Last updated: January 6, 2021
Passed Legislation (by date)
Title: Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2019
Summary: This bill extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. The bill makes the tribe and its members eligible for services and benefits provided to federally recognized tribes and their members, without regard to the existence of a reservation or the location of the residence of any member. The service area of the tribe is considered to be the area comprised of Blaine, Cascade, Glacier, and Hill Counties, Montana. The tribe must submit a membership roll to the Department of the Interior as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits. The tribe must maintain the membership roll. Interior must take into trust for the benefit of the tribe 200 acres of land within the tribe's service area to be used for a tribal land base.
News Articles: Little Shell recognition long overdue (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) 1/2/20, Montana Tribe Recognition bill passes US House (U.S. News) 3/27/19, The struggle of the Little Shell Tribe (The Week) 3/23/19, House set to clear first Indian Country bills under Democratic control (Indianz) 3/22/19, Tester, Daines reintroduce bill recognizing Little Shell (U.S. Senator Jon Tester) 1/8/19
Title: A resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2019, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.
Sponsors: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Latest Major Action: Senate - 05/06/2019 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
Summary:
In progress.
Title: A resolution designating May 5, 2019, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native American Women and Girls".
Sponsors: Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]
Latest Major Action:
Senate - 05/02/2019 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Summary:
This resolution designates May 5, 2019, as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls.
Title: Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act
Sponsors: Rep. Grijalva, Raul M. [D-AZ-3]
Latest Major Action: 04/16/2019 Became Public Law No: 116-14. (All Actions)
Summary:
Passed Senate (04/09/2019)
Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to carry out the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan which was submitted to Congress on March 19, 2019, by Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Interior must execute the plan without delay and operate applicable Colorado River System reservoirs accordingly.
News Articles: Trump signs bill endorsing Colorado River drought plan (USA Today) 4/16/19, Cronkite News: Congress passes Colorado River drought plan that includes tribes (Indianz) 4/9/19
Title: A resolution designating the week beginning February 3, 2019, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".
See Also: H.Res.104
Sponsors: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Latest Major Action: Senate - 01/31/2019 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
Summary:
Passed Senate (01/31/2019)
This resolution designates the week beginning on February 3, 2019, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.
Title: Savanna's Act
Summary: This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Indians. The bill requires DOJ to take the following actions: provide training to law enforcement agencies on how to record tribal enrollment for victims in federal databases; develop and implement a strategy to notify citizens of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System; conduct specific outreach to Indian tribes regarding the ability to publicly enter information through the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or other non-law enforcement sensitive portal; develop guidelines for response to cases of missing and murdered Indians; provide training and technical assistance to Indian tribes and law enforcement agencies for implementation of the developed guidelines; and report statistics on missing and murdered Indians. Federal law enforcement agencies must modify their guidelines to incorporate the guidelines developed by the DOJ. The FBI shall include gender in its annual statistics on missing and unidentified persons published on its website.
Title: PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act
Summary: Became Public Law No. 116-180 on 10/21/20.
This bill replaces the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project with the Tribal Self-Governance Program. Under the program, Native American tribes or organizations may receive grants to plan for participation in self-governance and to negotiate the terms of participation.
News Articles: Rep. Haaland introduces bipartisan Progress for Indian Tribes Act (Native News Online) 4/4/19
Proposed Legislation (by topic)
Business & Economics
Title: Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2019
News Articles: Committee passes two Hoeven tribal economic development bills (U.S. Committee on Indian Affairs) 1/29/19
Title: Native American Business Incubators Program Act
News Articles: Udall, Heinrich, Warren, Cortez Masto, Smith work to expand entrepeneurship in Indian Country (U.S. Senator Tom Udall) 1/31/19
Title: Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act
News Articles: Alaska delegation moves to protect Native craftsmen (U.S. Congressman Don Young) 3/15/19
Title: Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act
Title: Native American Business Outreach Act
Title: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Setttlement Act.
Summary: This bill amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act, which restores the federal trust relationship between the United States and the tribe, to prohibit the Act from being construed to preclude or limit the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
News Articles: Congessional Budget Office analysis (CBO) 7/9/19, Committee passes two Hoeven tribal economic development bills (U.S. Committee on Indian Affairs) 1/29/19
Title: Tribal Marijuana Sovereignty Act of 2019
Title: Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2019
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Indian employment credit.
