26, 2012, as ""National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week"".",Native Americans,2012-11-30,2012-11-30,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7308-7309; text as passed Senate: CR S7309; text of measure as introduced: CR S7305)",Senate,"Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]",ND,D,C000705,13,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week beginning on November 26, 2012, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.",2019-02-20T22:51:53Z,
112-hr-6617,112,hr,6617,Indian Trust Asset Reform Act,Native Americans,2012-11-29,2012-12-10,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]",ID,R,S001148,0,"Indian Trust Asset Reform Act - Reaffirms the federal government's fiduciary responsibilities to Indians.  States that: (1) the most exacting common law fiduciary standards governing private trustees also govern the federal government when it manages Indian Trust Assets, and (2) those standards are not limited to the express terms of statutes and regulations. Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an eight-year Indian trust asset management demonstration project that allows Indian tribes to propose, for the Secretary's approval, Indian trust asset management plans. Allows participating Indian tribes that contract or compact trust management functions or activities under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to develop and carry out trust asset management systems, practices, and procedures that differ from the Secretary's.  Requires each plan to: (1) be consistent with all tribal laws and all federal treaties, statutes, executive orders, and court decisions applicable to the trust assets and their management; (2) establish procedures for nonbinding mediation or resolution of any plan-related disputes between the Indian tribe and the federal government; (3) include an annual evaluation by the Indian tribe and affected federal agencies of the plan's implementation; and (4) identify any federal regulations that the plan will supersede. Prohibits the approval of any plan that does not: (1) protect trust assets from loss, waste, and unlawful alienation; and (2) promote the interests of the trust asset's beneficial owner. Establishes, in the Department of the Interior, an Under Secretary for Indian Affairs who is to report directly to the Secretary and assume the functions of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians. Requires the Office of the Under Secretary to carry out additional duties relating to the management of Indian trust assets and resources through an Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight. Requires the Under Secretary to give a hiring preference to Indians.",2019-11-15T21:24:27Z,
112-hr-6516,112,hr,6516,Tuscarora Nation Congressional Gold Medal Act,Native Americans,2012-09-21,2012-10-23,Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.,House,"Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]",NY,D,H001062,1,"Tuscarora Nation Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in commemoration of the members of the Tuscarora Nation who fought to protect the residents of Lewiston, New York, from the British invasion during the War of 1812.",2019-11-15T20:54:18Z,
112-sres-561,112,sres,561,A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.,Native Americans,2012-09-19,2012-09-22,Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 9/21/2012 S6679),Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,10,(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes November 2012 as National Native American Heritage Month and the Friday after Thanksgiving as Native American Heritage Day.,2019-06-21T11:05:56Z,
112-hr-6399,112,hr,6399,To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.,Native Americans,2012-09-13,2012-09-13,Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.,House,"Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]",NM,D,H001046,2,"Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize appropriations, for FY2013-FY2017, for a grant program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.",2022-02-03T05:52:51Z,
112-s-3546,112,s,3546,A bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.,Native Americans,2012-09-13,2012-12-11,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 562.,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,7,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize appropriations, for FY2013-FY2017, for a grant program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.",2019-06-21T11:05:56Z,
112-s-3548,112,s,3548,Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-09-13,2012-12-11,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 563.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2012 - Amends the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994 to authorize the construction of the National Native American Veterans' Memorial on the property of the National Museum of the American Indian. (Currently, its location is restricted to the interior structure of the Museum.) Authorizes the Museum to participate in the selection of the Memorial's design, on more than a consultative basis, with the National Congress of American Indians. Makes the Museum and the National Congress of American Indians responsible for accepting contributions for, and paying the expenses of, establishing the Memorial. (Currently, the National Congress of American Indians is solely responsible for those duties.)",2019-06-21T11:05:56Z,
112-hr-6274,112,hr,6274,To amend the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to clarify the definition of Indian and Indian organization for the purposes of that Act.,Native Americans,2012-08-02,2012-09-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.",House,"Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]",WV,D,R000011,0,"Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, for the purposes of a civil action brought against a person for the misrepresentation of an Indian produced good or an Indian product to revise the definition of ""Indian"" to include: (1) a member of an Indian organization who resides in the state in which the Indian organization is chartered and headquartered and is a direct lineal descendant of a person listed on the base roll of an Indian tribe, whether or not such individual qualifies for membership in the Indian tribe; or (2) is a member of an Indian organization and who resides in the state in which the Indian organization is chartered and headquartered and is a direct lineal descendant of a person listed on a judgment fund distribution list, roll, or census of Indians or other document prepared and approved by the Secretary of the Interior whether or not such list, roll, or census or document is used by an Indian tribe to determine membership.  Defines ""Indian organization"" to mean: (1) a nonprofit organization that is chartered as a charitable organization with the state in which the organization is headquartered; (2) is recognized by a state legislative body as an Indian organization or group, in which a majority of its members are recognized as Indians, whether or not such organization is recognized as a state or federally recognized tribe; (3) is dedicated to preserving Native American principles, traditions, culture, history, language, and arts; (4) performs free genealogical information on its members to verify that an individual meets the definition of ""Indian"" as defined in this Act; and (5) retains genealogical information collected on its members for verification.",2019-11-15T21:32:36Z,
112-s-3504,112,s,3504,Native American Indian Education Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-08-02,2012-08-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]",CO,D,B001267,5,"Native American Indian Education Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Education to pay four-year Native American-serving nontribal institutions of higher education the out-of-state tuition of their Indian students if those schools are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government. Limits that payment each fiscal year to the institution's total out-of-state tuition for Indian students in academic year 2012-2013. Treats such payments as reimbursements to such institutions from their states. Rescinds unobligated discretionary appropriations to offset the costs of this program.",2019-06-21T11:05:55Z,
112-hr-6141,112,hr,6141,To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.,Native Americans,2012-07-18,2012-07-24,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]",OR,D,S001180,1,"Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon. Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.) Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-5992,112,hr,5992,Samish Indian Nation Homelands Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-06-21,2012-06-27,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]",WA,D,L000560,0,"Samish Indian Nation Homelands Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the benefit of the Samish Indian Nation specified parcels of land owned by the Tribe in Skagit County and San Juan County, Washington, once the Tribe conveys that land to the Secretary and requests that it be taken into trust for the Tribe. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming on such land.",2019-11-15T21:23:36Z,
112-s-3305,112,s,3305,"A bill to clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ""An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes"".",Native Americans,2012-06-18,2012-06-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,1,"Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school trust or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for certain federal subsurface mineral lands north of that border. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reserve an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands conveyed to Utah. Delineates the extent of that interest. Requires Utah to reserve, for the benefit of its school trust, an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands it relinquished to the federal government. Delineates the extent of that interest. Terminates the overriding interests reserved by the Secretary and Utah 30 years after this Act's enactment.",2020-01-29T20:34:58Z,
112-hr-5862,112,hr,5862,Relating to members of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah).,Native Americans,2012-05-30,2012-05-31,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]",OK,R,C001053,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, out of money not otherwise appropriated, unspecified sums to the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah) and to its tribal members pursuant to a judgment rendered by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.",2019-11-15T21:23:36Z,
112-hres-668,112,hres,668,"To refer H.R. 5862, a bill making congressional reference to the United States Court of Federal Claims pursuant to sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, United States Code, the Indian trust-related claims of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah) as well as its individual members.",Native Americans,2012-05-30,2012-12-19,"On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 5 (Roll no. 635). (text: CR H7280-7281)",House,"Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]",OK,R,C001053,1,"Refers H.R. 5862, relating to members of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah), to the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a determination as to whether the Tribe and its members have Indian trust-related legal or equitable claims against the United States other than those currently pending in the Court. Requires the chief judge to report back to the House of Representatives regarding the nature, extent, and character of those claims and the amount, if any, legally or equitably due from the United States to the claimants.",2019-11-15T21:36:08Z,
112-s-3209,112,s,3209,Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-05-21,2012-05-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,0,"Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012 - Approves the Fort Belknap Indian Community-Montana Water Rights Compact, except to the extent that it conflicts with this Act.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute the Compact once it is approved by the Fort Belknap Indian Community (Community), which is composed of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes and their members and allottees. Requires the United States, the Community, and Montana to petition the Montana Water Court to approve a decree, identified as Appendix 1 to the Compact, that has been agreed to by those parties. Voids approval of the Compact if the decree is not approved within five years of its being filed in court. Requires the tribal water rights to be held in trust by the United States for the Fort Belknap Indian Community and its allottees. Requires the Community to enact, and secure the Secretary's approval of, a Tribal Water Code to regulate tribal water rights. Allows the Community, with the approval of the Secretary and Montana, to transfer temporarily certain portions of the tribal water rights for use off the Fort Belknap Reservation within the Missouri River Basin. Prohibits the term of such transfer agreements from exceeding 100 years, though the agreement may provide for the renewal of the transfer for an additional term of up to 100 years. Directs the Secretary to provide Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program pumping power, at preferred rates, to up to 27,000 net acres under irrigation pursuant to Community projects. Directs the Secretary to identify and, with tribal approval, implement alternatives to resolve any conflict between the Milk River water rights of the Blackfeet Tribe and the Community in a manner that ensures the full allocation of each tribe's water rights under each tribe's compact. Requires the Secretary to: (1) negotiate with Montana for the transfer of specified parcels of state land located on and off the Fort Belknap Reservation for federal land; (2) transfer to the United States, to be held in trust for the Community, specified parcels of federal land; and (3) transfer federal land for private land within or adjacent to the Fort Belknap Reservation with the owners consent.  Holds the transferred state and private lands in trust for the Community. Allocates to the Community 20,000 acre-feet per year of stored water from Lake Elwell.  Authorizes the Community to enter into leases or other agreements for the use of that water, provided its use occurs within the Missouri River Basin and the agreement does not permanently alienate the allocation.  Directs the Secretary to provide the Community with assistance in planning, developing, and constructing Reservation water projects. Directs the Commissioner of Reclamation to modify the operating procedures of the Milk River Project to ensure that the Fresno Reservoir is operated in accordance with the Compact. Directs the Secretary to make such modifications to the federally owned facilities of the Milk River Project as are necessary to satisfy applicable Compact mitigation requirements. Requires Montana to use certain of its own funds and certain federal contributions to fulfill its obligations under the Compact and this Act to mitigate the Milk River Project. Establishes the Fort Belknap Indian Community Settlement Fund in the U.S. Treasury. Directs the Secretary to establish in the Fund: (1) the Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Land and Water Rehabilitation, Modernization, and Expansion account; (2) the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, Operation, and Maintenance account; (3) the Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Economic Development account; and (4) the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water and Wastewater Rehabilitation and Expansion account. Makes appropriations to these accounts. Authorizes the Community to withdraw amounts in the Fund upon the Secretary's approval of a tribal management plan. Requires the Community to receive the Secretary's approval of a expenditure plan for Fund amounts that are not being withdrawn to carry out this Act. Requires the Secretary to request Montana to pay a specified amount to contribute to the design and construction of the Peoples Creek Reservoir. Provides for the waiver and release by the Community of water rights claims against Montana and the United States in return for recognition of the tribal water rights and other benefits provided under the Compact and this Act. Absolves the United States from liability for any failure to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this Act if adequate appropriations are not provided expressly by Congress to carry out the purposes of this Act in the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund or the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health.",2019-06-21T11:07:08Z,
112-s-3193,112,s,3193,Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-05-16,2012-12-28,Became Public Law No: 112-232.,Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,2,"(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 22, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012 - Amends the Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 to revise the description of the land to be held in trust for the Barona Band of Mission Indians of California. States that the parcel of private, non-Indian land that is excluded from the revised description was not intended to be held in trust for the Band or considered to be part of its reservation.",2023-03-22T18:24:52Z,
112-hr-4222,112,hr,4222,Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act,Native Americans,2012-03-20,2012-06-06,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]",AZ,D,G000551,6,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 5, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act - Holds all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 10 acres of federal land, shown as parcel A on a specified map, in trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Identifies that map as the map titled "Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act" and dated April 23, 2012. Holds all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 10 acres of federal land, shown as parcel B on that map, in trust for the Tribe as soon as the Tucson Unified School District abandons its possessory interest in those lands. Prohibits gaming on such lands.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-4187,112,hr,4187,Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act,Native Americans,2012-03-08,2012-03-19,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]",NM,R,P000588,0,Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act - Declares a parcel of remediated land of the Fort Wingate Depot Activity (FWDA) in New Mexico to be held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation and part of the Zuni Reservation. Declares two parcels of remediated land of the FWDA to be held in trust by the Secretary for the Navajo Nation and part of the Navajo Reservation. Reserves to the United States such easements to those lands that are required for access to the Fort Wingate Launch Complex and for administrative and environmental remediation purposes.,2019-11-15T21:24:25Z,
112-hr-4194,112,hr,4194,"To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2012-03-08,2012-12-31,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 538.",House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to recognize Alexander Creek, Alaska, as a Native village eligible for land and benefits under the Act. Requires Alexander Creek to file any amendments to its corporate charter in Alaska that are necessary to convert from a Native group to a Native Village Corporation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an agreement with Alexander Creek to settle aboriginal land claims and any other claims of such Native Village Corporation against the United States fairly. Requires Alexander Creek to notify each member of the Native village that: (1) all of them will cease to receive benefits from Cook Inlet Region Incorporated (CIRI) individually as at-large shareholders, and (2) all future resource payments from the Region will be made to the Village Corporation. Relieves CIRI from liability under any state, federal, or local law for damages related to that payment cessation.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-4154,112,hr,4154,SAVE Native Women Act,Native Americans,2012-03-07,2012-03-15,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.",House,"Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]",OK,D,B001254,20,"Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act or SAVE Native Women Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include sex trafficking as a target of the grants to Indian tribal governments to combat violent crime against Indian women. Allows those grants to be used to: (1) address the needs of youth who are victims of, or exposed to, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking; and (2) develop and promote best practices for responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking. Allows tribal coalition grants to be used to develop and promote state, local, and tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian women. Requires the Attorney General to award such grants annually to each tribal coalition that meets certain criteria under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, is recognized by the Office on Violence Against Women, serves Indian tribes, and meets any additional criteria the Attorney General requires. Requires that tribal coalition grants also be provided to organizations that propose to incorporate and operate a tribal coalition in areas where Indian tribes are located but no tribal coalition exists. Amends the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to include the Secretary of the Interior, in addition to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Attorney General, as a participant in consultations with Indian tribes regarding the administration of tribal funds and programs, enhancement of Indian women's safety, and federal response to violent crimes against Indian women. Amends the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to give Indian tribes criminal jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders that occur on their lands. Makes that jurisdiction concurrent with federal and state jurisdiction. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to assist Indian tribes in exercising such jurisdiction, providing indigent defendants with free legal counsel, and securing the rights of victims of such crimes. Amends the federal criminal code to give Indian courts civil jurisdiction to issue and enforce protection orders. Excludes Indian courts in Alaska from that jurisdiction, except with respect to the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve.  Increases the maximum federal penalties for assault convictions. Subjects to specified criminal penalties any individuals who: (1) commit an assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a spouse, intimate partner, or a dating partner; or (2) assault a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner by strangling, suffocating, or attempting to strangle or suffocate. Makes federal felony assault penalties applicable to Indians. Subjects individuals convicted under tribal law of repeat domestic violence or stalking offenses to maximum federal penalty provisions for repeat offenders. Amends the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to require the National Institute of Justice to include women in Alaska Native Villages, Native Hawaiian women, and sex trafficking in its study of violence against Indian women. Reauthorizes appropriations for the national tribal sex offender registry and the tribal protection order registry. Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on whether the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission should be continued. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the grant program to encourage governmental entities to treat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law.  Allows those grants to be used to: (1) enforce protection orders across state and tribal lines; (2) develop training programs and best practices for responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; (3) develop, implement, or enhance sexual assault nurse or forensic examiner programs and Sexual Assault Response Teams; (4) implement human immunodeficiency virus testing programs; (5) address backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits; and (6) develop multidisciplinary high-risk teams focused on preventing domestic or dating violence homicides. Requires at least 25% of the grant funds to be used for projects that address sexual assault.",2022-02-03T05:53:30Z,
