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| 107-s-3066 | 107 | s | 3066 | Indian Technical Corrections Act | Native Americans | 2002-10-07 | 2002-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10047-10050) | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Indian Technical Corrections Act - Amends Federal law regarding the lease, sale, or surrender of allotted or unallotted Indian lands to: (1) declare that leases of restricted lands for less than seven years do not require approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease the Northern Border Pipeline Company tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for interstate gas pipelines.Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 to require the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to study and report on the effects of the relocation program.Authorizes specified Indian Health Service demonstration projects, including ones related to fetal alcohol syndrome, illegal narcotics traffic, and certain rural health facilities.Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize the Eagle Butte Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to carry out a program to increase salaries and grant bonuses to health care professionals.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to terminate the outstanding balances on expert assistance loans made to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma.Declares that specified Indian lands be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of Indian tribes.Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey specified cemetery articles to corporations that have received title.Authorizes the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property that is not held in trust by the United States.Tribal Governments and Forest Service Collaboration Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial, technical, educational, and related forestry and resource management assistance to specified Indian tribes.Places all right, title, and interest of the United States in specified lands to be held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico. | 2025-08-19T17:32:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3066 |
| 107-s-3059 | 107 | s | 3059 | Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2002-10-04 | 2002-10-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 708. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2002.Requires that amounts distributed to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation under Indian Tribal Judgement Funds Use or Distribution Act (and including funds from the Fort Peck Reservation, et al. v. The United States of America, Docket No. 773-87) be made available for tribal health, education, housing and social services programs including programs: (1) education and youth; (2) improvement of facilities and housing; (3) equipment for public utilities; (4) medical assistance or dental, optical or convalescent equipment; and (5) senior citizen and community services.Prohibits the per capita distribution of such share to any member of the tribe. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3059 |
| 107-s-2989 | 107 | s | 2989 | A bill to protect certain lands held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians from condemnation until a final decision is made by the Secretary of the Interior regarding a pending fee to trust application for that land. | Native Americans | 2002-09-23 | 2002-10-04 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Prohibits transferring or otherwise making available for condemnation specified land located in Riverside County, California, that is held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians until: (1) the Secretary of the Interior renders a final decision on the pending fee to trust application concerning such land; and (2) final decisions have been rendered regarding all appeals relating to that application decision; or (3) such fee to trust application is withdrawn.Declares that nothing in this Act designates any of the land held in fee or any interest in such land as an Indian reservation, Indian country, Indian land, or reservation land for any purpose under any Federal law. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2989 |
| 107-s-2986 | 107 | s | 2986 | Bay Mills Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act | Native Americans | 2002-09-20 | 2002-11-19 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11380-11381) | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 0 | Bay Mills Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take specified land into trust for the benefit of the Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan (the "Community") , with such land becoming part of the reservation of the Community. States that the Secretary's action shall be considered part of the settlement and extinguishment of the Charlotte Beach land claims of the Community, in accordance with the agreement reached between the Community and the Governor of Michigan on August 23, 2002. Classifies the land taken into trust as land obtained in a settlement of a land claim under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.Approves the Charlotte Beach land claim settlement on behalf of the United States, and incorporates the terms of the settlement into this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:28:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2986 |
| 107-s-2971 | 107 | s | 2971 | Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2002-09-19 | 2002-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8929-8930) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to authorize appropriations for Indian reservation roads under the Federal Lands Highways Program through FY 2009.Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from distributing, for years after FY 2003, any amount of obligation authority made available for Indian reservation road bridges and roads.Authorizes appropriations to carry out the planning, design, engineering, construction, and inspection of certain projects concerning deficient Indian reservation road bridges through FY 2009.Raises from two percent to four percent the ceiling for the amount of funds made available for Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year that may be allocated to Indian tribal governments applying for transportation planning pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue grants to Indian tribes to establish rural transit programs on reservations or other land under the jurisdiction of the tribes. Authorizes appropriations.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the maintenance of roads on Indian reservations is a responsibility of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) Congress should annually provide to the Bureau such funding as is necessary to carry out all maintenance of roads on Indian reservations. | 2025-08-19T17:30:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2971 |
| 107-s-2974 | 107 | s | 2974 | A bill to provide that land which is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Tribe may be mortgaged, leased, or transferred by the Tribe without further approval by the United States. | Native Americans | 2002-09-19 | 2002-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 1 | Allows the Seminole Tribe of Florida to mortgage, lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer, without further U.S. approval, all or any part of its interest in any real property held by the Tribe on September 1, 2002, that is not held in trust by the United States. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2974 |