Summary: This bill permanently extends the tax credit for Indian employment. (Under current law, the tax credit expired at the end of 2017.)
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.
Title: A bill to establish a program in the Department of the Treasury to allocate funds to States, units of general local government, and Indian Tribes to provide assistance to certain small businesses, and for other purposes.
Title: To establish an Office of Emerging Markets within the Small Business Administration that will strengthen the development of small business concerns in emerging markets, such as those owned by women; socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, or enrolled members of a federally or State recognized Indian Tribe), Asian Pacific Americans, and other minorities; veterans; and those located in rural areas, and for other purposes.
Title:
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules for tribal economic development bonds.
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Community Development
Title: Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act
Summary: This bill revises a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services to preserve Native American languages. The minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by grants is reduced from 10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests, which provide instruction through the use of a Native American language for children under the age of 7 and their parents. For survival schools, which are programs striving for fluency in a Native American language and proficiency in other academic fields, the minimum number of enrollees is reduced from 15 to 10. The bill increases the maximum duration of grants.
News Articles: NM delegation applauds Senate passage of bipartisan bill to reauthorize Native American language programs (U.S. Representative Deb Haaland) 7/9/19, New Mexico delegation leads introduction of bipartisan bicameral bill to reauthorize Native American language programs (U.S. Senator Tom Udall) 1/31/19
Title: FinCEN Improvement Act of 2019
Summary: This bill amends the duties of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN must work with tribal law enforcement agencies, protect against terrorism regardless of origin, and coordinate internationally on matters involving emerging technology and virtual currency.
Title: To amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act
Title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve access by Indian Tribes to support from the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support program (E-rate) of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.
Title: To establish a Native American language resource center.
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Education
Title: Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
Summary: This bill allows schools that receive grants under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.
News Articles: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to hold legislative hearing on three bills (Indian Country Today) 4/29/19, Indian Country's legislative priorities inch forward in divided Congress (Indianz) 4/29/19
Title: Native Educator Support and Training Act
Title: A bill to provide a grant program for elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to help offset costs associated with complying with guidelines, recommendations, and other public health communications issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or a State, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or locality related to mitigating the hazards presented by COVID-19.
Title: Native American Indian Education Act
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require State educational agencies and tribal educational agencies receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy and school threat assessment team policy, and for other purposes.
Title: America's College Promise Act of 2019
Title: Native American Language Vitalization Act
Title: Indigenous STEM Professional Development Act
Title: To expand opportunity for Native American children through additional options in education, and for other purposes.
Title: To provide a grant program for elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to help offset costs associated with complying with guidelines, recommendations, and other public health communications issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or a State, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or locality related to mitigating the hazards presented by COVID-19.
Title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program.
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Federal Indian Relations
Title: A resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian Affairs
Title: Klamath Tribe Judgement Fund Repeal Act
Summary: This bill repeals the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act, which sets forth how funds credited to the Klamath Tribe must be distributed. The Department of the Interior must disburse to the tribe the balance of funds that were appropriated or deposited into per capita trust accounts and trust accounts for remaining legal fees and administration.
Title: To nullify the Supplemental Treaty Between the United States of American the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon, concluded on November 15, 1865.
News Articles: Cost estimate from the Congessional Budget Office (CBO) 5/30/19, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to hold legislative hearing on three bills (Indian Country Today) 4/29/19, Indian Country's legislative priorities inch forward in divided Congress (Indianz) 4/29/19
Title: Not Invisible Act of 2019
News Articles: Interior hold listening session with tribal partners on reclaiming Native communities (U.S. Department of the Interior) 6/13/19
Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.
Title: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act
News Articles: Indian Affairs Committee to hold business meeting to consider two Indian bills (Indian Country Today) 7/15/19; Rounds, Sinema, Lankford, O'Halleran, Cole, Johnson introduce bipartisan, bicameral bills to repeal antiquated, hostile laws directed toward Native Americans (U.S. Rep. Tom Cole) 7/10/19
Title: Electronic Service for Effectiveness, Reduction of Violence, and Improved Court Efficiency Act of 2019
Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.
Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exapnd the new markets tax credit to assist Native American communities, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to ensure sufficient bonding and complete and timely reclamation of land and water disturbed by Federal and Indian oil and gas production, and for other purposes.A bill to amend the CARES Act to provide flexibility in use of funds by States, Indian Tribes, and municipalities.
Title: A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act
Title: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019
News Articles: Sens. Moran, Daines introduce Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act (U.S. Senator Jerry Moran) 1/28/19
Title: ANTIQUITIES Act
News Articles: Pieces of Haaland's first bill become law as part of Public Lands Package (Native News Online) 3/13/19
Title: To server United States Government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until such time as the Creek Nation of Oklahoma restores full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised in the October 6, 1979, Creek Nation vote and fulfills all its treaty obligations with the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Title: Building Success for Youth ChalleNGe Act
Title: Recognizing the vital importance of Native American participation in the 2020 decennial census of population.
Title: Tribal TANF Fairness Act of 2019
Title: Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act
Title: Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2019
Title: An Act Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes
News Articles: Indian Affairs Committee to hold business meeting to consider two Indian bills (Indian Country Today) 7/15/19; Rounds, Sinema, Lankford, O'Halleran, Cole, Johnson introduce bipartisan, bicameral bills to repeal antiquated, hostile laws directed toward Native Americans (U.S. Rep. Tom Cole) 7/10/19
Title: To repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of North Dakota over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation."
Title: Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent individuals who are not members of Indian tribes from receiving Indian tribal benefits, and for other purposes.
Title: Removing Federal Barriers to Offering of Mobile Sports Wagers on Indian Lands Act
Title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve State, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain matching fund requirements, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.
Title: To repeal the eighth proviso under Operation of Indian Programs of 1998 to restore Tribal sovereignty.
Title: To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to extend the coverage of Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to Tribal Governments.
Title: To ensure that after a declaration of a major disaster affected States, local governments, and Indian tribal governments receive immediate approval for services and assistance provided under section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
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Health & Welfare
Title: A resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2020, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.
Title: A bill to enhance tribal road safety, and for other purposes.
News Articles: Senate Committee passes Barrasso bill to improve safety on tribal roads (U.S. Senator John Barrasso) 1/29/19
Title: Tribal Law and Order Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2019
Title: Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act
News Articles: New bill seeks to protect Native American communities affected by government shutdown (WBAL) 2/2/19
Title: Tribal HUD-VASH Act of 2019
News Articles: Legislation to provide housing for homeless veterans in Indian Country passes Committee (Native News Online) 2/7/19, Udall, Tester, Hoeven, Isakson fight to curb veteran homelessness in Indian Country (Los Alamos Daily Post) 1/31/19
Title: Tribal Adoption Parity Act
Summary: This bill allows Indian tribal governments to determine whether a child has special needs for the purposes of the adoption tax credit.
Title: Studying the Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019
Title: Assessment of the Indian Health Service Act of 2019
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Title: Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019
Title: Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act
News Articles: Interior hold listening session with tribal partners on reclaiming Native communities (U.S. Department of the Interior) 6/13/19
Title: POWER Act
Title: Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhacement Act
Title: Urban Indian Health Parity Act
News Articles: Udall, Lujan, New Mexico delegation introduce legislation to address health disaparities for Native Americans living in urban areas off the reservation (Native News Online) 4/16/19
Title: Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act
Title: Addressing Underdeveloped and Tribally Operated Streets Act
Title: Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2019
Summary: This bill allows an Indian tribe to assume, from a nearby local educational agency (LEA) and in lieu of a state, responsibility for administration of the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, the child and adult care food program, or the summer food service program for children. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must identify, for optional use in LEAs on or near Indian reservations, alternatives to current program requirements related to the daily counting of meals by category, the use of annual applications to determine program eligibility, and the use of universal meal service. USDA may implement such alternatives, as limited by the bill, as well as further test them in demonstration projects. The bill also requires USDA to increase the amount of administrative funds paid to an Indian tribe that agrees to assume responsibility for the administration of one of the specified food programs.
Title: A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution in Indian tribes and tribal organizations and to increase amounts reserved for allotment to Indian tribes and tribal organizations under certain circumstances, and to provide for a Government Accountability Office report on child abuse and neglect in American Indian tribal communities.
