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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.3000] [Defense ] [National Security ] [Military ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [International ] [Trade ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Aerospace ] [Science ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Construction ] [Small Business ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Rights ] [Economic Development ] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Health ] [Crime ]
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL Provides appropriations for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (the military departments), and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. TITLE II--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Provides appropriations for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) for the military departments, other agencies of DOD, the Reserve Components, and the Army and Air National Guard. Provides appropriations for: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thad Cochran Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Cochran. With Written Report No. 114-263. on 05/26/2016

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A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund. [S.2959] [Water ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ]
A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to specify that settlement funds may be used for the planning, design, and construction of the tribe's rural water system.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 11/15/2016

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Certainty for States and Tribes Act [S.2938] [Energy ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Mining ] [Native American Affairs ]
Certainty for States and Tribes Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to reestablish the Royalty Policy Committee, which should include members representing states and Indian tribes who produce minerals on federal or tribal land. In addition, Interior must establish a State and Tribal Resources Board, a subcommittee to the Royalty Policy Committee. The board and committee must advise Interior as it formulates policies and regulations regarding mineral production on federal and tribal lands. The board can delay the issuance of a final (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2879-2880) on 05/17/2016

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A bill to provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and for other purposes. [S.2916] [Native American Affairs ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Real Estate ]
A bill to provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Indian Long-Term Leasing Act to expand the land of the Pueblo of Santa Clara and Ohkay Owingeh pueblo that may be leased for up to 99 years with the approval of the Department of the Interior, from lands held in trust, to all of the lands of the Pueblo of Santa Clara and Ohkay Owingeh pueblo.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 12/10/2016 Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-431. on 12/20/2016

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Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016 [S.2902] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Science ] [Climate Change ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Construction ] [Agriculture ]
Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016 TITLE I--LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS FOR WESTERN STATES SUBJECT TO DROUGHT Subtitle A--Water Supply Improvements (Sec. 101) This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to: (1) submit a report including, for any state in which a county designated by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a drought disaster area during water year 2015 is located, a list of projects operated for flood control in accordance with rules prescribed under the Flood Control Act of 1944; and (2) carry out at least (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With Amendments. With Written Report No. 114-353. on 09/15/2016

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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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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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Recreation Not Red-Tape Act [S.2706] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Recreation ] [Veterans ] [Senior Citizens ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Tourism ]
Recreation Not Red-Tape Act This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to adopt a consistent and uniform special recreation permitting process with respect to outfitters and guides. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall sell National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes entrance and recreation fees through federal websites. Interior and USDA should: work with the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1594) on 03/17/2016

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San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 [S.2681] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Mining ] [Native American Affairs ]
San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to retire any coal preference right lease application for which it has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination by: issuing bidding rights in exchange for relinquishment of the application, and making a payment to the relevant state of 50% of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in lieu of any monetary bonus in a coal lease sale or of rental or royalty under a federal coal lease. Interior shall make such payments (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 09/22/2016

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Pueblo de Cochiti Self-Governance Act [S.2643] [Native American Affairs ] [Gaming ] [Funding ] [Water ]
Pueblo de Cochiti Self-Governance Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Act of August 26, 1992, to ratify modifications to the settlement agreement between the Pueblo de Cochiti of New Mexico and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In accordance with the amended agreement, the tribe assumes legal and financial responsibility for the operation and maintenance of a drainage system, and gaming is prohibited on land acquired using settlement funds.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso With An Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-381. on 11/17/2016

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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. [S.2637] [Animals ] [Arts and Culture ] [Native American Affairs ]
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. This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft, clothing or art on the basis that it contains a non-edible migratory bird part, so long as the bird was not taken in a wasteful manner.

  

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

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Reservation Land Consolidation Act of 2016 [S.2636] [Native American Affairs ]
Reservation Land Consolidation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Indian Reorganization Act to have land within or contiguous to an Indian tribe's reservation taken into trust for the benefit of the tribe immediately upon the tribe's submission to the Department of the Interior of an application that contains title evidence for the land. Currently, such applications must be reviewed and approved by Interior before the land is taken into trust.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Committee On Indian Affairs. Hearings Held. on 09/14/2016

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California Desert Conservation, Off-Road Recreation, and Renewable Energy Act [S.2568] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Climate Change ] [Water ] [Native American Affairs ] [Environmental ] [Recreation ]
California Desert Conservation, Off-Road Recreation, and Renewable Energy Act This bill designates specified lands in the California Desert Conservation Area or San Bernardino National Forest in California as wilderness areas. Specified wilderness study areas are released from further study. There is established the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area. Boundaries are revised for Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Joshua Tree National Park. The bill designates specified off-highway vehicle recreation areas within the Conservation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S961-962) on 02/23/2016

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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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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. [S.2421] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Native American Affairs ] [Environmental ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ]
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. (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Tanana Tribal Council in Tanana, Alaska, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain property (including all land, improvements, and appurtenances) containing 11.25 acres, in the village of Tanana for use in connection (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-362. on 09/27/2016

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Climate Protection and Justice Act of 2015 [S.2399] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
Climate Protection and Justice Act of 2015

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/10/2015

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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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