112-hr-4067,112,hr,4067,Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-02-16,2012-03-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3]",AZ,R,Q000024,1,"Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012 - Approves, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute, the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, except to the extent that it conflicts with this Act. Requires all water rights of the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe to be held in trust for the Nation, the Tribe, and their allottees. Directs the Bureau of Reclamation, subject to the availability of appropriations, to plan, design, and construct: (1) the Leupp-Dilkon Groundwater Project and the Ganado Groundwater Project for transfer to the Navajo Nation, and (2) the Hopi Groundwater Project for transfer to the Hopi Tribe. Releases the federal government from any obligation to cover the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the projects after title to the projects is transferred and certain amounts are deposited in trust accounts for such costs. Authorizes the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and federal government to waive and release specified claims pursuant to the Agreement. States that the parties retain all rights not expressly waived. Provides that, except as provided in the Agreement, benefits realized by the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and their allottees under the Agreement and this Act are in full satisfaction of their claims for water rights, injury to water rights, and injury to water quality with respect to their lands or allotments. Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary to allow the Hopi Tribe to enter into a service agreement for the temporary delivery, use, or transfer of groundwater from newly acquired trust land within 20 miles of Winslow, Arizona, for use in that city or on nearby Hopi fee land. Limits the water rights of lands taken into trust for the Navajo Nation or Hopi Tribe after this Act's enactment to those rights provided under the Agreement, the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996, and this Act, unless additional rights are established in a subsequent Act. Designates the Schoens Lake, Schoens Dam, and Schoens Reservoir, located on Show Low Creek in Navajo County, Arizona, as the Pete Shumway Dam and Reservoir. Prohibits execution of the Agreement from being considered a major federal action necessitating the preparation of a detailed environmental impact statement. Directs the Secretary, after specified conditions are met, to reallocate to the Navajo Nation certain Central Arizona Project (CAP) water pursuant to a delivery contract that effects the delivery that water through its diversion and use from the San Juan River. Authorizes the delivery of that water through the Navajo-Gallup water supply project. Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Navajo Nation to enter into leases and exchanges of that water within Arizona; otherwise the water is to be used on Navajo lands within Arizona.  Directs the Secretary to retain certain water for use in future settlements of the claims of the Navaho Nation and Hopi Tribe to Lower Colorado River water. Authorizes funding for the completion of feasibility investigations of the Western Navajo Pipeline component of the North Central Arizona Water Supply Study.",2019-11-15T21:24:22Z,
112-hr-4033,112,hr,4033,Giving Local Communities a Voice in Tribal Gaming Act,Native Americans,2012-02-15,2012-02-17,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]",OK,R,S001155,0,"Giving Local Communities a Voice in Tribal Gaming Act - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to prohibit Class III gaming from occurring under a Tribal-State Compact unless the elected governing body and elected executive officials of each political subdivision in which such gaming is to occur have approved the gaming facility. Gives each political subdivision 120 days after the Tribal-State Compact is approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the National Indian Gaming Commission or the site of the gaming facility is identified, whichever comes later, to object to the facility.",2019-11-15T21:24:21Z,
112-hr-4027,112,hr,4027,"To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ""An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes"".",Native Americans,2012-02-14,2012-06-19,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]",UT,D,M001142,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school trust or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for certain federal subsurface mineral lands north of that border. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reserve an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands conveyed to Utah. Delineates the extent of that interest. Requires Utah to reserve, for the benefit of its school trust, an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands it relinquished to the federal government. Delineates the extent of that interest. Obligates neither the federal government nor Utah to lease or otherwise develop oil and gas resources in which the other party retains an overriding interest under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with Utah and the Tribe to facilitate the relinquishment and selection of the lands to be conveyed, and the administration of the overriding interests reserved under this Act. Terminates the overriding interests reserved by the Secretary and Utah 30 years after this Act's enactment.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-s-2109,112,s,2109,Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-02-14,2012-02-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S621-636),Senate,"Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]",AZ,R,K000352,1,"Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012 - Approves, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute, the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, except to the extent that it conflicts with this Act. Requires all water rights of the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe to be held in trust for the Nation, the Tribe, and their allottees. Directs the Bureau of Reclamation, subject to the availability of appropriations, to plan, design, and construct: (1) the Leupp-Dilkon Groundwater Project and the Ganado Groundwater Project for transfer to the Navajo Nation, and (2) the Hopi Groundwater Project for transfer to the Hopi Tribe. Releases the federal government from any obligation to cover the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the projects after title to the projects is transferred and certain amounts are deposited in trust accounts for such costs. Authorizes the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and federal government to waive and release specified claims pursuant to the Agreement. States that the parties retain all rights not expressly waived. Provides that, except as provided in the Agreement, benefits realized by the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and their allottees under the Agreement and this Act are in full satisfaction of their claims for water rights, injury to water rights, and injury to water quality with respect to their lands or allotments. Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary to allow the Hopi Tribe to enter into a service agreement for the temporary delivery, use, or transfer of groundwater from newly acquired trust land within 20 miles of Winslow, Arizona, for use in that city or on nearby Hopi fee land. Limits the water rights of lands taken into trust for the Navajo Nation or Hopi Tribe after this Act's enactment to those rights provided under the Agreement, the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996, and this Act, unless additional rights are established in a subsequent Act. Designates the Schoens Lake, Schoens Dam, and Schoens Reservoir, located on Show Low Creek in Navajo County, Arizona, as the Pete Shumway Dam and Reservoir. Prohibits execution of the Agreement from being considered a major federal action necessitating the preparation of a detailed environmental impact statement. Directs the Secretary, after specified conditions are met, to reallocate to the Navajo Nation certain Central Arizona Project (CAP) water pursuant to a delivery contract that effects the delivery that water through its diversion and use from the San Juan River. Authorizes the delivery of that water through the Navajo-Gallup water supply project. Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Navajo Nation to enter into leases and exchanges of that water within Arizona; otherwise the water is to be used on Navajo lands within Arizona.  Directs the Secretary to retain certain water for use in future settlements of the claims of the Navaho Nation and Hopi Tribe to Lower Colorado River water. Authorizes funding for the completion of feasibility investigations of the Western Navajo Pipeline component of the North Central Arizona Water Supply Study.",2019-06-21T11:05:55Z,
112-s-2090,112,s,2090,"A bill to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to extend the period of time provided to the Indian Law and Order Commission to produce a required report, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2012-02-09,2012-07-25,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,13,(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to extend (from two to three years) the period of time provided to the Indian Law and Order Commission to produce a report detailing the Commission's findings and conclusions and setting forth its recommendations for legislative and administrative action.,2019-06-21T11:07:09Z,
112-hr-3973,112,hr,3973,Native American Energy Act,Native Americans,2012-02-07,2012-10-23,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 506.",House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,2,"Native American Energy Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to allow the Secretary of the Interior, an affected Indian tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the Indian tribe to appraise Indian land or trust assets involved in a transaction requiring the Secretary's approval.  Gives the Secretary 30 days after receipt of the appraisal to review it and provide the Indian tribe with written notice of its approval or disapproval. Deems the appraisal to be approved after 60 days go by without the Secretary's approval or disapproval. Gives tribes the option of waiving such appraisals, but they must also waive any claims for damages they might have against the federal government due to the lack of an appraisal. (Sec. 4) Requires each agency within the Department of the Interior involved in the review of oil and gas activities on Indian lands to use a uniform system of reference numbers and tracking systems for oil and gas wells. (Sec. 5) Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to make the environmental impact statement for major federal action on Indian lands available for review and comment only to the affected Indian tribe and individuals residing within the affected area. (Sec. 6) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to establish at least five Indian Energy Development Offices, each within a regional or agency office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), to assist the Secretary in carrying out the Indian energy resource development program. Requires the Director of each Indian Energy Development Office to: (1) provide energy-related information and resources to Indian tribes and tribal members; (2) coordinate meetings and outreach among Indian tribes, tribal members, energy companies, and relevant federal, state, and tribal agencies; (3) oversee, and ensure the timely processing of, Indian energy applications, permits, licenses, and other documents by government agencies; and (4) consult with Indian tribes to determine what services, information, facilities, or programs would best expedite the responsible development of energy resources. (Sec. 7) Prohibits the Secretary from collecting a fee for: (1) applying for a permit to drill on Indian land, (2) oil or gas inspection activities on such lands, or (3) any oil or gas lease for nonproducing acreage on Indian land. (Sec. 8) Requires plaintiffs who obtain a preliminary injunction or administrative stay in Indian energy related actions to post bond. Subjects them to liability for a defendant's harm should they not ultimately prevail on the merits of the energy related action. Prohibits plaintiffs in Indian energy related actions against the federal government from receiving certain federal payments for their fees or expenses. (Sec. 9) Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary to enter into agreements with Indian tribes to carry out demonstration projects that promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing tribes with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands. Requires the Secretary to initiate at least four new demonstration projects in each fiscal year from FY2013-FY2017. Requires those agreements, to the extent practicable, to include management plans in effect on the Indian forest land or rangeland of the respective Indian tribe. Limits the agreements to an initial term of no more than 20 years, but allows their renewal for up to 10 additional years. (Sec. 10) Considers activities conducted or resources harvested or produced pursuant to a tribal resource management plan or an integrated resource management plan approved by the Secretary to be a sustainable when sustainability is federally required. (Sec. 11) Amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to authorize the Navajo Nation to enter into commercial or agricultural leases of up to 99 years on their restricted lands without the Secretary's approval, provided they are executed under tribal regulations approved by the Secretary. (Currently, those leases may not exceed 25 years, but may include an option to renew for up to 2 additional terms, neither of which may exceed 25 years.) Allows the Navajo Nation to enter into mineral resource leases on their restricted lands without the Secretary's approval if they are executed under approved tribal regulations and do not exceed 25 years, though they may include a renewal option for one additional term not exceeding 25 years. (Sec. 12) Prohibits any Department of the Interior rule regarding hydraulic fracturing, used in oil and gas development or production, from having any effect on land held in trust or restricted status for Indians, except with the express consent of its Indian beneficiaries.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-3878,112,hr,3878,Chemawa Indian School Trust Transfer and Self-Determination Act of 2012,Native Americans,2012-02-01,2012-02-13,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]",OR,D,S001180,2,"Chemawa Indian School Trust Transfer and Self-Determination Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over federally owned property occupied by the Chemawa Indian School and Chemawa Cemetery in Salem, Oregon. Requires the Secretary to hold that property in trust for nine federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon. Requires the tribes to agree to use the Chemawa Indian School property only for their educational or cultural benefit, or for other purposes that are authorized by the Chemawa Indian School Board of Trustees (Board) and approved by the Secretary. Prohibits gaming on such lands. Directs the Secretary to establish the Board, which is to be composed of nine trustees appointed by the tribes and two adjunct trustee advisors appointed by the Secretary. Authorizes the Board to assume operation of the Chemawa Indian School or use the trust land for purposes authorized by this Act if it enters into a self-determination or self-governance agreement with the Secretary regarding such assumption or use. Requires the Board to use land occupied by the Chemawa Indian School for the collective benefit of the Oregon tribes, if the Secretary certifies that it is no longer needed for Indian education.",2019-11-15T21:24:24Z,
112-hr-3734,112,hr,3734,Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act,Native Americans,2011-12-19,2012-01-03,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]",NM,D,H001046,0,"Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act - Amends the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture, upon the receipt of certain consideration and at the request of the Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior, to transfer certain National Forest land to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo, provided a land exchange with the Pueblo required by that Act is not completed within 90 days of this Act's enactment. Requires that National Forest land to be preserved in its natural state.  Requires the Pueblo to transfer to the Secretary, in exchange for such land, the Pueblo's La Luz tract and an amount equal to the difference between the value of: (1) the National Forest land in its natural state, and (2) the La Luz tract and the compensation owed to the Pueblo by the Secretary for the right-of-way and conservation easement on its Piedra Lisa tract.",2019-11-15T21:29:16Z,
112-sres-351,112,sres,351,A resolution recognizing the accomplishments and commemorating the numerous achievements and contributions of the Alaska Native people over the past 40 years.,Native Americans,2011-12-17,2011-12-17,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8782; text as passed Senate: CR S8782; text of measure as introduced: CR H877)",Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]",AK,R,M001153,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes: (1) December 18, 2011, as the 40th anniversary of the original enactment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and (2) the educational, economic, political, and cultural contributions of Alaska Natives over the past 40 years.",2019-02-20T22:49:21Z,
112-s-2024,112,s,2024,Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act,Native Americans,2011-12-16,2012-12-11,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,1,"Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act - Amends the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture, upon the receipt of certain consideration and at the request of the Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior, to transfer certain national forest land to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo, provided a land exchange with the Pueblo required by that Act is not completed within 90 days of this Act's enactment. Requires that national forest land to be preserved as open space in its natural state.  Requires the Pueblo to transfer to the Secretary, in exchange for such land, the Pueblo's La Luz tract and an amount equal to the difference between the value of: (1) the national forest land as open space in its natural state, and (2) the La Luz tract and the compensation owed to the Pueblo by the Secretary for the right-of-way and conservation easement on its Piedra Lisa tract.",2023-01-11T13:22:59Z,
112-hr-3604,112,hr,3604,Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act,Native Americans,2011-12-07,2011-12-16,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act - Amends provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) that allow certain Alaska Native Vietnam veterans to file for allotments of up to two parcels of federal land totaling up to 160 acres.  Eliminates the requirement that limits the allotments to lands that were vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved on the date when the person eligible for the allotment first used and occupied them. Allows allotments to be selected from vacant federal lands or lands that have been selected or conveyed to the state of Alaska or a Native Corporation, if the state or Corporation voluntarily relinquishes or conveys the land to the United States for allotment. Limits the prohibition against conveying allotments to: (1) lands in the right-of-way granted for the TransAlaska Pipeline, or (2) the inner or outer corridor of that right-of-way withdrawal.  Limits the eligibility for allotments to veterans who served between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975. Allows an heir to apply for and receive the allotment. Allows a Native Corporation to select an equal amount of acres of appropriate federal land in Alaska to replace lands voluntarily relinquished or conveyed to the United States for allotment. Permits any person who made an allotment selection under ANCSA before this Act's enactment to withdraw it and reselect lands if those originally selected were not conveyed to that person before this Act's enactment.",2019-11-15T21:23:35Z,
