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| 109-s-4122 | 109 | s | 4122 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11749-11789) | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 3 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2006 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise requirements for health care programs and services for Indians, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.Provides for: (1) enrollment of qualified Indians in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as Medicare under SSA title XVIII and Medicaid under SSA title XIX (as under current law); and (2) related payments to Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations operating in the state.Replaces the Urban Health Programs Branch with a Division of Urban Indian Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Indian Health Service and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, to consolidate certain existing programs into a new program of comprehensive behavioral health, prevention, treatment, and aftercare for Indian tribes. Establishes the National Bipartisan Indian Health Care Commission to: (1) establish a study committee to study the extent of Indian health services needs; (2) review and analyze the study committee's report; and (3) make recommendations to Congress regarding the delivery of federal health care services to Indians. Reauthorizes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act through FY 2016. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary to establish the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation.Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (SCHIP) to conform with this Act. | 2022-02-03T05:11:03Z | |
| 109-hr-6259 | 109 | hr | 6259 | Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] | HI | D | A000014 | 3 | Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for housing assistance for Native Americans and loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing. Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) make the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the state of Hawaii eligible for loan guarantees; and (2) extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for the credit subsidy to cover the costs of federal guarantees for financing for tribal housing activities. | 2023-01-12T17:52:13Z | |
| 109-hr-6301 | 109 | hr | 6301 | Tribal Economic Development and Infrastructure Support Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000574 | 0 | Tribal Economic Development and Infrastructure Support Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize Indian tribes to issue notes and other obligations (guarantee loans) to finance community and economic development activities; and (2) require at least 70% of the aggregate funds received by an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity as a result of a guarantee under such Act to be used for the support of activities that benefit low-income Indian families on Indian reservations and other Indian areas. | 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z | |
| 109-hr-6119 | 109 | hr | 6119 | Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-25 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] | WA | D | D000327 | 7 | Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Act of 2006 - Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Settlement Agreement entered into by and between specified Indian tribes in the region of Puget Sound, Washington, commercial shellfish growers, the state of Washington, and the United States to resolve certain disputes regarding implementation of tribal treaty rights to take shellfish from certain covered tidelands owned, leased or otherwise subject to harvest by the growers. Establishes in the Treasury the Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Trust Fund and the Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Special Holding Account. Declares that the Secretary of the Interior shall not be accountable for nor incur any liability for the collection, deposit, management, or nonpayment of a specified state of Washington payment to the tribes pursuant to the Settlement Agreement. Declares that all right of any other tribe, within 20 years after the deposit of funds in the Special Holding Account, to bring an action to enforce or exercise its treaty rights to take shellfish from public and private tidelands in Washington, including from some lands owned, leased, or otherwise subject to harvest by any and all commercial growers, shall be determined in accordance with the decisions of federal courts in United States v. Washington. Provides that if any payment by the United States is not paid in the amount or manner specified by this Act, or is not paid within six months after the date specified by the Settlement Agreement, such failure shall give rise to a cause of action by the tribes against the United States. Authorizes the tribes to bring such an action in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-hr-6105 | 109 | hr | 6105 | To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to help ensure that no Service hospital or outpatient health facility is closed unless Congressional reporting requirements regarding the hospital or facility are current. | Native Americans | 2006-09-19 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . | House | Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | H001037 | 0 | Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to prohibit the closure of any Indian Health Service hospital or outpatient health care facility if the Secretary of Health and Human Services has not reported to Congress at least one year (as under current law) but not longer than two years before the proposed closure date an evaluation of the closure's expected impact. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-s-3885 | 109 | s | 3885 | Lake Traverse Reservation Act Amendments of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-09-11 | 2006-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 1 | Lake Traverse Reservation Act Amendments of 2006 - Amends federal Indian law to provide for the inheritance of small fractional interests within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation. | 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z | |
| 109-hr-6043 | 109 | hr | 6043 | To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act so that it will be interpreted in accordance with the original intent of Congress to require a significant relationship be found between remains discovered on federal lands and presently existing Native American tribes for those remains to be applicable under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. | Native Americans | 2006-09-07 | 2006-09-18 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | Amends the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to redefine Native American to mean cultural items that have a significant and substantial genetic or cultural relationship, based on factors other than geography alone, to a presently existing tribe, people, or culture that is now indigenous to the United States. Declares that nothing in such Act shall be deemed to restrict excavation, examination, investigation, or scientific study under the Archeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 of any cultural item found on federal land that has not been determined to be the property of an Indian or a Native Hawaiian organization. | 2023-01-12T17:52:20Z | |
| 109-hres-977 | 109 | hres | 977 | Reinforcing the Federal Government's Federal trust relationship and commitment to working with American Indian Nations to empower, promote, and support the educational development of American Indian and Alaska Native children and youth. | Native Americans | 2006-07-28 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] | MN | D | M001143 | 26 | Affirms the federal government's special legal and political relationship with American Indian and Alaska Native people by recognizing the sovereignty of Tribal Nations.Calls upon the federal government, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of Education, to recognize and fulfill its trust responsibilities and consultation obligations to American Indian and Alaska Native people and communities.Acknowledges that past federal policies of the forced removal of children from reservations to boarding schools have negatively impacted American Indian and Alaska Native families, communities, and youth.Urges the federal government to promote success and eliminate disparities among American Indian and Alaska Native children and youth during consideration of the reauthorization of Head Start and the No Child Left Behind Act, and through the federal appropriation process.Urges the federal government to recognize, promote, and work towards strengthening the educational needs of American Indian and Alaska Native youth and families. Reinforces the educational commitment to promote the best interests of American Indian and Alaska Native children by reinforcing native cultural and language development which strengthens, preserves, and promotes cultural identity. Recognizes that it is imperative that the federal government sharpen its focus and commitment to title VII of the No Child Left Behind Act consistent with the desires of American Indian and Alaska Native people. Recognizes that education is significantly linked to overall quality of life and therefore must be prioritized and organized to meet the unique and specialized needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students. | 2023-01-12T17:52:30Z | |
| 109-hr-5868 | 109 | hr | 5868 | To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2006-07-24 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] | AZ | D | G000551 | 0 | Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environment and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy. | 2023-01-12T17:52:36Z | |
| 109-hr-5851 | 109 | hr | 5851 | Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-07-20 | 2006-09-28 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421. | House | Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18] | OH | R | N000081 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, respectively, to extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for housing assistance for Native Americans and loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing. Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) make the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the state of Hawaii eligible for loan guarantees; and (2) extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for the credit subsidy to cover the costs of federal guarantees for financing for tribal housing activities. | 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z | |
| 109-hr-5842 | 109 | hr | 5842 | Pueblo of Isleta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-07-19 | 2006-12-01 | Became Public Law No: 109-379. | House | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | NM | R | P000588 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Pueblo of Isleta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2006 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pueblo of Isleta Natural Resources Restoration Fund for: (1) settlement of the claims of the Pueblo of Isleta; and (2) the acquisition, restoration, improvement, development, and protection of land, natural resources, and cultural resources within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo. Provides for the maintenance and investment of the restoration fund.Ratifies the Agreement of Compromise and Settlement entered into between the United States and the Pueblo dated 12, 2005, as modified by the Extension and Modification Agreement executed by the United States and the Pueblo on June 22, 2006, to settle the claims in the case of Pueblo of Isleta v. United States, Docket No. 98-166L, pending in the United States Court of Federal Claims.Directs the Pueblo and the United States to execute and file a joint stipulation for entry of final judgment in dismissal of such case.Provides for the payment of compensation to the Pueblo from the permanent judgment appropriation for all monetary damages and attorney fees, interest, and other fees and costs of any kind that were or could have been presented in connection with Docket No. 98-166L. | 2023-01-31T21:43:18Z | |
| 109-s-3687 | 109 | s | 3687 | A bill to waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian tribes in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2006-07-19 | 2006-11-16 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] | OR | R | S001142 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specified parcel of real property transferred by the United States to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. Prohibits Class II and Class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on such real property. | 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z | |
