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| 113-hr-5765 | 113 | hr | 5765 | Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] | NM | D | L000570 | 8 | Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2019 and revise a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. Decreases the required minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by the grant program from: 10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests, and 15 to 10 enrollees in the Native American language survival schools. Changes the duration of grants provided under the program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:20Z | |
| 113-sres-590 | 113 | sres | 590 | A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States. | Native Americans | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6221; text as passed Senate: CR S6212) | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 26 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes November 2014 as National Native American Heritage Month and the Friday after Thanksgiving as Native American Heritage Day. | 2019-02-20T12:29:05Z | |
| 113-s-2945 | 113 | s | 2945 | A bill to repeal section 910 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. | Native Americans | 2014-11-19 | 2014-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 1 | Amends the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to repeal a provision prohibiting Alaska tribes other than the Metlakatla Indian Community from issuing and enforcing domestic violence protective orders against non-member Alaska Natives and non-Natives. | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-hr-5701 | 113 | hr | 5701 | Western Oregon Indian Tribal Lands Act | Native Americans | 2014-11-13 | 2014-12-10 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 1 | Western Oregon Indian Tribal Lands Act - Title I: Reservation of Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon - (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe. States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition (off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition); (2) the real property taken into trust is not to be eligible, or used, for Class II or III gaming, except for real property within two miles of a specified gaming facility; and (3) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation. Title II: Oregon Coastal Lands - Oregon Coastal Lands Act - (Sec. 203) Requires all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 14,408 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled "Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance," dated March 27, 2013 (Oregon Coastal land), to be held in trust for, and to be part of the reservation of, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. (Sec. 205) Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs harvested from such land. Prohibits gaming on such land. Requires commercial forestry activity on such land to be managed in accordance with applicable federal laws. Exempts such land from the land use planning requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act… | 2023-01-11T13:25:15Z | |
| 113-s-2923 | 113 | s | 2923 | Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act | Native Americans | 2014-11-13 | 2014-11-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 0 | Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act - Amends the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to repeal a provision prohibiting the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas from conducting gaming activities on its lands if those gaming activities are prohibited by Texas. Requires the United States and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe to execute and file in each applicable court a motion for dismissal of any pending claim arising out of or relating to the aboriginal land of the Tribe or an interest in that land. Deems any claim by or on behalf of the Tribe against the United States or the state of Texas for the loss of aboriginal title to be extinguished. | 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z | |
| 113-hr-5689 | 113 | hr | 5689 | To allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer certain lands. | Native Americans | 2014-11-12 | 2014-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] | OK | R | M001190 | 0 | Allows the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer all or any part of its interests in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the tribe. | 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z | |
| 113-hr-5608 | 113 | hr | 5608 | Duckwater Shoshone Land Conveyance Act | Native Americans | 2014-09-18 | 2014-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] | NV | D | H001066 | 0 | Duckwater Shoshone Land Conveyance Act - Requires that approximately 25,977 acres of land in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) be held in trust for the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe as part of the Tribe's reservation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust. Prohibits class II or class III gaming on such land. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5625 | 113 | hr | 5625 | Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act | Native Americans | 2014-09-18 | 2014-10-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] | NM | D | L000580 | 1 | Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 tracts of federal land in New Mexico, the combined acreage of which is approximately 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School for the benefit of 19 specified pueblos immediately after the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) have been satisfied regarding the trust acquisition of such federal land. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) take such action as determined to be necessary to document such transfer, and (2) appropriately assign each applicable private and municipal utility and service right or agreement. Requires the federal lands taken into trust to be used for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 pueblos. Requires the federal lands taken into trust to remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service agreement in effect on this Act's enactment date. Requires the 19 pueblos to allow the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to continue to use the federal lands taken into trust for the facilities and purposes as in existence on this Act's enactment date. Prohibits any class I, class II, or class III gaming from being carried out on the federal lands taken into trust under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z | |
| 113-hr-5671 | 113 | hr | 5671 | Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-09-18 | 2014-10-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2014 - Amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to make revisions to the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs from federal funds. Renames the Act as the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992. Revises the purpose of the Act. Revises provisions concerning the authority of Indian tribes to integrate employment, training, and related services programs and federal funds received by the Tribe. Lists the types of programs that may be integrated pursuant to an approved integration plan. Makes block grants eligible to be integrated into the plan. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) assess the programs of specified departments of the federal government, and (2) develop an inventory of all programs of those departments that may be integrated. Allows an Indian tribe to include in the plan: (1) any program identified by the Comptroller General in the inventory, and (2) any program not identified in the inventory at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. Sets forth requirements regarding the granting or denial of a waiver request. Considers a waiver request to be granted if the head of an affected agency does not make a decision on the request within 90 days. Directs the Secretary to establish and initiate an interagency dispute resolution process if an affected federal agency denies such a request and the Secretary determines that the waiver would not be inconsistent with this Act's provisions or prevent the affected agency from fulfilling its obligations under this Act. Requires if, the dispute resolution process fails to resolve the dispute between a participating Indian tribe and an affected agency, the head of the affected agency shall have the final authority to resolve the dispute. Requires the Secretary, after the dispute is resolved, to provide the requesting tribe with: (1) the final decisio… | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-s-2847 | 113 | s | 2847 | Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act | Native Americans | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of confirmation that Lloyd L. Fields has executed and deposited with an escrow holder in California a deed conveying title to certain lands designated on the Morongo Indian Reservation, County of Riverside, State of California Land Exchange Map (dated May 22, 2014) as "Fields lands" to the United States in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and upon receipt by Fields of confirmation that the Secretary has executed and deposited with such escrow holder a patent conveying title to lands designated as "Morongo lands" to Fields and a specified easement to the city of Banning in Riverside County in California for a public right-of-way, to instruct such escrow holder to cause: (1) the patent to the Morongo lands to be recorded and issued to Fields, (2) such easement to be recorded and issued to the city, and (3) the deed to the Fields lands to be delivered to the Secretary. Instructs the Secretary, after completion of such transfers and as soon as practicable after receipt of confirmation that the city has vacated its interest in land designated as "Banning land," to cause such land to be held in trust for the Tribe subject to: (1) any valid existing rights of any third parties, and (2) legal review and approval of the form and content of all instruments of conveyance. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-hr-5428 | 113 | hr | 5428 | Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act | Native Americans | 2014-09-09 | 2014-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | NM | R | P000588 | 0 | Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act - Requires all U.S. interest in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico (Activity), transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for: (1) the Zuni Tribe as part of the Zuni Reservation, unless the Tribe elects to have the parcel conveyed to it in restricted fee status; and (2) the Navajo Nation as part of the Navajo Reservation, unless the Navajo Nation elects to have the parcel conveyed to it in restricted fee status. Subjects the lands of the Activity held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to reservation by the United States of such easements as the Secretary of the Army determines are reasonably required to permit access to Activity lands for administrative, environmental cleanup, and environmental remediation purposes. Requires the lands of the Activity identified as parcel 1 to be held in trust subject to a shared easement for cultural and religious purposes only. Requires the access road for the Activity that originates at the frontage road for Interstate 40 and leads to the parcel of the administration area to be held in common by both the Zuni Tribe and the Navajo Nation to provide for equal access to the Activity. Subjects lands held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to easements reasonably required to permit access to the Missile Defense Agency facility as needed by the Department of Defense (DOD). Requires the Zuni Tribe or the Navajo Nation, after a parcel of land has been transferred or conveyed, to notify the Secretary of the Army of the existence or discovery of any contamination or hazardous material on it. | 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z | |
| 113-hr-5370 | 113 | hr | 5370 | American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-07-31 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] | CA | D | R000599 | 6 | American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program who: (1) are a member of an Indian tribe, and (2) have been employed as a full-time teacher for five consecutive complete school years in an Indian school or in a local educational agency that serves at least 10 Indian students or whose schools have an enrollment of students at least 25% of which are Indians. | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-hr-5215 | 113 | hr | 5215 | Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act | Native Americans | 2014-07-28 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] | OR | D | B001278 | 0 | Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act - Extends federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon. Restores all rights and privileges of the Tribe and the members of the Tribe under any federal treaty, Executive order, agreement, statute, or other federal authority that may have been diminished or lost under the Act approved August 13, 1954. Makes the provisions of such Act inapplicable to the Tribe and its members. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible to receive all federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe. Deems members of the Tribe residing in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties in Oregon as residing on or near a reservation. Declares that no hunting, fishing, or trapping rights of the Tribe or of any member are granted or restored. Establishes and opens the membership roll of the Tribe. | 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z | |
| 113-s-2670 | 113 | s | 2670 | Keep the Promise Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-07-28 | 2014-09-17 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-506. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | Keep the Promise Act of 2014 - Restricts gaming on land within the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after April 9, 2013. Terminates the restriction on January 1, 2027. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-s-2668 | 113 | s | 2668 | Self Determination Contract Reporting Commitment to Tribes Act | Native Americans | 2014-07-24 | 2014-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 0 | Self Determination Contract Reporting Commitment to Tribes Act - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to presume absent fraud or mathematical error that the deficiency amounts reported to Congress for contract support costs accurately reflect the minimum damages due to any Indian tribe or tribal organization filing a claim, appeal, or civil action under the Act. Requires each annual report and accompanying data prepared under the Act to be made available to the public. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-s-2669 | 113 | s | 2669 | Self Determination Commitment to Tribes Act | Native Americans | 2014-07-24 | 2014-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 0 | Self Determination Commitment to Tribes Act - Changes from discretionary to mandatory the funding for payments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into pursuant to the Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-hr-5092 | 113 | hr | 5092 | Fair and Accountable IHS Recompense Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-07-11 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Fair and Accountable IHS Recompense Act of 2014 or the FAIR Act - Requires the annual report on the implementation of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to be made available to the public. Amends the Act to presume that in any civil action, claim, or related appeal brought under the Act the deficiency amounts reported to Congress accurately reflect the minimum damages due to any Indian tribe or tribal organization upon whose behalf such civil action, claim, or appeal was filed absent fraud or mathematical error. Bars any of the funds awarded in such a case from being allocated for or used to pay attorney fees until: (1) the fees are documented and charged at reasonable hourly rates, and (2) the required documentation has been made available to specified congressional committees and the public. | 2023-01-11T13:26:00Z | |