| 107-s-2921 | 107 | s | 2921 | Native American Contracting and Federal Lands Management Demonstration Project Act | Native Americans | 2002-09-10 | 2002-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8462-8463) | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 1 | Native American Contracting and Federal Lands Management Demonstration Project Act - Amends the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Native American Federal Lands Management Demonstration Project.Requires the project to contract with at least 12 Indian tribes or tribal organizations to perform archeological, anthropological and cultural surveys and analyses, and activities related to the identification, maintenance, or protection of lands considered to have religious, ceremonial or cultural significance to Indian tribes.Sets forth criteria for participation, including demonstrated financial and management stability and capability and significant use of or dependency upon the relevant conservation system unit or other public land unit for which programs, functions, services, and activities are requested to be placed under contract.Makes funding available for planning grants.Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary to contract with an applying Indian tribe for the provision of certain services or deliverables that would otherwise be procured from the private sector and for which the tribe to be benefitted by such services or deliverables has not exercised its right to contract. | 2025-08-19T17:28:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2921 |
| 107-s-2893 | 107 | s | 2893 | A bill to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico. | Native Americans | 2002-08-01 | 2002-10-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | (Sec. 2) Declares the right, title, and interest of the United States in certain tracts of land in Rio Arriba County and in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, respectively (including mineral rights).(Sec. 4) Directs the Office of Cadastral Survey to conduct a survey of the boundary lines between the properties.(Sec. 5) Declares the lands held in trust to be part of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation and the San Ildefonso Indian Reservation and directs that they be administered in accordance with any law (including regulations) or court order generally applicable to property held by the U.S. Government in trust for Indian tribes. Subjects the trust lands and other lands in the Santa Clara Pueblo Grant and the San Ildefonso Pueblo Grant that are held by the respective tribes or subsequently acquired by them to the Pueblo Lands Act of 1924.Requires trust lands to be used only for traditional or customary uses or stewardship conservation. Prohibits trust lands from being used for any new commercial developments beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.(Sec. 6) Prohibits this Act from being construed to: (1) affect any person's (other than the United States') existing right-of-way, lease, permit, mining claim, grazing permit, water right, or other right or interest in or to the trust lands; (2) affect any existing right or claim of either Pueblo to any lands or interest in lands based upon Aboriginal or Indian title; or (3) constitute the reservation of water or water rights in the trust lands or any change in status of water rights of either Pueblo. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2893 |
| 107-s-2799 | 107 | s | 2799 | Gila River Indian Community Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2002-07-25 | 2002-11-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Gila River Indian Community Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2002 - Title I: Gila River Judgment Fund Distribution - (Sec. 101) Requires the per capita distribution of funds paid in settlement of claims made in Docket Nos. 236-C and 236-D, Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. United States, to enrolled members of the Gila River Indian Community (Arizona).Requires the Community to prepare a payment role according to specified criteria. Defines eligible and ineligible recipients.Requires the Gila River Indian Community to provide to the Secretary of the Interior: (1) a notice that indicates the total number of eligible recipients; and (2) enrollment information necessary to allow the Secretary to establish estate accounts for deceased recipients and Individual Indian Money accounts for legally incompetent individuals and minors.Directs the Secretary to disburse funds within 30 days after Community approval of the payment roll. Makes special provision for deceased or legally incompetent individuals and minors.Permits payments of eligible individuals not on the roll out of residual funds and Community-owned funds, as specified.Requires that any judgment funds remaining after distribution, any share remaining unclaimed for six years, or any unpayable share be deposited in the general fund of the Community.Title II: Conditions Relating To Community Judgment Fund Plans - (Sec. 201) Directs the Community to modify the judgment funds distribution plans in Docket No. 228 of the U.S. Claims Court and Docket No. 236-N of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to require the Secretary to: (1) hold the per capital shares of minors in trust until they attain age 18; (2) not disburse judgment funds or interest earned until a minor attains age 18; and (3) distribute to the Community and deposit in its general fund, upon Community request, any residual principal and interest funds remaining after the Community has declared the per capita payments have been completed.Title III: Expert Assistance Loans - (Sec. 301) Cancels the ba… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2799 |
| 107-s-2743 | 107 | s | 2743 | Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2002-07-17 | 2002-10-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 638. | Senate | Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] | AZ | R | K000352 | 1 | Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2002 - (Sec. 4) Ratifies the Settlement Agreement concerning Zuni Indian Tribe water rights claims in the Little Colorado River basin, Arizona. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 2004 for acquisition of water rights and associated lands, and other activities by the Zuni Tribe to facilitate enforceability of the Settlement Agreement; and (2) FY 2004 through 2006 for actions necessary to restore, rehabilitate, and maintain the Zuni Heaven Reservation, including the Sacred Lake, wetlands, and riparian areas.Ratifies specified agreements between the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, Tucson Electric Power Company, the Arizona State Land Department, the Zuni tribe and the United States.(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take legal title of specified lands in the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian into trust for the benefit of the Zuni tribe. Declares that these lands shall not have Federal reserved rights to surface water or groundwater. Requires the Zuni Tribe to make payments in lieu of all current State, county, and local ad valorem taxes that would otherwise apply if those lands were not held in trust.Prohibits the United States, except in certain instances, from removing jurisdiction to Federal courts for disputes over intergovernmental agreements entered into under these trust land agreements.(Sec. 6) Establishes and authorizes appropriations to the Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Development Fund, to be allocated among specified activities, including the acquisition of water rights and restoration of the Zuni Heaven Reservation. Requires deposit in it of any funds paid to the Tribe as required by the Settlement Agreement. Conditions Zuni expenditures from such Fund upon the Secretary's approval of a tribal management plan and an expenditure plan.Prohibits any per capita distribution from the Fund to members of the Zuni Tribe.(Sec. 7) Extinguishes all claims for water rights in Zuni lands.Declares that nothing in t… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2743 |