| 109-hr-5804 | 109 | hr | 5804 | Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-07-13 | 2006-07-18 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | R000571 | 0 | Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2006 - Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a tribal reservation or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian Reservation. Directs the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll consisting of all individuals enrolled as members of the Tribe.Directs the Secretary to acquire trust title to 200 acres of land within the Tribe's service area for the benefit of the Tribe for a tribal land base. | 2023-01-12T17:52:38Z | |
| 109-hr-5779 | 109 | hr | 5779 | To establish the treatment of actual rental proceeds from leases of land acquired under an Act providing for loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations. | Native Americans | 2006-07-12 | 2006-07-18 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 0 | Provides that any actual rental proceeds certified by the Secretary of the Interior from the lease of land acquired with a Farmers Home Administration Direct Loan by an Indian tribe or tribal corporation shall be deemed to: (1) constitute the rental value of that land; and (2) satisfy the requirement for appraisal of that land. | 2023-01-12T17:52:38Z | |
| 109-hr-5780 | 109 | hr | 5780 | To amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to provide for sale and assignment of loans and underlying security, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2006-07-12 | 2006-07-18 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 0 | Amends the Indian Financing Act of 1974 with respect to loan guaranty and insurance to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee or insure loans to both for-profit and nonprofit borrowers; and (2) allow all or any portion of a guaranteed or insured loan, including its security, to be transferred by the lender by sale or assignment to any person, and be retransferred by the transferee.Allows a fiscal transfer agent to be compensated through any of the fees assessed and any interest earned on any funds or fees the agent has collected while the funds or fees are in the agent's control and before the time at which the agent is contractually required to transfer such funds to the Secretary or to transferees or other holders. Makes loans made by an eligible Community Development Finance Institution eligible for guaranty or insurance. Increases from $500 million to $1.5 billion the amount of loans the Bureau of Indian Affairs can have outstanding. . | 2023-01-12T17:52:38Z | |
| 109-hr-5781 | 109 | hr | 5781 | Copper Valley Native Allotment Resolution Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-07-12 | 2006-09-13 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Copper Valley Native Allotment Resolution Act of 2006 - Grants rights-of-way across specified Native allotments to the Copper Valley Electric Association for an electric transmission line. Declares ratified any electric transmission right-of-way or conveyance within a federally granted highway easement granted by the state of Alaska to the Association before the enactment of this Act. Declares this Act inapplicable to land owned by Ahtna, Inc. and any prior or current right-of-way agreements that may exist between Ahtna, Inc. and the Copper Valley Electric Association or Alaska. Prescribes compensation guidelines. | 2023-01-12T17:52:38Z | |
| 109-s-3648 | 109 | s | 3648 | Pueblo of Isletta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-07-12 | 2006-09-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Pueblo of Isleta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2006 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pueblo of Isleta Natural Resources Restoration Fund for: (1) settlement of the claims of the Pueblo of Isleta; and (2) the acquisition, restoration, improvement, development, and protection of land, natural resources, and cultural resources within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo. Provides for the maintenance and investment of the restoration fund. Ratifies the Agreement of Compromise and Settlement entered into between the United States and the Pueblo on July 12, 2005, as modified by the Extension and Modification Agreement executed by the United States and the Pueblo on June 22, 2006, to settle the claims in the case of Pueblo of Isleta v. United States, Docket No. 98-166L, pending in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Directs the Pueblo and the United States to execute and file a joint stipulation for entry of final judgment in dismissal of such case.Provides for the payment of compensation to the Pueblo from the permanent judgment appropriation for all monetary damages and attorney fees, interest, and other fees and costs of any kind that were or could have been presented in connection with Docket No. 98-166L. | 2023-01-12T17:52:08Z | |
| 109-s-3635 | 109 | s | 3635 | Albuquerque Indian School Act | Native Americans | 2006-07-11 | 2006-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7336) | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Albuquerque Indian School Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust two tracts of federal land identified as tract B and tract D that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School for the benefit of the 19 New Mexico Pueblos specified in this Act for use for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of those 19 Pueblos. . | 2023-01-12T17:52:30Z | |
| 109-s-3526 | 109 | s | 3526 | Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-06-15 | 2006-11-15 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2006 - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act (ILCA) to revise the meaning of land and improvements to specify that the term "permament improvement" to land subject to probate means only a decedent's interest in any improvement permanently affixed to a parcel of trust or restricted lands that was owned in whole or in part by the decedent immediately before his or her death. Revises requirements for the purchase option at probate. Requires the Secretary, in the case of multiple requests to purchase an interest in a decedent's land, to sell the interest to the eligible purchaser selected by the applicable heir, devisee, or surviving spouse. Repeals the requirement for sale of such an interest by public auction or sealed bid.Applies only to wills executed after July 20, 2007, the presumption of joint tenancy in the devise of trust or restricted interests in the same parcel of land to more than one person.Provides that the threshold for an involuntary purchase at probate (5% of the entire undivided ownership of a parcel of land) refers to the interest of the decedent in the parcel at the time of death, rather than the interest passing to the heir. States that the only eligible purchasers of an interest in an involuntary sale at probate are: (1) the Secretary under the fractional interest acquisition program; or (2) the Indian tribe, where the interest would otherwise be inherited by a nonmember. Applies these new requirements only to interests in the estates of decedents who die after July 20, 2007. Authorizes the Secretary to postpone such application date for an additional year. | 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z | |
| 109-hr-5617 | 109 | hr | 5617 | 13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Act | Native Americans | 2006-06-14 | 2006-09-13 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 1 | 13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide land selection rights to the 13th Regional Corporation. Revises requirements for timber and subsurface estate revenue sharing among the Regional Corporations of Alaska. | 2023-01-13T04:50:49Z | |
| 109-s-3501 | 109 | s | 3501 | A bill to amend the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act to establish an acquisition fund for the water rights and habitat acquisition program. | Native Americans | 2006-06-13 | 2006-11-16 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Amends the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act to establish in the Treasury the Santa Clara Water Rights and Habitat Acquisition Fund for the water rights and habitat acquisition program in the Santa Clara and Virgin River Basins. Transfers to the Fund any funds made available under such Act, but not expended, for the water rights and habitat acquisition program. | 2023-01-13T04:50:39Z | |
| 109-hr-5564 | 109 | hr | 5564 | Indian Country Educational Empowerment Zone Act | Native Americans | 2006-06-08 | 2006-07-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | H001037 | 0 | Indian Country Educational Empowerment Zone Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program of repaying the student loans of any borrower with a bachelor's or graduate degree who obtains employment in Indian country. | 2023-01-13T04:50:50Z | |
| 109-hr-5565 | 109 | hr | 5565 | Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act | Native Americans | 2006-06-08 | 2006-06-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | H001037 | 0 | Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Rehabilitation and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) carry out the modernization and improvement of the facilities at the Angostura Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program; and (2) provide for the delivery of water saved through such modernization and improvement for fish and wildlife purposes and environmental restoration on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (South Dakota). Establishes the Oglala Sioux Tribal Development Trust Fund. Requires the governing body of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota to prepare a plan for the use of payments to the Tribe out of the Fund. Prohibits distribution of any payment to any member of the Tribe on a per capita basis. States that no payment made to the Tribe shall result in the reduction or denial of any entitlement service or program. | 2023-01-13T04:50:50Z | |
| 109-s-3064 | 109 | s | 3064 | Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-05-25 | 2006-05-26 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 459. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 1 | Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2006 - 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 Native Hawaiian people 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 the adult members of the Native Hawaiian community who elect to participate in such reorganization; and (2) certify that the adult members of the Native Hawaiian community proposed for inclusion on the roll meet the definition of 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 governing entity upon certification required by the Secretary regarding the organic governing documents and the election of the entity's officers. Extends federal recognition to the governing entity as the representative 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 to lead to an agreement addressing specified matters, including the transfer of lands, natural resources, and other assets, and the protection of existing rights related to such lands or resources. | 2018-02-04T00:22:38Z | |
| 109-s-3000 | 109 | s | 3000 | Copper Valley Native Allotment Resolution Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-05-24 | 2006-09-27 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-778. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 1 | Copper Valley Native Allotment Resolution Act of 2006 - Grants rights-of-way across specified Native allotments to the Copper Valley Electric Association for an electric transmission line. Declares ratified any electric transmission right-of-way or conveyance within a federally granted highway easement granted by the state of Alaska to the Association before the enactment of this Act. Declares this Act inapplicable to land owned by Ahtna, Inc. and any prior or current right-of-way agreements that may exist between Ahtna, Inc. and the Copper Valley Electric Association or Alaska. Prescribes compensation guidelines. | 2023-01-13T04:48:13Z | |
| 109-hr-5394 | 109 | hr | 5394 | To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian tribes in Oregon, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2006-05-16 | 2006-05-24 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] | OR | D | H000762 | 4 | Waives application of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specified parcel of real property transferred by the United States to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. Prohibits Class II and Class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on such real property. | 2023-01-13T04:48:28Z | |