| 113-hr-5039 | 113 | hr | 5039 | To make technical amendments to Public Law 93-531, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2014-07-09 | 2014-07-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House | Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] | AZ | D | K000368 | 0 | Requires a border of any parcel of land that is transferred to or acquired by the Navajo Reservation to be within 18 miles of the trust lands of the Navajo Tribe, including the bands of the Tribe, as of January 2014. Allows the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands anywhere within Arizona and New Mexico to be exchanged for lands within 18 miles of those trust lands. Gives the Navajo Tribe the right to deselect not more than 757 acres of the land selected as of January 2014, whether or not such land has already been taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior. Gives the Tribe the right to reselect land up to the amount it deselected. Directs the Secretary to report on annual rents owed by the Navajo Tribe to the Hopi Tribe for each of the years 2001-2013. Authorizes the Navajo Tribe to designate up to 150,000 acres within specified lands to be designated as Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones. Makes inapplicable specified laws within such Zones. Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 to set forth the rights of Navajo heads of household or their successors to relinquish an Accommodation Agreement they have entered into with the Hopi Tribe regarding their residence on Hopi lands. Reauthorizes and revises the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Allows for its use for the development of Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-5049 | 113 | hr | 5049 | Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-07-09 | 2014-12-01 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479. | House | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | S001148 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in specified Indian and non-Indian land as part of the settlement of disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribes in Idaho resulting from the realignment of the Blackfoot River by the Corps of Engineers in 1964. (Sec. 5) Requires the non-Indian land to be held in trust by the United States for the Tribes. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer the Indian land to the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for use or sale. Requires any proceeds from the sale of the land to be used to compensate: (1) each non-Indian landowner at fair market value for his or her loss of land resulting from this Act's implementation, and (2) the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for any expenses it incurs in carrying out this Act. Authorizes the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 to dispose of the land or proceeds that remain in any manner it determines to be appropriate. | 2023-01-11T13:25:16Z | |
| 113-hr-5050 | 113 | hr | 5050 | May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act | Native Americans | 2014-07-09 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-262. | House | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | S001148 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act - Repeals the 1918 Act (authorizing the establishment of a town site on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho). Grants the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation the exclusive right of first refusal to purchase at fair market value any land offered for sale within the Fort Hall Townsite. Requires the United States to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribes or a member of the Tribes, as applicable, any land owned or acquired by the Tribes or a member of the Tribes within the Fort Hall Townsite before, on, or after this Act's enactment. | 2023-03-22T18:49:20Z | |
| 113-hr-5020 | 113 | hr | 5020 | Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-07-08 | 2014-07-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | D000618 | 2 | Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014 - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to require the Secretary of the Interior: (1) at the request of a tribal government, to enter into agreements to allow the tribal government to carry out some or all of the Secretary's fractional interest acquisition program; and (2) to make payments to carry out the agreements and authorize the use of interest earned to acquire a fractional interest or permanent improvements on land that already has trust or restricted fractional interests. Amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make amounts in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund available to Interior during a 15-year period (under current law, a 10-year period). Requires annual reports to Congress that assess the implementation of the Trust Land Consolidation Fund. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-4924 | 113 | hr | 4924 | Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-06-20 | 2014-12-16 | Became Public Law No: 113-223. | House | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | G000565 | 8 | (This measure has not been amended since it passed the House on December 1, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms: (1) the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement (Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement) entered into by the Hualapai Tribe (Tribe), its members and allottees, the United States as trustee for the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), the Arizona Department of Water Resources, the Freeport Minerals Corporation (Corporation), and the Arizona Game and Fish Commission; and (2) any amendment to that Agreement that is executed to make it consistent with this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement and any amendment to that Agreement that is necessary to make it consistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary to also execute a conditional withdrawal of the Department of the Interior's objections to specified applications by the Corporation to sever and transfer certain water rights from: (1) Lincoln Ranch and Planet Ranch to the Wikieop Wellfield for use at the Bagdad Mine Complex and Bagdad Townsite, and (2) portions of Planet Ranch to new locations within that Ranch. (Sec. 5) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms: (1) the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement (Hualapai Tribe Agreement) entered into by the Tribe, its members and allottees, the United States as trustee for the Tribe, and the Corporation; and (2) any amendment to that Agreement that is executed to make it consistent with this Act. Directs the Secretary to execute the Hualapai Tribe Agreement and any amendment to that Agreement that is necessary to make it consistent with this Act. Authorizes the Corporation's contribution to the economic development fund of the Tribe, as provided for in the Hualapai Tribe Agreement, to be used by the Tribe for the limited purpose of facilitating settlement of the Tribe'… | 2023-03-22T18:49:20Z | |
| 113-hr-4908 | 113 | hr | 4908 | Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act | Native Americans | 2014-06-19 | 2014-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] | OK | R | C001053 | 0 | Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act - Establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Requires the President and Congress to appoint to the Commission individuals who have significant experience and expertise in Indian affairs and the matters to be studied by the Commission. Requires the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children, including an evaluation of: the impact of concurrent jurisdiction on child welfare systems, barriers Indian tribes and Native Hawaiians face related to grant resources, obstacles to nongovernmental financial support for programs benefitting Native children, issues relating to the validity and statistical significance of data on Native children, programs designed to assist high-risk Native children and their families, and barriers to interagency coordination on programs benefitting Native children. Directs the Commission to use the results of the study and analyses of existing federal data relating to Native children to: develop plans and goals for federal policy relating to Native children informed by accurate child well-being measures; recommend modifications and improvements to programs that serve Native children at the federal, state, and tribal level; recommend improvements to the collection of data regarding Native children and the programs that serve them; and identify models of successful federal, state, and tribal programs in the areas studied by the Commission. Requires the Commission to report to the President, Congress, and the White House Council on Native American Affairs on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for appropriate legislative and administrative action. | 2023-01-11T13:26:14Z | |
| 113-s-2503 | 113 | s | 2503 | Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-06-19 | 2014-07-09 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-419. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 1 | Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014 - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement between the Hualapai Tribe, the Department of of the Interior, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, the Arizona Department of Water Resources, and the Freeport Minerals Corporation. Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement between the Tribe, the United States as trustee for the Tribe, and Freeport Minerals Corporation. Directs the Secretary of Interior to execute both agreements. Sets forth provisions regarding the waiver, release, and retention of specified water rights claims. | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4890 | 113 | hr | 4890 | Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act | Native Americans | 2014-06-18 | 2014-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House | Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] | NV | D | H001066 | 0 | Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act - Directs that approximately 26,565 acres of land in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Reclamation be: (1) held in trust for the benefit of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, and (2) made part of the Tribe's reservation. Restricts gaming on the land. Requires the Tribe to use the land for traditional and customary uses, stewardship conservation for the benefit of the Tribe, residential or recreational development, or renewable energy development. Requires the Tribe to pay the Secretary fair market value for any portion of the land used for another purpose. | 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z | |
| 113-s-2479 | 113 | s | 2479 | Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act | Native Americans | 2014-06-17 | 2014-12-01 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-277. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 0 | Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act - Directs that approximately 25,977 acres of land in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Reclamation be: (1) held in trust for the benefit of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, and (2) be made part of the Tribe's reservation. Restricts gaming on the land. Directs that approximately 88 acres of land held in fee by the Tribe be: (1) held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe, and (2) made part of the Tribe's reservation. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-s-2480 | 113 | s | 2480 | Nevada Native Nations Land Act | Native Americans | 2014-06-17 | 2014-12-01 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-278. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | Nevada Native Nations Land Act -Title I: Elko Motocross Land Conveyance - (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Elko County, Nevada, without consideration, approximately 275 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District, Nevada. Requires the land conveyed to be used only: (1) as a motocross, bicycle, off-highway vehicle, or stock car racing area; or (2) for any other public purpose consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Title II: Conveyance of Land to Indian Tribes - (Sec. 201) Holds in trust the following lands: for the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (the Elko Band), approximately 373 acres of BLM land; for the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, approximately 19,094 acres of BLM land; for the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, approximately 82 acres of Forest Service land; for the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, approximately 941 acres of BLM land; for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, approximately 13,434 acres of BLM land; and for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, approximately 11,719 acres of BLM land. Makes the lands held for the Tribes part of their respective Reservations. (Sec. 202) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a survey to establish boundary lines of the land taken into trust for each Indian tribe. Restricts gaming on lands held in trust under this Act. Permits the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable Indian tribe, to carry out any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration activities (including restoration of the sage grouse habitat) on the land that is beneficial to the tribe and BLM. | 2023-01-11T13:25:40Z | |
| 113-hr-4867 | 113 | hr | 4867 | Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act | Native Americans | 2014-06-12 | 2014-11-17 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] | CA | D | R000599 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 19, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act - Provides for the disposition of four parcels of land in California. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey approximately 41.15 acres designated as Morongo lands to Lloyd L. Fields in exchange for 41.15 acres owned by Fields to be held in trust for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Grants an easement to the city of Banning for a public right-of-way in exchange for 1.21 acres of land to be held in trust for the Tribe. | 2023-01-11T13:25:23Z | |