| 107-s-2711 | 107 | s | 2711 | Native American Omnibus Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2002-07-09 | 2002-11-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Native American Omnibus Act of 2002 - Title I: Land Settlement Provisions - Subtitle A: T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act - (Sec. 1104) Recognizes and protects in perpetuity the Pueblo of Sandia's rights and interests in the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area (Area), including: (1) free and unrestricted access for traditional and cultural uses (except as they conflict with the Wilderness Act and Federal wildlife protection laws); (2) perpetual preservation of the Wilderness and National Forest character of the Area; (3) rights in management (such as right to consent or withhold consent to new uses, consultation regarding modified uses, management and preservation of the Area, and dispute resolution procedures); and (4) exclusive authority to administer access to the Area for traditional and cultural uses by members of the Pueblo and other Indian tribes.Requires the United States to compensate the Pueblo as if it held fee title interest in the affected portion if Congress: (1) diminishes the Wilderness and National Forest designation of the Area by authorizing a prohibited use in all or any portion of it; or (2) permanently denies the Pueblo access for any traditional and cultural uses in all or any portion of the Area.(Sec. 1105) Limits the Pueblo's rights and interest in the Area to exclude: (1) any right to sell, grant, lease, convey, encumber or exchange lands in the Area; (2) exemption from applicable Federal wildlife protection laws; (3) the right to engage in certain prohibited uses; and (4) the right to exclude persons or governmental entities.Excludes from prosecution for Federal wildlife offenses any members of the Pueblo and other federally recognized Indian tribes who exercise traditional and cultural use rights.(Sec. 1106) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service (Secretary), to consult with the Pueblo in its governmental capacity at least twice a year, unless otherwise mutually agreed, concerning protection, preservation, and management of the… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2711 |
| 107-s-2694 | 107 | s | 2694 | Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2002-06-27 | 2002-10-09 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-921. | Senate | Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] | VA | R | A000121 | 1 | Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2002- Extends Federal recognition to: (1) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia; (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern Division of Virginia; (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe of Virginia; (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., of Virginia; (5) the Monacan Tribe of Virginia; and (6) the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia.Sets forth the service areas of the various Tribes and requirements for the Tribes with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon certain land transfers, to take specified lands into trust for the various Tribes' benefit. | 2025-08-19T17:29:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2694 |
| 107-s-2567 | 107 | s | 2567 | Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act | Native Americans | 2002-05-23 | 2002-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4861-4862) | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 2 | Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund Account.Requires the payment of compensation to the Spokane Tribe for the use of their lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam project. Bases such payments on the settlement paid to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, pursuant to the Confederated Tribes Act, adjusted for inflation.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make an initial payment in satisfaction of Spokane Tribe claims from June 29, 1940, through November 2, 1994.Requires the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make subsequent payments, including one for six years only and annual payments.Requires the Secretary to transfer settlement funds to the Spokane Business Council, at their request. Requires 75 percent of such funds to be used for programs for resource development, credit, scholarship, and economic development. Subjects such funds to tribal control and audit.Entitles the Bonneville Power Administration to a deduction from interest otherwise payable to the Secretary for a percentage of payments made to the Spokane Tribe on a comparable basis to that allowed for payments to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.States that payments under this Act constitute full satisfaction of Spokane Tribe claims against annual hydropower revenues of the Grand Coulee Dam project. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2567 |
| 107-s-2212 | 107 | s | 2212 | Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2002-04-18 | 2002-07-30 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-647. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 2 | Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 to create the position of Deputy Secretary for Trust Management and Reform within the Department of the Interior to oversee all Indian trust fund and trust asset matters and to consult with Indian tribes and individual trust asset and trust fund account holders. Directs the Deputy Secretary to establish an advisory board on matters within the jurisdiction of the Office of Trust Reform.Establishes within the office of the Secretary the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight, headed by such Deputy Secretary, to supervise and direct day-to-day activities concerning such assets or funds, including providing accurate inventories, revenue postings, monthly statements, and annual audits.Requires the development and implementation of a ten-year Indian Trust Fund and Trust Asset Management and Monitoring Plan by either an Indian tribe or the Secretary (in close consultation with the tribe). Requires the Plan to: (1) determine the amount and source of trust funds; (2) inventory trust assets; and (3) identify tribal and management objectives along with the actions necessary to achieve them. States that the trust relationship and an approved Plan can coexist.Requires the Secretary to manage funds and assets in accordance with such plan and tribal laws, unless compliance would be contrary to the trust responsibility or otherwise prohibited by Federal law. Requires the active participation of Indian tribes in the promulgation of regulations concerning such funds and assets. | 2025-08-19T17:31:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2212 |
| 107-s-2017 | 107 | s | 2017 | Indian Financing Amendments Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2002-03-14 | 2002-12-13 | Became Public Law No: 107-331. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 3 | Title I: Indian Financing Act Amendments - Indian Financing Act Amendments of 2002 - (Sec. 103) Amends the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to increase from $100,000 to $250,000 the amount of total unpaid principal indebtedness of an individual Indian for which the Bureau of Indian Affairs may guarantee or insure loans.Authorizes any transfer (currently limited to sale or assignment), in whole or in part, of both the guaranteed/insured and unguaranteed/uninsured portions of such a loan. Authorizes secondary transfers (to secondary market investors) as well as initial transfers.Requires that the Secretary of the Interior be notified of such transfers.Declares that, notwithstanding any such transfer, the lender shall remain obligated on the guarantee or insurance agreement between the lender and the Secretary, continue to be responsible for loan servicing, and remain the secured creditor of record.Pledges the full faith and credit of the United States behind loan guarantees and loan insurance made under this Act.Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for the central registration of transferred loans/loan portions; and (2) contract with a fiscal transfer agent to act as the Secretary's designee under this title, and carry out the Secretary's central registration and fiscal transfer agent functions.Permits pooling of such transferred loans/loan portions.Title II: Yankton Sioux and Santee Sioux Tribes Equitable Compensation - Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act - (Sec. 204) Establishes in the Treasury the Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund and the Santee Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary), on the first day of the 11th fiscal year beginning after enactment of this Act, to transfer from the General Fund into such Funds specified amounts plus the equivalent of the annually compounded interest that would have accrued on such amounts if they had been invested in interest-bearing U.S. obligations or in obligations guaranteed by the Unite… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2017 |