Title: Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2019
News Articles: Warren, Cummings, and more than 95 Colleagues in Senate and House Reintroduce Comprehensive CARE Act to Combat the Opioid and Substance Use Epidemic (U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren) 5/8/19
Title: BADGES for Native Communities Act
Title: Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act of 2019
Title: A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing 2-fiscal-year budget authority, and for other purposes.
Title: Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act
Title: A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand supportive services for Native American aging programs, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to modify the procedures for loan guarantees provided for Indian housing, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a special behavioral health program for Indians.
Title: Supplemental Services for Native Elders Act
Title: A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to deem employees of urban Indian organizations as part of the Public Health Service for certain purposes, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to fund grants for the immediate deployment of temporary wireless broadband service on Tribal lands and Hawaiian Home Lands, to provide emergency special temporary authority to use electromagnetic spectrum for the provision of wireless broadband service on Tribal lands and Hawaiian Home Lands, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to provide States and Indian Tribes with flexibility in administering the temporary assistance for needy families program due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), to make emergency grants to States and Indian Tribes to provide financial support for low-income individuals affected by that public health emergency, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend section 330C of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize special programs for Indians for providing services for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, community-based entities, and primary care and behavioral health organizations to address behavioral health needs caused by the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-19.
Title: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide grants to States and Indian Tribes to deploy affordable, high-speed broadband to unserved and underserved areas.
Title: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.
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A bill to improve access by Indian Tribes to support from the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support program (E-rate) of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the collection and availability of health data with respect to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to assist Tribal entities in deploying broadband using the 2.5 GHz spectrum band.
Title: A bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States, and for other purposes.
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A bill to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.
Title: A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a new Tribal priority window for the 2.5 gigahertz band, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of a health care copayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran who is a member of an Indian Tribe.
Title: A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a grant program for transportation projects to improve Tribal health, well-being, and youth safety, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to waive the cost share requirement for Indian Tribes receiving disaster assistance relating to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to recognize the crisis of violence against Native women.
Title: Honoring and recognizing the military service and contributions of Native American veterans and communities.
Summary: This resolution honors the disproportionately high military service, sacrifice, and patriotism of Native American veterans. The resolution also expresses the House's commitment to addressing the unique hardships and inequities faced by Native Americans who are veterans, servicemembers, and families who have lost a loved one in military service.
Title: Recognizing the maternal health crisis among indigenous women in the United States, which includes American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women, recognizing the importance of reducing mortality and morbidity among indigenous women, and calling for urgent Federal funding changes to ensure comprehensive, high-quality, and culturally competent maternal health and family planning services are available.
Title: Pay our Doctors Act of 2019
Summary: This bill provides FY2019 appropriations to the Indian Health Service (IHS) if a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for FY2019 is not in effect. In the event of a partial government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations, the bill provides continuing appropriations to the IHS at the same level that was provided for FY2018.
Title: Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act
News Articles: Interior hold listening session with tribal partners on reclaiming Native communities (U.S. Department of the Interior) 6/13/19
Title: Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act
Title: Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2019
Title: SURVIVE Act.
Title: Violence Against Women Reauthoriziation Act of 2019
News Articles: VAWA bill would create limited 'Indian Country' for 5 Alaska tribe (Alaska Public Media) 4/3/19, Haaland introduces VAWA amendments to combat missing and murdered indigenous women crisis (Congresswoman Deb Haaland) 4/2/19, House moves closer to passage of Violence Against Women Act (Indianz) 4/1/19
Title: PrEP Assitance Program Act
Title: Studying the Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019
Title: Not Invisible Act of 2019
News Articles: Rep. Haaland leads historic bill to increase focus on missing and murdered indigenous women (Native News Online) 5/2/19
Title: To provide rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Seeds Protection Act of 2019
Title: Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act
Title: Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act
Title: Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act
Title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts.
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve behavioral health outcomes for American Indians and Alaskan Natives, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the public health system in tribal communities and increase the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives pursuing health careers, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of a health care copayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran who is a member of an Indian tribe.
Title: To amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.
Title: To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand supportive services for Native American aging programs, and for other purposes.
Title: To reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
Title: To expedite and streamline the deployment of affordable broadband service on Tribal land, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to clarify the requirement of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to reimburse the Indian Health Servie for certain health care services.