| 113-s-2465 | 113 | s | 2465 | Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act | Native Americans | 2014-06-11 | 2014-10-01 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-267. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 tracts of federal land in New Mexico, the combined acreage of which is approximately 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School for the benefit of 19 specified pueblos immediately after the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) have been satisfied regarding the trust acquisition of such federal land. Requires the federal lands taken into trust to be used for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 pueblos. Requires the federal lands taken into trust to remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service agreement in effect on this Act's enactment date. Requires the 19 pueblos to allow the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to continue to use the federal lands taken into trust for the facilities and purposes as in existence on this Act's enactment date. Prohibits gaming from being carried out on the federal lands taken into trust under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-s-2458 | 113 | s | 2458 | American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-06-10 | 2014-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] | MT | D | W000818 | 1 | American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program who: (1) are a member of an Indian tribe, and (2) have been employed as a full-time teacher for five consecutive complete school years in an Indian school or in a local educational agency that serves at least 10 Indian students or whose schools have an enrollment of students at least 25% of which are Indians. | 2023-01-11T13:26:08Z | |
| 113-s-2442 | 113 | s | 2442 | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act | Native Americans | 2014-06-05 | 2014-12-12 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-317. | Senate | Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] | MT | D | W000818 | 1 | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 932 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. (Sec. 5) Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mineral interests underlying the land on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in exchange for U.S. coal mineral interests underlying the land referred to as Bull Mountains and East Fork. Sets forth conditions on the conveyance to Great Northern Properties. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the deed for those federal coal mineral interests includes a covenant that precludes surface mining of the coal unless certain conditions are met. Prohibits Montana from taxing the mineral interests this Act conveys to the Tribe. Sets forth conditions regarding waiver of claims by the Tribe and Great Northern Properties. (Sec. 6) Requires the Northern Cheyenne Trust Fund to be transferred to the Tribe in exchange for the Tribe waiving all of its claims arising from U.S. management of the Fund. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to prepare an inventory of fractionated land interests held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Tribe or individual Indians on the Tribe's Reservation. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-s-2387 | 113 | s | 2387 | A bill to amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land buy-back programs, to require that certain amounts be deposited into interest bearing accounts, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] | MT | D | W000818 | 0 | Amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to enter into contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with eligible Indian tribes to carry out activities related to them under the Land Consolidation Program. Requires the Secretary to invest the amounts remaining in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund into public debt securities with maturities suitable to the needs of such Fund. Requires invested funds and the interest to be used for the purposes for which the Trust Land Consolidation Fund was established. Makes the Secretary responsible for ensuring that all payments are made to beneficiaries within one year. | 2023-01-11T13:26:19Z | |
| 113-sres-463 | 113 | sres | 463 | A resolution honoring the life, accomplishments, and legacy of Billy Frank, Jr., and expressing condolences on his passing. | Native Americans | 2014-05-22 | 2014-06-04 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Honors the life, legacy, and accomplishments of Billy Frank, Jr. Extends sympathy and condolences to the family of Billy Frank, Jr., the Nisqually Tribe, all Native Americans, and people around the world who were inspired by his example. | 2023-01-11T13:26:18Z | |
| 113-hr-4694 | 113 | hr | 4694 | To amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land buy-back programs, to require that certain amounts be deposited into interest bearing accounts, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2014-05-21 | 2014-05-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 1 | Amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to enter into contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with eligible Indian tribes to carry out activities under the Land Consolidation Program. Requires the Secretary to invest the amounts remaining in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund into public debt securities with maturities suitable to the needs of the Fund. Deems invested funds to have been used to conduct the Land Consolidation Program and for other costs associated with the Class Action Settlement Agreement. Makes the Secretary responsible for ensuring that all payments are made to beneficiaries within one year. | 2023-01-11T13:26:27Z | |
| 113-hr-4699 | 113 | hr | 4699 | Indian Country Economic Revitalization Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-05-21 | 2014-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] | WA | D | D000617 | 10 | Indian Country Economic Revitalization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, within one year of this Act's enactment and every three years thereafter, to submit a report and recommendations for promoting the sustained growth of the economies of Indian tribes and lands. Requires each report to include: data on Indian business development and employment during the preceding 3-year period, except for the first report which is to include data from the preceding 10 years; an assessment of existing structural advantages and barriers to the economic development of Indian tribes and lands; an analysis of Indian access to adequate infrastructure, affordable energy, educational opportunities, and investment capital; and recommendations on legislation to strengthen the economies of Indian tribes and lands in areas that include regulatory, tax, and trust reform. Directs the Secretary to consider appropriate information contained in previous studies and reports in conducting this Act's studies. | 2023-01-11T13:26:27Z | |
| 113-s-2299 | 113 | s | 2299 | Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-05-07 | 2014-10-01 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-266. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 10 | Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2019 and revise a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. Decreases the required minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by the grant program from: 10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests, and 15 to 10 enrollees in the Native American language survival schools. Changes the duration of grants provided under the program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-hr-4546 | 113 | hr | 4546 | Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-05-01 | 2014-07-15 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 6 | Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2014 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Tribal Self-Governance Program. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office of Self-Governance, to select up to 50 new Indian tribes per year from those eligible to participate in self-governance. | 2023-01-11T13:26:31Z | |
| 113-hr-4534 | 113 | hr | 4534 | Native American Children's Safety Act | Native Americans | 2014-04-30 | 2014-12-22 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 530. | House | Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] | ND | R | C001096 | 0 | Native American Children's Safety Act - Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (Act) to prohibit the final approval of any foster care placement by a tribal social services agency until the agency: (1) completes a criminal records check of each covered individual who resides in the household or is employed at the institution in which the foster care placement will be made, and (2) concludes that each of those individuals meets the standards the tribe is required to establish. Defines a "covered individual" as an adult and any other individual the tribe determines is subject to a criminal records check. Requires the tribal social services agency, as part of those investigations, to: (1) perform criminal records checks, including fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases; (2) check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by the state, and any tribal abuse registries maintained in the state, in which the individual resides; and (3) request any other state in which the individual resided during the preceding five years to allow the agency to check its registry. Prohibits a foster care placement from being ordered if the investigation reveals that the covered individual has been found guilty by a federal, state, or tribal court of a felony involving child abuse or neglect, spousal abuse, a crime against a child, violence, or drugs. Excepts emergency foster care placements from such requirements. Requires each Indian tribe to establish procedures, within two years after this Act's enactment, to recertify homes or institutions in which foster care placements are made. Requires those procedures to include, at a minimum, periodic intervals at which the home or institution is subject to recertification to ensure: (1) the safety of the home or institution for the Indian child, and (2) that each covered individual who resides in the home or is employed at the institution is subject to a criminal records check in accordance with this Act's requirements. D… | 2023-01-11T13:25:17Z | |
| 113-s-2256 | 113 | s | 2256 | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act | Native Americans | 2014-04-11 | 2014-04-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] | MT | D | W000818 | 1 | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 1,567 acres of land in Montana depicted on the map entitled "Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Fee-to-Trust Lands" and dated March 26, 2014, into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Requires: (1) Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mineral interests underlying the land on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation generally depicted on the map entitled "Northern Cheyenne Land Act - Coal Tracts" and dated February 27, 2014, and (2) the Secretary to convey to Great Northern Properties all of U.S. coal mineral interests underlying the land generally depicted as "Bull Mountains" and "East Fork" on the map entitled "Northern Cheyenne Federal Tracts" and dated February 27, 2014. Conditions those conveyances on the Secretary receiving a notice from the Tribe that: (1) it has a revenue sharing agreement with Great Northern Properties regarding future development of the Northern Cheyenne Federal Tracts, and (2) Great Northern Properties has agreed to convey those coal and iron ore mineral interests to the Tribe. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the deed for those federal coal mineral interests includes a covenant, running with the land, that precludes surface mining of the coal: (1) absent the written consent of the surface owner, and (2) except as determined to be acceptable for further consideration for leasing in a specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) document. Requires the coal and iron ore mineral interests conveyed to the Tribe under this Act to be held, upon the Tribe's request, in trust for the Tribe. Prohibits Montana from taxing the mineral interests this Act conveys to the Tribe. Requires that, in return for this Act's mineral conveyances: the Tribe must waive all of its claims relating to the failure of the United States to acquire those private coal and iron ore mineral interests in trust for the Tribe as part of its Reservation as direc… | 2023-01-11T13:26:33Z | |
| 113-hr-4388 | 113 | hr | 4388 | American Indian Trust Responsibility Review Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-04-03 | 2014-04-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | G000565 | 15 | American Indian Trust Responsibility Review Act of 2014 - Establishes the American Indian Trust Review Commission to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the unique trust relationship between the United States and federally recognized Indian tribes, and (2) report to Congress within two years of this Act's enactment. Requires the study to analyze: the attributes of that relationship; the policies, practices, structure, and effectiveness of the federal agencies that have trust responsibilities toward Indian tribes; the feasibility of authorizing willing Indian tribes to assume duties currently performed by the federal government; the data necessary for the Commission to get a better understanding of tribal needs; the feasibility of creating high-level federal positions to increase tribal participation in policy formation and program development; the viability of a mechanism to ensure the continuation of critical programs for Indian tribes; the appropriate role of state and local governments in federal activities affecting Indian tribes; and modifications to laws, procedures, regulations, policies, and practices that might further the federal government's trust relationship with Indian tribes. | 2023-01-11T13:26:41Z | |
| 113-hr-4350 | 113 | hr | 4350 | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act | Native Americans | 2014-04-01 | 2014-09-15 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444. | House | Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | D000618 | 0 | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 1,568 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mineral interests underlying the land on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in exchange for U.S. coal mineral interests underlying the land referred to as Bull Mountains and East Fork. Sets forth conditions on the conveyance to Great Northern Properties. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the deed for those federal coal mineral interests includes a covenant that precludes surface mining of the coal unless certain conditions are met. Prohibits Montana from taxing the mineral interests this Act conveys to the Tribe. Sets forth conditions regarding waiver of claims by the Tribe and Great Northern Properties. Requires the Northern Cheyenne Trust Fund to be transferred to the Tribe in exchange for the Tribe waiving all of its claims arising from U.S. management of the Fund. | 2023-01-11T13:25:40Z | |