| 107-s-1857 | 107 | s | 1857 | A bill to Encourage the Negotiated Settlement of Tribal Claims. | Native Americans | 2001-12-19 | 2002-03-19 | Became Public Law No: 107-153. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 1 | States that reconciliation reports received by an Indian tribe in response to requirements under the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 shall be deemed to have been received on December 31, 1999, for purposes of applying a statute of limitations in order to provide report recipients with the opportunity to postpone the filing of claims, to facilitate the voluntary dismissal of claims, or to encourage settlement negotiations with the United States. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1857 |
| 107-s-1783 | 107 | s | 1783 | A bill expressing the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity, and of other purposes. | Native Americans | 2001-12-07 | 2001-12-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 1 | Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Relations (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents. Provides that following the organization and election of a Native Hawaiian government and the adoption of such documents, the duly elected Native Hawaiian government shall submit those documents to the Secretary and to the State of Hawaii for purposes of advising the State that such government has been reorganized. Extends Federal recognition to the Native Hawaiian government as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people upon election of officers and certification by the Secretary.Permits the United States, upon Federal recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, to enter into an agreement with Hawaii and such government regarding the transfer of lands, resources, and assets dedicated to Native Hawaiian use. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1783 |
| 107-s-1392 | 107 | s | 1392 | Tribal Recognition and Indian Bureau Enhancement Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-08-03 | 2002-09-17 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-775. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Tribal Recognition and Indian Bureau Enhancement Act of 2001 - Permits any Indian group in the continental United States that desires to be acknowledged as an Indian tribe and that can satisfy the mandatory criteria for Federal acknowledgment to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a letter of intent in advance of or with its documented petition (arguments to substantiate claims to continuous existence as an Indian tribe).Requires the: (1) Department of the Interior to publish every three years a list of all Indian tribes entitled to receive services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (2) Secretary to make available guidelines for, and the Department to provide advice on, the preparation of documented petitions; and (3) Secretary to consider the criteria for acknowledgment to be met upon finding that it is more likely than not that the evidence presented demonstrates establishment of each criterion.Sets forth the mandatory criteria for Federal acknowledgment, including: (1) the group has been identified as an American Indian entity since 1900; (2) a predominant portion of the group has comprised a distinct community from historical times; (3) the petitioner has maintained political authority over its members as an autonomous entity; and (4) the group is composed principally of individuals who are not members of any acknowledged tribe.Prescribes notification and processing requirements concerning letters of intent and documented petitions. Requires the Secretary to publish a complete explanation of final decisions regarding documented petitions. | 2025-08-19T17:28:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1392 |
| 107-s-1393 | 107 | s | 1393 | A bill to provide grants to ensure full and fair participation in certain decisionmaking processes at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. | Native Americans | 2001-08-03 | 2002-09-17 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-775. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to eligible local governments and Indian groups to promote their participation in the decision making process related to the following actions if the Secretary determines such assistance is necessary to protect the government's or group's interests and would otherwise promote just administration within the Bureau of Indian Affairs: (1) an Indian group is seeking Federal acknowledgment or recognition, or a terminated tribe is seeking to be restored to federally-recognized status; (2) a federally-recognized tribe has asserted trust status with respect to land within an area over which a local government currently exercises jurisdiction; (3) a federally-recognized tribe has filed a petition requesting that land within an area over which a local government is currently exercising jurisdiction be taken into trust; and (4) an Indian group or a federally-recognized tribe is asserting a claim to land based upon a treaty or law specifically applicable to land or natural resource transfers from, by, or on behalf of Indians. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1393 |
| 107-s-1308 | 107 | s | 1308 | Quinault Permanent Fisheries Fund Act | Native Americans | 2001-08-02 | 2002-09-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 1 | Quinault Permanent Fisheries Fund Act - Requires the judgment funds awarded on September 19, 1989, to the Quinault Indian Nation under specified U.S. Claims Court dockets to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior and deposited into the following three separate accounts to be established and maintained by the Tribe: (1) an account for the investment income earned on the funds from such date to the date of disbursement to be available for tribal government activities; (2) an account for the principal amount of the funds to be used to create a Permanent Fisheries Fund; and (3) an account for the investment income earned on such Fund to be available for fisheries enhancement projects and the costs associated with administering such Fund. | 2025-08-19T17:30:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1308 |
| 107-s-1321 | 107 | s | 1321 | A bill to authorize the construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. | Native Americans | 2001-08-02 | 2002-05-10 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Requires the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to offer to award financial assistance grants and technical assistance to the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority of Oklahoma for the development of the Native American Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Requires the Authority, to be eligible to receive such a grant, to: (1) agree to provide for continual maintenance of the Center without the use of Federal funds; and (2) demonstrate commitments from private persons or State or local government agencies for at least 66 percent of the cost of the activities to be carried out under the grant. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1321 |