| 109-hr-5312 | 109 | hr | 5312 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-05-09 | 2006-11-17 | House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 8, 2006. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 30 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2006 - Title I: Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to declare a new national Indian health policy in order to: (1) raise the health status of Indians by 2010 to at least the levels set forth in the goals contained within the Healthy People 2010 or successor objectives; and (2) allow Indians, to the greatest extent possible, to set their own health care priorities and establish goals that reflect their unmet needs. Authorizes approval of up to a two-year extension (or the part-time equivalent) of a health profession preparatory pregraduate education scholarship.Revises Indian Health Scholarship requirements. Requires a year-for-year service obligation, which may be in a teaching capacity in a tribal college or university nursing (or related health profession) program, if the health service provided to Indians would not decrease.Revises American Indians Into Psychology Program requirements to establish a maximum grant amount of $300,000 to each of nine (currently three) colleges and universities. Revises requirements for matching grants to tribes for health professional scholarship programs. Allows 20% of funds for the scholarship costs to be from any source instead of only nonfederal sources. Requires a scholarship recipient to agree not to discriminate in providing health care against individuals on the basis of payment under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA).Revises the Indian health service extern program requirements. Extends the extern program to a Tribal Health Program or an Urban Indian Organization (on a discretionary basis) or other HHS agencies (as available). Allows a high school extern program.Revises requirements for programs for continuing education allowances. Repeals the set-aside for postdoctoral training. Allows extension of continuing education allowances to health professionals employed in an Indian Health P… | 2023-01-13T04:48:30Z | |
| 109-hr-5299 | 109 | hr | 5299 | Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Revision Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-05-04 | 2006-07-12 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | H000413 | 1 | Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Revision Act of 2006 - Cancels the obligation of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation to repay the loan, under the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, for the construction of water conveyance and delivery facilities on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation. | 2023-01-13T04:48:31Z | |
| 109-hr-5222 | 109 | hr | 5222 | Native American Languages Amendments Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-04-27 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] | HI | D | C001055 | 0 | Native American Languages Amendments Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Languages Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide funds to Native American Language Educational Organizations (Organizations) (or organizations demonstrating potential to become one), Native American Language Colleges, Indian tribal governments, or a consortia of such entities to establish Native American Language Nest programs (site-based education programs conducted through a Native American language) for students under age seven and their families. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with such entities to operate Native American Language Survival Schools for Native American children and Native American language-speaking children. Permits the use of grant and contract funds to provide full or partial higher education scholarships and fellowships for the professional development of faculty and staff. Requires the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts to establish four specified demonstration programs that will provide assistance to schools and nests through grants to: (1) the 'Aha Punana Leo, Inc. in consortium with the Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani; (2) Piegan Institute of Browning, Montana; (3) the governing board of Window Rock Unified School District No. 8 and its Indian Education Committee on the Navajo Reservation; and (4) the Alaskan Federation of Natives, in consortium with other appropriate entities. Directs the Secretary to recognize the unique circumstances of education in Native American languages and to provide for the meeting of national educational standards through alternative means in the area of Native American language education. Outlines provisions for: (1) performance assessments of students, teachers, and staff in Native American language survival schools and Native American language nests; and (2) prohibitions on restrictions on Native American language use in federally funded educational activities. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for the inclusion of… | 2023-01-13T04:48:42Z | |
| 109-s-2674 | 109 | s | 2674 | Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-04-27 | 2006-04-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 5 | Native American Languages Amendments Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Languages Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide funds to Native American Language Educational Organizations (Organizations) (or organizations demonstrating potential to become one), Native American Language Colleges, Indian tribal governments, or a consortia of such entities to establish Native American Language Nest programs (site-based education programs conducted through a Native American language) for students under age seven and their families. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with such entities to operate Native American Language Survival Schools for Native American children and Native American language-speaking children. Permits the use of grant and contract funds to provide full or partial higher education scholarships and fellowships for the professional development of faculty and staff. Requires the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts with eligible entities to establish at least four demonstration programs in geographically diverse locations to: (1) provide assistance to schools and nests; and (2) participate in a national study of the linguistic, cultural, and academic effects of schools and nests. Directs the Secretary to provide nests and schools with alternative methods of achieving national education standards with respect to Native American language education. | 2023-01-13T04:48:35Z | |
| 109-hr-5125 | 109 | hr | 5125 | To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide that the Secretary of the Interior shall not approve a Tribal-State gaming compact under that Act unless the State involved has a State law providing for a gaming master plan that has been approved by the Secretary. | Native Americans | 2006-04-06 | 2006-04-19 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20] | CA | D | C001059 | 1 | Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide that Class III gaming activities shall be lawful on Indian lands only if such activities are located in a state with a state law providing for a gaming master plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a Tribal-state compact under such Act only in such a state. Allows the Secretary to approve a state gaming master plan only if the plan contains, at a minimum, certain specified elements. Considers a state gaming master plan approved by the Secretary if the Secretary does not approve or disapprove it within 30 days after its submission for approval. | 2023-01-13T04:48:45Z | |
| 109-hr-5130 | 109 | hr | 5130 | To extend Federal recognition to the Rappahannock Tribe, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2006-04-06 | 2006-05-05 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] | VA | R | D000597 | 0 | Extends federal recognition to the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes. Deems the Tribe's service area to be King and Queen, Caroline, and Essex, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Richmond Counties, Virginia. Sets forth requirements for submission of a tribal membership roll and governing documents. Requires the Secretary to take into trust for the Tribe's benefit any other land within such counties the Tribe transfers to the Secretary. Provides that no land taken into trust for the Tribe's benefit shall be considered Indian lands for the purpose of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. | 2023-01-13T04:48:45Z | |
| 109-s-2464 | 109 | s | 2464 | Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-03-28 | 2006-11-27 | Became Public Law No: 109-373. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed in the Senate on September 13, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Revision Act of 2006 - Cancels the obligation of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation to repay the loan, under the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, for the construction of water conveyance and delivery facilities on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation. | 2023-01-31T21:43:12Z | |
| 109-hr-4951 | 109 | hr | 4951 | Cocopah Lands Act | Native Americans | 2006-03-14 | 2006-03-16 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] | AZ | D | G000551 | 0 | Cocopah Lands Act - Provides that if the Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona transfers title to certain described land to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary shall take it into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, if there are no adverse legal claims to it, including outstanding liens, mortgages, or taxes owed. Considers such land to be part of the Tribe's initial reservation. Prohibits its use for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. | 2023-01-13T04:48:57Z | |
| 109-hr-4934 | 109 | hr | 4934 | To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to modify the definition of "Indian student count". | Native Americans | 2006-03-09 | 2006-05-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 0 | Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 with respect to grants to tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions that are not receiving federal support under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 or the Navajo Community College Act to provide basic support for the education and training of Indian students. Revises the definition of "Indian student count" (essential to the formula for the determination of grant amounts). | 2023-01-13T04:48:58Z | |
| 109-hr-4936 | 109 | hr | 4936 | National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education Amendments Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-03-09 | 2006-05-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 0 | National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education Amendments Act of 2006 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with respect to the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education (Foundation). Requires the Foundation Board to appoint a chief operating officer for the Foundation separate from the Secretary of the Interior (who currently acts as chief operating officer).Places limitations on the administrative costs of the Foundation. Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2009. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to pay the operating expenses of the Foundation. | 2023-01-13T04:48:58Z | |
| 109-hr-4893 | 109 | hr | 4893 | Restricting Indian Gaming to Homelands of Tribes Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-03-07 | 2006-09-13 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 247 - 171 (Roll no. 439). | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 5 | Restricting Indian Gaming to Homelands of Tribes Act of 2006 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to revise requirements for gaming on lands taken in trust for the benefit of a newly recognized, restored, or landless Indian tribe. Allows one Indian tribe to host another, invited tribe to participate in or benefit from consolidated class II and class III gaming within the boundaries of the host tribe's reservation. Requires the Indian tribe, in order to mitigate the direct impact of gaming activities on the affected county or parish infrastructure and services, to negotiate and sign, during negotiations for a tribal-state gaming compact, a memorandum of understanding concerning mitigation with the county or parish government. Requires the Secretary to appoint an arbitrator to establish mitigation requirements if such a memorandum is not signed within one year after a request to initiate negotiations has been made. Provides that any gaming authorized by this Act shall not be conducted unless it is: (1) consistent with the tribal-state compacting laws of the state in which the gaming activities will be conducted; and (2) specifically identified as expressly authorized in a tribal-state compact of the invited Indian tribe approved by an Act of the legislature and the Governor of the state in which the gaming will be conducted. States that host tribe compacts shall not be affected by the amendments made by this Act. Prohibits an Indian tribe from conducting regulated gaming on Indian lands outside the state in which the Indian tribe is primarily residing and exercising tribal government authority upon the enactment of this Act, unless such lands are contiguous to those in the state where the tribe is primarily residing and exercising such authority. Declares that the gaming arrangement authorized by this Act shall not be conducted on any Indian lands within the state of Arizona. | 2023-01-13T04:48:59Z | |