112-hr-3568,112,hr,3568,"Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act",Native Americans,2011-12-06,2012-03-29,Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.,House,"Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]",MI,D,K000172,16,"Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to facilitate the inclusion of Indian tribes in the school improvement process. Establishes an Indian School Turn Around grant program to assist tribes in implementing transformation, restart, or turnaround school intervention models at low-performing Indian schools.  Requires states to develop standards-based assessments and classroom lessons that accommodate diverse learning styles.  Excepts Native language teachers from the requirement that teachers be highly qualified. Requires states to develop alternative licensure or certification requirements for those teachers. Amends part D (Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk) of title I of the ESEA to facilitate the participation of Indian tribes in part D programs. Establishes: (1) an Indian Children and Youth At-Risk Education grant program to assist tribes in providing education and other services to Indian youth in correctional facilities, and (2) a grant program to assist tribes in providing educational alternatives for Indian youth who have been sentenced to incarceration or juvenile detention. Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to enhance teacher and principal training and recruiting for Indian schools. Establishes an Indian Educator Scholarship program for Indians who are studying to be elementary or secondary school teachers and agree to serve in an Indian school or public school serving a significant number of Indian students. Includes Indian schools in the program to recruit and train mathematics and science teachers under part B and in the Troops-to-Teachers program under part C of title II. Amends title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) of the ESEA to require the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to award grants to Indian and educational organizations for Native American language programs. Authorizes tribes to enter into agreements with states to assume state responsibilities and receive a portion of their funding for administering and implementing specified education programs on tribal lands. Requires the Secretary to establish a Safe and Healthy Schools for Native American Students program under title IV (21st Century Schools) of the ESEA. Amends part A (Indian Education) of title VII (Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education) of the ESEA to facilitate the participation of Indian tribes in Indian elementary and secondary education grant programs and fund Native American Language programs.  Authorizes tribes to enter into a cooperative agreement with a state or local educational agency (LEA) to assume the role of the state or LEA with respect to schools on Indian land. Establishes the Tribal Education Agency Pilot Project that provides selected Indian tribes with federal funding, and allows them to administer all state functions authorized under the ESEA, for Indian schools, or schools on Indian lands or serving Indian students. Establishes a program awarding grants to LEAs, institutions of higher education (IHEs), or nonprofit organizations to create or expand teacher and administrator pipelines for teachers and administrators of Native American students.  Establishes the National Board Certification Incentive Demonstration program to cover the costs teachers of Indians incur in obtaining such certification and boost their compensation. Establishes the Tribal Language Immersion Schools program to assist elementary and secondary schools and Tribal Colleges or Universities in using an American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian language as the primary language of instruction at the schools. Establishes a grant program to improve the collection, coordination, and electronic exchange of Indian student records between states, LEAs, and Indian schools. Reauthorizes appropriations under part A through FY2017.   Amends the Impact Aid program to require the Secretary to complete Impact Aid payments to eligible LEAs that claim children residing on Indian lands within three fiscal years of their appropriation. Considers teachers of Native American language, history, or culture in a state or any Indian school to be highly qualified for purposes of the ESEA if they are certified by a tribe as highly qualified to teach those subjects. Gives Indian schools the same eligibility and consideration for any competitive program under the ESEA as LEAs are given. Requires all ESEA public school assistance programs to reserve 1% of their funding to provide Indian schools with the technical expertise and capacity to compete for such assistance. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to require the Secretary to reserve for Indian schools a portion of the amounts appropriated for the State Incentive Grants and Innovation Fund programs. Requires states to ensure that high-quality early learning services are provided to Indian children. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain educational benefits provided to members of Indian tribes from gross income. Amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Tribal Education Policy Advisory Group.  Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a qualified school construction bond escrow account. Amends the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 to make Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College a 1994 Land Grant Institution. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish an American Indian Tribal College or University Adult Education and Family Literacy program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) expand programs for Native American school children that support learning in their Native language and culture and provide English language instruction, and (2) conduct research on culture- and language-based education. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish: (1) a grant program to assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and (2) an in-school facility innovation program contest to encourage IHEs to solve the problem of how to improve Indian school facilities for problem-based learning. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Department of the Interior and Department of Education Joint Oversight Board to coordinate Indian education policies and assistance.  Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the feasibility of transferring the Bureau of Indian Education from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Education. Requires the Secretary of Education to study the feasibility of entering into self-governance compacts and contracts with Indian tribal governments that wish to operate public schools on their lands.  Establishes the Center for Indigenous Excellence to support the development and demonstration of Native American language and culture-based education.",2022-02-03T05:53:31Z,
112-hr-3569,112,hr,3569,"Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act",Native Americans,2011-12-06,2012-03-29,Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.,House,"Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]",CA,D,B001234,45,"Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to facilitate the inclusion of Indian tribes in the school improvement process. Establishes an Indian School Turn Around grant program to assist tribes in implementing transformation, restart, or turnaround school intervention models at low-performing Indian schools.  Requires states to develop standards-based assessments and classroom lessons that accommodate diverse learning styles.  Excepts Native language teachers from the requirement that teachers be highly qualified. Requires states to develop alternative licensure or certification requirements for those teachers. Amends part D (Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk) of title I of the ESEA to facilitate the participation of Indian tribes in part D programs. Establishes: (1) an Indian Children and Youth At-Risk Education grant program to assist tribes in providing education and other services to Indian youth in correctional facilities, and (2) a grant program to assist tribes in providing educational alternatives for Indian youth who have been sentenced to incarceration or juvenile detention. Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to enhance teacher and principal training and recruiting for Indian schools. Establishes an Indian Educator Scholarship program for Indians who are studying to be elementary or secondary school teachers and agree to serve in an Indian school or public school serving a significant number of Indian students. Includes Indian schools in the program to recruit and train mathematics and science teachers under part B and in the Troops-to-Teachers program under part C of title II. Amends title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) of the ESEA to require the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to award grants to Indian and educational organizations for Native American language programs. Authorizes tribes to enter into agreements with states to assume state responsibilities and receive a portion of their funding for administering and implementing specified education programs on tribal lands. Requires the Secretary to establish a Safe and Healthy Schools for Native American Students program under title IV (21st Century Schools) of the ESEA. Amends part A (Indian Education) of title VII (Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education) of the ESEA to facilitate the participation of Indian tribes in Indian elementary and secondary education grant programs and fund Native American Language programs.  Authorizes tribes to enter into a cooperative agreement with a state or local educational agency (LEA) to assume the role of the state or LEA with respect to schools on Indian land. Establishes the Tribal Education Agency Pilot Project that provides selected Indian tribes with federal funding, and allows them to administer all state functions authorized under the ESEA, for Indian schools, or schools on Indian lands or serving Indian students. Establishes a program awarding grants to LEAs, institutions of higher education (IHEs), or nonprofit organizations to create or expand teacher and administrator pipelines for teachers and administrators of Native American students.  Establishes the National Board Certification Incentive Demonstration program to cover the costs teachers of Indians incur in obtaining such certification and boost their compensation. Establishes the Tribal Language Immersion Schools program to assist elementary and secondary schools and Tribal Colleges or Universities in using an American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian language as the primary language of instruction at the schools. Establishes a grant program to improve the collection, coordination, and electronic exchange of Indian student records between states, LEAs, and Indian schools. Reauthorizes appropriations under part A through FY2017.   Amends the Impact Aid program to require the Secretary to complete Impact Aid payments to eligible LEAs that claim children residing on Indian lands within three fiscal years of their appropriation. Considers teachers of Native American language, history, or culture in a state or any Indian school to be highly qualified for purposes of the ESEA if they are certified by a tribe as highly qualified to teach those subjects. Gives Indian schools the same eligibility and consideration for any competitive program under the ESEA as LEAs are given. Requires all ESEA public school assistance programs to reserve 1% of their funding to provide Indian schools with the technical expertise and capacity to compete for such assistance. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to require the Secretary to reserve for Indian schools a portion of the amounts appropriated for the State Incentive Grants and Innovation Fund programs. Requires states to ensure that high-quality early learning services are provided to Indian children. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain educational benefits provided to members of Indian tribes from gross income. Amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Tribal Education Policy Advisory Group.  Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a qualified school construction bond escrow account. Amends the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 to make Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College a 1994 Land Grant Institution. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish an American Indian Tribal College or University Adult Education and Family Literacy program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) expand programs for Native American school children that support learning in their Native language and culture and provide English language instruction, and (2) conduct research on culture- and language-based education. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish: (1) a grant program to assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and (2) an in-school facility innovation program contest to encourage IHEs to solve the problem of how to improve Indian school facilities for problem-based learning. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Department of the Interior and Department of Education Joint Oversight Board to coordinate Indian education policies and assistance.  Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the feasibility of transferring the Bureau of Indian Education from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Education. Requires the Secretary of Education to study the feasibility of entering into self-governance compacts and contracts with Indian tribal governments that wish to operate public schools on their lands.  Establishes the Center for Indigenous Excellence to support the development and demonstration of Native American language and culture-based education.",2022-02-03T05:53:31Z,
112-hr-3532,112,hr,3532,American Indian Empowerment Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-11-30,2012-02-07,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,2,"American Indian Empowerment Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to transfer land the federal government holds in trust for a federally recognized Indian tribe to such tribe as restricted fee tribal land, subject to a restriction against alienation and taxation, after receiving the Indian tribe's request for such transfer. (Restricted fee tribal land is land to which a tribe holds legal title, but which carries legal restrictions against alienation or encumbrance.) Allows Indian tribes to lease, or grant an easement or right-of-way on, restricted fee tribal land for any period of time without the Secretary's review and approval. Gives the laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe that establish a system of land tenure governing the use of the land it holds precedence over any federal law or regulation governing the use of such land, excepting a federal restriction against its alienation and taxation.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-sres-329,112,sres,329,A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.,Native Americans,2011-11-16,2011-11-16,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7629-7630; text as passed Senate: CR S7630; text of measure as introduced: CR S7619-7620)",Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,11,(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes November 2011 as National Native American Heritage Month and the Friday after Thanksgiving as Native American Heritage Day.,2019-02-20T22:49:11Z,
112-hr-3319,112,hr,3319,To allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to determine the requirements for membership in that tribe.,Native Americans,2011-11-02,2012-12-20,Became Public Law No: 112-214.,House,"Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]",AZ,D,G000551,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 18, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Makes any U.S. citizen of Pascua Yaqui blood who is enrolled by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe eligible for the federal services and benefits made available to members of federally recognized tribes.",2023-03-22T18:24:46Z,
112-hr-3301,112,hr,3301,Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-11-01,2011-11-04,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]",MT,R,R000571,0,"Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in providing to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana the St. Mary River water right, to allocate to the Tribe 50,000 acre-feet per year of stored water in Lake Sherburne Reservoir as part of the tribal water right. Exempts the Tribe from any requirement to pay any costs associated with the allocation. Prohibits the allocation from being increased by any year-to-year carryover storage.  Requires the Tribe and the Secretary to enter into an agreement to lease the water allocated to the Tribe for use by the Secretary for the Milk River Project.  Requires, as part of the tribal water right, the Secretary to allocate permanently to the Tribe all remaining unallocated water in Lake Elwell. Exempts the Tribe from any requirement to pay any costs associated with the allocation. Prohibits the allocation from being increased by any year-to-year carryover storage. Directs the Secretary to carry out activities necessary to: (1) planning, design, and construction for rehabilitation and improvement of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; (2) the completion to authorized acreage of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; and (3) planning, design, and construction for rehabilitation and improvement of the Four Horns Dam and Reservoir and associated delivery systems of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project. Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified compact and the Birch Creek Agreement. Holds the tribal water right in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.  Establishes: (1) the Blackfeet Land and Water Development Fund, and (2) the Birch Creek Mitigation Fund. Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) water rights in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, and (2) Milk River water rights.",2019-11-15T21:23:32Z,
112-s-1763,112,s,1763,SAVE Native Women Act,Native Americans,2011-10-31,2012-12-27,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,14,"Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act or the SAVE Native Women Act - Title I: Grant Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include sex trafficking as a target of the grants to Indian tribal governments to combat violent crime against Indian women. Allows those grants to be used to: (1) address the needs of youth who are victims of, or exposed to, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking; and (2) develop legislation and policies and provide outreach and education that enhance best practices for responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking. Makes funds under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) available for such purposes. (Sec. 102) Allows tribal coalition grants to be used to develop legislation and policies and provide outreach and education that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian women. Requires the Attorney General to award such grants annually to: (1) each tribal coalition that meets certain criteria under VAWA, is recognized by the Office on Violence Against Women, and serves Indian tribes; and (2) organizations that propose to incorporate and operate a tribal coalition in areas where Indian tribes are located but no coalition exists.  Distributes, for each of FY2013-FY2017, from the amounts appropriated to carry out such grants: (1) not more than 10% to such organizations, and (2) not less than 90% to eligible tribal coalitions, to be distributed equally among those coalitions for the applicable fiscal year. Limits grant awards to a one-year period. Specifies that: (1) receipt of an award by a tribal coalition shall not preclude the coalition from receiving additional grants, and (2) nothing herein prohibits any such coalition or organization from applying for funding to address sexual assault or domestic violence needs in the same application. (Sec. 103) Amends the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to: (1) include the Secretary of the Interior, in addition to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Attorney General, as a participant in consultations with Indian tribes regarding the administration of tribal funds and programs, the enhancement of Indian women's safety, and the federal response to violent crimes against Indian women; and (2) require the National Institute of Justice to include women in Alaska Native Villages, Native Hawaiian women, and sex trafficking in its study of violence against Indian women. Reauthorizes appropriations for the study for FY2012-FY2013.  (Sec. 105) Amends VAWA to revise the definitions of "rural area" and "rural community" to include an area or community associated with a federally recognized Indian tribe, regardless of whether the land is owned by the tribe. Defines "sex trafficking" to mean specified proscribed conduct, regardless of whether it occurs in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Defines "tribal coalition" to mean an established nonprofit, nongovernment Indian organization (including a Native Hawaiian organization) that: (1) is established to provide services to members of the coalition on a statewide, regional, or customary territory basis; (2) provides education, support, and technical assistance to member Indian service providers in a manner that enables those providers to establish and maintain culturally appropriate services designed to assist Indian women and their dependents who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; (3) serves as an information clearinghouse and resource center for Indian programs addressing domestic violence and sexual assault; (4) is comprised of board and general members that are representative of such providers and the tribal communities in which the services are being provided; (5) supports the development of legislation, policies, protocols, procedures, and guidance to enhance domestic violence and sexual assault intervention and prevention efforts in the Indian tribes and communities to be served; and (6) has expertise in the development of Indian community-based, linguistically, and culturally specific outreach and intervention services for the Indian communities to be served. Title II: Tribal Jurisdiction and Criminal Offenses - (Sec. 201) Amends the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to give Indian tribes criminal jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders that occur on their lands. Makes that jurisdiction concurrent, not exclusive.  Allows a defendant to file for the dismissal of a case if neither the defendant or alleged victim is an Indian or has certain ties to the tribe.  Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to assist Indian tribes in exercising such jurisdiction, providing indigent defendants with free legal counsel, and securing the rights of victims of such crimes. Authorizes appropriations for such grant program and to provide participating Indian tribes with training, technical assistance, data collection, and an evaluation of their criminal justice systems. (Sec. 202) Amends the federal criminal code to give Indian courts civil jurisdiction to issue and enforce protection orders.  (Sec. 203) Increases the maximum federal penalties for assault convictions. Subjects individuals who: (1) commit an assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a spouse, intimate partner, or a dating partner to a fine, imprisonment for up to five years, or both; and (2) assault a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner by strangling, suffocating, or attempting to strangle or suffocate to a fine, imprisonment up to 10 years, or both. Makes federal felony assault penalties applicable to Indians.  (Sec. 204) Makes Indian tribes' criminal jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection orders that occur on their lands effective two years after this Act's enactment. Gives Indian tribes the opportunity to participate in a pilot project that allows them to exercise that jurisdiction sooner. (Sec. 205) Amends the federal criminal code to subject individuals who commit a sexual abuse felony to a fine, imprisonment for up to 20 years, or both. Subjects individuals convicted under tribal law of repeat domestic violence or stalking offenses to maximum federal penalty provisions for repeat offenders. (Sec. 206) Establishes maximum federal penalties for first time and repeat violators of civil protection orders issued by Indian courts. (Sec. 207) Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to require the Office of Justice Services in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to report to Congress each fiscal year on the high priority performance goal pilot program carried out by the Secretary to reduce violent crime in Indian communities. Title III: Indian Law and Order Commission - (Sec. 301) Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to extend the Indian Law and Order Commission's reporting deadline by one year, from July 29, 2012, to July 29, 2013.  Title IV: Safety Enhancement Study and Demonstration Projects - (Sec. 401) Amends the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to authorize the Secretary to select up to five Indian tribes in each of FY2012-FY2018 to participate in demonstration projects that: (1) require the Secretary, in consultation with a participating tribe, to promulgate regulations regarding the management and use of, and public safety in, Indian country; and (2) allow tribal law enforcement officers to enforce those regulations. Requires the Secretary to favor proposed projects when the U.S. Attorney for the district where the project is to take place consents to the project. Establishes penalties for those who violate regulations promulgated pursuant to the project and allows them to be tried and sentenced by any U.S. magistrate judge designated for that purpose.  Allows project regulations to remain in effect up to four years after the expiration of the applicable demonstration project. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress, by September 30, 2016, regarding the effectiveness of the demonstration projects.",2022-02-03T05:54:07Z,