| 107-s-1340 | 107 | s | 1340 | Indian Probate Reform Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2001-08-02 | 2002-11-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 0 | Indian Probate Reform Act of 2002 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to revise rules governing the succession of intestate and testamentary interests in trust and restricted Indian lands.Repeals the limitation of any devise of an interest in trust or restricted land to a decedent's Indian spouse or any other Indian person. Retains permission to devise such an interest to the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over the land. Adds permission to devise such an interest to any Indian person in trust or restricted status or as a passive trust interest. Declares that the devise of an interest in trust or restricted land may alter the status of such an interest as a trust or restricted interest only if the testator provides that the interest be held as a passive trust interest.Limits the order of the devise of an interest in trust or restricted land, not devised according to the general rule, to: (1) a non-Indian as a life estate; (2) the testator's lineal descendant or heir of the first or second degree as a passive trust interest (eligible passive trust devisee); (3) the lineal descendants of the testator's grandparent as a passive trust interest; or (4) a non-Indian in fee status.Limits the order of the devise of an interest in a trust or restricted land held as a passive trust interest to: (1) any Indian or the Indian tribe that exercises jurisdiction over the interest; (2) the holder's lineal descendants or heirs of the first or second degree; (3) any living descendant of the decedent from whom the holder acquired the interest by devise or descent; and (4) any person who owns a pre-existing interest or a passive trust interest in the same parcel of land if held in trust, restricted status, or in passive trust status.Repeals the limitation of intestate succession to a decedent's spouse or heirs of the first or second degree. Subjects intestate succession of any interest in trust or restricted land to the appropriate tribal probate code approved in accordance with applicable Federal law relating to the d… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1340 |
| 107-s-1344 | 107 | s | 1344 | Native American Commercial Driving Training and Technical Assistance Act | Native Americans | 2001-08-02 | 2002-09-18 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 0 | Native American Commercial Driving Training and Technical Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award grants to eligible entities (tribal colleges and universities) to support commercial vehicle (tractor-trailer truck) driving training programs.Requires the Secretary to give priority to grant applications that propose: (1) training that exceeds proposed minimum standards for training tractor-trailer drivers of the Department of Transportation; (2) training that exceeds the entry level truck driver certification standards set by the Professional Truck Driver Institute; and (3) education partnerships with private trucking firms, trucking associations, or similar entities.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1344 |
| 107-s-1210 | 107 | s | 1210 | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2001-07-20 | 2002-11-13 | Became Public Law No: 107-292. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 12 | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2002 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to reauthorize through FY 2007: (1) block grants; (2) Federal loan guarantees (aggregate fiscal year limitation and credit subsidy); (3) training and technical assistance; and (4) the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund.(Sec. 4) Includes planning among permitted block grant activities.(Sec. 5) Requires a recipient to use program income for housing related activities (currently, only for affordable housing activities).(Sec. 6) Subjects regulations pursuant to any amendments to such Act to negotiated rulemaking procedures.(Sec. 7) Extends Federal loan guarantees to encompass housing-related community development activity. Repeals the requirement that an Indian tribe or its housing entity seek alternative financing before using guaranteed loan funds.(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of demonstration projects for possible community development demonstration projects and for self-determination in the design and implementation of Federal housing funding.(Sec. 9) Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the extent of black mold infestation of Native American housing in the United States. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1210 |
| 107-s-1186 | 107 | s | 1186 | Fiscal Integrity of Indian Settlements Protection Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-07-17 | 2001-07-17 | Referred jointly to the Committees on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 11 | Fiscal Integrity of Indian Settlements Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that if an appropriation bill or joint resolution is enacted for FY 2002 that includes an appropriation authorized previously by a law approving a negotiated settlement of disputes of Indian water rights or land claims, the adjustment to discretionary spending limits to be included in any sequestration report or subsequent budgets submitted by the President shall: (1) be the amount of budget authority in that measure and the outlays flowing in all fiscal years from that authority; and (2) not exceed $200 million in budget authority.Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require adjustments to the discretionary spending limits, budget allocations, and budgetary aggregates for the new budget authority provided for FY 2002, not to exceed $200 million, by a measure reported from committee, amended, or reported from conference for payments authorized previously for such settlement, as long as the adjustments do not, when taken together with all other previously enacted legislation (except for any legislation enacted pursuant to a specified section of H. Con. Res. 83 (107th Congress), reduce the on-budget surplus below the level of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund surplus in any fiscal year covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget. | 2025-08-19T17:32:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1186 |
| 107-s-958 | 107 | s | 958 | Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act | Native Americans | 2001-05-24 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act - (Sec. 2) Provides for the per capita distribution of shares of specified funds appropriated in satisfaction of a judgment award granted to the Western Shoshone Indians in Docket Number 326-K before the Indian Claims Commission (ICC).Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Western Shoshone Judgement Roll consisting of all Western Shoshones who have at least 1/4 degree of Western Shoshone Blood, are U.S. citizens, and are living on the date of enactment of this Act.Makes ineligible for enrollment under this Act any individuals who are eligible to receive other judgment awards from the ICC, the United States Claims Court, or the Unites States Court of Federal Claims.Requires the Secretary to publish rules and regulations governing the establishment of the Judgment Roll and specifies per capita distribution requirements (including those for heirs of deceased beneficiaries, incompetents, and minors).(Sec. 3) Provides for distribution of specified funds appropriated in satisfaction of the judgment awards granted in Docket Numbers 326-A-1 and 326-A-3 before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.Requires the Secretary to establish, for the benefit of Western Shoshone members, the Western Shoshone Educational Trust Fund, to which such funds shall be credited.Requires that all accumulated and future interest and income from the Trust Fund be distributed: (1) as educational grants and assistance to individual Western Shoshone members as determined appropriate by the Administrative Committee established by this Act to oversee such distribution; and (2) to pay reasonable and necessary expenses of the Administrative Committee.Specifies the membership and duties of the Administrative Committee. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/958 |