| 109-hr-4863 | 109 | hr | 4863 | To establish a pilot program in the Department of State for improvement of government-to-government relations with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. | Native Americans | 2006-03-02 | 2006-03-07 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25] | FL | R | D000600 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of State to establish in the Department of State a pilot program with the Miccosukee Indian tribe (Florida) for the purpose of exploring the development of more appropriate and effective arrangements for managing relations between the federal government and Indian tribes. Vests in the Secretary of State the authorities and responsibilities currently vested in any federal official or agency with respect to managing relations between the federal government and the Miccosukee Indian tribe. | 2023-01-13T04:49:00Z | |
| 109-hr-4876 | 109 | hr | 4876 | To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2006-03-02 | 2006-11-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | House | Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) States that the ratification and approval of the Jicarilla Apache Nation's deed for specified settlement lands and the issuance of a patent pursuant to this Act shall not take effect until the Secretary of the Interior finds the following events have occurred: (1) the Board of Commissioners of the Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, has enacted a resolution permanently abandoning a specified disputed county road and has submitted a copy of that resolution to the Secretary; and (2) the Jicarilla Apache Nation has executed a quitclaim deed to Rio Arriba County for specified settlement lands subject to the exceptions identified in the Settlement Agreement and has submitted a copy of such deed to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to publish such findings in the Federal Register. Ratifies and approves the Jicarilla Apache Nation's quitclaim deed for the settlement lands to the County, but such ratification and approval shall be effective only upon satisfaction of all conditions specified above and only as of the date that the Secretary's findings are published in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary to issue to the County a patent for the settlement lands. Subjects the patent to all valid existing rights of third parties, including but not limited to easements of record. Requires that the patent include a specified perpetual restrictive covenant running with the Settlement Lands for the benefit of the lands comprising the Jicarilla Apache Reservation adjacent to the Settlement Lands. Provides that the lands conveyed to the County in such patent shall cease to be a part of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation and the exterior boundary of the Reservation shall be deemed relocated accordingly. | 2023-01-13T04:48:59Z | |
| 109-hr-4801 | 109 | hr | 4801 | Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act Amendments | Native Americans | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-24 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act Amendments - Amends the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act to extend to December 15, 2007, the deadline for approval of the judgment distribution roll of descendants of specified Indian bands and tribes. | 2023-01-13T04:49:08Z | |
| 109-hr-4802 | 109 | hr | 4802 | Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act | Native Americans | 2006-02-16 | 2006-03-01 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | 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 (Cheboigan or Cheboygan Band, in Michigan). Entitles such Band to the federal services and benefits provided to recognized Indians. Provides for lands to be acquired and held in trust for the Band by the Secretary of the Interior. | 2023-01-13T04:49:08Z | |
| 109-hr-4766 | 109 | hr | 4766 | Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-02-15 | 2006-12-14 | Became Public Law No: 109-394. | House | Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] | NM | R | W000789 | 6 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 27, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as part of the Native American languages grant program, to make three-year grants for educational Native American language nests, survival schools, and restoration programs.Requires that Native American language nests: (1) provide instruction and child care through the use of a Native American language for at least 10 children under the age of seven for an average of at least 500 hours per year per student; (2) provide classes in such language for the parents of such students; and (3) use such language as the dominant medium of instruction in the nest.Requires that Native American language survival schools: (1) provide an average of at least 500 hours of instruction per year per student through the use of at least one Native American language for at least 15 students for whom the school is their principal school; (2) develop instructional courses and materials that service the goal of making all students fluent in such a language and proficient in mathematics, reading, and science; (3) provide teacher training; and (4) be located in areas having high concentrations of Native American students. Requires applicants for language survival school funding to have at least three years of experience in running such a school, a Native American language nest, or any other educational program in which instruction is conducted in a Native American language.Requires that Native American language restoration programs: (1) operate at least one Native American language program for the community they serve; (2) train teachers of such languages; and (3) develop Native American language instructional materials.Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012. | 2023-01-31T21:11:16Z | |
| 109-s-2245 | 109 | s | 2245 | Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2006-02-06 | 2006-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 6 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a demonstration project to award up to five grants, of up to four years each, for the provision of telemental health services to Indian youth who have expressed suicidal ideas, have attempted suicide, or have mental health conditions that increase or could increase the risk of suicide.Makes eligible for such grants any Indian tribes and tribal organizations that operate one or more facilities: (1) located in Alaska and part of the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network; (2) reporting active clinical telehealth capabilities; or (3) offering school-based telemental health services relating to psychiatry to Indian youth. | 2023-01-13T04:48:22Z | |
| 109-hr-4677 | 109 | hr | 4677 | To impose a two year moratorium on the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. | Native Americans | 2006-01-31 | 2006-02-02 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] | MI | R | R000572 | 5 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from approving any new tribal-state compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act until two years after enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z | |
| 109-hres-656 | 109 | hres | 656 | Expressing the sense of the House that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of Indian Health Service, should maintain the current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until the Secretary submits to Congress a new report that accurately describes the current conditions at the Wagner Service Unit. | Native Americans | 2006-01-31 | 2006-02-16 | Executive Comment Requested from HHS. | House | Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | H001037 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the House that the Secretary of Health Services, acting through the Director of Indian Health Services (IHS), should: (1) evaluate for Congress the impact of reduction in emergency room services at the Wagner Service Unit of the IHS; and (2) maintain the current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until such evaluation is submitted. | 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z | |
| 109-sres-358 | 109 | sres | 358 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of Indian Health Service, should maintain the current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until the Secretary submits to Congress a new report that accurately describes the current conditions at the Wagner Service Unit. | Native Americans | 2006-01-30 | 2006-01-30 | Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S330-331) | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that, pursuant to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of Indian Health Services, should submit to Congress a new report that evaluates the impact of reduction in emergency room services at the Wagner Service Unit of the Indian Health Service (which serves the Yankton Sioux Tribe in South Dakota). Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should maintain the current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until the Secretary submits such report to Congress. | 2023-01-13T04:49:13Z | |
| 109-s-2174 | 109 | s | 2174 | A bill to permit certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, through September 30, 2006. | Native Americans | 2005-12-21 | 2005-12-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 0 | Permits certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit (South Dakota) of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, through September 30, 2006. Requires Indian tribes served by the Unit to pay for any expenses incurred in excess of those funds. | 2023-01-13T04:49:16Z | |
| 109-hr-4634 | 109 | hr | 4634 | To require that the Secretary of the Interior hold at least one public hearing in the surrounding community where land requested to be taken into trust for an Indian tribe is located in order to ascertain the needs and interests of that surrounding community. | Native Americans | 2005-12-17 | 2005-12-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] | NY | R | M000472 | 1 | Requires the Secretary of the Interior, at least six months before approving any application to take land into trust for an Indian tribe, to hold at least one public hearing in the surrounding community where the land in question is located in order to ascertain the community's needs and interests. | 2023-01-13T04:49:23Z | |
| 109-s-2093 | 109 | s | 2093 | A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2005-12-13 | 2005-12-13 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environment and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for FY2007-FY2016 for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy. | 2023-01-13T04:49:19Z | |
| 109-s-2094 | 109 | s | 2094 | A bill to reauthorize certain provisions relating to Indian tribal justice systems. | Native Americans | 2005-12-13 | 2006-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000 to reauthorize for FY 2005 through FY 2010 certain provisions relating to: (1) training and technical assistance and civil and criminal legal assistance grants; and (2) tribal justice systems. | 2023-01-13T04:49:19Z | |
| 109-s-2078 | 109 | s | 2078 | Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2006 | Native Americans | 2005-11-18 | 2006-12-08 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11686-11687) | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2006 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) to make technical amendments to IGRA on how National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) vacancies are filled. Allows reappointment of a Commission member unless he or she has been removed for cause. Authorizes the Vice Chairman to act as Chairman during the disability of the Chairman. (Sec. 4) Revises the NIGC Chairman's power to approve certain contracts for class II gaming and class III gaming to include all gaming-related contracts, not just management contracts, as under current law. Defines gaming-related contracts to include management, consulting, development, financing, and participation contracts, as well as any other agreement determined by the NIGC to be subject to its requirements. Grants the Chairman power to conduct a background investigation and make a determination with respect to the suitability of a gaming-related contractor.Authorizes the Chairman to delegate any authority to any NIGC member, as the Chairman determines to be appropriate.(Sec. 5) Extends NIGC oversight and auditing responsibilities to Class III (in addition to Class II) gaming operations.Directs the NIGC to promulgate regulations: (1) addressing minimum internal control standards for class II and class III gaming activities; and (2) determining categories of contracts for goods and services directly relating to tribal gaming activities that shall be considered to be gaming-related contracts requiring NIGC approval and background checks. Requires the NIGC to report at least annually to the Secretary of the Interior on aggregate revenues of the tribal-level gaming activities of each Indian tribe. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations under which information in such a report shall be made available to the members of the Indian tribe in question.(Sec. 6) Makes technical amendments to update the statutory rates of pay for NIGC Commissioners, staff, and temporary services to comport with the current Federal Executive and Ge… | 2023-01-13T04:49:32Z | |