| 113-s-2188 | 113 | s | 2188 | A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes. | Native Americans | 2014-03-31 | 2014-08-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 540. | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 13 | Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when the tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been federally recognized when the Act was enacted in 1934.) Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to the Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of the action. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the effects of Carcieri v. Salazar on Indian tribes and tribal land. Requires the Secretary to publish a list of each Indian tribe and parcel of tribal land affected by that decision in the Federal Register and on the Department of the Interior's website. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-hr-4328 | 113 | hr | 4328 | Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act | Native Americans | 2014-03-27 | 2014-03-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] | OK | R | C001053 | 3 | Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act - Amends the Johnson-O'Malley Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with tribal organizations, Indian corporations, public school districts, or states to provide educational benefits to Indian students who attend public elementary or secondary schools. Requires contract funds to be used for: remedial instruction, counseling, and cultural programs; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses; important needs, such as school supplies and items that enable students to participate in curricular and extra-curricular programs; program activities that were available to Indian students under contracts entered into under the Act before October 1, 2012; targeted and culturally sensitive dropout prevention activities; and equipment to facilitate training for professional trade skills and intensified college preparation programs. Determines the amount of funds each contractor is to receive by: (1) determining the number of Indian students who were in average daily attendance and receiving a free public education in the public schools of the school districts served by the contractor in the preceding school year, and (2) providing the contractor a minimum amount for each of those students. Authorizes the Secretary to give a contracting preference to a consortium of tribal organizations. | 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4329 | 113 | hr | 4329 | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-03-27 | 2014-12-03 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | House | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | NM | R | P000588 | 2 | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Title I: Block Grants and Grant Requirements - (Sec. 101) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to act within 60 days upon a request by an Indian tribe for a waiver of certain local cooperation requirements and an exemption from taxation requirements under the program providing tribes with block grants for affordable and self-determined housing activities. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary to recommend to Congress standards and procedures for: (1) the waiver of the requirement for an Indian tribe to submit Indian housing plans (IHPs); or (2) alternative IHP requirements, which may include multi-year housing plans. Requires recommendations to describe any legislative and regulatory changes necessary to implement them. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to waive environmental review requirements if inadvertent error prevents satisfaction of such requirements and certain other conditions are met. Requires the Secretary to act within 60 days upon a request of an Indian tribe to waive such requirements. Deems an Indian tribe that is receiving a block grant for an affordable housing project, and is using additional funding from other federal sources that does not exceed 49% of the total project cost, to have satisfied any environmental review requirements attached to those sources if the tribe has assumed environmental review, decisionmaking, and action responsibilities under NAHASDA and complied with its environmental review requirements. (Sec. 104) Gives the Secretary 60 days to approve or deny a request to exceed the maximum total development cost for an affordable housing project. Title II: Affordable Housing Activities - (Sec. 201) Makes low-income training and employment requirements under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 inapplicable to tribal housing activitie… | 2023-01-11T13:25:17Z | |
| 113-s-2160 | 113 | s | 2160 | Native American Children's Safety Act | Native Americans | 2014-03-26 | 2014-04-02 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-324. | Senate | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | ND | R | H001061 | 4 | Native American Children's Safety Act - Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (Act) to prohibit any foster care placement over which an Indian tribe has exclusive jurisdiction from being ordered until the tribal social services agency: (1) completes an investigation of the character of each covered individual who resides in the household or is employed at the institution in which the foster care placement will be made, and (2) concludes that each of those individuals meets the standards of character the tribe is required to establish. Defines a "covered individual" as an adult and any other individual the tribe determines is subject to such character investigation. Requires the tribal social services agency, as part of those investigations, to: (1) perform criminal records checks, including fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases; (2) check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by the state in which the individual resides; and (3) request any other state in which the individual resided during the preceding five years to allow the agency to check its registry. Prohibits a foster care placement from being ordered if the investigation reveals that the covered individual: (1) has been found guilty by a federal, state, or tribal court of a felony involving child abuse or neglect, spousal abuse, a crime against a child, violence, or drugs; or (2) is listed on a child abuse and neglect registry in the state where the individual resides or resided within the preceding five years. Excepts emergency foster care placements from such requirements. Requires each Indian tribe to establish procedures to recertify homes or institutions in which foster care placements are made. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate a regulation establishing: (1) procedures for investigating the character of any covered individual who resides in the home or is employed at the institution in which the child is placed after the investigations that preceded th… | 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z | |
| 113-hr-4277 | 113 | hr | 4277 | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-03-18 | 2014-03-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 7 | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (the Act) to give the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 60 days to act before the request of an Indian tribe for a waiver of certain local cooperation, housing plan, environmental review, or development cost requirements is deemed approved under the program providing tribes with block grants for affordable and self-determined housing activities. Makes tribal prevailing wage laws applicable to the administration of all federal funding for projects funded in whole or part under the Act. Deems an Indian tribe that is receiving a block grant for an affordable housing project under the Act and one or more other sources of federal funding for such project to have satisfied any environmental review requirements that accompany that funding if the tribe has assumed environmental review responsibilities under the Act and is in compliance with those review requirements. Requires the Secretary to waive environmental review requirements if inadvertent error prevents satisfaction of such requirements and certain other conditions are met. Makes low-income training and employment requirements under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 inapplicable to tribal housing activities under the Act. Allows the use of Indian reserve accounts for affordable housing activities, not just the administration and planning of those activities. Makes maximum rent and home buyer payment provisions for housing assisted under the Act inapplicable if the grant recipient has a written policy that does not include maximum rent and home buyer payment provisions. Treats rental housing that is made available to a current tenant for purchase as a home buyer or lease-purchase unit as affordable housing if the unit is made available for occupancy by a low-income family at the time of initial occupancy. Makes the requirement that housing assisted under the Act remain af… | 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z | |
| 113-hr-4265 | 113 | hr | 4265 | To direct the Secretary and the Attorney General to promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2014-03-14 | 2014-03-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] | CA | R | H001048 | 12 | Amends the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General to take all necessary or appropriate steps to: (1) execute and implement on behalf of the United States the settlement agreement approved in principle by the city of Escondido, California, the Vista Irrigation District, the San Luis Rey River Indian Water Authority, and the La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians (California), dated April 23, 2012; and (2) secure the entry of stipulated judgments or other final dispositions in the proceedings among these parties presently pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). | 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z | |
| 113-s-2132 | 113 | s | 2132 | Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-03-13 | 2014-07-30 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 10 | Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014 - Amends laws governing the ability of Indian tribes to develop energy resources located on tribal lands Title I: Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Department of the Interior to: (1) consult with an Indian tribe before adopting or approving a well spacing program that affects its energy resources, (2) provide tribes with technical assistance in planning their energy resource development programs, and (3) work with the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) in establishing the Indian energy resource development program. Makes intertribal organizations eligible for DOE Indian Energy Education Planning and Management Assistance Program grants to manage energy development and efficiency programs. Makes tribal energy development organizations eligible for DOE energy development loan guarantees. (Sec. 102) Requires Interior to make scientific and technical information and expertise available to tribal energy development organizations (in addition to Indian tribes) when issuing energy resource development grants. (Sec. 103) Amends provisions relating to tribal energy resource agreements. States that leases or business agreements entered into by tribes for energy resource development may include construction or operation of facilities that: (1) produce electricity from renewable resources located on tribal land, or (2) process or refine energy resources if a portion has been developed on or produced from tribal land. Allows leases and business agreements that pool, unitize, or communitize a tribe's energy resources with energy resources of other parties. Provides that a lease or business agreement between the Indian tribe and a tribal energy development organization, that is majority owned and controlled by the Indian tribe does not require review and approval by Interior if the lease or business agre… | 2023-01-11T13:25:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4214 | 113 | hr | 4214 | Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act | Native Americans | 2014-03-12 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] | OK | R | C001053 | 4 | Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to schools and private or tribal nonprofit organizations to develop and maintain, or improve and expand, programs that support the use by schools, from the prekindergarten through postsecondary level, of Native American languages as their primary language of instruction. Requires grant applicants to present the Secretary with specified assurances and demonstrations that the schools they will support have the capacity to provide education primarily through a Native American language. Requires grantees to: support Native American language education and development; develop or refine instructional curricula for the schools they support, including distinctive teaching materials and activities; fund training opportunities for school staff that strengthen the overall language and academic goals of their schools; and engage in other activities that promote Native American language education and development. | 2023-01-11T13:26:51Z | |
| 113-s-2040 | 113 | s | 2040 | Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-02-25 | 2014-12-16 | Became Public Law No: 113-232. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 18, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in specified Indian and non-Indian land as part of the settlement of disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribes in Idaho resulting from the realignment of the Blackfoot River by the Corps of Engineers in 1964. (Sec. 5) Requires the non-Indian land to be held in trust by the United States for the Tribes. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer the Indian land to the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for use or sale. Requires any proceeds from the sale of the land to be used to compensate: (1) each non-Indian landowner at fair market value for his or her loss of land resulting from this Act's implementation, and (2) the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for any expenses it incurs in carrying out this Act. Authorizes the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 to dispose of the land or proceeds that remain in any manner it determines to be appropriate. | 2023-03-22T18:49:23Z | |