| 107-s-832 | 107 | s | 832 | Indian Gaming Regulatory Improvement Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-05-03 | 2001-05-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4268-4269) | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 1 | Indian Gaming Regulatory Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to make the Gambling Devices Transportation Act inapplicable to class II gaming where electronic, computer, or other technologic aids are used in connection with such gaming. Provides for a strategic plan for National Indian Gaming Commission activities, including a performance plan.Directs the Commission to establish a schedule of fees to be paid annually by each gaming operation that conducts a class II or III Indian gaming activity.Requires all fees and civil forfeitures collected by the Commission pursuant to such Act to be maintained in separate accounts and expended only for the purposes set forth in the Act.Places class I gaming on Indian lands within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Indian tribes. Requires an Indian tribe to retain the primary jurisdiction to regulate class II gaming activities that, at a minimum, shall be conducted in conformity with Federal standards and regulations promulgated by the Commission relating to the: (1) monitoring and regulation of tribal gaming; (2) establishment and regulation of internal control systems; and (3) conduct of background investigation. Requires an Indian tribe to retain primary jurisdiction to regulate class III gaming activities and requires that any such gaming be conducted in conformity with Federal standards and such regulations.Provides that existing regulations that established minimum internal control standards shall have no force or effect one year after the enactment of this Act.Authorizes the Commission, using funds collected from civil fines, to provide grants and technical assistance to Indian tribes for training and assistance related to Indian gaming. | 2025-08-19T17:29:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/832 |
| 107-s-761 | 107 | s | 761 | Native American Telecommunications Improvement and Value Enhancement Act | Native Americans | 2001-04-24 | 2001-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 6 | Native American Telecommunications Improvement and Value Enhancement Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to make loans to eligible Indian tribes, or tribal entities that have entered into a partnership with a telecommunications carrier, to enable such tribes to provide for the development of telecommunications infrastructure (wireline or wireless) on lands under their jurisdiction. Outlines tribal eligibility requirements, including submission of a telecommunications plan.Establishes in the Treasury the Native American Telecommunications Improvement Revolving Fund to make loans and award grants to eligible tribes. Limits loan interest rates dependent upon tribal per capita income.Directs the Secretary to award grants to enable tribes to conduct feasibility studies with respect to telecommunications projects. Limits grants to $200,000.Terminates the program on the earlier of: (1) ten years after the first loan is made; or (2) the date on which the Secretary determines that the telecommunications penetration rate is at least 90 percent of all households on reservation lands. | 2025-08-19T17:29:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/761 |
| 107-s-746 | 107 | s | 746 | A bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2001-04-06 | 2001-09-21 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 1 | Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Relations (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.(Sec. 5) Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Coordinating Group to: (1) coordinate Federal programs and policies or actions that may significantly or uniquely affect Native Hawaiian resources, rights, or lands; (2) assure that each Federal agency develops a policy on consultation with Native Hawaiians; and (3) assure the participation of such agencies in the development of an annual report to Congress.(Sec. 6) Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents. Provides that following the organization and election of a Native Hawaiian government and the adoption of such documents, the duly elected Native Hawaiian government shall submit those documents to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to certify that: (1) such documents meet specified certifications; and (2) the State of Hawaii supports the recognition of a Native Hawaiian governing entity as evidenced by a resolution or act of the Hawaiian State legislature. Extends Federal recognition to the government as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people upon election of officers and certification by the Secretary.(Sec. 7) Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 8) Reaffirms the delegation by the United States of authority to the State of Hawaii to address the conditions of the indigenous, native people of Hawaii. Permits the United States, upon Federal recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, to enter into an agreement with the State and such government regarding the transfer of lands, resources, and assets dedicated to Native Hawaiian use. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/746 |
| 107-s-533 | 107 | s | 533 | A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois. | Native Americans | 2001-03-14 | 2001-03-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 1 | Extinguishes title claims of the Miami and Ottawa Tribes of Oklahoma and the Potawatomi Tribe of Kansas with respect to certain lands within Illinois based upon prior treaties with the United States. Extinguishes any aboriginal title within the claims extinguished.Confers exclusive jurisdiction upon the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to hear and determine such claims, requiring the United States to provide the only available remedy in money damages. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/533 |
| 107-s-502 | 107 | s | 502 | Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-03-09 | 2001-03-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2119) | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 2 | Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to contract with an appropriate entity to develop a uniform method, criteria, and procedures for determining, analyzing, and compiling the program and service assistance needs of Indian tribes and Indians nationwide.Requires Federal departments and agencies to conduct Indian Needs Assessments aimed at determining the actual needs of tribes and Indians eligible for programs and services administered by such departments and agencies.Directs the Secretary to develop a uniform method, criteria, and procedures for compiling, maintaining, keeping current, and reporting to Congress all information concerning: (1) Federal annual expenditures for programs and services for which Indians are eligible; (2) services or programs specifically for the benefit of Indians; and (3) Federal methods of delivery of services and funding.Requires Federal departments and agencies responsible for providing services or programs to or for the benefit of tribes or Indians to: (1) file Annual Indian Program Evaluations with specified congressional committees; and (2) publish annual listings in the Federal Register of all agency programs and services for which Indian tribes may be eligible.Directs the Secretary to file a Strategic Plan for the Coordination of Federal Assistance for Indians. | 2025-08-19T17:29:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/502 |
| 107-s-504 | 107 | s | 504 | Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-03-09 | 2001-03-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2121-2126) | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 2 | Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 2001 - Establishes the Commission on Indian Tribal Recognition as an independent establishment which shall assume the authority of the Department of the Interior to recognize a petitioning Indian group's tribal status.Sets forth operating and documented petitioning procedures, including an opportunity for Indian groups denied recognition to a hearing under specified circumstances. Requires documented petitions to contain detailed, specific evidence, including: (1) statements of facts establishing that the petitioner has been identified as an American Indian entity on a substantially continuous basis since 1871, that a predominant portion of the petitioner's membership comprises a community distinct from those communities surrounding it and has existed as a community from historical times to the present, and that the petitioner has maintained political influence or authority over its members as an autonomous entity from historical times until the time of the petition; (2) a copy of the petitioner's governing document or description of the petitioner's membership criteria and the petitioner's governing procedures; and (3) a list of the petitioner's current members, a copy of each available former list of members based on the petitioner's defined criteria, and a description of the methods used in preparing those lists.Requires the Commission to publish an annual list of recognized Indian tribes.Provides for the protection of certain privileged information.Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award petition assistance grants.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-19T17:30:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/504 |