Title: To provide for coverage of testing for COVID-19 at no cost sharing for Indians receiving health services through Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.
Title: To ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facilities operated by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or inter-tribal consortium, and facilities operated by an urban Indian organization receive items from the strategic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epidemic products directly from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Title: To deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the CARES Act to provide for payments to the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, and for other purposes.
Title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Indian Health Services Sanitation Facilities Construction Program, and for other purposes.
Title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, community-based entities, and primary care and behavioral health organizations to address behavioral health needs caused by the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-19.
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To preserve Indian Tribes' and Native Hawaiian organizations' autonomy of access to spectrum over Tribal lands and expedite immediate deployment of telecommunications services for critical government services, including national emergencies, natural disasters, public health and biohazard threats, safety, education, opportunity to participate in the broadband economy, self-governance, access to Federal, State, and Tribal voting and elections, and the Federal census count, for the protection of life and property in furtherance of the Federal trust responsibility, and for other purposes.
Title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to State, local, and Tribal public health departments to train and equip Federal public health reserve corps personnel to assist with testing, contact tracing, and treatment of COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the collection and availability of health data with respect to Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
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To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain improvements relating to mental health and suicide prevention outreach to minority veterans and American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, and for other purposes.
Title: To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a standardized method for State, Tribal, and local health departments to report to the Centers with respect to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
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To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.
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Lands & Natural Resources
Title: Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compenstation Act
Summary: This bill requires the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe in relation to the construction and operation of the Grand Coulee Dam. Payments made to the tribe may be used or invested in the same manner as other tribal governmental funds. The initial payment 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.
Title: A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Title: Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act.
Title: A bill to clarify certain provisions of Public Law 103-116, the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993, and for other purposes.
News Articles: Catawba Nation asks Congress to fulfill promise in land claim settlement (Indianz) 5/3/19, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to hold legislative hearing on three bills (Indian Country Today) 4/29/19, Indian Country's legislative priorities inch forward in divided Congress (Indianz) 4/29/19, Catawba tribe wants to open a casino near Charlotte. Cherokees call it a 'land grab' (Myrtle Beach Online) 3/22/19
Title: Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
News Articles: Indian Affairs Committee to hold business meeting to consider two Indian bills (Indian Country Today) 7/15/19
Title: Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019
News Articles: Natural Resources Committee passes bill to protect Chaco Canyon from future drilling (Indian Country Today) 7/18/19, Trump administration defers to Congress on protections for ancestral lands (Indianz) 6/7/19, 'Enough is Enough': Tribes endorse bill to protect ancestral lands from Trump (Indianz) 4/9/19, Udall, Heinrich, Lujan, Haaland introduce legislation to protect Chaco Canyon Area (U.S. Senator Tom Udall) 4/9/19
Title: Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019
News Articles: Bill in Congress would resolve large Utah water rights claim (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 4/23/19, Navajo Nation Council commends introduction of Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act (Native News Online) 4/16/19, Romney, McSally, Sinema introduce legislation to settle water rights for Navajo Nation in Utah (UtahPolicy.com) 4/15/19
Title: Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act
Title: A bill to reauthorize certain programs under the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
Title: 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, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019
Title: Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
Title: Montana Water Rights Protection Act
Title: A bill to amend the American's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to expand the Indian reservation drinking water program, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to ensure sufficient bonding and complete and timely reclamation of land and water disturbed by Federal and Indian oil and gas production, and for other purposes.
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A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to, and take into trust for the benefit of, the Burns Paiute Tribe certain land in the State of Oregon.
Title: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act
Summary: This bill authorizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to assess sanitation and safety conditions on land set aside to provide Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds. The bill applies to land held by the United States for the benefit of the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The BIA may enter into contracts with tribes or tribal organizations to improve sanitation, safety conditions, and access to electricity, sewer, and water infrastructure on this land. The Government Accountability Office must report whether the sanitation and safety conditions on the lands have improved as a result of the contracts.
News Articles: Indian Country's legislative priorities inch forward in divided Congress (Indianz) 4/29/19, After 3 years, federal bill to fix Columbia River tribal fishing sites could become law (The Oregonian) 4/26/19
Title: Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2019
Summary: This bill takes specified federal land in Iowa into trust for the benefit of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The land becomes part of the tribe's reservation.