112-s-1739,112,s,1739,Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-10-19,2012-02-02,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-626.,Senate,"Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]",MN,D,F000457,1,"Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe for the amount, plus interest, that the Tribe contributed for the distribution of judgment funds and the payment of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses associated with the litigation of Docket No. 19 and Docket No. 188 before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.  Requires that the Tribe's claim for reimbursement of expended funds be certified by the Tribe as being unreimbursed to it from other funding sources.  Requires the Tribe to provide the Secretary with updated membership rolls for the Boise Forte Band, Fond du Lac Band, Grand Portage Band, Leech Lake Band, Mille Lacs Band, and White Earth Band of the Tribe. Directs the Secretary to set aside a specified amount of the judgment funds for distribution to each member enrolled with each Band and then divide the remaining funds into equal shares for each Band.",2023-01-11T13:21:58Z,
112-s-1684,112,s,1684,Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2012,Native Americans,2011-10-12,2012-12-21,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575.,Senate,"Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]",WY,R,B001261,5,"Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2012 - Title I: Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the Indian energy resource development program, to consult with an Indian tribe before adopting or approving a well spacing program applicable to that tribe or its members. Directs the Secretary to provide Indian tribes with technical assistance in developing energy plans as part of that program. Requires the Secretary to work with the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) in establishing the Indian energy resource development program. Makes intertribal organizations eligible for DOE Indian energy education planning and management assistance program grants. Allows such grants to be used to increase tribal capacity to manage energy development and efficiency programs. Makes tribal energy development organizations eligible for DOE energy development loan guarantees.  (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary to make scientific and technical information and expertise available to tribal energy development organizations (in addition to Indian tribes) for use in regulating, developing, and managing Indian energy resources.  (Sec. 103) Allows leases and business agreements that pool, unitize, or communitize a tribe's energy resources with other energy resources.  Requires an energy-related tribal lease, business agreement, or grant of a right-of-way made without the Secretary's approval: (1) to comply with a tribal energy resource agreement between the tribe and the Secretary, or (2) to have been entered into with a tribal energy development organization that the Secretary has certified pursuant to a specified process.  Alters the process and conditions for the Secretary's approval of tribal energy resource agreements. Makes such agreements effective, if consistent with federal law, until rescinded by the Secretary or by the tribe.  Requires the Secretary to consider Indian tribes to have demonstrated sufficient capacity to regulate the development of the energy resources identified for development under their proposed tribal energy resource agreements if they have successfully carried out a contract or compact under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act for three consecutive years involving the management of tribal land. Alters the process for determining whether an individual is an interested party and has a valid claim to be suffering an adverse environmental impact due to a tribe's noncompliance with such agreement.  Requires the Secretary's actions in response to such claims to be limited to those required to address the claims of noncompliance made by the interested parties. Requires the Secretary to make available to a tribe, upon its request, the amount the Secretary would have had to expend to carry out an activity that the tribe is now carrying out pursuant to a tribal energy resource agreement.  Sets forth certification requirements for tribal energy development organizations. Conditions such certification on the organization's tribe having successfully carried out a contract or compact under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act for three consecutive years involving the management of tribal land. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary of Energy to collaborate with the Directors of the National Laboratories in making the full array of DOE technical and scientific resources available for tribal energy activities and projects. (Sec. 105) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to award competitive grants to assist Indian tribes in implementing energy efficiency and conservation strategies to: (1) reduce fossil fuel emissions within their jurisdictions; (2) increase the energy efficiency of Indian tribes and tribal members; and (3) improve energy efficiency in the transportation sector, building sector, and other appropriate sectors. Requires each tribal grant applicant to provide the Secretary with an energy efficiency and conservation strategy for its jurisdiction that the Secretary must approve before a tribe receives a grant. Gives grant priority to projects that: (1) increase energy efficiency and conservation, rather than generate new energy; (2) integrate cost-effective renewable energy with energy efficiency; (3) are ready for implementation; (4) clearly articulate and demonstrate the ability to achieve measurable goals; (5) have the potential to make an impact in the government buildings, infrastructure, communities, and land of a tribe; and (6) maximize the creation or retention of jobs on Indian land. Requires each grantee to report to the Secretary, within two years of receiving a grant and annually thereafter, on the implementation and success of its energy efficiency and conservation strategy. Title II: Miscellaneous Amendments - (Sec. 201) Amends the Federal Power Act to include Indian tribes, along with states and municipalities, as having preference for the receipt of preliminary hydroelectric licenses. (Sec. 202) Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to direct the the Secretary of the Interior (with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management) or the Secretary of Agriculture (with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service) to enter into agreements with Indian tribes to carry out demonstration projects that promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing tribes with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands. Requires the appropriate Secretary to initiate at least four new demonstration projects in each of FY2013-FY2017. Requires those agreements to include management plans in effect on the Indian forest land or rangeland of the respective Indian tribe. Limits the agreements to an initial term of no more than 20 years, but allows their renewal for up to 10 additional years. Directs the appropriate Secretary to enter into an agreement with Alaska Native corporations to carry out demonstration projects that promote biomass energy production on Alaska Native corporation forest land and in nearby communities by providing the corporations with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands. Requires the appropriate Secretary to initiate at least one new demonstration project in each of FY2013-FY2017. Limits the agreements to an initial term of no more than 20 years, but allows their renewal for up to 10 additional years. (Sec. 203) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide home weatherization grants directly to Indian tribes if a tribe requests a direct grant and the Secretary of Energy determines that the Indian beneficiaries would not be better served by providing the grant to their state. (Sec. 204) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to allow the Secretary of the Interior, an affected Indian tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the Indian tribe to appraise Indian mineral or energy resources involved in a transaction requiring the Secretary's approval.  Gives the Secretary 45 days after receipt of an appraisal to review it and accept or reject it. Requires the Secretary to give a tribe written notice of an appraisal's rejection. Requires that notice to describe how the appraisal should be amended to meet standards the Secretary will establish. (Sec. 205) Amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to authorize the Navajo Nation to enter into commercial or agricultural leases of up to 99 years on their restricted lands without the Secretary's approval, provided they are executed under tribal regulations approved by the Secretary. (Currently, those leases may not exceed 25 years but may include an option to renew for up to 2 additional terms, neither of which may exceed 25 years.) Allows the Navajo Nation to enter into mineral resource leases on their restricted lands without the Secretary's approval if they are executed under approved tribal regulations and do not exceed 25 years, though they may include a renewal option for one additional term not exceeding 25 years. Allows such leases for oil and gas to be for terms of up to 10 years, plus any additional period the Navajo Nation determines to be appropriate if oil or gas is being produced in a paying quantity. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress, within five years of this Act's enactment, on the progress made regarding such leases.",2023-01-11T13:21:59Z,
112-hr-3103,112,hr,3103,Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act,Native Americans,2011-10-05,2011-10-17,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,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 Recognition of Indian Tribes. 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 to the Commission from the Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA]).  Requires recognition petitions to: (1) show that the group's members have descended from an historical Indian group, or from historical Indian groups that combined and functioned as a single autonomous entity; (2) show that the group comprises a community of related members that has been distinct from surrounding communities since 1900; and (3) include the petitioner's membership criteria and current governing procedures. Requires the Commission to make an expedited decision or conduct a preliminary hearing as to whether a petitioner should be recognized as an Indian tribe.  Gives petitioners a hearing before an adjudicatory panel of the Commission if: (1) an interested party rebuts an expedited decision in favor of the petitioner, or (2) the expedited decision or preliminary hearing does not result in the petitioner's recognition.  Gives Indian groups previously denied recognition by the BIA the right to an adjudicatory hearing if this Act's recognition criteria affect the merits of their petitions. Authorizes a petitioner or any interested party to request the Commission to reconsider a final determination of an adjudicatory panel. Makes an Indian tribe that is recognized by the Commission: (1) eligible for the services and benefits from the federal government that are available to other federally recognized Indian tribes, and (2) subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, privileges, and immunities of those tribes.  Allows the recognition or restoration of Indian tribes by: (1) federal law, (2) the Commission, (3) reorganization under the Indian Reorganization Act or the Alaska Indian Reorganization Act, and (4) any final decision of a U.S. court.  Applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all tribes recognized by the Commission, even if they were not under federal jurisdiction when that Act was enacted.  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 the documentation necessary for submission of, petitions under this Act.",2023-01-11T13:22:11Z,
112-hr-3040,112,hr,3040,Native American Indian Education Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-09-23,2011-09-23,"Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]",CO,R,T000470,15,"Native American Indian Education Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to pay four-year Native American-serving nontribal institutions of higher education the out-of-state tuition of their Indian students if those schools are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government. Limits that payment each fiscal year to the institution's total out-of-state tuition for Indian students in academic year 2010-2011. Treats such payments as reimbursements to such institutions from their states. Rescinds unobligated discretionary appropriations to offset the costs of this program.",2023-01-11T13:22:21Z,
112-hr-3037,112,hr,3037,Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-09-22,2011-09-29,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to collect the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls up to two times a year at up to five locations within Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. Requires collection schedules and locations to be based on an annual plan prepared jointly by the Secretary and the Hoonah Indian Association.,2023-01-11T13:22:21Z,
112-hr-2999,112,hr,2999,Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act,Native Americans,2011-09-21,2011-09-27,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]",WA,D,M000404,0,"Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Duwamish Tribe.  Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of federal services. Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws. Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe.",2023-01-11T13:22:22Z,
112-hr-2938,112,hr,2938,Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act,Native Americans,2011-09-15,2012-06-20,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,House,"Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]",AZ,R,F000448,8,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 16, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act - Amends the Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Act to prohibit class II or III gaming activities on lands located north of latitude 33 degrees, 4 minutes north that the Tohono O'odham Nation was authorized to purchase in Arizona in exchange for granting the federal government all right, title, and interest to the Gila Bend Indian Reservation. Prohibits this gaming restriction from having any effect on any decision as to whether any lands located south of latitude 33 degrees, 4 minutes north and taken into trust pursuant to this Act qualify as lands taken into trust as part of a land claim settlement for purposes of determining whether gaming may be conducted on such lands.",2023-01-11T13:22:24Z,
112-s-1519,112,s,1519,Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act,Native Americans,2011-09-07,2011-09-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]",NM,D,U000039,1,"Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an in-school facility innovation program contest to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to solve the problem of how to improve Indian school facilities for problem-based learning. Requires the Secretary of Education (Secretary) and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Department of the Interior and Department of Education Joint Oversight Board to coordinate Indian education policies and assistance. Amends part A (Indian Education) of title VII (Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a program awarding grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to create or expand teacher and administrator pipelines for teachers and administrators of Native American students. Amends the school improvement program, under part A of title I of the ESEA, to require states to develop standards-based assessments and classroom lessons that accommodate diverse learning styles. Directs: (1) the Secretary to expand programs for Native American school children that support learning in their Native language and culture and provide English language instruction, and (2) the Comptroller General to conduct research on culture- and language-based education to identify the factors that improve education and health outcomes. Excepts Native language teachers from the requirement that teachers be highly qualified. Requires states to develop alternative licensure or certification requirements for those teachers. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program providing grants to public and nonprofit private agencies to assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. Requires Department of Education assistance programs for elementary and secondary schools or early learning programs to reserve at least 0.5% of their funding for Indian elementary and secondary schools or early learning programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a Safe and Healthy Schools for Native American Students program under title IV (21st Century Schools) of the ESEA. Authorizes and appropriates additional funds for the Impact Aid program, under title VIII of the ESEA, through FY2014. (The Impact Aid program compensates LEAs for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts.)",2023-01-11T13:22:18Z,
112-s-1514,112,s,1514,"A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Elouise Pepion Cobell, in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and the Nation through her tireless pursuit of justice.",Native Americans,2011-09-06,2011-09-06,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.",Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,30,"Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to award a gold medal of appropriate design to Elouise Pepion Cobell in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions to the welfare of individual Indians in this country and her inspiration to indigenous peoples across the globe.",2023-01-11T13:22:18Z,
112-s-1424,112,s,1424,Off-Reservation Land Acquisition Guidance Act,Native Americans,2011-07-27,2011-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,1,"Off-Reservation Land Acquisition Guidance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to consider anticipated tribal benefits and applicable state and local government concerns before taking off-reservation land into trust for Indian tribes. Defines "off-reservation land" as land that is beyond a reasonable commuting distance from the applicable tribe's reservation and likely to be used for gaming. Requires an Indian tribe requesting that such land be taken into trust for the tribe to disclose and submit to the Secretary: (1) any plan, contract, agreement, or other information relating to the use, or intended use, of such land by the tribe; (2) a request for a written opinion from the Office of Indian Gaming that the land is eligible for gaming; and (3) any other information the Secretary requires in rendering a decision. Requires a tribe's proposed use of the land to be compatible with state and local planning and zoning, and public health and safety requirements. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act before approving any application to take off-reservation land into trust for Indian tribes.",2023-01-11T13:22:36Z,
112-hr-2648,112,hr,2648,Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-07-26,2011-08-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.",House,"Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]",HI,D,H001042,2,Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY2016 the authorization of appropriations for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians and loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing.,2023-01-11T13:22:42Z,