| 107-s-493 | 107 | s | 493 | A bill to provide for the establishment of a Sioux Nation Economic Development Council. | Native Americans | 2001-03-08 | 2001-03-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2077-2078) | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 1 | Amends the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to establish as part of the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place the Sioux Nation Economic Development Council to: (1) accept and administer gifts of property and use such gifts as a source of matching funds necessary to receive Federal assistance; (2) train tribal members to establish successful businesses; (3) provide grants and loans to members to establish or operate small businesses; (4) provide scholarships to member students pursuing an education in business; and (5) provide technical assistance to tribes and members in obtaining Federal assistance.Requires the Secretary of the Interior, at least annually, to award grants to the Council, to be used for such purposes. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/493 |
| 107-s-340 | 107 | s | 340 | Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act | Native Americans | 2001-02-15 | 2001-02-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1466) | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 11 | Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a specified percentage of the total amount of any Federal Perkins loan, Federal Family Education loan, or direct student loan for each year of employment (up to five) as a full-time teacher at a tribal college or university if the borrower is not in default on such loan. Prohibits a borrower from receiving, for the same service, such a benefit and a national service educational award. Provides that the amount of any loan forgiven under this Act shall not be treated as gross income for Federal tax purposes. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/340 |
| 107-s-343 | 107 | s | 343 | Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-02-15 | 2002-11-04 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 741. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 2 | Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act of 2001 - (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a demonstration project under which up to 24 Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or consortia of tribes or organizations per fiscal year may receive aid in obtaining Federal resources and in more efficiently administering those resources for the furtherance of tribal self-governance and self-determination.(Sec. 6) Specifies application requirements, review procedures, and approval guidelines.(Sec. 7) Authorizes the President, acting through the heads of the appropriate Federal executive agencies, to promulgate regulations necessary to carry out this Act. Specifies the Federal executive agencies included within the scope of this Act.Authorizes the head of each Federal executive agency to: (1) identify suitable projects; (2) assist in planning and developing projects (including guidelines, models, and application forms); (3) review program requirements; (4) establish regulations; and (5) establish application processes and project supervision procedures (including procedures for designating agencies responsible for processing applications and project supervision) for joint administration of appropriate related Federal programs.(Sec. 8) Outlines procedures for processing requests for joint financing (financing by at least two Federal assistance programs).(Sec. 9) Authorizes the head of a Federal executive agency to: (1) promulgate uniform regulations concerning inconsistent or conflicting requirements between participating agencies; and (2) delegate supervision of joint agency projects to another appropriate Federal executive agency.(Sec. 11) Authorizes the establishment of a joint assistance fund to ensure that amounts received from more than one Federal program or appropriation are more effectively administered. Authorizes the use of excess funds to be determined by the head of the Federal executive agency administering the joint assistance fund.(Sec. 12) Provides for the financial manageme… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/343 |
| 107-s-344 | 107 | s | 344 | Indian Tribal Surface Transportation Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-02-15 | 2001-02-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1474-1475) | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 6 | Indian Tribal Surface Transportation Act of 2001 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from distributing the obligation authority for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for FY 2002 and 2003 with respect to amounts authorized for Indian reservation roads under the Federal Lands Highways Program.Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a demonstration project under which all funds made available for Indian reservation roads and highway bridges located on such roads shall be made available to an Indian tribal government, upon its request, for contracts and agreements for planning, research, engineering, and construction of any highway, road, bridge, parkway, or transit facility that provides access to or is located within the reservation or community of the Indian tribe.Deems an Indian tribe eligible to participate in the Indian reservation roads program to be a State eligible for: (1) safety incentive allocations to assist Indian communities in developing innovative programs to promote increased seat belt use rates; and (2) safety incentive grant funding to assist such communities in the prevention of the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons. | 2025-08-19T17:31:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/344 |
| 107-s-266 | 107 | s | 266 | A bill regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. | Native Americans | 2001-02-06 | 2001-07-24 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-101. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] | OR | R | S001142 | 1 | Allows any restricted lands on the reservation of, and held in trust for, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon to be leased by the Indian owners, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, for terms of not to exceed 99 years for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, or certain other purposes.Approves the use of tribal lands, resources, and other assets for economic development as described in the Long-Term Global Settlement and Compensation Agreement and its Included Agreements between the Department of the Interior, the Tribes, and the Portland General Electric Company. Ratifies authorization, execution, and delivery of such Agreement by such parties and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take necessary actions to approve and implement it. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/266 |