| 109-hr-4322 | 109 | hr | 4322 | Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-11-15 | 2006-03-01 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 1 | Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005 - Establishes in the general fund of the Treasury the Individual Indian Accounting Claim Settlement Fund, administered by a Special Master appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the Special Master to distribute at least 80% of amounts in the Fund to individual claimants.Establishes the Indian Trust Asset Management Review Commission to assess federal laws and regulations, and the practices of the Department of the Interior, relating to the management and administration of Indian trust asseets.Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish an eight-year Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project. Requires a participating Indian tribe to submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed Indian trust asset management plan meeting certain requirements. Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to authorize the Secretary to: (1) include an incentive bonus of between $100 and $350 in the fair market value purchase price offered for an interest in any parcel of Indian land that includes undivided trust or restricted interests owned by not less than 20 separate individuals (fractionated Indian land); (2) extend the incentive bonus up to $2,000 if an individual agrees to sell to the Secretary all trust or restricted interests owned; and (3) offer up to quadruple the fair market value of a tract of land consisting of at least 200 separate undivided trust or restricted interests. Establishes in the Department of the Interior the position of Under Secretary for Indian Affairs, and transfers to the Under Secretary any function of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and of the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians (which has been terminated) that has not been carried out as of the effective date of this Act. Requires the new Under Secretary to develop an inventory of Indian trust assets and resources. Directs the Secretary to prepare financial statements for individual Indian, In… | 2023-01-13T04:49:40Z | |
| 109-hr-4292 | 109 | hr | 4292 | To amend Public Law 107-153 to further encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal claims. | Native Americans | 2005-11-10 | 2005-12-06 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 178. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends specified federal law with respect to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims. Extends from December 31, 1999, to December 31, 2005, the earliest date on which an Indian tribe shall be deemed to have received a certain reconciliation report for purposes of calculating the statute of limitations on claims against the United States for the mismanagement of tribal trust assets. (The reconciliation report, required by the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (AITFMRA), is a report by the Secretary of the Interior to specified congressional committees identifying for each tribal trust fund account for which the Secretary is responsible a balance reconciled as of September 30, 1995. The stated intent of AITFMRA is to provide recipients of reconciliation reports with the opportunity to postpone the filing of claims, or to facilitate the voluntary dismissal of claims, to encourage settlement negotiations with the United States.) | 2023-01-13T04:49:29Z | |
| 109-s-1980 | 109 | s | 1980 | Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-11-09 | 2005-11-18 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13306) | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 0 | Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide funds to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to make grants or loans to a school district located within a qualified community for: (1) construction of new housing units within the community, and the purchase and rehabilitation of existing structures to be used as such; (2) rehabilitation or leasing of housing units within a qualified community and the purchase or lease of real property on which such housing units will be constructed, purchased, or rehabilitated; and (3) repayment of a loan used for such purposes or any other activities normally associated with them. Defines qualified community as a home rule or general law city incorporated under the laws of Alaska, or an unincorporated community situated outside the city limits, which: (1) has a population of 6,500 or fewer individuals; (2) is situated within or near a Native Village that includes the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve; and (3) is not connected by road (except the Alaska Marine Highway System or a road through Canada) or railroad to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Requires occupants of such housing units, with certain exceptions, to be teachers, administrators, other school staff, and members of their households. | 2023-01-13T04:49:35Z | |
| 109-hr-4171 | 109 | hr | 4171 | To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2005-10-27 | 2005-10-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11] | NC | R | T000067 | 4 | Provides for the consideration of a petition for federal recognition as an Indian tribe by the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties of North Carolina. Expresses the sense of the Congress that review of such petition should not unnecessarily delay review of petitions awaiting active consideration. | 2023-01-13T04:49:52Z | |
| 109-s-1899 | 109 | s | 1899 | Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act Amendments of 2006 | Native Americans | 2005-10-20 | 2006-09-11 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior, HHS. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 5 | Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act Amendments of 2006 - (Sec. 4) Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to require a local law enforcement or local child protective services agency's final written report on the investigation of any child abuse allegation to include any federal, state, or tribal final conviction. Requires transmission of a copy of the report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).Requires the FBI to maintain a record of each written report in a manner accessible to: (1) a local law enforcement agency that requires the information to carry out an official duty; and (2) any agency requesting the information for character investigations. Requires the FBI Director, in coordination with the Secretary and the Attorney General, to report annually to specified congressional committees on child abuse in Indian country.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to collect annually any information relating to: (1) the number of criminal and civil child abuse allegations, investigations, and prosecutions referred, declined, or deferred in Indian country; (2) the number of child abuse victims reported in Indian country; (3) sentencing patterns of individuals convicted of child abuse in Indian country; and (4) related rates of recidivism.Prescribes confidentiality guidelines for dealing with alleged child abuse victims.(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to identify and report to specified congressional committees on any impediment to the reduction of child abuse in Indian country and on Indian reservations. Repeals the requirement for a study of the feasibility of establishing a Central Registry for reports on child abuse in Indian Country.(Sec. 6) Modifies confidentiality requirements to treat an Indian tribal government as an entity of the federal government for purposes of interagency sharing of child abuse incident investigation or treatment information.(Sec. 7) Allows for forensic examinations without parental consent if local child protective services o… | 2023-01-13T04:48:22Z | |
| 109-s-1892 | 109 | s | 1892 | A bill to amend Public Law 107-153 to modify a certain date. | Native Americans | 2005-10-19 | 2005-12-30 | Became Public Law No: 109-158. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed in the Senate on December 16, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Amends federal law declaring that, for purposes of determining the date on which an Indian tribe received a certain reconciliation report for purposes of applying a statute of limitations, any such report provided to or received by an Indian tribe in response to specified requirements under the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 shall be deemed to have been received no earlier than December 31, 1999. (The required report is one by the Secretary of the Interior to specified congressional committees identifying for each tribal trust fund account for which the Secretary is responsible a balance reconciled as of September 30, 1995.)Extends from December 31, 1999, to December 31, 2000, the earliest date on which the Indian tribe shall be deemed to have received the reconciliation report. (This allows a longer statute of limitations for the filing of claims against the United States.) | 2023-01-13T04:49:19Z | |
| 109-hconres-267 | 109 | hconres | 267 | Expressing the sense of the Congress upholding the Makah Tribe treaty rights. | Native Americans | 2005-10-17 | 2005-11-10 | Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 116. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 0 | States that Congress disapproves of requiring the Makah Tribe to obtain a waiver and a permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 before taking gray whales, and expresses its intent that the U.S. government should uphold the Tribe's treaty rights. | 2023-01-13T04:49:45Z | |
| 109-s-1773 | 109 | s | 1773 | Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-09-26 | 2006-09-27 | Became Public Law No: 109-286. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 3, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005 - (Sec. 3) Ratifies: (1) the Settlement Agreement between the United States and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso to Resolve All of the Pueblo's Land Title and Trespass Claims, dated June 7, 2005 (Settlement Agreement); and (2) the Los Alamos Agreement among Los Alamos County, New Mexico, the Pueblo, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, dated January 22, 2004. (Sec. 4) Requires the United States and the Pueblo to execute and file with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in the Pending Litigation a motion for entry or final judgment in accordance with the Settlement Agreement. Provides that, upon entry of the final judgment, a specified sum shall be paid into the Settlement Fund as compensation to the Pueblo in accordance with specified federal law. (Sec. 5) Extinguishes all claims of the Pueblo against the United States in consideration of the Settlement Agreement benefits. Exempts from this Act certain land titles, water rights, and other rights relating to religious or cultural access to, and use of, federal land. (Sec. 6) Establishes in the Treasury the Pueblo de San Ildefonso Land Claims Settlement Fund (Settlement Fund). (Sec. 7) Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to sell, and the Pueblo to buy, the Settlement Area Land, Water System Land, and Los Alamos Townsite Land. Reserves to the United States free and unrestricted rights to specified Forest Development Roads. Requires the United States and the Pueblo to allow the COPAR Pumice Mine to continue to operate. Requires continuing federal jurisdiction over the contract for the sale of mineral materials. (Sec. 12) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, including reservations in the United States, to sell the Northern Tier Land, with the Pueblo of Santa Clara granted an exclusive option to purchase it within 9… | 2023-01-31T21:41:30Z | |
| 109-s-1758 | 109 | s | 1758 | A bill to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974, to provide for sale and assignment of loans and underlying security, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2005-09-22 | 2005-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Amends the Indian Financing Act of 1974 with respect to loan guaranty and insurance to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee or insure loans to both for-profit and nonprofit borrowers; and (2) allow all or any portion of a guaranteed or insured loan, including its security, to be transferred by the lender by sale or assignment to any person, and be retransferred by the transferee.Allows a fiscal transfer agent to be compensated through any of the fees assessed and any interest earned on any funds or fees the agent has collected while the funds or fees are in the agent's control and before the time at which the agent is contractually required to transfer such funds to the Secretary or to transferees or other holders.Makes loans made by an eligible Community Development Finance Institution eligible for guaranty or insurance.Increases from $500 million to $1.5 billion the amount of loans the Bureau of Indian Affairs can have outstanding. | 2023-01-13T04:50:00Z | |