112-hr-2620,112,hr,2620,To provide for treatment of members of a certain Indian tribe under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.,Native Americans,2011-07-21,2011-08-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.",House,"Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5]",AZ,R,S001183,6,"Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, to consider members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe who reside within the Arizona communities of Guadalupe, Tucson, Coolidge, Eloy, Chandler, and Scottsdale to be residing on an Indian reservation or area for purposes of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and any successor federal housing program.",2023-01-11T13:22:43Z,
112-hr-2591,112,hr,2591,Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act,Native Americans,2011-07-19,2011-07-21,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]",FL,R,M001144,0,"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 the service area of the Nation, for the delivery of federal services to members, 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.  Requires that the constitution and bylaws of the Nation 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.  Authorizes the Secretary to take land into trust on behalf of the Nation.",2023-01-11T13:22:44Z,
112-s-1345,112,s,1345,Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act,Native Americans,2011-07-11,2012-09-13,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]",WA,D,C000127,1,"Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes 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 Tribe.  Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or 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. Confirms the Secretary of the Interior's delegation of authority to the Tribe over land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation.  Provides that the Secretary's delegation of authority over such lands and the payments by the Secretary and the Administrator 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 the Tribe's land to produce hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.",2023-01-11T13:22:38Z,
112-hr-2444,112,hr,2444,Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-07-07,2011-09-22,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]",OK,D,B001254,17,"Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2011 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, 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.",2023-01-11T13:22:48Z,
112-s-1327,112,s,1327,"A bill to amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to transfer certain authority and resources to the Utah Dineh Corporation, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2011-07-05,2011-10-20,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-492.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Directs Utah, by March 31, 2012, to transfer to the Utah Dineh Corporation: (1) all funds, assets, and real property held in trust for the San Juan Navajo Indians pursuant to the Act of March 1, 1933; and (2) all outstanding contracts and obligations entered into by Utah acting as trustee on behalf of the San Juan Navajo Indians in accordance with such Act. Authorizes Utah and the Corporation to enter into an agreement that extends the deadline for such transfer.  Transfers from Utah to the Corporation the payment of specified royalties to promote the educational, health, economic, social, and cultural well-being of all Navajo Indians residing in San Juan County, Utah.",2023-01-11T13:22:39Z,
112-s-1293,112,s,1293,Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-06-29,2011-06-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]",AK,R,M001153,3,"Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement the Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project to provide coordinated and integrated federal economic development assistance to remote Native American communities. Specifies: (1) the federal agencies that may coordinate such assistance, and (2) the programs that may be integrated.  Requires the Secretary to provide unified accounting, budgeting, and auditing standards to an eligible Indian tribe, tribal organization, or Native Hawaiian organization with whom a compact is executed for a maximum period of 5 years (extendable for up to 10 years). Provides authority to integrate the services of various federal assistance programs into a single, coordinated program. Directs the Secretary to develop an application and selection process for eligible entities to enter into such Native American Challenge compacts. Requires that priority be given to rural and remote eligible entities located in census districts with high Native American unemployment or poverty rates.",2023-01-11T13:22:51Z,
112-hr-2362,112,hr,2362,Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-06-24,2012-07-23,"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 222 - 160 (Roll no. 499). (text: CR H5088-5089)",House,"Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]",OK,R,C001053,12,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 - (Sec. 3) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to select up to six Indian tribes or consortia of Indian tribes to participate in an Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project that facilitates trade and financial investment in Indian tribal economies by private entities from Turkey. Allows participating tribes or consortia to lease land held in trust for them by the federal government without the Secretary's approval if the lease: (1) is in furtherance of a community, economic, or business development undertaking with a Turkish entity; (2) is entered into within 1 year of this Act's enactment; (3) is not for mineral exploration, development, or extraction; (4) does not include land held in trust for an individual Indian; (5) is executed under tribal regulations approved by the Secretary under this Act; and (6) has a term that does not exceed 25 years, though it may include certain renewal options. Requires the Secretary to approve tribal lease regulations if they are consistent with any regulations the Secretary issues under this Act and subject proposed activities to an environmental review process. Requires that process to identify and evaluate significant impacts the proposed activity may have on the environment and give the public an opportunity to be heard regarding those impacts before a lease is approved by the tribe or consortium. Allows participating tribes or consortia to rely on federal environmental reviews if proposed actions are federally funded. Authorizes the Secretary, pursuant to federal trust obligations, to enforce the provisions of, or cancel, any lease executed by a participating Indian tribe or consortium under this Act. Absolves the federal government from liability for any loss sustained by a party to such a lease. Allows an interested party, after exhausting applicable tribal remedies, to petition the Secretary to review the compliance of a participating tribe or consortium with tribal regulations approved by the Secretary under this Act. (Sec. 4) Requires tribes and consortia to demonstrate financial stability and financial management capability for the three fiscal years that precede their request to participate in the demonstration project by showing that there were no material audit exceptions in the required annual audit of their self-determination contracts. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary, within one year of this Act's enactment, to report to Congress on the effects of the demonstration project and on ways to improve its effectiveness.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-2380,112,hr,2380,RESPECT Act,Native Americans,2011-06-24,2011-07-06,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]",AZ,D,G000551,4,"Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act or RESPECT Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that consultation with Indian tribes involves more than simply notifying a tribe about a planned undertaking, but entails a process of seeking, discussing, and considering the views of an affected tribe, and, where feasible, working out an agreement with the tribe regarding proposed activities and other matters. Outlines the consultation procedures which require federal agencies to: (1) have an accountable process to ensure meaningful and timely input by Indian tribes before undertaking any activity that may have substantial direct impacts on the lands or interests of one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the federal government and Indian tribes; (2) consult with Indian tribes concerning all activities that would affect any part of any federal land that shares a border with Indian country; (3) recognize and respect Indian tribal self-government and sovereignty, honor tribal treaty and other rights, and strive to meet the responsibilities that arise from the unique legal relationship between the federal government and Indian tribal governments; and (4) review the processes under which Indian tribes apply for waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements and take appropriate steps to streamline those processes. Permits an Indian tribe alleging that the requirements of this Act have not been met to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court.",2021-09-28T12:31:40Z,
112-hr-2322,112,hr,2322,Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act,Native Americans,2011-06-23,2011-07-05,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]",MI,R,B001271,1,"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 of this Act's enactment. 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.",2019-11-15T21:23:44Z,
112-hr-2335,112,hr,2335,Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-06-23,2011-09-08,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.",House,"Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]",SD,R,N000184,63,Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2011 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding such enterprises or institutions from coverage by such Act).,2022-02-03T05:53:47Z,
112-s-1262,112,s,1262,"Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act",Native Americans,2011-06-23,2012-12-21,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,3,"Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act - Title I: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Subtitle A: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged - (Sec. 111) Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to facilitate the inclusion of Indian tribes in the school improvement process.  Requires states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools to consult with Indian tribes in the development of school improvement programs. Exempts students taught through Native American languages from the requirement that all students participate in the state assessments of student progress toward state academic performance standards in reading, math, and science. Requires states to develop standards-based assessments and classroom lessons to accommodate diverse learning styles.  Allows states to use those assessments in place of the general assessments currently required for determining whether students are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards in reading, math, and science. Allows Indian schools for which the Secretary of the Interior has adopted an alternative definition of AYP to develop, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, an appropriate assessment that is consistent with the requirements for state assessments. Includes under-performing Indian children as eligible recipients of services under the program providing targeted, rather than school-wide, assistance to schools. Establishes the process by which the Secretary of the Interior is to approve or disapprove applications by Indian tribes and Indian school boards to adopt a definition of AYP for their schools that is different than the general definition adopted by the Secretary of the Interior for Indian schools. Establishes an Indian school turn around grant program to assist Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian educational organizations in improving low-performing Indian schools identified by their state. Requires states, annually, to identify as low-performing those Indian and Native Hawaiian schools that are identified as needing improvement and that: (1) are in the lowest-performing 5% of the state's public elementary schools; (2) are in the lowest-performing 5% of the state's public secondary schools that don't award a high school diploma; or (3) in the case of public secondary schools that award a diploma, are in the lowest-performing 5% of such schools in the state or graduate less than 60% of their students. Awards competitive, renewable, four-year grants to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian educational organizations to implement transformation, restart, or turnaround school intervention models at those low-performing schools.  Includes, as part of the transformation model: (1) replacing the principal with a principal that has had success in turning around a low-performing school, (2) rewarding staff that a rigorous evaluation system has shown to be effective and replacing staff have been shown to be ineffective, (3) providing staff with ongoing training and students with increased learning time. Includes, as part of the restart model: (1) converting a school under a charter organization, education management organization, or as an autonomous or redesigned school; (2) significantly changing the leadership and staffing of the school as part of that conversion; and (3) enrolling any former student who wishes to attend the school and is the appropriate age. Includes, as part of the turnaround model: (1) replacing the principal with a principal that has had success in turning around a low-performing school, (2) giving that principal operational flexibility to fully implement a comprehensive approach to improve student outcomes, (3) using a comprehensive evaluation system to evaluate staff and remove at least 50% of them, (4) providing staff with ongoing training and students with increased learning time. Prohibits states and LEAs from lowering their level of funding for the schools identified as low-performing. Requires the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to reserve at least 10% of the school improvement funds under part A for these Indian and Native Hawaiian school improvement efforts. Requires LEAs to establish mechanisms to overcome barriers to effective Indian parental involvement in their children's education. Excepts Native language teachers from the requirement that teachers be highly qualified. Requires states to develop alternative licensure or certification requirements for those teachers. (Sec. 112) Amends part D (Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk) of title I of the ESEA to facilitate the inclusion of Indian children and youth in part D programs. Directs the Secretary to reserve 4% of the part D appropriations each fiscal year for the Secretary of the Interior to provide educational services for at-risk Indian children. Requires states and LEAs participating in part D programs to consult with Indian tribes in their state to determine the needs of Indian children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. Establishes an Indian Children and Youth At-Risk Education Program. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to award competitive grants under such Program to Indian tribes with high numbers or percentages of children and youth in Indian juvenile detention facilities to: (1) implement high-quality and culturally appropriate education programs to prepare Indian children and youth who are in such facilities (or day programs for neglected or delinquent children and youth) for secondary school completion, training, employment, or further education; and (2) facilitate their transition from the correctional program to further education or employment. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, at the request of a tribe, to enter into a contract with the tribe under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act for operation of the Program, in lieu of making a grant to the tribe. Establishes an educational alternatives to detention program. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants under that program to Indian tribes, Indian schools, or correctional facilities, states, or LEAs in consortia with Indian tribes to provide educational alternatives for Indian youth sentenced to incarceration or juvenile detention. Includes as acceptable alternatives: (1) half- or full-day alternative education programs for disruptive youth who are temporarily suspended, (2) school-based drug and substance abuse prevention programs, (3) truancy prevention programs, (4) multi-year alternative educational programs, and (5) home or community detention programs. Directs the Secretary, at the request of a tribe and in lieu of making a grant to the tribe, to transfer program funding to the Secretary of the Interior who is to enter into a contract with the tribe under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act for operation of the program. Includes Indian tribes in the requirement that states and LEAs conducting programs under part D evaluate the success of those programs at least once every three years and submit evaluation results to the state and Secretary. Requires Indian tribes to also submit the results to the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report to Congress, within four years of this Act's enactment, that compiles demographic information about at-risk Indian youth, evaluates existing educational programs for such youth, and makes recommendations for the improvement of such programs. (Sec. 113) Amends part I (General Provisions) of title I of the ESEA to require states to include representatives of state Indian tribes on their committee of practitioners that is to advise the state in carrying out its responsibilities under title I. Subtitle B: Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers and Principals - (Sec. 121) Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to enhance teacher and principal training and recruiting for Indian schools. Treats Indian schools as high-need LEAs for purposes of part A programs. Reserves 5% of the amounts appropriated for state and local activities under part A for the Secretary of the Interior to distribute to Indian schools. (Currently, 0.5% of those funds are reserved for Indian schools). Requires Indian schools that receive such funding to carry out one or more of the activities to recruit, train, and retain highly-qualified teachers and principals that LEAs are authorized to engage in under part A. Allows Indian schools to use the funds to improve housing as needed to recruit and retain highly-qualified teachers and principals. Requires LEAs that receive funding under part A to consider the needs of Indian children when using program funds to recruit, train, and retain highly-qualified teachers and principals. Includes Tribal Colleges or Universities in the partnerships eligible for subgrants under part A. Establishes an Indian educator scholarship program for Indians who are studying full- or part-time in an accredited institution of higher education (IHE) and pursuing a course of study in elementary and secondary education or school administration. Requires scholarship recipients to commit to full-time employment in an Indian school or public school serving a significant number of Indian students for a period equal to the greater of: (1) one year for the equivalent of each school year for which the individual was provided a scholarship, or (2) two years. Directs the Secretary to transmit the names and educational credentials of scholarship recipients to Indian schools, tribal educational agencies, and state clearinghouses for the recruitment and placement of school teachers and administrators in states with a substantial number of Indian children. Authorizes appropriations for the program for FY2012-FY2017. Amends part B (Mathematics and Science Partnerships) of title II of the ESEA to require the Secretary to allot 0.5% of the funds made available under part B for a fiscal year and not reserved for existing partnership programs to the Secretary of the Interior for Mathematics and Science Partnerships grants involving Indian schools. (The program provides for the recruitment and training of mathematics and science teachers and the development of rigorous curricula in those fields.) Includes Indian schools in the Troops-to-Teachers Program under part C (Innovation for Teacher Quality) of title II of the ESEA. (The Troops-to-Teachers Program provides military personnel with teacher certification stipends in exchange for three years of service in an elementary or secondary school.) Subtitle C: Native American Languages Programs - (Sec. 131) Amends title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) of the ESEA to require the Secretary to award renewable grants to certain Indian, Native Hawaiian, and educational organizations for: (1) Native American language programs, which provide instruction through the use of a Native American language for at least 10 children for an average of at least 500 hours; and (2) Native American language restoration programs, which teach students a Native American language and provide training for the teachers of those languages. Requires grant applicants to have at least three years of experience operating or administering a Native American language program or any other educational program delivered in a Native American language. Directs the Secretary, after the fourth year of a grant, to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the grantee's program and report its findings to the grantee, the tribes whose children are served by the program, and the parents of those children. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY2012-FY2017. (Sec. 132) Authorizes tribes to enter into agreements with states to assume state responsibilities and receive a portion of their federal grants for administering and implementing specified ESEA education programs on tribal lands. Lists those programs as programs providing grants for: (1) school improvement under part A of title I; (2) school turnaround efforts; (3) student achievement assessments; (4) recruiting, retaining, and training teachers and principals under part A of title II; (5) English language acquisition and enhancement under part A of title III; (6) the education of migratory children under part C of title I; (7) the education of homeless children and youth; and (8) prevention and intervention efforts for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk under part D of title I. Subjects those agreements to the Secretary's approval and requires the parties to those agreements to report to the Secretary every two years regarding their effectiveness. Subtitle D: 21st Century Schools - (Sec. 141) Requires the Secretary to establish a safe and healthy schools for Native American students program under title IV (21st Century Schools) of the ESEA, which shall include: (1) a program to improve school environments and Native American students' ability to make healthy choices in all public elementary and secondary schools that are eligible for funding under part A (Indian Education) of title VIII; (2) a program to prevent Native American students from dropping out of school; and (3) Indian school garden and nutrition programs that fit the tribal cultural context. Subtitle E: Centers for Innovation in Tribally Directed Education - (Sec. 151) Amends part A (Innovative Programs) of title V (Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs) of the ESEA to direct the Secretary to establish two Centers for Innovation and Excellence in Tribally Directed Education to provide technical and professional assistance to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian educational organizations that enables them to build and maintain their capacity to direct and oversee the education of their children.  