| 113-s-2041 | 113 | s | 2041 | May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act | Native Americans | 2014-02-25 | 2014-11-13 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-271. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 1 | May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act - Repeals the Act of May 31, 1918 (authorized the Secretary of the Interior to set aside and reserve a tract of land within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho, for town-site purposes). Gives the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation the exclusive right of first refusal to purchase at fair market value any land within the Fort Hall Townsite and offered for sale. Directs the United States to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribes or a member of the Tribes: (1) any land they owned or acquired within the Townsite before this Act's enactment, and (2) any land they owned or acquired within the Townsite on or after this Act's enactment. Declares that, nothing in this Act affects any valid right to any land set aside or set apart under the 1918 Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-s-1998 | 113 | s | 1998 | Native Adult Education and Literacy Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-02-06 | 2014-02-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] | HI | D | H001042 | 5 | Native Adult Education and Literacy Act of 2014 - Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to include Tribal Colleges or Universities as eligible providers of services under that Act. Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to Tribal Colleges or Universities and Native Hawaiian educational organizations to develop and implement innovative, effective, and replicable programs designed to enhance life skills and transition individuals to employability and postsecondary education. Requires grantees to have a multiyear strategy, including performance measures, for increasing the number of adult American Indians, Native Hawaiians, or Alaska Natives that attain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent. Includes among the activities that may be funded by a grant: adult education and literacy services, including workplace literacy services; family literacy services; English literacy programs, including limited English proficiency programs; opportunities for American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives to qualify for a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; and demonstration and research projects and professional development activities designed to develop and identify the most successful means of addressing the educational needs of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native adults. | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-hr-4002 | 113 | hr | 4002 | To revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2014-02-05 | 2014-08-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546. | House | Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] | OK | R | M001190 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Accepts the request of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to revoke the charter of incorporation issued to that tribe and ratified by its members on June 1, 1940. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-s-1948 | 113 | s | 1948 | Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act | Native Americans | 2014-01-16 | 2014-10-01 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-265. | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 10 | Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to tribes, tribal colleges or universities, tribal education agencies, schools, and private or tribal nonprofit organizations to develop and maintain, or improve and expand, programs that support the use by schools, from prekindergarten through postsecondary education, of Native American languages as their primary language of instruction. Requires grant applicants to present the Secretary with specified assurances and demonstrations that the schools they will support have the capacity to provide education primarily through a Native American language. Requires grantees to: support Native American language education and development; develop or refine instructional curricula for the schools they support, including distinctive teaching materials and activities; fund training opportunities for school staff that strengthen the overall language and academic goals of their schools; develop a Native Language alignment plan to create or refine assessments of student proficiency; and engage in other activities that promote Native American language education and development. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-hr-3822 | 113 | hr | 3822 | Fort Wingate Land Division Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2014-01-08 | 2014-03-27 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] | NM | D | L000570 | 1 | Fort Wingate Land Division Act of 2014 - Declares that all interest of the United States in and to certain lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico, and transferred to the Secretary of the Interior are to be held in trust for the Zuni Tribe as part of the Zuni Reservation, unless the Tribe elects to have specified parcels of those lands conveyed to it in restricted fee status. Declares that all interest of the United States in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity and transferred to the Secretary are to be held in trust for the Navajo Nation as part of the Navajo Reservation, unless the Navajo Nation elects to have specified parcels of those lands conveyed to it in restricted fee status. Subjects the lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to reservation by the United States of such easements as the Secretary of the Army determines are reasonably required to permit access to lands of the Activity for administrative, environmental cleanup, and environmental remediation purposes. Requires the lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity identified as parcel 1 to be held in trust subject to a shared easement for cultural and religious purposes only. Declares that the entire access road for the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity shall be held in common by both the Zuni Tribe and the Navajo Nation to provide for equal access to the Activity. Subjects lands held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to such easements as may be reasonably required to permit the Department of Defense (DOD) access to the Missile Defense Agency facility at the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity. Requires the Zuni Tribe or the Navajo Nation, after a parcel of land has been transferred or conveyed, to notify the Secretary of the Army of the existence or discovery of any contamination or hazardous material on it. | 2023-01-11T13:23:30Z | |
| 113-hr-3716 | 113 | hr | 3716 | Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act | Native Americans | 2013-12-12 | 2014-09-26 | Became Public Law No: 113-169. | House | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | NV | R | A000369 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act - (Sec. 3) Authorizes and ratifies the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe-Fish Springs Ranch 2013 Supplement to the 2007 Settlement Agreement, dated November 20, 2013, and entered into by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the Fish Springs Ranch (Agreement). (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Tribe, in return for the benefits set forth in the 2007 Settlement Agreement (Original Agreement), the Agreement, and this Act, to execute a waiver and release against Fish Springs of: all legal rights to challenge the validity, characteristics, or exercise of specified Fish Springs water rights or the project to pump up to 13,000 acre feet per year of such water rights from the Honey Lake Valley Basin for transfer outside of the basin (Project); all claims for damages, losses, or injuries to the Tribe's water rights or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking of the Tribe's water rights; all claims that would impair, prevent, or interfere with implementation of the Project pursuant to the Agreement or Original Agreement, deliveries of water by the Project pursuant to those Agreements or a Water Banking Trust Agreement between Washoe County and Fish Springs, or assignments of water credits pursuant to such Trust Agreement; and all claims against Fish Springs relating to the negotiation or adoption of the Agreement or the Original Agreement. Authorizes the Tribe, in return for the benefits set forth in the Original Agreement, the Agreement, and this Act, to execute a waiver and release of all claims against the United States that accrued at any time before and on the date that Fish Springs makes the payment to the Tribe as provided in the Agreement for damages, losses, or injuries that are related to: the Project or specified Fish Springs water rights; the Agreement, the Original Agreement, the final environmental impact statement for t… | 2023-03-22T18:49:19Z | |
| 113-s-1818 | 113 | s | 1818 | Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act | Native Americans | 2013-12-12 | 2014-07-28 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-220. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act - (Sec. 3) Authorizes and ratifies the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe-Fish Springs Ranch 2013 Supplement to the 2007 Settlement Agreement, dated November 20, 2013, and entered into by the Tribe and the Fish Springs Ranch (Agreement). (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Tribe, in return for the benefits set forth in the 2007 Settlement Agreement (Original Agreement), the Agreement, and this Act, to execute a waiver and release against Fish Springs of: all legal rights to challenge the validity, characteristics, or exercise of specified Fish Springs water rights or the project to pump up to 13,000 acre feet per year of such water rights from the Honey Lake Valley Basin for transfer outside of the basin (Project); all claims for damages, losses, or injuries to the Tribe's water rights or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking of the Tribe's water rights; all claims that would impair, prevent, or interfere with implementation of the Project pursuant to the Agreement or Original Agreement, deliveries of water by the Project pursuant to those Agreements or a Water Banking Trust Agreement between Washoe County and Fish Springs, or assignments of water credits pursuant to such Trust Agreement; and all claims against Fish Springs relating to the negotiation or adoption of the Agreement or the Original Agreement. Authorizes the Tribe, in return for the benefits set forth in the Original Agreement, the Agreement, and this Act, to execute a waiver and release of all claims against the United States that accrued at any time before and on the date that Fish Springs makes the payment to the Tribe as provided in the Agreement for damages, losses, or injuries that are related to: the Project or specified Fish Springs water rights; the Agreement, the Original Agreement, the final environmental impact statement for the North Valleys Rights-… | 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z | |
| 113-hr-3605 | 113 | hr | 3605 | Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act | Native Americans | 2013-11-21 | 2014-04-01 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295. | House | Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] | NM | D | L000580 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act - Amends the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), at the request of the Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior, to transfer certain National Forest land to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo, if a land exchange with the Pueblo required by that Act is not completed within 30 days of this Act's enactment. Identifies that land as National Forest land generally depicted as "Land to be Held in Trust" on the map entitled "Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act" and dated October 18, 2013. Requires such National Forest land to remain undeveloped in its natural state. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the Pueblo and after the transfer of the National Forest land is complete, to: (1) transfer to the Secretary the Pueblo's La Luz tract and a conservation easement on its Piedra Lisa tract, and (2) grant to the Secretary a right-of-way for the Piedra Lisa Trail within the Piedra Lisa tract. | 2023-01-11T13:23:47Z | |
| 113-hr-3608 | 113 | hr | 3608 | Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act | Native Americans | 2013-11-21 | 2014-12-19 | Became Public Law No: 113-290. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | N000127 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Excludes funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from: (1) federal or state income taxes; or (2) use in denying or reducing a member's benefits under the Social Security Act or, except for payments in excess of $2,000, a federal or federally-assisted program. | 2023-03-22T18:49:18Z | |
| 113-hr-3564 | 113 | hr | 3564 | New Mexico Native American Water Settlements Technical Corrections Act | Native Americans | 2013-11-20 | 2013-11-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] | NM | D | L000570 | 0 | New Mexico Native American Water Settlements Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to include among the uses of the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund the reconstruction, replacement, rehabilitation, or repair of water or wastewater infrastructure. Eliminates fiscal year limits on the mandatory appropriation of funds for: (1) the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund, and (2) grants to eligible non-Pueblo entities for mutual-benefit projects. Amends the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act to eliminate fiscal year limits on the mandatory appropriation of funds for: (1) the planning, design, and construction of a regional water system and the conduct of environmental compliance activities; and (2) the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund. Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize appropriations for the planning and design of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico. (Currently, funds are authorized for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of those wells.) Alters the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that may be made available for: (1) the survey, recovery, protection, preservation, and display of archaeological resources in the area of a Project facility or conjunctive use well; and (2) purchasing land and constructing and maintaining facilities to mitigate the loss of, and improve conditions for the propagation of, fish and wildlife. | 2023-01-11T13:23:48Z | |
| 113-sres-304 | 113 | sres | 304 | A resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of the date of the restoration by the Federal Government of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, November 22, 1983. | Native Americans | 2013-11-20 | 2013-11-20 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8410; text as passed Senate: CR S8368) | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the 30th anniversary of the restoration of federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon on November 22, 1983. | 2019-02-20T12:28:31Z | |
| 113-sres-305 | 113 | sres | 305 | A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States. | Native Americans | 2013-11-20 | 2013-11-20 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8410; text as passed Senate: CR S8368-8369) | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 24 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes November 2013 as National Native American Heritage Month and the Friday after Thanksgiving as Native American Heritage Day. | 2019-02-20T12:28:31Z | |