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 729) to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes.
Title: Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2019
Summary: This bill directs the Department of Agriculture, upon request by Yavapai County, Arizona, to convey to the county 80 acres of land within Coconino National Forest in exchange for 369 acres of county land.
Title: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act
News Articles: Mashpee Wampanoag Chairman Cromwell: H.R.312 is not about Senator Elizabth Warren (Native News Online) 5/13/19, 'A Racial Slur': President Trump blamed for derailing passage of two pro-tribal bills (Indianz) 5/8/19, Key house committee approves Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation bill (Native News Online) 5/2/19, Indian Country's legislative priorities inch forward in divided Congress (Indianz) 4/29/19, Witness list for hearing on tribal homelands and tribal consulation bills (Indianz) 4/2/19, House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States takes up Carcieri fix (Indianz) 3/29/19, Democrats plan to vote against homelands bill for Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (Indianz) 3/25/19, House set to clear first Indian Country bills under Democratic control (Indianz) 3/22/19, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe welcomes movement on bill to keep reservation in trust (Indianz) 3/19/19, Aquinnah tribe objects to Keating bill (Cape Cod Times) 1/28/19, Masphee tribe's casino land bill re-introduced in Congress (South Coast Today) 1/9/19
Title: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019
Summary: This bill ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take approximately 1,427 acres of land in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The bill also ratifies the actions of Interior to assume jurisdiction over the appeals relating to the acquisition of this land, and dismiss those appeals. The land is made part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation. The bill removes restrictions on the land pursuant to certain state laws. Under the bill, gaming is prohibited on this land.
News Articles: Indian Country's legislative priorities inch forward in divided Congress (Indianz) 4/29/19, Chumash reintroduces legislation to place Camp 4 into federal trust (Santa Ynez Valley Star) 1/9/19
Title: To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Summary: This bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Department of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted.
News Articles: 'A Racial Slur': President Trump blamed for derailing passage of two pro-tribal bills (Indianz) 5/8/19, Indian Country's legislative priorities inch forward in divided Congress (Indianz) 4/29/19, Witness list for hearing on tribal homelands and tribal consulation bills (Indianz) 4/2/19, House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States takes up Carcieri fix (Indianz) 3/29/19
Title: To provide for the equitable settlement of certain land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
Summary: This bill confers exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma's land claim arising under the Treaty of Grouseland. The court must render judgement without regard to defenses based on the passage of time, including the statute of limitations. The United States is the only entity liable for such a claim, and monetary damages are the only available remedy. This jurisdiction expires unless such a claim is filed within one year. All other claims of the tribe, including claims to title arising under the Treaty of Grouseland and the Northwest Ordinance, are extinguished.
Title: Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act
Title: Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019
Title: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act
Summary: This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 11,760 acres of identified federal land in the Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota. Immediately upon transfer, the federal land shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and considered as a part of its reservation. The federal land shall not become eligible or be used for gaming activities under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Title: Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act
Summary: This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to award grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of any of the following tribal coastal zone objectives: protecting, restoring, or preserving areas in the zone that hold important ecological, cultural, or sacred significance for the tribes, or traditional, historic, and esthetic values essential to the tribes; preparing and implementing a special area management plan and technical planning for important coastal areas; and implementing any coastal or shoreline stabilization measure for the purpose of public safety, public access, or cultural or historical preservation.
Title: Bears Ears Expansion and Respect for Sovereignty Act
News Articles: Bennet, more than 100 members of Congress reintroduce ANTIQUITIES Act to protect America's national monuments from unlawful attacks (U.S. Senator Michael Bennet) 2/7/19, A House bill would expand Bears Ears to 1.9 million acres (Pacific Standard) 1/31/19
Title: Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2019
Title: Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act
Summary: This bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from administering an oil and gas leasing, development, production, and transportation program in and from the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
News Articles: Indian Country's legislative priorities inch forward in divided Congress (Indianz) 4/29/19
Title: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act.
Title: Yurok Lands Act of 2019.
Title: Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act
Summary: This bill withdraws 1,006,545 acres of federal land in Arizona, including any land or interest in land acquired by the United States after enactment of this bill from entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws.
