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Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2015 [S.286] [Native American Affairs ]
Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2015 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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 08/04/2015

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RESPECT Act Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act [S.2796] [Native American Affairs ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Human Rights ]
RESPECT Act Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act This bill repeals outdated provisions regarding treatment of Native Americans, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds Committee On Indian Affairs. Ordered To Be Reported With An Amendment Favorably. on 09/14/2016

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Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act [S.2739] [Native American Affairs ] [Energy ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Water ] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Social Security ]
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act This bill establishes the Spokane Tribe of Indians Recovery Trust Fund to compensate the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam. The council must prepare a plan for the use of those payments to promote any combination of: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the tribe and its members. The Bonneville Power (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-377. on 11/16/2016

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A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes. [S.2732] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Native American Affairs ]
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to exempt Indian tribes from any requirement to provide compensatory mitigation as a condition of a permit to discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the United States when the permitted activity is conducted on Indian land. If the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/17/2016

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A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes. [S.2727] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Native American Affairs ]
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a permittee under the Act to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for discharging dredged or fill material into the waters of the United States (permitted activity) by entering into a preservation lease with a state (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/17/2016

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DRIFT Act of 2016 Dam Repairs and Improvements for Tribes Act of 2016 [S.2717] [Water ] [Native American Affairs ] [Infrastructure ]
DRIFT Act of 2016 Dam Repairs and Improvements for Tribes Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-382. on 11/17/2016

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Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 [S.248] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Native American Affairs ]
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) 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).

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-140. on 09/10/2015

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Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act [S.2417] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Native American Affairs ] [Public Health ]
Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow the Indian Health Service (IHS) to pay copayments owed to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by Indian veterans for services authorized under the Purchased/Referred Care program. The IHS and the VA, in consultation with impacted Indian tribes, must enter into a memorandum of understanding that authorizes the IHS to pay such copayments unless it would decrease the quality of, or access to, health care for individuals receiving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-376. on 11/16/2016

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Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act [S.2326] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Native American Affairs ] [Arts and Culture ] [Recreation ]
Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act This bill redesignates the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. The bill also establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial within the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to commemorate the location of the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854 between the U.S. government and leaders of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes. The Department (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Maria Cantwell Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S8165) on 11/19/2015

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Lumbee Recognition Act [S.2285] [Native American Affairs ] [Gaming ] [Human Services ]
Lumbee Recognition Act This bill amends the Act of June 7, 1956, to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and make its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Deparment of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr Committee On Indian Affairs. Hearings Held. on 09/07/2016

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An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 [S.2132] [Finance ] [Telecommunications ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Education ] [Social Security ] [Children and Youth ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Energy ] [Insurance ]
An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government; the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and several related agencies. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service. Executive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 251. on 10/06/2015

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Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2015 [S.209] [Energy ] [Native American Affairs ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2015 TITLE I--INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Department of the Interior to provide Indian tribes with technical assistance in planning their energy resource development programs. The Department of Energy (DOE) Indian energy education planning and management assistance program is expanded to make intertribal organizations eligible for grants and to allow grants to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 12/18/2015

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Gold King Mine Spill Recovery Act of 2015 [S.2063] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Mining ] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Health ]
Gold King Mine Spill Recovery Act of 2015 This bill entitles persons to compensation for allowable damages (i.e., property, business, or financial losses) under the Federal Tort Claims Act if they were injured by the spill into Cement Creek from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. The spill occurred on August 5, 2015. The bill establishes an Office of Gold King Mine Spill Claims within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to process and pay compensation claims. The EPA must work with affected states and Indian tribes to develop, fund, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 09/22/2015

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A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek, Alaska, as a Native village, and for other purposes. [S.2017] [Native American Affairs ]
A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek, Alaska, as a Native village, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as a Native village. Currently, Alexander Creek is recognized as a Native group. (Under the Act, a Native village is entitled to more land than a Native group.) Alexander Creek must file any amendments to its corporate charter that are necessary to convert from a Native group to a Native village. The Department of the Interior (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6536) on 09/09/2015

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Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015 [S.2011] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [National Security ] [Air Quality ] [Climate Change ] [Military ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Science ] [Native American Affairs ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015 TITLE I--THE GULF OF MEXICO OFFSHORE ENERGY AND JOBS ACT OF 2015 (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Department of the Interior to make available for oil and natural gas leasing, and conduct lease sales, including sales of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area in the Gulf of Mexico considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources. Each proposed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Murkowski. With Written Report No. 114-137. Minority Views Filed. on 09/09/2015

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KIDs Act of 2015 Keeping out Illegal Drugs Act of 2015 [S.1984] [Cannabis ] [Crime ] [Native American Affairs ]
KIDs Act of 2015 Keeping out Illegal Drugs Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any Indian tribe or a tribal organization from: (1) cultivating, manufacturing, or distributing marijuana on Indian lands; (2) knowingly or intentionally allowing the cultivation, manufacture, or distribution of marijuana on Indian lands; or (3) failing to prosecute, or to notify the appropriate federal official regarding, an individual or entity who is discovered to be cultivating, manufacturing, or distributing marijuana on Indian lands or failing to destroy the relevant (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Lankford Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Indian Affairs. on 08/05/2015

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Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act [S.1983] [Water ] [Native American Affairs ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
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), and the United States, except to the extent that it is modified by or conflicts with this Act. Confirms a Tribal Water Right that must be held in trust by the United States on behalf of the Band and its allottees. (Allottees are individuals who hold a beneficial real property interest in an Indian allotment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Committee On Indian Affairs. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 02/03/2016

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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2015 [S.1937] [Food ] [Native American Affairs ] [Education ] [Agriculture ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ]
Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Act to allow 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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 08/04/2015

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A bill to reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of certain Indian tribes. [S.1931] [Native American Affairs ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
A bill to reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of certain Indian tribes. This bill: (1) reaffirms the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States under the Indian Reorganization Act before enactment of this Act for an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date the land was taken into trust, and (2) ratifies and confirms any action of the Department of the Interior in acquiring and taking land into trust under such Act as if the action had been specifically authorized and directed by prior (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Indian Affairs. on 08/04/2015

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Native American Voting Rights Act of 2015 [S.1912] [Voting Rights ] [Native American Affairs ] [Elections ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Native American Voting Rights Act of 2015 This bill prohibits states and local governments from: eliminating the only polling place or voter registration site on an Indian reservation; moving or consolidating a polling place or voter registration site located on an Indian reservation to a location one mile or further from the existing one; moving or consolidating a polling place on an Indian reservation to a location across a natural boundary if that makes travel difficult for a voter, regardless of distance; eliminating in-person voting on an Indian (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/30/2015

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