Authorizes the Secretary to award grants, or enter into contracts with, two eligible entities to establish and operate the Centers. Makes Indian tribes, IHEs, Indian organizations, Native Hawaiian educational organizations, nonprofit organizations, and consortia of such entities eligible for the grants or contracts. Favors tribally controlled colleges or universities or consortia that include them. (Sec. 152) Authorizes appropriations for the Centers for FY2012-FY2017. Subtitle F: Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education - Part I: Indian Education - (Sec. 161) Amends title VII (Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education) of the ESEA to require the efforts funded under title VII to improve the academic achievement of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native students by meeting their unique cultural, language, and educational needs.  (Sec. 163) Amends part A (Indian Education) of title VII to allow LEAs to apply for formula grants for Indian education as part of a consortium of LEAs. Requires an LEA grantees to honor a request by an Indian tribe that represents a plurality of the the Indian children who are served by the LEA to enter into a cooperative agreement allowing the tribe to assist in the planning and operation of the grant-funded program. Allows a committee of Indians in the LEA's community to apply for a formula grant for Indian education if neither an LEA nor an Indian tribe or consortium of tribes representing a plurality of the LEA's Indian children applies for the grant. (Sec. 164) Increases the minimum grant amount available to LEAs and Indian schools under the formula grant program. (Sec. 165) Directs the Secretary to engage in outreach to encourage LEAs and Indian schools to apply for the formula grants. (Sec. 166) Includes activities that support Native American language programs and Native American language restoration programs among the activities that may be funded under the formula grant program. (Sec. 168) Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to LEAs and Indian tribes upon request to support activities under the formula grant program. (Sec. 169) Amends the competitive Indian education grant programs under part A to include Tribal Colleges or Universities as eligible recipients of: (1) grants to improve educational opportunities for Indian children; and (2) professional development grants to support training for Indians who are, or wish to become, teachers or educational professionals.  Requires Indian schools applying for the professional development grants to be in a consortium with a Tribal College or University. Gives professional development grant priority to tribally chartered IHEs. (Sec. 170) Authorizes an Indian tribe to enter into a cooperative agreement with a state or LEA to assume the role of the state or LEA with respect to schools on Indian land.  Directs the Secretary to resolve disagreements that arise when an Indian tribe requests but cannot achieve such an agreement with a state or LEA. (Sec. 171) Establishes the Tribal Educational Agency Pilot Project that provides up to five Indian tribes each year with federal funding, and allows them to administer all state functions authorized under the ESEA, for Indian schools, or schools on Indian lands or serving Indian students. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress, three years after this Act's enactment regarding the Project. (Sec. 172) Establishes a program awarding grants to LEAs, IHEs, and nonprofit organizations to create or expand teacher and administrator pipelines for teachers and administrators of Native American students. Gives grant priority to Tribal Colleges and Universities. Requires each grantee to create a program that prepares, recruits, and provides continuing education for teachers and administrators of Native American or Native Hawaiian educational organization students. Allows grantees to provide incentives to teachers and principals who commit to serve in high-need Indian or Native Hawaiian schools. (Sec. 173) Establishes a National Board certification incentive demonstration program. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants under the program to eligible entities to cover the costs teachers of Indians or Native Hawaiians incur in obtaining National Board certification and to boost their compensation if they continue to teach at the grantees' schools. Defines the "eligible entities" as: (1) states or LEAs in consortia with IHEs; (2) Indian tribes or organizations or Native Hawaiian educational organizations in consortia with LEAs; or (3) Indian schools. (Sec. 174) Establishes a tribal language immersion schools program to assist elementary and secondary schools and Tribal Colleges or Universities in using an American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian language as the primary language of instruction at the schools. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to those schools to develop and maintain, or to improve and expand, programs that support articulated Native language learning in kindergarten through postsecondary education programs. Requires grantees to have native language speakers who provide the basic education offered by the school for at least 900 hours each academic year. Authorizes appropriations for the program for the first full fiscal year following this Act's enactment and each of the following four fiscal years. (Sec. 175) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with states, LEAs, Indian tribes or organizations, IHEs, and nonprofit organizations to improve the collection, coordination, and electronic exchange of Indian student records between states, LEAs, and Indian schools. Gives grant priority to Indian entities or consortia that include such entities. Directs the Secretary to assist the Secretary of the Interior, states, and Indian schools in developing effective methods for: (1) the electronic transfer of Indian student records; (2) determining the number of Indian children in each state, disaggregated by the LEA in which they reside; and (3) determining the extent to which Indian children under age 18 have dropped out of school. Requires the Secretary to provide funds to the Secretary of the Interior and award grants to, or enter into agreements with, states and LEAs to link Indian student records systems so that health and educational information can be electronically exchanged among states, LEAs, and schools. Directs the Secretary to identify the data elements that the Secretary of the Interior and states are to collect and maintain regarding Indian students. Lists the minimum information that must be collected and retained. Requires Indian schools and states and LEAs assisted under the ESEA to make student records available at no cost to requesting educational agencies and schools if the request is made to meet the needs of an Indian child who is or was enrolled in an ESEA-assisted school. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress, within two years of this Act's enactment, regarding the implementation of this section and the collection, coordination, and exchange of health and educational information on Indian children. Requires the Secretary to direct the National Center for Education Statistics to collect data on Indian children. (Sec. 176) Reauthorizes appropriations for formula grants to LEAs for Indian education for FY2012-FY2017.  Part II: Native Hawaiian Education - (Sec. 177) Amends the Native Hawaiian Education Act to require the Secretary to award a grant to an education council to oversee the educational programs available to Native Hawaiian students and provide technical assistance to Native Hawaiian organizations that apply for or receive program grants. Requires the council to: (1) be composed of 15 members from certain educational, governmental, Trust, and grant-making entities; and (2) hold at least one community consultation each year on each of the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu, and Kauai regarding Native Hawaiian education grants and other issues. Eliminates the requirement that the council meet at least four times each year with an island council composed of parents, students, and other Native Hawaiian education stakeholders. (Sec. 180) Gives priority for grants under such Act to programs that: (1) meet the educational priorities established by the council; and (2) involve states, LEAs, or IHEs in partnerships or consortia. Requires the Secretary to use grant funds to support: (1) the development of a body of Native Hawaiian law; (2) access to Hawaiian culture and history through digital archives; (3) informal education programs that connect traditional Hawaiian knowledge, science, astronomy, and the environment through state museums or learning centers; and (4) public charter schools serving high concentrations of Native Hawaiian students. (Sec. 181) Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY2016.  Subtitle G: Impact Aid - (Sec. 185) Amends the impact aid program under title VIII of the ESEA (the program compensates LEAs for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts) to require LEAs that claim children residing on Indian lands for impact aid purposes to provide Indian tribes with an annual summary of the funding received and the programs available for those children. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct annual outreach to Indian tribes regarding the impact aid program; and (2) submit an annual report to Congress regarding Indian participation in that outreach and Indian complaints regarding LEA administration of the program. Requires the Secretary to complete impact aid payments to eligible LEAs that claim children residing on Indian lands within three fiscal years of their appropriation. Subtitle H: General Provisions - (Sec. 191) Amends title IX (General Provisions) of the ESEA to consider teachers of Native American or Hawaiian language, history, or culture in a state or any Indian school to be highly qualified for purposes of the ESEA if they are certified by an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian educational organization as highly qualified to teach those subjects. (Sec. 192) Gives Indian schools the same eligibility and consideration for any competitive program under the ESEA as LEAs are given. Directs the Secretary to provide outreach and technical assistance to Indian schools to encourage and enable them to apply for those programs. Requires the Secretary to collaborate with the Secretary of the Interior to provide training and technical assistance to the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), Indian tribes, and Indian schools regarding: (1) curriculum selection, (2) the development and use of appropriate assessments, and (3) effective instructional practices. (Sec. 193) Requires all ESEA public school assistance programs to reserve 1% of their funding to provide Indian schools with the technical expertise and capacity to compete for such assistance. Title II: Amendments to Other Laws - (Sec. 201) Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to require the Secretary to reserve for Indian schools 1% to 5% of the amounts appropriated for the state incentive grant and innovation fund programs. Requires states to ensure that high-quality early learning services are provided to Indian children under the state incentive grant program. Allows states to satisfy that requirement through subgrants to Indian tribes. (Sec. 202) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude qualified Indian education benefits and qualified Indian cultural benefits from gross income. Defines a "qualified Indian education benefit" as any educational grant or benefit provided to a member of an Indian tribe, including any spouse or dependent of such a member, by the federal government or an Indian tribe or tribal organization. Defines a "qualified Indian cultural benefit" as any grant or benefit provided to a member of an Indian tribe, including any spouse or dependent of such a member, by the federal government or an Indian tribe or tribal organization for the study of the language, culture, and ways of life of the tribe. (Sec. 203) Amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Tribal Education Policy Advisory Group (TEPAG) to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary on all policies, guidelines, programmatic issues, and budget development for the school system funded by the BIE. Requires the TEPAG to be composed of 26 members, including the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, the Director of the BIE, a national tribal organization member, and 22 tribal officials from each education line office of the BIE. (Sec. 204) Directs the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs in the Department of Education to make an annual report to Congress and Indian schools on the amount necessary to sustain academic and residential programs at Indian schools. (Sec. 205) Gives priority for grants to develop and operate tribal educational agencies to tribal applicants that make assurances that the educational agencies will provide coordinating services and technical assistance to all schools located on their lands. Directs the Secretary to provide grant recipients with technical assistance in building their capacity to deliver high-quality education programs. Authorizes appropriations for the grant program for FY2012-2017. (Sec. 206) Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish a qualified school construction bond escrow account, and (2) transfer to such account amounts reserved under the Internal Revenue Code and amounts received from other sources for the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of Indian schools. (Sec. 207) Amends the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 to make Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, College of the Muscogee Nation, and Comanche Nation College, 1994 Land Grant Institutions. Replaces references to Crownpoint Institute of Technology and Fort Balknap College as 1994 Institutions, with their current names, Navajo Technical College and Aaniiih Nakoda College, respectively. Removes Si Tanka/Huron University from the list of those institutions. (Sec. 208) Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary to establish an American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal College or University Adult Education and Literacy Program providing grants and technical assistance to Tribal Colleges or Universities and Native Hawaiian educational organizations to develop and implement programs to enhance life skills and transition individuals to employability and postsecondary education. (Sec. 209) Amends the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to establish a process by which the Secretary is to approve or disapprove the request of a school board of a tribally controlled school to amend the terms of their grant under that Act. (Sec. 210) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to deem Tribal Colleges or Universities as eligible to receive funding under the HEA's institutional aid program if they are: (1) eligible to receive funding under the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 or the Navajo Community College Assistance Act of 1978, or (2) a 1994 Land Grant Institution. (Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary to establish an American Indian Language Vitalization and Training Program awarding competitive grants to Tribal Colleges and Universities to promote the preservation, revitalization, relevancy, and use of American Indian languages. Includes in such Program: (1) innovative American Indian language programs for students in prekindergarten through grade 16; (2) professional development for Tribal College or University faculty and in-service training for prekindergarten through grade 16 staff; and (3) research on Native language instruction, best practices, and pedagogy. Authorizes appropriations for such Program for FY2012 and each subsequent fiscal year. (Sec. 212) Amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to require the Secretary to submit to Congress information and requests for the full funding of administrative costs grants required to be paid to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for tribally operated schools. (Sec. 213) Amends the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of student education records to authorized representatives of Indian tribes without the written consent of their parents. Title III: Additional Education Provisions - (Sec. 301) Directs the Secretary to: (1) expand programs for Native American school children that support learning in their Native language and culture and provide English language instruction, and (2) conduct research on culture- and language-based education to identify the factors that improve education and health outcomes. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the BIE, to establish a program providing matching grants to public and nonprofit private agencies to assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. Authorizes the use of such grants to: (1) establish and support community Native American language projects; (2) train Native Americans to teach or translate Native American languages; (3) develop and disseminate materials for use in teaching and enhancing Native American languages; (4) gather oral testimony to record and preserve a Native American language; and (5) establish specified educational programs referred to as Native American language nests, Native American language survival schools, and Native American language restoration programs. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to appoint a panel of experts in Native American language and culture to assist the Secretary in administering the program and preserving its products. Requires copies of those products to be transmitted to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, except when an Indian tribe, in an exercise of sovereignty over its language and culture, elects to block such a transfer. Authorizes appropriations for the grant program for FY2013-FY2018. Repeals the current grant program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages under the Native American Programs Act of 1974. (Sec. 303) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an in-school facility innovation program contest that recognizes and rewards IHEs that solve the problem of how to improve Indian school facilities for problem-based learning. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish an advisory group for the contest that includes students enrolled at a Tribal College or University, a representative from the BIE, and engineering and fiscal advisors. (Sec. 304) Requires, beginning July 1, 2008, any funds (except for construction funds) held by a tribally controlled grant or contract school, upon retrocession to or re-assumption by the BIE, to remain available for a five-year period for the benefit of the programs approved for such a school on October 1, 1995. (Sec. 305) Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Department of the Interior and Department of Education Joint Oversight Board to coordinate Indian education policies and assistance.  (Sec. 306) Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress within two years of this Act's enactment on the feasibility of entering into self-governance compacts and contracts with Indian tribal governments that wish to operate public schools on their lands.  Includes in that study the feasibility of providing assistance to Indian tribes in developing the capacity to administer the educational programs and services currently provided by states and LEAs. (Sec. 307) Directs the Secretary to establish the Center for Indigenous Excellence to support the development and demonstration of Native American language and culture-based education. Considers as eligible operators of such Center: (1) a tribally sanctioned educational authority, (2) a Native American language college, (3) a Native Hawaiian or Native American Pacific Islander native language and culture-based educational organization, and (4) an IHE or LEA with a commitment to serving Native American communities. Authorizes the Center to partner with other entities in this country and provide them with assistance in curriculum development, technology development, teacher and staff training, research, and sustaining Native American language nests, Native American survival schools, and Native American language schools. Authorizes appropriations for the Center for FY2012-FY2018.",2023-01-11T13:22:52Z,
112-s-1218,112,s,1218,Lumbee Recognition Act,Native Americans,2011-06-16,2012-08-02,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.,Senate,"Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]",NC,R,B001135,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities. Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.",2023-01-11T13:22:53Z,
112-s-1209,112,s,1209,"A bill to clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ""An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes"".",Native Americans,2011-06-15,2011-06-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,1,"Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for federal subsurface mineral lands that the state requests north of that border.",2023-01-11T13:22:54Z,
112-s-1192,112,s,1192,Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-06-14,2011-11-10,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-489.,Senate,"Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]",AK,D,B001265,0,"Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act of 2011 - Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to select up to nine Indian tribes in Alaska to participate in an Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project. Requires each Indian tribe that is selected to participate in the Project to complete a specified planning phase. Provides that after the Office of Tribal Justice certifies that a tribe has completed its planning phase the tribe shall exercise jurisdiction, concurrent with the civil jurisdiction of Alaska, over: (1) drug, alcohol, or related matters within the tribe's project area; and (2) persons of Indian or Alaska Native descent or other persons with consensual relationships with the Indian tribe or a member of the Indian tribe. Permits a participating tribe to impose specified sanctions. Requires the Office of Justice Services of the Department of the Interior to carry out a contract program for the employment by Indian tribes of Village Peace Officers in Alaska Native villages. Authorizes Alaska, its political subdivisions, Indian tribes in Alaska, and the federal government to enter into intergovernmental agreements, including agreements concerning: (1) the employment of law enforcement officers, probation, and parole officers; (2) the cross-appointment and cross-deputization of tribal, state, municipal, or federal officials; (3) the detention or incarceration of offenders; and (4) jurisdictional or financial matters.",2023-01-11T13:22:54Z,