News Articles: Natural Resources Committee passes Grijalva bills to protect Grand Canyon from uranium mining, remove uranium from "critical minerals" list (Indian Country Today), Trump administration defers to Congress on protections for ancestral lands (Indianz) 6/7/19
Title: Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2019 .
News Articles: House set to clear first Indian Country bills under Democratic control (Indianz) 3/22/19
Title: RECLAIM Act of 2019
Title: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019
Title: Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2019
News Articles: Native Sun News Today: Indian country supports reform of mining laws (Indianz) 5/22/19
Title: To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the San Felipe Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Title: Samish Indian Nation Land Reaffirmation Act
Title: To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: To accept land into trust for the benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community as compensation to the Tribe for Tribal lands that have been rendered dangerous by the use and storage of highly toxic nuclear materials, some of which also have been inundated by flood waters, to release the United States from related claims, and for other purposes.
Title: Indian Buffalo Management Act
Title: Promoting Sustainable Energy Projects for Tribal Communities Act of 2019
Title: Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2020
Title: To convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.
Title: Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act
Title: To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize a program to address orphaned, abandoned, or idled wells on Federal land, to establish a program to provide grants to States and Tribes to address orphaned wells, and for other purposes.
Title: To empower federally recognized Indian Tribes with the option to designate restricted fee Tribal lands, and for other purposes.
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Tribal Recognition
Title: A bill to permit the Miami Nation of Indiana to apply for acknowledgement as a federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: 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.
Title: Lumbee Recognition Act
Title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: To protect the status of lands held in trust for the benefit of federally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Title: To provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
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General Native American Affairs
Title: A resolution recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.
Title: A resolution acknowledging the reprehensible policy of the United States regarding the forced relocation of the Potawatomi people from their homeland east of the Mississippi River to Kansas and Oklahoma and the devastating hardships the Potawatomi people endured during the march west, known as the "Potawatomi Trail of Death".
Title: A resolution recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.
Title: Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019
News Articles: Udall, Lujan introduce bicameral Native American Voting Rights Act (Native News Online) 3/13/19
Title: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2019
Title: A bill to repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of North Dakota over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation".
News Articles: Spirit Lake Nation jurisdiction bill about to clear first hurdle in Congress (Indianz) 7/24/19
Title: A bill to provide civil and criminal jurisdiction over Alaska Natives and non-Alaska Natives for certain Indian tribes in the State of Alaska.
Title: A bill to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend Public Law 106-511 to reauthorize the Navajo electrification demonstration program, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to establish a Native American language resource center.
Title: A bill to grant Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.
Title: A bill to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to increase the dividend exclusion, to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under that Act, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in land in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Title: Supporting goals and ideals of International Mother Language Day in bringing attention to the importance of preserving linguistic and cultural heritage through education.
Title: Promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2019, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.
Title: Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2019
Title: Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act
Summary: This bill authorizes advance appropriations for several covered appropriations accounts of (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education within the Department of the Interior, and (2) the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year. The covered accounts within the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education include (1) Operation of Indian Programs, (2) Contract Support Costs, and (3) the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account. The covered accounts within the Indian Health Service include (1) Indian Health Services, and (2) Contract Support Costs. The bill also requires the President's budget and the supporting documents submitted to Congress to include detailed estimates related to the advance appropriations.
Title: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2019
Title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to add access to telecommunications and information services in Indian country and areas with high populations of Indian people to the universal service principle relating to access to such services in rural, insular, and high cost areas.
Title: To establish the Native American Outreach Program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Title: Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments
Title: To direct the Federal Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices targeted at Indian Tribes or members of Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to move the enforcement office to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to increase the civil monetary penalties for failure to follow the processes established by that Act, to protect confidential information, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reclassify the GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers in the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) tactical patrol unit operating on the Native American Tohono O'odham Nation (commonly known as the "Shadow Wolves") as GS-1811 ICE Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents, to amend the Native American Hiring preference granted to the Department of Homeland Security in support of the Shadow Wolves program to modify the job series and title for newly hired Shadow Wolves from GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers to GS-1811 ICE HSI Special Agents, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize the President to provide disaster assistance to States and Indian Tribes under a major disaster recovery program, and for other purposes.
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