| 113-sres-293 | 113 | sres | 293 | A resolution designating the week beginning on November 18, 2013, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week". | Native Americans | 2013-11-13 | 2013-11-13 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8010; text as passed Senate: CR S8007) | Senate | Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] | ND | D | H001069 | 18 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week beginning on November 18, 2013, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week. | 2019-02-20T12:28:30Z | |
| 113-s-1622 | 113 | s | 1622 | Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act | Native Americans | 2013-10-30 | 2014-10-01 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-264. Additional views filed. | Senate | Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] | ND | D | H001069 | 34 | Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act - (Sec. 4) Establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Requires the President and Congress to appoint to the Commission individuals who have significant experience and expertise in Indian affairs and matters to be studied by the Commission, including health care issues facing Native children, Indian education, juvenile justice programs, and social service programs used by Native children. Requires the Commission to establish a Native Advisory Committee consisting of representatives of Indian tribes from each region of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and a native Hawaiian. Requires members of the Committee to be experienced in matters to be studied by the Commission. Requires the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children, including an evaluation of: the impact of concurrent jurisdiction on child welfare systems; barriers Indian tribes and Native Hawaiians face in using public and private grant resources; obstacles to nongovernmental financial support for programs benefitting Native children; issues relating to the validity and statistical significance of data on Native children; barriers to the development of sustainable, multidisciplinary programs designed to assist high-risk Native children and their families, as well as any examples of successful program models; and barriers to interagency coordination. Directs the Commission to use the results of the study and analyses of existing federal data to: develop plans and goals for federal policy relating to Native children in the short-, mid-, and long-term informed by the development of accurate child well-being measures; recommend modifications and improvements to programs that serve Native children that integrate the cultural strengths of Native communities and result in improvements to the child welf… | 2023-01-11T13:23:52Z | |
| 113-s-1603 | 113 | s | 1603 | Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act | Native Americans | 2013-10-29 | 2014-09-26 | Became Public Law No: 113-179. | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act - Ratifies and confirms the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in taking specified land into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians. Reaffirms that land as trust land. Prohibits an action relating to that land from being filed or maintained in a federal court. | 2023-03-22T18:49:23Z | |
| 113-hr-3313 | 113 | hr | 3313 | Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-10-23 | 2013-10-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | CA | R | L000578 | 12 | Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take specified lands in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians if the Tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. (Placing that land into trust removes certain restrictions on the property under California law.) Makes that land part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation. Prohibits gambling on the land. | 2023-01-11T13:23:57Z | |
| 113-s-1574 | 113 | s | 1574 | Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2013-10-16 | 2014-08-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 1 | Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to make revisions to the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs from federal funds. Renames the Act as the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992. (Sec. 3) Revises the purpose of the Act. (Sec. 5) Revises provisions concerning the authority of Indian tribes to integrate employment, training, and related services programs and federal funds received by the Tribe. (Sec. 6) Lists the types of programs that may be integrated pursuant to an approved integration plan. Makes block grants eligible to be integrated into the plan. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) assess the programs of specified departments of the federal government, and (2) develop an inventory of all programs of those departments that may be integrated. Allows an Indian tribe to include in the plan: (1) any program identified by the Comptroller General in the inventory, and (2) any program not identified in the inventory at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. (Sec. 8) Sets forth requirements regarding the granting or denial of a waiver request. Considers a waiver request to be granted if the head of an affected agency does not make a decision on the request within 90 days. Directs the Secretary to establish and initiate an interagency dispute resolution process if an affected federal agency denies such a request and the Secretary determines that the waiver would not be inconsistent with this Act's provisions or prevent the affected agency from fulfilling its obligations under this Act. Requires if, the dispute resolution process fails to resolve the dispute between a participating Indian tribe and an affected agency, the head of the affected agency shall have the final authority to resolve the dispute. Requires the Secretary, after the dispute is resolved, to provide the req… | 2023-01-11T13:23:53Z | |
| 113-s-1570 | 113 | s | 1570 | Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-10-10 | 2014-04-02 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-324. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 6 | Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2013 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to require that for each fiscal year, beginning with FY2015, discretionary new budget authority for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts of the Indian Health Service includes advance discretionary new budget authority for the following fiscal year. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to include in documents submitted to Congress in support of the President's budget for each of those fiscal years detailed estimates of the funds needed for such accounts for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. Requires the President's budget to include information on estimates of those advanced appropriations. | 2023-01-11T13:23:53Z | |
| 113-hjres-80 | 113 | hjres | 80 | Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 | Native Americans | 2013-10-03 | 2013-10-16 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221. | House | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | S001148 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 for continuing projects or activities not otherwise specifically provided for that were conducted in FY2013 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available by Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (division F of P.L. 113-6) under the headings "Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education" and "Department of Health and Human Services--Indian Health Service." Requires the rate of operations to be calculated to reflect the full amount of any reduction required in FY2013 pursuant to: (1) the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6), and (2) the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-2). Makes appropriations and funds made available and authority granted under this joint resolution available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution, (2) enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2014 without any provision for such project or activity, or (3) December 15, 2013. Requires implementation of this joint resolution so that only the most limited funding action be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. Authorizes amounts made available for civilian personnel compensation and benefits to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for FY2013, except that such authority shall not be used until after the agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personn… | 2023-01-11T13:24:01Z | |
| 113-hr-3229 | 113 | hr | 3229 | Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-10-01 | 2014-07-15 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 13 | Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2013 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to require that for each fiscal year, beginning with FY2015, discretionary new budget authority for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts of the Indian Health Service includes advance discretionary new budget authority for the following fiscal year. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to include in documents submitted to Congress in support of the President's budget for each of those fiscal years detailed estimates of the funds needed for such accounts for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. Requires the President's budget to include information on estimates of those advanced appropriations. | 2023-01-11T13:24:00Z | |
| 113-hr-3110 | 113 | hr | 3110 | Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act | Native Americans | 2013-09-17 | 2014-07-25 | Became Public Law No: 113-142. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 1, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to collect the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls up to two times a year at up to five locations within Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. Considers the collection of those eggs within the Park by the Association to be a use specifically permitted by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Requires collection schedules and locations to be based on an annual plan prepared by the Secretary and the Association. | 2023-03-22T18:49:18Z | |
| 113-hr-3068 | 113 | hr | 3068 | Relating to members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan. | Native Americans | 2013-09-09 | 2013-09-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1] | MI | R | B001271 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, out of money not otherwise appropriated, unspecified sums to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan and to its tribal members pursuant to a judgment rendered by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. | 2023-01-11T13:24:12Z | |
| 113-hres-335 | 113 | hres | 335 | To refer H.R. 3068, a bill making congressional reference to the United States Court of Federal Claims pursuant to sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, United States Code, the Indian trust-related claims of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan as well as its individual members. | Native Americans | 2013-09-09 | 2013-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. | House | Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1] | MI | R | B001271 | 0 | Refers the bill (H.R. 3068) entitled "Relating to members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan" to the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a determination as to whether the tribe and its members have Indian trust-related legal or equitable claims against the United States other than the legal claims pending in such Court on the date of enactment of this resolution. Directs the chief judge, notwithstanding any statute of limitations, to report back to the House of Representatives providing: (1) findings of fact and conclusions of law to inform Congress of the nature, extent, and character of the Indian-trust related claims of such Band and its tribal members for compensation in such legal or equitable claims against the United States; and (2) the amount, if any, legally or equitably due from the United States to such claimants. | 2023-01-11T13:24:07Z | |
| 113-hr-2991 | 113 | hr | 2991 | Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-08-02 | 2013-08-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | D000618 | 0 | Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2013 - Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Makes the Tribe and each member eligible for all services and benefits provided by the United States to Indians and federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near an Indian reservation. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of Blaine, Cascade, Glacier, and Hill Counties, Montana. Directs the Tribe, as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits pursuant to this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll consisting of the name of each individual enrolled as a member of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to maintain such membership roll. Directs the Secretary to acquire, for the benefit of the Tribe, trust title to 200 acres of land within the Tribe's service area to be used for a tribal land base. | 2023-01-11T13:24:17Z | |
| 113-hr-3030 | 113 | hr | 3030 | Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-08-02 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 1 | Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to include Indian tribal governments in an annual allocation of a national tax-exempt bond volume cap. Repeals the condition limiting an Indian tribal government's eligibility to issue tax-exempt bonds or to be exempt from specified excise taxes to the connection of those bonds and excise taxes to an essential government function. Amends the IRC and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to treat employee benefit plans maintained by Indian tribes and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to tribal law in the same manner as plans maintained by states and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to state law. Treats tribal charities and foundations in the same manner as charities and foundations funded and controlled by other governmental entities for purposes of the tax-exempt status of, and deduction for contributions to, such organizations. Amends the Social Security Act to give Indian tribes or tribal organizations access to the Federal Parent Locator Service if they are eligible for a grant to operate a child support enforcement program. Makes those tribes and tribal organizations eligible to participate in the program that collects past-due support from the federal tax refunds individuals are due. Amends the IRC to establish a clean renewable energy bond limitation for Indian tribal governments for each of calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from allocating more than 20% of the national clean renewable energy bond limitation to finance any one project. | 2023-01-11T13:24:16Z | |