112-hr-1991,112,hr,1991,Cocopah Lands Act,Native Americans,2011-05-25,2011-06-03,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]",AZ,D,G000551,0,"Cocopah Lands Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust for the Cocopah Indian Tribe, if the Tribe transfers title of the land to the Secretary and there are no recognized environmental problems with, or adverse legal claims to, the land. Considers such land to be part of the Tribe's initial reservation.  Designates Yuma County, Arizona, as the Tribe's service area for the delivery of federal services to enrolled Tribe members.  Prohibits using the trust land for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.",2021-09-28T12:31:07Z,
112-s-1063,112,s,1063,Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-05-25,2011-07-28,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-214.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]",AK,R,M001153,1,Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to collect the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls up to two times a year at up to five locations within Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. Requires collection schedules and locations to be based on an annual plan prepared jointly by the Secretary and the Hoonah Indian Association.,2020-01-29T20:36:13Z,
112-s-1065,112,s,1065,Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-05-25,2012-08-02,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 489.,Senate,"Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]",ID,R,C000880,1,"Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2012- (Sec. 4) Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in and to specified Indian and non-Indian land as part of the settlement of disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone and Bannock Indian Tribes in Idaho resulting from the realignment of the Blackfoot River by the Corps of Engineers in 1964. (The Blackfoot River forms the northern boundary of the Reservation; its realignment resulted in certain Indian land being located north of the river, outside the Reservation, and certain non-Indian land being located south of the river, within the Reservation.) (Sec. 5) Requires the non-Indian land to be held in trust for the Tribes.  (Sec. 6) Transfers the Indian land to Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for conveyance to the non-Indians acquiring Indian land.  (Sec. 7) Establishes a tribal trust fund account from which amounts, authorized by this Act, shall be distributed to the Tribes. Allows the Tribes to use those amounts for: (1) construction of a natural resources facility, (2) water resources needs, (3) economic development, (4) land acquisition, and (5) other purposes the Tribes deem appropriate.  Establishes an allottee trust account into which amounts, authorized by this Act, shall be deposited into individual Indian money accounts for certain allottees. (These allottees are heirs of the original allottees of the Reservation who own an interest in land that is held in trust for them by the United States, but is now located north of the realigned river.) (Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the Tribes and the non-Indian landowners such attorney fees as are approved by them. Sets a limit on the total amount of attorney fees that the Secretary may pay.  (Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations, specified amounts of which are to be: (1) deposited in the tribal trust fund account, (2) deposited in the allottee trust account, (3) provided to Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7, and (4) distributed as attorney fees. Prohibits amounts the Tribes receive under this Act from being distributed to their members on a per capita basis.",2022-02-03T05:53:48Z,
112-s-908,112,s,908,A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.,Native Americans,2011-05-05,2012-02-02,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-626.,Senate,"Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]",OR,D,W000779,1,"Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon. Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation if the county in which the land is located submits a written approval of such evaluation and consideration to the Secretary. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.) Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.",2022-02-03T05:53:09Z,
112-s-880,112,s,880,Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act,Native Americans,2011-05-04,2011-05-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]",FL,D,N000032,0,"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.  Requires that the constitution and bylaws of the Nation 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.",2019-06-21T11:07:17Z,
112-s-872,112,s,872,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 considered to be held in trust and to provide for the conduct of certain activities on the land.,Native Americans,2011-05-03,2011-11-10,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-489.,Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,0,"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 class II gaming activities 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.",2022-02-03T05:54:04Z,
112-hr-1599,112,hr,1599,Indian Country Economic Development Act,Native Americans,2011-04-15,2011-08-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.,House,"Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]",OK,R,C001053,0,"Indian Country Economic Development Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding such enterprises or institutions from coverage by such Act). Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to exclude from gross income student loan repayments: (1) under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and (2) by the Bureau of Indian Education on behalf its employees whose responsibilities include working with or instructing students who attend schools the Bureau oversees. Amends the IRC and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to treat the pension plans of Indian tribal governments as other governmental pension plans are treated. (Currently, tribal government pension plans that include employees performing commercial activities are not considered to be governmental plans.)  Permits the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by an Indian tribal government or subdivision if: (1) the obligation is part of an issue substantially all of whose proceeds are to be used in the exercise of an essential government function, or (2) at least 95% of the net proceeds are used to finance facilities on the Indian reservation.  Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt obligations issued by an Indian tribal government or subdivision from registration requirements. Amends the IRC to provide an employment tax credit to technology companies in Indian country that supply the federal government with domestic sole-sourced technology.  Extends to any Indian tribe the discretion granted under current law only to the Navajo Nation to lease restricted lands without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior in specified circumstances. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that the granting of a preference to a member of an Indian tribe by the tribe on account of such membership is not a violation of the prohibition against discrimination under federally assisted programs on the ground of a person's race, color, or national origin. Allows Indian tribes and tribal organizations to submit proposals to have assistance from more than one federal program integrated to support a community, economic, or business development project that is consistent with the goals of those programs. Requires the federal agency most affected by such a proposal to consult with the other agencies involved and the Department of the Interior in deciding whether or not to approve the proposal and facilitate its implementation. Authorizes federal agencies to enter into agreements with states for joint financing of such projects.",2019-11-15T21:34:23Z,
112-hr-1556,112,hr,1556,"To amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to allow certain land to be used to generate income to provide funding for academic programs, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2011-04-14,2012-06-19,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,House,"Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]",NM,D,L000570,2,"(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 allow certain land taken into trust for the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico to be used for economic development projects that fund the educational, health, or cultural functions of the Santa Fe Indian School. (Currently, the land is to be used solely for the educational, health, or cultural functions of that school.)",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-1560,112,hr,1560,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,2011-04-14,2012-08-10,Became Public Law No: 112-157.,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 revise tribal membership requirements to provide tribal membership to any person of Tigua Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian blood enrolled by the tribe.,2023-03-22T18:24:44Z,
112-hr-1461,112,hr,1461,Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act,Native Americans,2011-04-08,2012-09-20,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]",NM,R,P000588,2,"Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act - Authorizes the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease or transfer water rights that were adjudicated to the Tribe in State v. Lewis, provided the lease or transfer is for no more than 99 years and complies with the laws of New Mexico. Makes this Act inapplicable to the lease or transfer of the adjudicated water rights for use on the Tribe's reservation.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-s-771,112,s,771,Tribal Gaming Eligibility Act,Native Americans,2011-04-08,2011-04-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2351),Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,2,"Tribal Gaming Eligibility Act - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to place restrictions on the conduct of gaming on lands taken into trust for an Indian tribe after October 17, 1988, as part of the settlement of a land claim, initial reservation of a newly recognized tribe, or restoration of lands for a tribe that has its federal recognition restored.  Prohibits gaming on such lands, with specified exceptions, unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that the land is eligible for gaming and the tribe demonstrates: (1) a substantial, direct, modern connection to the land as of October 17, 1988; and (2) a substantial, direct, aboriginal connection to the land. (The Secretary and the state in which the gaming is proposed can still allow gaming on lands acquired for a tribe after October 17, 1988, if they concur that it is in the best interest of the tribe and its members.)",2019-06-21T11:07:17Z,
112-hr-1408,112,hr,1408,Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act,Native Americans,2011-04-06,2011-11-10,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188.",House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,9,"Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - (Sec. 4) Authorizes Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, subject to certain conditions and restrictions, to select and receive conveyance of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) from federal land in southeast Alaska that is outside the areas for selection (withdrawal areas) delineated by the ANCSA.  Includes among these lands certain mapped sites that: (1) lie within Tongass National Forest; (2) have traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value (although no more than 5,000 acres of these may be chosen); or (3) constitute traditional and customary trade and migration routes. Includes, as well, up to 3,600 acres that Sealaska identifies as having sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic significance. Prohibits selection of these sites, however, if they lie within the National Park System. Requires Sealaska to identify all but 360 acres of these sites within 15 years of this Act's enactment. Grants Sealaska nonexclusive easements to certain forest development roads and logging facilities. (Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to substantially complete the conveyance of land selected by Sealaska from within the mapped sites of Tongass National Forest within two years of their selection. Prohibits Sealaska from selecting land from the mapped sites, other than trade and migration route land, that lies within a conservation system unit. (A conservation system unit includes any unit of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems, National Trails System, National Wilderness Preservation System, or a National Forest Monument.)  Gives Sealaska the right to regulate public access across the sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic sites conveyed to it pursuant to this Act. Prohibits any commercial timber harvest or mineral development on lands conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to this Act that are characterized as: (1) sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic sites; (2) traditional and customary trade and migration routes; or (3) sites having traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value. Allows existing guiding or outfitting special use permit holders to continue to exercise their rights and privileges, for the remaining permit term and a subsequent ten-year renewal period, on lands conveyed to Sealaska from the mapped sites that lie within Tongass National Forest or have traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value. (Sec. 6) Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to allow Alaska Native Corporations to enter into agreements with the federal government under that Act regarding their lands that are forested or formerly had vegetative cover and are capable of restoration. Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to allow an Alaska Native tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community to participate in historic site preservation programs administered on behalf of Indian tribes, including by securing support to manage their own historic preservation sites and programs.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-s-730,112,s,730,Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act,Native Americans,2011-04-05,2011-05-25,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-131.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]",AK,R,M001153,4,"Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - Authorizes Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, subject to certain conditions and restrictions, to select and receive conveyance of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) from federal land in southeast Alaska that is outside the areas for selection delineated by the ANCSA.  Includes in these lands certain sites: (1) identified on specified maps as having traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value; and (2) identified by Sealaska as having sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic significance.  Prohibits Sealaska from selecting: (1) sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic sites that are within the National Park System; or (2) land from the mapped sites, other than trade and migration route land, that lies within a conservation system unit. (A conservation system unit includes any unit of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems, National Trails System, National Wilderness Preservation System, or a National Forest Monument.) Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to designate specified lands within Tongass National Forest as conservation areas that are to be given Land Use Designation II status and managed by the Secretary of Agriculture to protect subsistence activities and unique biological and geological resources, and prohibit commercial timber harvests or new road construction.",2022-02-03T06:01:46Z,
112-hr-1291,112,hr,1291,"To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2011-03-31,2011-07-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]",OK,R,C001053,10,"Amends the Act commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act to except lands in Alaska from the Secretary of the Interior's authority to acquire any interest in lands, water rights, or surface rights to lands, within or without existing reservations, for the purpose of providing land for Indians.  Applies that Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Secretary could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.)",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-1306,112,hr,1306,Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act,Native Americans,2011-03-31,2011-04-06,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"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 land pursuant to this Act.  Authorizes those Urban Corporations to establish a settlement trust to promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries, and preserve the Native heritage and culture of their communities.",2019-11-15T21:23:44Z,
112-s-703,112,s,703,HEARTH Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-03-31,2011-07-28,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]",WY,R,B001261,8,"Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 2011 or HEARTH Act of 2011 - Extends to any Indian tribe the discretion granted under current law only to the Navajo Nation to lease restricted lands for business, agricultural, public, religious, educational, recreational, or residential purposes without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. (The Secretary must still approve the tribal regulations under which those leases are executed and mining leases still require the Secretary's approval.) Sets forth the environmental review process required under tribal lease regulations before those regulations obtain the Secretary's approval. Requires the process to identify and evaluate any significant effects a proposed lease may have on the environment and allow public comment on those effects.  Allows tribes to rely on a federal environmental review process rather than the tribal environmental review process if the project under review is federally funded. Directs the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to report to Congress on the history and experience of Indian tribes that have chosen to assume the BIA's responsibility for operating the Indian Land Title and Records Office.",2022-02-03T05:59:42Z,
112-hr-1250,112,hr,1250,Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-03-30,2011-03-30,Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]",HI,D,H001042,51,"Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2011 - Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Relations within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.  Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Coordinating Group.  Recognizes the right of the qualified Native Hawaiian constituents to reorganize the single Native Hawaiian governing entity to provide for their common welfare and to adopt appropriate organic governing documents.  Establishes a Commission to: (1) prepare and maintain a roll of such constituents, and (2) certify that individuals on the roll meet the definition of qualified Native Hawaiian.  Outlines the process for the reorganization, which includes forming a Native Hawaiian Interim Governing Council.  Reaffirms the special political and legal relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian people upon the Secretary's approval of the organic governing documents and the installation of officers elected to the Native Hawaiian governing entity. Extends federal recognition to the governing entity as the representative sovereign governing body of the Native Hawaiian people.  Authorizes the United States, upon the reaffirmation of such political and legal relationship, together with the state of Hawaii, to enter into negotiations with the governing entity for an agreement addressing matters that include: (1) land, natural resource, and asset transfers; (2) governing powers and responsibilities; and (3) grievances. Prohibits Native Hawaiians or their governing entity from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of federal law.",2022-02-03T05:53:34Z,
112-hr-1272,112,hr,1272,Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2012,Native Americans,2011-03-30,2012-10-05,Became Public Law No: 112-179.,House,"Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]",MN,D,P000258,2,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 30, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2012 - (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe for the amount, plus interest, that the Tribe contributed for the payment of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses associated with the litigation of Docket No. 19 and No. 188 before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the distribution of judgment funds. Requires the Tribe's claim for reimbursement of expended funds to be certified by the Tribe as being unreimbursed to it from other funding sources.  Requires payment of interest on such funds at the rate of 6% per year from the date such funds were expended until they are reimbursed to the Tribe. Requires use of the judgment funds to reimburse the Tribe for those attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. (Sec. 5) Requires the Tribe to provide the Secretary with updated membership rolls for the Boise Forte Band, Fond du Lac Band, Grand Portage Band, Leech Lake Band, Mille Lacs Band, and White Earth Band of the Tribe. Directs the Secretary to: (1) distribute to each Band, from the remaining judgment funds, an amount sufficient to enable each Band to pay $300 to each Band member; and (2) divide the funds that remain after that distribution, as well as unclaimed payments, into equal shares for each Band. (Sec. 6) Prohibits funds disbursed under this Act from being liable for the payment of a recipient's previously contracted obligations.",2023-03-22T18:24:43Z,