| 109-hr-3507 | 109 | hr | 3507 | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-07-28 | 2006-03-29 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. | House | Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | I000056 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2005 - Transfers certain land in Riverside and San Diego counties, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. Allows the transferred land to be used only for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources. | 2023-01-13T04:49:44Z | |
| 109-hr-3526 | 109 | hr | 3526 | Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act | Native Americans | 2005-07-28 | 2005-07-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1] | AL | R | B001244 | 0 | Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition and associated services and benefits to the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama. Restores federal rights and privileges abrogated by earlier statutes. Approves and ratifies the cession to the United States of all historical tribal lands of the Band. Extinguishes all specified claims against the United States, a state or local government, or any other person or entity, by the Band arising subsequent to such cession, and based upon any interest in or right involving the land. Prohibits the Band from using its federal recognition to assert any historical land claim. Transfers all interests in lands held by the Band upon enactment of this Act to the United States, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Band. | 2023-01-13T04:50:32Z | |
| 109-hr-3558 | 109 | hr | 3558 | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-07-28 | 2006-07-12 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | H001037 | 0 | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to make member landowners eligible for the additional financial compensation provided to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for the acquisition by the federal government of 104,492 acres of land of the Tribe and member landowners for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project. Defines member landowner as a member of the Tribe (or an heir of such a member) that owned land on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation that was acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund an amount equal to 25% of the amount deposited into the Treasury from the power program during the preceding fiscal year for the period between October 1, 2004, and the last date of the fiscal year during which the total amount deposited into the Treasury from the power program equals a specified amount. Authorizes the plan prepared for the use of payments to the Tribe to provide for payment of additional compensation to member landowners. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to assist the Tribe in claims processing by providing any record requested to identify the heirs of member landowners within 60 days after receiving a request. | 2023-01-13T04:50:31Z | |
| 109-s-1535 | 109 | s | 1535 | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2005-07-28 | 2006-12-08 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on September 20, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2006 - Amends the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to make member landowners eligible for the additional financial compensation provided to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for the acquisition by the federal government of 104,492 acres of land of the Tribe and member landowners for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project. Defines member landowner as a member of the Tribe (or an heir of such a member) that owned land on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation that was acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make five annual deposits into the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund of: (1) $58,144,591.60; and (2) an additional amount equal to the interest that would have accrued under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary to invest the Fund only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States according to specified requirements, including separate investments of principal and interest from two separate accounts within the Tribal Recovery Trust Fund. Authorizes the plan prepared for the use of payments to the Tribe to provide for payment of additional compensation to member landowners; except that payments of additional compensation shall not be deposited or transferred into any member landowner's Individual Indian Money account, and shall not exceed an amount equal to 44.3% of the amount transferred by the Secretary of the Interior to the Tribe. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to assist the Tribe in claims processing by providing any record requested to identify the heirs of member landowners within 90 days after receiving a request. Declares that, upon deposit of the final payment into the Fund, all claims that the Tribe has or may have against the Unite… | 2023-01-13T04:50:22Z | |
| 109-hr-3475 | 109 | hr | 3475 | To require the prompt review by the Secretary of the Interior of Petition No. 120 for Federal recognition of the Amah Mutsun of Mission San Juan Bautista as an Indian tribe, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2005-07-27 | 2005-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | H001034 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within six months after enactment of this Act, to publish a proposed finding with respect to Petition No. 120 for federal recognition of the Amah Mutsun of Mission San Juan Bautista (Tribe) as an Indian Tribe. Requires the Secretary to publish a final determination within one year after enactment of this Act. States that the number of persons listed on the membership roll for Petition No. 120 shall not be taken into account in considering it. Allows the Secretary, however, to review the eligibility of individual members or groups listed in the petition. Authorizes the Tribe to seek in the appropriate U.S.district court a determination of whether the Tribe should be recognized as an Indian tribe, if the Secretary fails to meet either of the deadlines established by this Act. Authorizes the Tribe to seek in the appropriate U.S. district court review of any final determination refusing to recognize the Tribe, notwithstanding the availability of other administrative remedies. | 2023-01-13T04:50:33Z | |
| 109-s-1505 | 109 | s | 1505 | Shawnee Tribe Status Act Amendments Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-07-27 | 2005-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] | OK | R | C000560 | 1 | Shawnee Tribe Status Act Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000 to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Interior take into trust for the benefit of the Shawnee Tribe any land within the boundaries of the State of Oklahoma that the Tribe transfers to the Secretary. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1518 | 109 | s | 1518 | A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to modify a provision relating to the locations in which class III gaming is lawful. | Native Americans | 2005-07-27 | 2005-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9187) | Senate | Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] | OH | R | V000126 | 1 | Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit class III gaming activity on Indian land to states that expressly permit gaming for any commercial purpose (currently, for any purpose). Requires such gaming to be conducted in accordance with the applicable laws of the state in which it is located, including restrictions on the timing or frequency of the gaming activity. | 2023-01-13T04:50:22Z | |
| 109-hr-3431 | 109 | hr | 3431 | To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit casino expansion. | Native Americans | 2005-07-26 | 2005-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] | PA | R | D000604 | 10 | Limitation of Tribal Gambling to Existing Tribal Lands Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit the Indian land eligible for gaming. Revises the prohibition against gaming on lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after October 17, 1988, by repealing the exception to such prohibition for lands taken into trust as part of: (1) a settlement of a land claim; (2) the initial reservation of an Indian tribe acknowledged by the Secretary under the Federal acknowledgment process; or (3) the restoration of lands for an Indian tribe that is restored to Federal recognition. Requires joint approval by the legislature of a state as well as by its Governor of gaming on other lands otherwise excepted from the prohibition when the Secretary determines that a gaming establishment on newly acquired lands would be in the best interest of the Indian tribe and its members, and would not be detrimental to the surrounding community. | 2019-11-15T21:25:16Z | |
| 109-s-1480 | 109 | s | 1480 | A bill to establish the treatment of actual rental proceeds from leases of land acquired under an Act providing for loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations. | Native Americans | 2005-07-26 | 2005-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides that any actual rental proceeds certified by the Secretary of the Interior from the lease of land acquired with a Farmers Home Administration Direct Loan by an Indian tribe or tribal corporation shall be deemed to: (1) constitute the rental value of that land; and (2) satisfy the requirement for appraisal of that land. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1481 | 109 | s | 1481 | Indian Land Probate Reform Technical Corrections Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-07-26 | 2005-12-30 | Became Public Law No: 109-157. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Indian Land Probate Reform Technical Corrections Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to make technical amendments with regard to: (1) partition of highly fractionated Indian land; (2) tribal probate codes; (3) descent and distribution; (4) the fractional interest acquisition program; (5) establishment of fair market value; and (6) land ownership information. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1482 | 109 | s | 1482 | A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to provide for binding arbitration for Gila River Indian Community Reservation Contracts. | Native Americans | 2005-07-26 | 2005-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends federal Indian law to provide for binding arbitration for Gila River Indian Community Reservation contracts (including leases, as currently covered by such law). | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1483 | 109 | s | 1483 | A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to modify the definition of "Indian student count". | Native Americans | 2005-07-26 | 2005-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 with respect to grants to tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions that are not receiving federal support under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 or the Navajo Community College Act to provide basic support for the education and training of Indian students. Revises the definition of "Indian student count" (essential to the formula for the determination of grant amounts). Requires the Indian student count to be determined according to a specified formula, for each academic year, on the basis of the enrollments of Indian students as in effect at the conclusion of the third week of the fall term and the third week of the spring term. Allows the counting of students without secondary school degrees under certain circumstances. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1484 | 109 | s | 1484 | A bill to amend the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990. | Native Americans | 2005-07-26 | 2005-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 to revise Settlement Fund requirements. Specifies a formula for determining the amount of Fund income that may be expended or obligated for certain purposes. Adds to such purposes any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the investment of the Fund, for investment management, investment consulting, custodianship, and other transactional services or matters. Provides that no monies from the Fund other than certain amounts authorized may be expended or obligated for any purpose. Authorizes the expenditure or obligation for per capita distributions to tribal members, in addition to certain already authorized Fund amounts, of any unexpended or unobligated portion of the Annual 1.2% Amount from any of the three immediately preceding Fund fiscal years subsequent to Fund FY 2005 (minus any accrued negative income). Directs the Fallon Business Council to amend promptly the original Fund plan for purposes of conforming it to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribal Settlement Act, and making certain nonsubstantive updates, improvements, or corrections. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1485 | 109 | s | 1485 | A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to extend the authorization of certain leases. | Native Americans | 2005-07-26 | 2005-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends federal Indian law to authorize 99-year leases of land: (1) in the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; (2) in the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation and held in trust for the Muckleshoot Indian tribe; and (3) held in trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, for the Fallon Paiute Shoshone tribes, for the Yurok tribe, and for the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1501 | 109 | s | 1501 | Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act | Native Americans | 2005-07-26 | 2005-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] | MT | R | B001126 | 0 | Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop a program to provide funds to the Crow Tribe of the State of Montana to acquire land and interests in land from eligible individuals within the Crow Reservation in the state; and (2) accept from eligible individuals the donation of land or an interest in land, to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to manage such land and interests. Authorizes the Secretary to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury any obligations necessary to fund the purchasing program established by this Act. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1439 | 109 | s | 1439 | Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-07-20 | 2006-03-28 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-483. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005 - Establishes in the general fund of the Treasury the Individual Indian Accounting Claim Settlement Fund, administered by a Special Master appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the Special Master to distribute at least 80% of amounts in the Fund to individual claimants. Establishes the Indian Trust Asset Management Review Commission to assess federal laws and regulations, and the practices of the Department of the Interior, relating to the management and administration of Indian trust asseets. Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish an eight-year Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project. Requires a participating Indian tribe to submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed Indian trust asset management plan meeting certain requirements. Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to authorize the Secretary to: (1) include an incentive bonus of between $100 and $350 in the fair market value purchase price offered for an interest in any parcel of Indian land that includes undivided trust or restricted interests owned by not less than 20 separate individuals (fractionated Indian land); (2) extend the incentive bonus up to $2,000 if an individual agrees to sell to the Secretary all trust or restricted interests owned; and (3) offer up to quadruple the fair market value of a tract of land consisting of at least 200 separate undivided trust or restricted interests. Establishes in the Department of the Interior the position of Under Secretary for Indian Affairs, and transfers to the Under Secretary any function of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and of the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians (which has been terminated) that has not been carried out as of the effective date of this Act. Requires the new Under Secretary to develop an inventory of Indian trust assets and resources. Directs the Secretary to prepare financial statements for individual India… | 2023-01-13T04:50:24Z | |
| 109-hr-3349 | 109 | hr | 3349 | Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-07-19 | 2005-07-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 4 | Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2005 - Extends Federal recognition to: (1) the Chickahominy Indian 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.Sets forth the service areas of the various Tribes and requirements for the Tribes with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon certain land transfers, to take specified lands into trust for the various Tribes' benefit. | 2019-11-15T21:25:16Z | |
| 109-hr-3350 | 109 | hr | 3350 | Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-07-19 | 2006-09-06 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 366. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005 - Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Group to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing an Indian Tribal Development Corporation. | 2023-01-12T17:52:22Z | |
| 109-hr-3351 | 109 | hr | 3351 | Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2006 | Native Americans | 2005-07-19 | 2006-05-12 | Became Public Law No: 109-221. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on April 7, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2006 - Title I: Technical Amendments and Other Provisions Relating to Native Americans - (Sec. 101) Makes technical amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and related federal law. (Sec. 102) Provides that all land and interests in land in Alaska conveyed by the federal government under ANCSA to a Native Corporation, and then reconveyed by that Native Corporation, or successor in interest, in exchange for any other land or land interest in Alaska and located within the same region, to a Native Corporation under an exchange or other conveyance, shall be deemed, notwithstanding the conveyance or exchange, to have been conveyed pursuant to that Act.(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to accept certain funds from the state of Mississippi pursuant to a specified contract, and deposit them in trust account number PL7489708 at the Office of Trust Funds Management for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. (Sec. 104) Amends the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 to adjust the spending rule set forth in that Act for the Tribe's Settlement Fund. Authorizes expenditure of 6% of the average quarterly market value of the Settlement Fund over the preceding three years. Allows such expenditures for any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the investment of the Fund, for investment management, investment consulting, custodianship, and other transactional services or matters.Provides that no monies from the Fund other than certain amounts authorized may be expended or obligated for any purpose. Authorizes the expenditure or obligation for per capita distributions to tribal members, in addition to certain already authorized Fund amounts, of any unexpended or unobligated portion of the annual 1.2% amount from any of the three immediately preceding… | 2023-01-31T21:13:05Z | |
| 109-s-1382 | 109 | s | 1382 | A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to accept the conveyance of certain land, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Indian tribe. | Native Americans | 2005-07-12 | 2006-05-18 | Became Public Law No: 109-224. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept the conveyance of certain parcels of land within the Puyallup Reservation and hold them in trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Indian tribe. | 2023-01-31T21:13:45Z | |
| 109-s-1375 | 109 | s | 1375 | Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-07-11 | 2005-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to authorize any federal law enforcement officer (not just, as currently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), including an officer with authority under the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act acting in coordination with a federal law enforcement agency on violations outside Indian country, to investigate offenses involving the sale of arts and crafts misrepresented as Indian products.Revises requirements for the initiation of civil actions for misrepresentation of Indian produced goods. | 2023-01-13T04:50:26Z | |
| 109-s-1312 | 109 | s | 1312 | Reducing Conflicts of Interests in the Representation of Indian Tribes Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-06-27 | 2006-02-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | Reducing Conflicts of Interests in the Representation of Indian Tribes Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with respect to certain additional employment rights (exemption from conflict-of-interest prohibitions) of U.S. officers and employees assigned to an Indian tribe, or former U.S. officers and employees employed by Indian tribes, to act as agents or attorneys for or appear on behalf of such tribes in connection with any matter pending before any department, agency, court, or commission. Limits these additional employment rights of a former U.S. officer or employee employed by an Indian tribe to any former U.S. officer or employee who is a tribal employee or an elected or appointed official of an Indian tribe carrying out an official duty. Defines tribal employee as an individual acting under the day-to-day control or supervision of the Indian tribal government, unaffected by the control or supervision of any independent contractor, agency or organization, or intervening sovereignty. Repeals the specific authority of such current or former U.S. officers or employees to act as agents or attorneys for or to appear on behalf of such tribes in connection with any matter pending before any department, agency, court, or commission. Authorizes such individuals, however, to communicate with and appear before any such department, agency, court, or commission on behalf of the Indian tribe on any matter (including, as currently, any matter in which the United States is a party or has direct and substantial interest). Revises requirements for notification by a former U.S. officer or employee of any personal and substantial involvement the individual may have had as a U.S. officer or employee with respect to the pending matter. | 2023-01-13T04:49:20Z | |
| 109-s-1291 | 109 | s | 1291 | Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-06-23 | 2005-07-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 186. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with the Attorney General and with the consent of the state of Arizona, to acquire all subsurface rights, title, and interests (including subsurface mineral interests) held by the state in specified tribally-owned parcels and in specified parcels held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Secretary to pay the state, as consideration for the acquisition of subsurface mineral interests, an amount equal to their market value.Directs the Secretary to take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe the subsurface rights, title, and interests, formerly reserved to the United States, to other specified parcels. Requires the Tribe to pay to the Secretary only the transaction costs relating to the assessment, review, and transfer of the subsurface rights, title, and interests taken into trust. | 2023-01-13T04:50:26Z | |
| 109-s-1295 | 109 | s | 1295 | National Indian Gaming Commission Accountability Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-06-23 | 2005-12-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)National Indian Gaming Commission Accountability Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) to subject the National Indian Gaming Commission to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA).Requires the Commission to submit a plan to provide technical assistance to tribal gaming operations in accordance with GPRA. Revises the $8 million maximum total amount of all fees the Commission may impose during any fiscal year under the established schedule of fees. Replaces $8 million with a maximum of 0.080% of the gross gaming revenues of all gaming operations subject to regulation under IGRA. | 2023-01-13T04:49:20Z | |
| 109-s-1306 | 109 | s | 1306 | Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act | Native Americans | 2005-06-23 | 2005-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7314-7316) | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 1 | Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement lands and other compensation pursuant to this Act. | 2022-02-03T05:33:47Z | |
| 109-hr-3014 | 109 | hr | 3014 | To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, regarding leasing of the Moses Allotments. | Native Americans | 2005-06-21 | 2005-06-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | Amends the Act of August 9, 1955, to provide for 99-year leasing of additional restricted Indian land comprising the Moses Allotment in Chelan County, Washington. | 2023-01-13T04:47:53Z | |
| 109-hr-2979 | 109 | hr | 2979 | To amend the Crow Boundary Settlement Act of 1994 regarding the distribution of capital gains from the Crow Tribal Trust Fund. | Native Americans | 2005-06-17 | 2005-06-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | R000571 | 0 | Amends the Crow Boundary Settlement Act of 1994 to provide that capital gains and any other noninterest income received on funds in the Crow Tribal Trust Fund shall be available for distribution by the Secretary of the Interior to the Crow Tribe to the extent that balances in the Crow Tribal Trust Fund exceed $85 million, for the same uses and subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to distributions of interest. | 2023-01-13T04:47:54Z | |
| 109-s-1260 | 109 | s | 1260 | Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-06-16 | 2005-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 2 | Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act with respect to: (1) consultation with state, local, and tribal governments; (2) tribal gaming ordinances; (3) investigation and approval of the involvement in a gaming activity; and (4) changing use of Indian land. | 2019-06-21T11:05:58Z | |