| 113-s-1447 | 113 | s | 1447 | New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act | Native Americans | 2013-08-01 | 2014-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on August 26, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells. Revises the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that may be made available for specified purposes by: increasing from 2% to 4% the portion of funds that may be used for the survey, recovery, protection, preservation, and display of archaeological resources in the area of a Project facility or conjunctive use well; and decreasing from 4% to 2% the portion of funds that may be used for purchasing land and constructing and maintaining facilities to mitigate the loss of, and improve conditions for the propagation of, fish and wildlife. Makes technical corrections. | 2023-01-11T13:23:24Z | |
| 113-s-1448 | 113 | s | 1448 | Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act | Native Americans | 2013-08-01 | 2014-06-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 448. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 2 | Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act - (Section 5) Establishes the Spokane Tribe of Indians Recovery Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit $53 million into the Fund. Requires payments from the Fund to the Spokane Business Council in compensation for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam. (The Spokane Business Council is the Spokane Tribe's governing body.) Requires the Council to prepare a plan for the use of those payments to promote: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; (3) educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the Tribe and its members; or (4) any combination of those activities. (Sec. 6) Directs the Bonneville Power Administration to make annual payments under the Colville Settlement Agreement to the Spokane Tribe. Requires the Administration to: (1) make commensurate cost reductions in expenditures on an annual basis to recover each payment to the Tribe, and (2) include any such cost reduction in its annual budget. (Sec. 7) Specifies the tax treatment of payments made to the Council or Tribe and the interest and income generated by those payments. (Sec. 9) Provides that the deposit of amounts in the Fund extinguishes all monetary claims that the Tribe may have against the United States to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use of the Tribe's land to produce hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam. (Sec. 10) Declares that nothing in this Act establishes any precedent or is binding on the Southwestern Power Administration, Western Area Power Administration, or Southeastern Power Administration. | 2023-01-11T13:23:24Z | |
| 113-s-1474 | 113 | s | 1474 | Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2013-08-01 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-275. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 9, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to repeal a provision prohibiting Alaska tribes other than the Metlakatla Indian Community from issuing and enforcing domestic violence protective orders against non-member Alaska Natives and non-Natives. | 2023-03-22T18:49:23Z | |
| 113-s-1477 | 113 | s | 1477 | Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-08-01 | 2013-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] | KS | R | M000934 | 2 | Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding such enterprises or institutions from coverage by such Act). | 2023-01-11T13:23:23Z | |
| 113-s-1394 | 113 | s | 1394 | Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-07-30 | 2013-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 0 | Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2013 - Approves the Fort Belknap Indian Community-Montana Water Rights Compact, except to the extent that it conflicts with this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute the Compact once it is approved by the Fort Belknap Indian Community (Community), which is composed of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes and their members and allottees. Requires the United States, the Community, and Montana to petition the Montana Water Court to approve a decree, identified as Appendix 1 to the Compact, that has been agreed to by those parties. Voids approval of the Compact if the decree is not approved within five years after it is filed in court. Requires the tribal water rights to be held in trust by the United States for the Fort Belknap Indian Community and its allottees. Requires the Community to enact, and secure the Secretary's approval of, a Tribal Water Code to regulate tribal water rights. Deems the Code to be approved if the Secretary does not approve or reject it within 90 days of receiving it. Allows the Community, with the approval of the Secretary and Montana, to transfer, temporarily, certain portions of the tribal water rights for use off the Fort Belknap Reservation within the Missouri River Basin. Prohibits the term of such transfer agreements from exceeding 100 years, though the agreement may provide for the renewal of the transfer for an additional term of up to 100 years. Directs the Secretary to provide Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program pumping power, at preferred rates, to up to 27,000 net acres under irrigation pursuant to Community projects. Requires the Community and the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Reservation to enter into an agreement, subject to the Secretary's approval, regarding the manner by which they will exercise Milk River water rights on their reservations. Lists the factors to be taken into account in arriving at an equitable accommodation of each tribe's Mil… | 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z | |
| 113-s-1374 | 113 | s | 1374 | Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-07-25 | 2013-07-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 0 | Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to allow the donation to and serving of traditional food through a food service program at a public or nonprofit facility that primarily services Indians if the food service program operator takes specified measures to ensure the safe preparation, processing, and labeling of such food. Includes wild game meat, fish, seafood, marine mammals, plants, and berries as traditional food. States that the United States and an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall not be liable in any civil action for any damage, injury, or death caused to any person by the donation to or serving of traditional foods through a food service program. | 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z | |
| 113-s-1352 | 113 | s | 1352 | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-07-24 | 2014-04-11 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-152. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 12 | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Title I: Block Grants and Grant Requirements - (Sec. 101) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (Act) to allow Indian housing block grant recipients to use income that is realized from program income without restriction. Applies tribal prevailing wage laws to the administration of all federal funding for projects funded in part under that Act. (Sec. 102) Deems compliance with the environmental review requirements of the Indian housing block grant projects to satisfy any other federal environmental review requirements imposed on agencies involved in the projects. (Sec. 103) Reauthorizes appropriations for the block grants through FY2018. Title II: Affordable Housing Activities - (Sec. 201) Makes an exception to the requirement that housing assisted under the Act remain affordable for the useful life of the property if: (1) a family or household member subsequently takes over ownership of a unit, or (2) an improvement is made to a privately owned unit and the aggregate value of that improvement for the five-year period following its completion is less than $10,000. Allows rental housing made available to a current tenant for conversion to a homebuyer or lease-purchase unit to be purchased by the tenant if that tenant was a low-income family at the time of initial occupancy. (Sec. 202) Applies lease termination notification requirements to any project or program funded in part under the Act. (Sec. 203) Repeals a program allowing Indian tribes to use a portion of the block grants for housing activities wholly self-determined by the Indian tribe. (Sec. 204) Prohibits affordable housing that is developed, acquired, or assisted under the block grant program from exceeding by more than 20% the total development cost maximum cost for all housing assisted under an affordable housing activity, without the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Title III: Compliance, Au… | 2023-01-11T13:24:23Z | |
| 113-hr-2718 | 113 | hr | 2718 | American Indian Empowerment Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-07-17 | 2013-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 1 | American Indian Empowerment Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to transfer land the federal government holds in trust for a federally recognized Indian tribe to such tribe as restricted fee tribal land, subject to a restriction against alienation and taxation, after receiving the Indian tribe's request for such transfer. (Restricted fee tribal land is land to which a tribe holds legal title, but which carries legal restrictions against alienation or encumbrance.) Allows Indian tribes to lease, or grant an easement or right-of-way on, restricted fee tribal land for any period of time without the Secretary's review and approval. Gives the laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe that establish a system of land tenure governing the use of the land the tribe holds precedence over any federal law or regulation governing the use of such land, excepting a federal restriction against its alienation and taxation. | 2023-01-11T13:24:32Z | |
| 113-hr-2650 | 113 | hr | 2650 | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-07-10 | 2014-03-21 | Became Public Law No: 113-88. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 3, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the Band's benefit. | 2023-03-22T18:49:17Z | |
| 113-hr-2508 | 113 | hr | 2508 | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act | Native Americans | 2013-06-26 | 2013-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] | CA | R | C000059 | 12 | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement, entered into by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, the Rancho California Water District (RCWD), the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), and the United States. Ratifies, confirms, and declares valid the Tribal Water Right which shall be held in trust by the United States on behalf of the Band and its allottees. States that the Band shall: (1) have the authority to use, allocate, and lease the Tribal Water Right; and (2) enact a Pechanga Water Code. Authorizes the waiver of claims by the Band and the United States regarding: (1) Santa Margarita River Watershed water rights, (2) subsidence damage to lands within the Reservation, and (3) the negotiation or execution of the Pechanga Settlement Agreement or this Act. Requires the Band and the United States to waive such claims against the RCWD and EMWD. Establishes in the Treasury the Pechanga Settlement Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to use amounts from designated accounts of that Fund to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement and the ESAA Capacity Agreement, both entered into by the Band, RCWD, and United States. (The ESSA Capacity Agreement deals with the delivery of potable water that the Band receives from the EMWD and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California pursuant to an Extension of Service Area Agreement with those entities.) Repeals this Act and voids any related agreements on the later of May 1, 2030, or the day after an alternative date agreed to by the Band and the Secretary, if the Secretary does not publish a statement of findings required under this Act by April 30, 2030. Returns any appropriations and unobligated amounts to the general fund of the Treasury. | 2023-01-11T13:24:46Z | |
| 113-s-1219 | 113 | s | 1219 | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act | Native Americans | 2013-06-25 | 2014-07-22 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-215. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - (Sec. 4) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement (Agreement), entered into by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, the Rancho California Water District (RCWD), and the United States, except to the extent that it is modified by or conflicts with this Act. Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms any amendment to the Agreement to the extent such amendment is executed to make the Agreement consistent with this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute the Agreement and any amendments to the Agreement necessary to make it consistent with this Act. Deems the execution of the Agreement to not constitute a major federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. (Sec. 5) Confirms a Tribal Water Right of up to 4,994 acre-feet of water per year that, under natural conditions, is physically available on the Band's Reservation. Requires the Tribal Water Right to be held in trust by the United States on behalf of the Band and its Allottees, free from forfeiture or abandonment. Gives the Band the authority to use, allocate, distribute, and lease the Tribal Water Right in accordance with the Agreement and applicable federal law. Authorizes Allottees to lease their lands together with any water right that is appurtenant to such lands. (Allottees are individuals who hold a beneficial real property interest in an Indian allotment that is located within the Reservation and held in trust by the United States.) Requires the Band to enact a Pechanga Water Code that governs the storage, recovery, and use of the Tribal Water Right in accordance with the Agreement. Subjects any provision of the Pechanga Water Code and any amendment to the Code that affects Allottee's rights to the Secretary's approval. (Sec. 7) Authorizes and directs the Band and the United States (acting as trustee for the Band), in return for recognition of the Tribal Water Right and the other benefits set forth in the Agreement and thi… | 2023-01-11T13:24:39Z | |
| 113-hr-2442 | 113 | hr | 2442 | Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act | Native Americans | 2013-06-19 | 2013-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 0 | Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Duwamish Tribe. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of federal services. Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws. Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe. | 2023-01-11T13:24:48Z | |