112-s-675,112,s,675,Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-03-30,2012-12-17,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,3,"Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2012 - (Sec. 5) Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to reorganize a Native Hawaiian governing entity to provide for their common welfare and to adopt an appropriate constitution and bylaws. Considers the individuals listed on the roll compiled and certified by the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission to be members of the Native Hawaiian people for purposes of reorganizing that entity, provided the roll is published, available for inspection, and compiled in accordance with due process principles. Requires those members, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to establish an Interim Governing Council by: (1) developing the qualifications required of Council candidates, (2) determining the Council's structure, and (3) electing Council members. Requires the Council, within two years of its establishment, to: (1) develop, with appropriate input from the Native Hawaiian people, a proposed constitution and bylaws for the Native Hawaiian governing entity; (2) provide the proposed constitution and bylaws, and an objective description of their provisions, to the Native Hawaiian people; (3) request the Secretary to hold an election to ratify the constitution and bylaws; and (4) submit the ratified constitution and bylaws to the Secretary for approval under the Indian Reorganization Act. Directs the Council, with the Secretary's assistance, to hold elections for officers of the Native Hawaiian governing entity identified in the approved constitution and bylaws. Terminates the Council on the date the members of the Native Hawaiian governing entity are installed. (Sec. 6) Gives the Native Hawaiian governing entity the inherent powers and privileges of self-government of an Indian tribe under applicable federal law. Considers the governing entity to be an Indian tribe eligible for the special programs and services the federal government provides to Indians. Subjects the governing entity to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Prohibits the governing entity from conducting gaming activities, unless Hawaii permits such an activity for any purpose by an individual, organization, or entity. Authorizes the Secretary to consider the governing entity to be an Indian tribe for purposes of carrying out any activity authorized under the Indian Reorganization Act.  Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act for the Native Hawaiian governing entity to the extent the action is challenged based on the question of whether the governing entity was federally recognized or under federal jurisdiction on June 18, 1934. (Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations for the implementation of this Act.",2022-02-03T05:53:34Z,
112-s-676,112,s,676,"A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.",Native Americans,2011-03-30,2012-05-17,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 405.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,9,"Amends the Act commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.) Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the effects of Carcieri v. Salazar, including a list, which is to be published, of each tribe and parcel of tribal land affected by that decision.",2022-02-03T05:54:04Z,
112-hr-1234,112,hr,1234,"To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.",Native Americans,2011-03-29,2011-07-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]",MI,D,K000172,30,"Amends the Act commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.) Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-1162,112,hr,1162,"To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2011-03-17,2012-02-27,Became Public Law No: 112-97.,House,"Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]",WA,D,D000327,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 3, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Removes certain federal land within Olympic National Park, Washington, that is designated as part of the Olympic Wilderness from inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.  Takes specified federal land within the Park into trust for the Quileute Indian Tribe.  Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take specified nonfederal land owned by the Tribe into trust for the Tribe, upon completion and acceptance of an environmental hazard assessment.  Includes those lands taken into trust for the Tribe in the Quileute Indian Reservation.  Subjects portions of the federal land conveyed to the Tribe to easements and conditions that preserve the natural condition of the land and provide the public with recreational access to the land and Park.  Exempts land conveyed to the Tribe along the southern boundary of the Reservation from any easements or conditions. Allows that land to be altered to allow for the relocation of Tribe members and structures outside the tsunami and Quillayute River flood zones.  Extinguishes the Tribe's claims against the United States relating to the Park's past or present ownership, entry, use, surveys, or other activities upon the taking of the lands into trust for the Tribe and a formal Tribal Council resolution. Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust for the Tribe pursuant to this Act.",2023-03-22T18:24:43Z,
112-s-636,112,s,636,"A bill to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2011-03-17,2011-07-28,Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]",WA,D,C000127,1,"Designates specified federal land within Olympic National Park, Washington, as wilderness or potential wilderness. Incorporates such land in the Olympic Wilderness. Removes certain federal land within the Park's Olympic Wilderness from inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Places specified federal land within the Park and specified nonfederal land owned by the Quileute Indian Tribe in trust for the Tribe. Includes those lands in the Quileute Indian Reservation.  Subjects portions of the federal land conveyed to the Tribe to easements and conditions that preserve the natural condition of the land and provide the public with recreational access to the land and Park.  Exempts land conveyed to the Tribe along the southern boundary of the Reservation from any easements or conditions. Allows that land to be altered to allow for the relocation of Tribe members and structures outside the tsunami and Quillayute River flood zones.  Extinguishes the Tribe's claims against the United States relating to the Park's past or present ownership, entry, use, surveys, or other activities upon the conveyance of the land to the Tribe and a formal Tribal Council resolution.",2022-02-03T05:59:59Z,
112-hr-1053,112,hr,1053,"To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ""An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes"".",Native Americans,2011-03-11,2011-03-17,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]",UT,D,M001142,1,"Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for certain federal subsurface mineral lands north of that border.",2023-01-11T13:20:22Z,
112-s-546,112,s,546,Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-03-10,2012-08-02,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 488.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,2,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2011 - Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Makes the Tribe and each member eligible for all services and benefits provided by the United States to Indians and federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near an Indian reservation.  Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of Blaine, Cascade, Glacier, and Hill Counties, Montana.  Directs the Tribe, as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits pursuant to this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll consisting of the name of each individual enrolled as a member of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to maintain such membership roll.  Directs the Secretary to acquire, for the benefit of the Tribe, trust title to 200 acres of land within the Tribe's service area to be used for a tribal land base.",2022-02-03T05:53:47Z,
112-hr-887,112,hr,887,"To direct the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report on Indian land fractionation, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2011-03-02,2011-04-05,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,3,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on: (1) Indian land fractionation; (2) the Secretary's plan for consolidating highly fractionated Indian lands pursuant to the Indian Land Consolidation Act and the Class Action Settlement Agreement dated December 7, 2009, in the case entitled Elouise Cobell et al. v. Ken Salazar et al.; and (3) any alternative to that plan that meets specified conditions. (Indian land fractionation occurs when lands allotted to Indian individuals and their families, and held in trust by the federal government, passes to succeeding generations of heirs through intestate succession.) Caps the total amount that may be awarded for legal fees and costs in the Class Action Settlement Agreement cited above.",2022-03-02T05:20:15Z,
112-hr-766,112,hr,766,Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act,Native Americans,2011-02-17,2011-02-23,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,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 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.",2023-01-11T13:20:34Z,
112-hr-783,112,hr,783,Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-02-17,2011-02-25,Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.,House,"Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]",VA,D,M000933,3,"Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011 - Extends federal recognition to the following Indian tribes of Virginia and establishes their relationship with the federal government as described below: (1) the Chickahominy Tribe, (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division, (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., (5) the Monacan Indian Nation, and (6) the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Makes the tribes and their members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Establishes the service area of each tribe and requirements for each tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, on request of any of the tribes, to take specified lands into trust for the benefit of that tribe, to be considered part of that tribe's reservation. Prohibits the tribes from conducting gaming activities. Prohibits this Act from affecting the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribes and their members. Requires Virginia to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions arising, on lands in Virginia owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the tribes. Authorizes the Secretary to accept all or any portion of Virginia's jurisdiction over such offenses and actions on verification by the Secretary of a tribe's certification that the tribe possesses the capacity to reassume such jurisdiction. Prohibits the use of eminent domain to acquire lands in fee or in trust for an Indian tribe recognized under this Act.",2023-01-11T13:20:33Z,
112-s-379,112,s,379,Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-02-17,2012-08-02,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491.,Senate,"Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]",VA,D,W000803,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011 - Title I: Chickahominy Indian Tribe - (Sec. 103) Extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Tribe.  Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any tribal member on or near any Indian reservation. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of New Kent, James City, Charles City, and Henrico Counties, Virginia.  (Sec. 104) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior before the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 105) States that governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.  (Sec. 106) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.  Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law. (Sec. 107) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. (Sec. 108) States that: (1) Virginia shall have criminal and civil jurisdiction over actions arising on lands owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Tribe; (2) the Secretary may accept on behalf of the United States all or any portion of Virginia's jurisdiction upon the Secretary's verification that the Tribe possesses the capacity to reassume such jurisdiction; and (3) nothing in this section affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 regarding agreements between states and Indian tribes. Title II: Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division - (Sec. 203) Extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division.  Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any tribal member on or near any Indian reservation. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of New Kent, James City, Charles City, and Henrico Counties, Virginia.  (Sec. 204) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior before the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 205) States that governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.  (Sec. 206) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years. Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law. (Sec. 207) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. (Sec. 208) States that: (1) Virginia shall have criminal and civil jurisdiction over actions arising on lands owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Tribe; (2) the Secretary may accept on behalf of the United States all or any portion of Virginia's jurisdiction upon the Secretary's verification that the Tribe possesses the capacity to reassume such jurisdiction; and (3) nothing in this section affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 regarding agreements between states and Indian tribes. Title III: Upper Mattaponi Tribe - (Sec. 303) Extends federal recognition to the Upper Mattaponi Tribe. Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any tribal member on or near any Indian reservation. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area within 25 miles of the Sharon Indian School at 13383 King William Road, King William County, Virginia. (Sec. 304) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior before the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 305) States that governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.  (Sec. 306) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within King William County, Caroline County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, or New Kent County, Virginia. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.  Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law. (Sec. 307) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. (Sec. 308) States that: (1) Virginia shall have criminal and civil jurisdiction over actions arising on lands owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Tribe; (2) the Secretary may accept on behalf of the United States all or any portion of Virginia's jurisdiction upon the Secretary's verification that the Tribe possesses the capacity to reassume such jurisdiction; and (3) nothing in this section affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 regarding agreements between states and Indian tribes. Title IV: Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. - (Sec. 403) Extends federal recognition to the organization possessing the legal name Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. (Excludes from the Tribe any other Indian tribe, subtribe, band, or splinter group the members of which represent themselves as Rappahannock Indians.) Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any tribal member on or near any Indian reservation. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of King and Queen, Caroline, Essex, and King William Counties, Virginia. (Sec. 404) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior before the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 405) States that governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.  (Sec. 406) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within King and Queen County, Richmond County, Lancaster County, King George County, Essex County, Caroline County, New Kent County, King William County, or James City County, Virginia. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years. Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law. (Sec. 407) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. (Sec. 408) States that: (1) Virginia shall have criminal and civil jurisdiction over actions arising on lands owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Tribe; (2) the Secretary may accept on behalf of the United States all or any portion of Virginia's jurisdiction upon the Secretary's verification that the Tribe possesses the capacity to reassume such jurisdiction; and (3) nothing in this section affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 regarding agreements between states and Indian tribes. Title V: Monacan Indian Nation - (Sec. 503) Extends federal recognition to the Monacan Indian Nation. Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any tribal member on or near any Indian reservation. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area within 25 miles from the center of Amherst, Virginia. (Sec. 504) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior before the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 505) States that governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.  (Sec. 506) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007, if it is located within Amherst County, Virginia; and (2) may take into trust land held by the Tribe in fee that is located within Amherst County, Virginia, and certain parcels of land in Rockbridge County, Virginia, owned by Mr. J. Poole. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.  Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law. (Sec. 507) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. (Sec. 508) States that: (1) Virginia shall have criminal and civil jurisdiction over actions arising on lands owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Tribe; (2) the Secretary may accept on behalf of the United States all or any portion of Virginia's jurisdiction upon the Secretary's verification that the Tribe possesses the capacity to reassume such jurisdiction; and (3) nothing in this section affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 regarding agreements between states and Indian tribes. Title VI: Nansemond Indian Tribe - (Sec. 603) Extends federal recognition to the Nansemond Tribe. Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any tribal member on or near any Indian reservation. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.  (Sec. 604) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior before the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 605) States that governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.  (Sec. 606) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within the city of Suffolk or Chesapeake, or within Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.  Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law. (Sec. 607) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. (Sec. 608) States that: (1) Virginia shall have criminal and civil jurisdiction over actions arising on lands owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Tribe; (2) the Secretary may accept on behalf of the United States all or any portion of Virginia's jurisdiction upon the Secretary's verification that the Tribe possesses the capacity to reassume such jurisdiction; and (3) nothing in this section affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 regarding agreements between states and Indian tribes.",2023-01-11T13:20:26Z,
112-s-399,112,s,399,Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2011,Native Americans,2011-02-17,2011-10-20,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-492.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,1,"Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in providing to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana the St. Mary River water right, to allocate to the Tribe 50,000 acre-feet per year of stored water in Lake Sherburne Reservoir as part of the tribal water right. Exempts the Tribe from any requirement to pay any costs associated with the allocation. Prohibits the allocation from being increased by any year-to-year carryover storage.  Requires the Tribe and the Secretary to enter into an agreement to lease the water allocated to the Tribe for use by the Secretary for the Milk River Project.  Requires, as part of the tribal water right, the Secretary to allocate permanently to the Tribe all remaining unallocated water in Lake Elwell. Exempts the Tribe from any requirement to pay any costs associated with the allocation. Prohibits the allocation from being increased by any year-to-year carryover storage. Directs the Secretary to carry out activities necessary to: (1) planning, design, and construction for rehabilitation and improvement of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; (2) the completion to authorized acreage of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; and (3) planning, design, and construction for rehabilitation and improvement of the Four Horns Dam and Reservoir and associated delivery systems of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project. Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified compact and the Birch Creek Agreement. Holds the tribal water right in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.  Establishes: (1) the Blackfeet Land and Water Development Fund, and (2) the Birch Creek Mitigation Fund. Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) water rights in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, and (2) Milk River water rights.",2023-01-11T13:20:26Z,
112-hr-726,112,hr,726,"To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2011-02-15,2012-07-24,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]",OR,D,S001180,6,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe.  States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition, and (2) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.",2023-01-11T13:20:35Z,
112-s-356,112,s,356,"A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,2011-02-15,2012-02-02,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-626.,Senate,"Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]",OR,D,M001176,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe.  States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition, and (2) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.",2023-01-11T13:20:27Z,