| 109-hr-2912 | 109 | hr | 2912 | To reauthorize provisions in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 relating to Native Hawaiian low-income housing and Federal loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing. | Native Americans | 2005-06-15 | 2005-07-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] | HI | D | C001055 | 1 | Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for FY2006-2009 for grants for housing assistance to Native Hawaiian families eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands, including rental assistance for low-income housing. | 2023-01-13T04:47:56Z | |
| 109-s-1231 | 109 | s | 1231 | National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education Amendments Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-06-14 | 2006-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 29, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.) National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with respect to the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education (Foundation). Requires the Foundation Board to appoint a chief operating officer for the Foundation separate from the Secretary of the Interior (who currently acts as chief operating officer). Places limitations on the administrative costs of the Foundation. Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2009. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to pay the operating expenses of the Foundation. | 2023-01-13T04:49:20Z | |
| 109-s-1239 | 109 | s | 1239 | American Indian Elderly and Disabled Access to Health Care Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-06-14 | 2005-06-29 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 3 | American Indian Elderly and Disabled Access to Health Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization to pay the monthly premium of an Indian who is a Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) eligible individual enrolled in a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under Medicare part D. | 2022-02-03T05:25:35Z | |
| 109-hr-2788 | 109 | hr | 2788 | Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-06-07 | 2005-06-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] | OR | D | W000793 | 7 | Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2005 - Establishes as an independent entity of the executive branch the Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Foundation to be located in Portland, Oregon, to: (1) develop resources to properly train Native American and Alaska Native tribal council members in self-government and related fields; (2) foster greater recognition and understanding of the role of tribal self-government in the development of the United States; (3) identify critical issues facing tribal governments in the Nation; (4) establish a Program for Tribal Governance Research at the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University; and (5) provide educational outreach regarding tribal self-government. Directs the Foundation to award scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers relating to tribal governance, and Native Americans and Alaska Natives intending to pursue careers in tribal public policy. Directs the Foundation to award fellowships to: (1) outstanding graduate students who intend to pursue advanced degrees in fields relating to tribal governance, and Native Americans and Alaska Natives intending to pursue advanced degrees in tribal public policy (including law or medicine); and (2) faculty from a variety of disciplines to bring their expertise to the Foundation. Directs the Foundation to award internships to deserving and qualified: (1) individuals to work in Federal, State, and local agencies or in offices of major tribal governance organizations; and (2) Native American and Alaska Native individuals to work in Federal, State, and local agencies or in offices of major public health or public policy organizations. Directs the Foundation to award grants to the Institute to: (1) provide for an annual panel of experts to discuss contemporary tribal governance issues; (2) conduct research in tribal governance policy and on Native American and Alaska Native triba… | 2023-01-13T04:47:59Z | |
| 109-hr-2559 | 109 | hr | 2559 | Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act | Native Americans | 2005-05-23 | 2005-05-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | 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 lands and other compensation pursuant to this Act. | 2019-11-15T21:25:10Z | |
| 109-s-1057 | 109 | s | 1057 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-05-17 | 2006-03-16 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 11 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2005 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to declare a new national Indian health policy in order to: (1) raise the health status of Indians by 2010 to at least the levels set forth in the goals contained within the Healthy People 2010 or successor objectives; and (2) allow Indians, to the greatest extent possible, to set their own health care priorities and establish goals that reflect their unmet needs. Authorizes approval of up to a two-year extension (or the part-time equivalent) of a health profession preparatory pregraduate education scholarship. Revises Indian Health Scholarship requirements. Requires a year-for-year service obligation, which may be in a teaching capacity in a tribal college or university nursing (or related health profession) program, if the health service provided to Indians would not decrease. Revises American Indians Into Psychology Program requirements to establish a maximum grant amount of $300,000 to each of nine (currently three) colleges and universities. Authorizes appropriations for FY2006-FY2015. Revises requirements for matching grants to tribes for health professional scholarship programs. Allows 20% of funds for the scholarship costs to be from any source instead of only nonfederal sources. Requires a scholarship recipient to agree not to discriminate in providing health care against individuals on the basis of payment under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA). Revises the Indian health service extern program requirements. Extends the extern program to a Tribal Health Program or an Urban Indian Organization (on a discretionary basis) or other HHS agencies (as available). Allows a high school extern program. Revises requirements for programs for continuing education allowances. Repeals the set-aside for postdoctoral training. Allows extension of continuing education allowances to health professionals employed in an Indian Health Program or … | 2023-01-13T04:48:07Z | |
| 109-hr-2353 | 109 | hr | 2353 | Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act | Native Americans | 2005-05-12 | 2005-05-17 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] | MI | R | R000572 | 12 | Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act with respect to: (1) background investigations, approval of financial interests, and funding of the National Indian Gaming Commission; (2) Class II and Class III gaming on trust lands on which an Indian tribe has declared an intention to conduct gaming activities; (3) conditions required for exception to gaming restrictions on certain land; (4) approval of compacts by State; and (5) exceptions to certain restrictions on gaming. | 2019-11-15T21:25:09Z | |
| 109-s-1003 | 109 | s | 1003 | Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Amendments of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-05-11 | 2006-06-20 | Committee Hearings Held. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Amendments of 2005 - Title I: Amendments to the Act of December 22, 1974 - (Sec. 101) Amends the Act of December 22, 1974, to repeal authority and requirements for appointment of Navajo and Hopi relocation negotiating teams, a Mediator, and related matters (because all such requirements have been fulfilled). Renames the Act, as revised, the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act. (Sec. 106) Revises requirements for the partition of the Navajo and Hopi Joint Use Area of the 1882 Reservation established by Executive Order on December 16, 1882. (Sec. 107) Revises requirements for the exchange of land, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, between the United States (under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Arizona and New Mexico) and the Navajo Tribe. (Currently, the Secretary is required to make such a land exchange.) Terminates on September 30, 2008, the authority of the Commissioner of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) to select lands to be transferred to or acquired by the Navajo Tribe.Authorizes the Commissioner, in order to facilitate relocation of a member of a Tribe, to grant a homesite lease on land acquired under such Act to a member of the extended family of a Navajo Indian eligible to receive benefits under such Act. Prohibits the Commissioner, however, from using any available funds to provide housing to such an extended family member. (Sec. 108) Terminates ONHIR on September 30, 2008, and transfers all remaining duties to the Secretary. Allows the Secretary: (1) to consult with the Commissioner regarding the transfer of the responsibilities of the ONHIR to the Department of the Interior; and (2) take any action the Secretary determines to be necessary to assume the responsibilities of the Office on September 30, 2008. (Sec. 110) Prohibits any payment of benefits under the Act to any head of household not certified eligible to receive payments by September 30, 2008. (Sec. 111) Directs the Commissioner to notify the Secretary by … | 2023-01-13T04:47:46Z | |
| 109-s-987 | 109 | s | 987 | Restoring Safety to Indian Women Act | Native Americans | 2005-05-10 | 2005-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4873-4874) | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | Restoring Safety to Indian Women Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to cover domestic assault by a habitual offender in Indian country. Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to cover a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence involving Indians, including domestic assault against unmarried intimate partners. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make pilot project grants for the development of tribal criminal history databases; and (2) study and report to Congress on the incidents of domestic violence in Indian country. | 2023-01-13T04:48:04Z | |
| 109-hr-2186 | 109 | hr | 2186 | Prairie Island Land Conveyance Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-05-05 | 2005-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] | MN | R | K000363 | 1 | Prairie Island Land Conveyance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey all U.S. right, title, and interest in and to described land to the Secretary of the Interior, to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota, and included in the Prairie Island Indian Community Reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Prohibits the use of such land for: (1) human habitation; (2) construction of any structure without the written approval of the District Engineer; or (3) gaming. | 2022-02-03T05:34:46Z | |
| 109-s-972 | 109 | s | 972 | Albuquerque Indian Health Center Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-04-28 | 2005-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4589) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Albuquerque Indian Health Center Act of 2005 - Designates the Albuquerque Indian Health Center as a critical access facility. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide funds made available under this Act to the Center to carry out its operations. | 2019-06-21T11:05:58Z | |
| 109-hr-1933 | 109 | hr | 1933 | Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments | Native Americans | 2005-04-27 | 2005-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 4 | Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make: (1) grants to schools that have made formal decisions to discontinue use of a derogatory or discriminatory name or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname, to assist them in replacing uniforms or other materials and in altering facilities, including walls, floors, and signs; and (2) school construction or renovation grants to Indian schools and to schools that received discontinuation grants. Establishes within the Department of Education a Committee on Indian Relations. Includes among Committee duties providing cultural proficiency training at schools receiving discontinuation grants to effect positive and long-term change regarding any derogatory or discriminatory name or depiction.Declares a name or depiction to be derogatory or discriminatory if: (1) the name is Indians, Redskins, Braves, or Chiefs; or (2) the Committee determines, after notice and comment, that the name or depiction is derogatory or discriminatory on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or Indian or Native Alaskan tribal affiliation. | 2020-02-10T16:50:56Z |
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