| 113-hr-2388 | 113 | hr | 2388 | To take certain Federal lands located in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2013-06-14 | 2014-07-16 | Became Public Law No: 113-127. | House | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] | CA | R | M001177 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 10, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Takes specified federal land in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. Describes that land as the approximately 40.852 acres of federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) identified as "Conveyance boundary" on the map titled "Shingle Springs Land Conveyance/Draft" and dated June 7, 2012, including improvements and appurtenances thereto. Prohibits class II and III gaming on such lands. | 2023-03-22T18:49:16Z | |
| 113-hr-2367 | 113 | hr | 2367 | Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act | Native Americans | 2013-06-13 | 2013-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] | NM | D | L000570 | 3 | Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an in-school facility innovation program contest to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to solve the problem of how to improve Indian school facilities for problem-based learning. Requires the Secretary of Education (Secretary) and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Department of the Interior and Department of Education Joint Oversight Board to coordinate Indian education policies and assistance. Amends part A (Indian Education) of title VII (Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a program awarding grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to create or expand teacher and administrator pipelines for teachers and administrators of Native American students. Amends the school improvement program, under part A of title I of the ESEA, to require states to develop standards-based assessments and classroom lessons that accommodate diverse learning styles. Directs: (1) the Secretary to expand programs for Native American school children to support learning in the children's Native language and culture and provide English language instruction, and (2) the Comptroller General to conduct research on culture- and language-based education to identify the factors that improve education and health outcomes. Excepts Native language teachers from the requirement that teachers be highly qualified. Requires states to develop an alternative licensure or certification process for those teachers. Directs the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program providing grants to public and nonprofit private agencies to assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. Requires Department of Education assistance programs for elementary and secondary s… | 2023-01-11T13:24:50Z | |
| 113-hr-2319 | 113 | hr | 2319 | Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-06-11 | 2013-12-26 | Became Public Law No: 113-70. | House | Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] | OK | R | M001190 | 16 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 11, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994 to authorize the construction of the National Native American Veterans' Memorial on the property under the jurisdiction of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall. (Currently, its location is restricted to the interior structure of the Museum.) Authorizes the Museum to participate in the selection of the Memorial's design, on more than a consultative basis, with the National Congress of American Indians. Makes the Museum and the National Congress of American Indians responsible for accepting contributions for, and paying the expenses of, establishing the Memorial. (Currently, the National Congress of American Indians is solely responsible for those duties.) | 2023-03-22T18:49:16Z | |
| 113-s-1131 | 113 | s | 1131 | Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act | Native Americans | 2013-06-11 | 2013-06-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an in-school facility innovation program contest to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to solve the problem of how to improve Indian school facilities for problem-based learning. Requires the Secretary of Education (Secretary) and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Department of the Interior and Department of Education Joint Oversight Board to coordinate Indian education policies and assistance. Amends part A (Indian Education) of title VII (Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a program awarding grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to create or expand teacher and administrator pipelines for teachers and administrators of Native American students. Amends the school improvement program, under part A of title I of the ESEA, to require states to develop standards-based assessments and classroom lessons that accommodate diverse learning styles. Directs: (1) the Secretary to expand programs for Native American school children to support learning in the children's Native language and culture and provide English language instruction, and (2) the Comptroller General to conduct research on culture- and language-based education to identify the factors that improve education and health outcomes. Excepts Native language teachers from the requirement that teachers be highly qualified. Requires states, in collaboration with Indian tribes or Tribal Colleges and Universities, to develop an alternative licensure or certification process for those teachers. Directs the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program providing grants to public and nonprofit private agencies to assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. Requires … | 2023-01-11T13:24:41Z | |
| 113-s-1132 | 113 | s | 1132 | Lumbee Recognition Act | Native Americans | 2013-06-11 | 2013-10-30 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-219. | Senate | Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] | NC | R | B001135 | 1 | Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities. Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe. | 2023-01-11T13:24:41Z | |
| 113-hr-2190 | 113 | hr | 2190 | Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-05-23 | 2013-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 3 | Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2013 - Extends federal recognition to the following Indian tribes of Virginia and establishes their relationship with the federal government as described below: (1) the Chickahominy Tribe, (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division, (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., (5) the Monacan Indian Nation, and (6) the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Makes the tribes and their members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Establishes the service area of each tribe and requirements for each tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, on request of any of the tribes, to take specified lands into trust for the benefit of that tribe, to be considered part of that tribe's reservation. Prohibits the tribes from conducting gaming activities. Prohibits this Act from affecting the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribes and their members. Prohibits the use of eminent domain to acquire lands in fee or in trust for an Indian tribe recognized under this Act. | 2022-11-15T16:33:02Z | |
| 113-s-1046 | 113 | s | 1046 | Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-05-23 | 2013-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3851) | Senate | Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] | HI | D | S001194 | 9 | Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994 to authorize the construction of the National Native American Veterans' Memorial on the property of the National Museum of the American Indian. (Currently, its location is restricted to the interior structure of the Museum.) Authorizes the Museum to participate in the selection of the Memorial's design, on more than a consultative basis, with the National Congress of American Indians. Makes the Museum and the National Congress of American Indians responsible for accepting contributions for, and paying the expenses of, establishing the Memorial. (Currently, the National Congress of American Indians is solely responsible for those duties.) | 2023-01-11T13:23:21Z | |
| 113-s-1074 | 113 | s | 1074 | Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-05-23 | 2014-07-14 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-209. Additional views filed. | Senate | Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] | VA | D | K000384 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) States that nothing in this Act affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 regarding agreements between states and Indian tribes. Title I: Chickahominy Indian Tribe - (Sec. 103) Extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Tribe. Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of New Kent, James City, Charles City, and Henrico Counties, Virginia. (Sec. 104) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) before the date of this Act's enactment. (Sec. 105) States that the governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body in place on the date of this Act's enactment, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body. (Sec. 106) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007, and that is located within New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within those counties. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years. Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter o… | 2023-01-11T13:23:20Z | |
| 113-hr-2069 | 113 | hr | 2069 | To amend the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to waive certain eligibility requirements. | Native Americans | 2013-05-21 | 2013-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1] | MI | R | B001271 | 0 | Amends the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to waive, for up to seven years, Tribally Controlled Colleges or Universities Grant program eligibility requirements for tribally controlled colleges or universities that: (1) have received assistance under that program for ten consecutive years, (2) are located on Indian land in a county whose Indian population did not decrease by more than 1% between the two most recent decennial censuses, and (3) the Secretary determines will use the waiver to support higher education opportunities appropriate to Indian needs. (The requirements that may be waived deal with school governance, adherence to Indian needs, student body composition, and accreditation.) Deems an application for such a waiver to be approved if the Secretary does not act upon it within 30 days of its receipt. | 2020-02-10T16:50:45Z | |
| 113-hr-2037 | 113 | hr | 2037 | Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act | Native Americans | 2013-05-16 | 2013-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] | OR | D | S001180 | 23 | Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a five-year grant to one department of psychiatry in, or one non-profit entity affiliated with, an accredited medical school in this country to carry out a demonstration program to recruit, train, deploy, and professionally support psychiatric physicians who agree to provide primary and specialty health care services in Indian health programs for at least two years. Requires the grantee to: (1) create a nationally-replicable workforce model that identifies and incorporates best practices for carrying out such activities, and (2) provide participating psychiatric physicians with up to one year of supplemental clinical and cultural competency training that enables them to provide primary and specialty health care services in Indian health programs. Requires participating psychiatric physicians to: (1) be licensed or eligible for licensure to practice in the state to which they will be deployed; and (2) demonstrate a commitment, beyond the one year of training and two years of deployment, to a career as a specialty care or primary care physician providing mental health services in Indian health programs. Gives a preference to psychiatric physicians who are American Indians or Alaska Natives. Directs the Secretary to make a repayment, under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program, of the educational loans of participating psychiatric physicians for each year of their deployment to an Indian health program. | 2021-09-27T21:40:38Z | |
| 113-s-919 | 113 | s | 919 | Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2014 | Native Americans | 2013-05-09 | 2014-12-04 | By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-285. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 13 | Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2014 - Title I: Indian Self-Determination - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (the Act) to change the Department of the Interior's process for approving self-governance compacts and annual funding agreements with Indian tribes. Modifies Interior's process to make it similar to processes used by the Department of Health and Human Service's Indian Health Service. (Sec. 101) Revises the definition of "self-determination contract" to state that no contract shall be considered to be a procurement contract or subject to federal procurement law, except for specified construction contracts. (Sec. 102) Directs Interior to negotiate contracts and funding agreements in good faith to maximize implementation of the self-determination policy. Requires provisions of contracts or funding agreements to be liberally construed for the benefit of the Indian tribe. (Sec. 103) Directs Interior to interpret all federal laws, regulations, and executive orders in a manner that facilitates: (1) inclusion in self-determination contracts and funding agreements of applicable programs, services, and related funds; (2) implementation of self-determination contracts and funding agreements; and (3) achievement of tribal health objectives. (Sec. 104) Adds administrative or other expenses incurred by the governing body of the Indian tribe or tribal organization to the contract support costs eligible to receive funding under the Act. Specifies that no less than 50% of the expenses incurred by the governing body of a tribe or tribal organization relating to a program, function, service, or activity pursuant to the contract shall be considered to be reasonable and allowable. (Sec. 105) Provides that provisions in the model statutory agreement allowing the parties to agree to additional contract and funding agreement terms do not make inapplicable the provisions in Section 102 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act requiring prop… | 2023-01-11T13:24:58Z | |
| 113-s-920 | 113 | s | 920 | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013 | Native Americans | 2013-05-09 | 2013-10-30 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 1 | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the Band's benefit. | 2023-01-11T13:24:58Z | |
| 113-hr-1894 | 113 | hr | 1894 | To establish an Office of Tribal Relations in the Department of Agriculture. | Native Americans | 2013-05-08 | 2013-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] | SD | R | N000184 | 0 | Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Office of Tribal Relations within the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to advise the Secretary on policies related to Indian tribes. | 2022-11-15T16:32:41Z |
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