| 107-s-243 | 107 | s | 243 | Indian School Construction Act | Native Americans | 2001-02-01 | 2001-02-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1019-1021) | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 9 | Indian School Construction Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program under which eligible Indian tribes have the authority to issue tribal school modernization bonds to provide funding for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of tribal schools, including advance planning and design.Permits a tribe to use amounts received through the issuance of a bond to enter into and make payments under contracts: (1) for the design and engineering of the school; and (2) with financial advisors, underwriters, attorneys, trustees, and other professionals who would be able to provide assistance to the tribe in issuing bonds.Makes any tribal school modernization bond issued by a tribe subject to a trust agreement.Authorizes the Secretary to deposit not more than $30 million each fiscal year into a tribal school modernization escrow account beginning in FY 2002 from amounts made available for school replacement under the construction account of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Requires the Secretary to use any amounts deposited to make payments to trustees or for advance planning and design.Declares that no bond shall be an obligation of, nor shall payment of the principal be guaranteed by, the United States, the tribes, or their schools. Provides that any amounts earned through the investment of funds under the control of a trustee shall not be subject to Federal income tax. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit to individuals who hold such bonds. Permits a separation (including at issuance) of the ownership of such a bond and the entitlement to the credit with respect to such bond. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/243 |
| 107-s-210 | 107 | s | 210 | Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2002 | Native Americans | 2001-01-30 | 2002-09-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 3 | Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize a tribe with an approved plan to carry out a demonstration project to coordinate its federally funded Indian behavioral health care program, covering alcohol and substance abuse and mental health problems.Requires a project to integrate program services into a single, comprehensive program using an automated clinical information system. Permits funds to be used for the information system.Requires the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretaries of Labor, the Interior, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation, and the Attorney General who shall enter into an interdepartmental memorandum of agreement for the implementation of approved plans.Makes the Indian Health Service the lead agency (rather than the Bureau of Indian Affairs).Stipulates that funding under this Act is in addition to existing tribal funding. Provides for interagency fund transfers.Requires the Secretary of HHS to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the program and any statutory barriers to services integration.Makes any State with an alcohol and substance abuse or mental health program targeted to Indian tribes eligible to receive no-cost Federal personnel assignments if it would help the program's success. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/210 |
| 107-s-211 | 107 | s | 211 | Native American Education Improvement Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-01-30 | 2001-04-04 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 1 | Native American Education Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to revise requirements relating to education programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the Department of the Interior.Sets forth requirements for accreditation, and requires published minimum academic standards to be revised and applied to BIA-funded schools not otherwise accredited. Permits BIA-funded schools to elect to meet the applicable standards or be accredited by a tribal, regional, or State accrediting body.Requires the BIA to establish fiscal and accounting standards for all contract and grant schools.Revises requirements relating to: (1) tribal approval for closure or consolidation of certain BIA-funded schools or programs; (2) consideration of applications for contracts or grants for non-BIA-funded schools or for expansion of BIA-funded schools; (3) geographical attendance areas for BIA-funded schools; (4) school facilities construction; (5) BIA-education functions; (6) review and revision of an allotment formula for funding BIA-funded schools; (7) administrative cost grants to tribes or tribal organizations operating grant or contract schools; (8) the system of uniform direct funding and support of BIA-funded schools; (9) the policy for Indian control of Indian education; (10) the recruitment of Indian educators; (11) audits of BIA-funded schools; (12) rights of Indian students attending BIA-funded schools; (13) grants for early childhood development programs; (14) grants for tribal departments of education; and (15) procedures for negotiated rulemaking.Requires joint administrative, transportation, and program cost funds received by BIA-funded schools to be apportioned and retained at such schools. Authorizes their use for schoolwide projects to improve the educational program for all Indian students.Directs the Comptroller General to study the adequacy of funding and related funding formulae for BIA-funded schools.Directs the Secretary to revise national standards for home-living (dormitory) situatio… | 2025-08-19T17:28:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/211 |
| 107-s-212 | 107 | s | 212 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-01-30 | 2001-01-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S735-773) | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 7 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2001 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise requirements for health care programs and services for Indians, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.Makes permanent a demonstration project under which Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and Alaska Native health organizations that contract or compact for the operation of a hospital or IHS clinic, may elect to directly bill and receive reimbursement for health care services provided for which payment is made under Medicare and Medicaid of the Social Security Act (SSA), or from any other third-party payor.Replaces the Urban Health Programs Branch with an Office for Urban Indian Health.Directs the Secretary, acting through the IHS and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, to consolidate certain existing programs into a new program of comprehensive behavioral health, prevention, treatment, and aftercare for Indian tribes.Establishes the National Bi-Partisan Indian Health Care Entitlement Commission to: (1) establish a Study Committee to study the extent of Indian health services needs; (2) review and analyze the Study Committee's report; and (3) make recommendations to Congress for providing health services for Indians as an entitlement.Amends SSA titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) to conform with this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:30:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/212 |
| 107-s-214 | 107 | s | 214 | A bill to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2001-01-30 | 2002-06-24 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 9 | Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Health to facilitate advocacy for the development of appropriate Indian health policy, and to promote consultation on matters related to Indian health, in a manner consistent with the government-to-government relationship between the United States and Indian tribes. Elevates the position of Director of the Indian Health Service to such Assistant Secretary position. Prescribes duties. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/214 |
| 107-s-81 | 107 | s | 81 | A bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other purposes. | Native Americans | 2001-01-22 | 2001-01-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S339-342) | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 1 | Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Affairs (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.Requires the Attorney General to designate a Department of Justice official to assist the Office in the implementation and protection of the rights of Native Hawaiians and their political, legal, and trust relationship with the United States.Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Task Force to: (1) coordinate Federal policies or actions that may significantly or uniquely affect Native Hawaiian resources, rights, or lands; (2) assure that each Federal agency develops a policy on consultation with Native Hawaiians; and (3) assure the participation of such agencies in the development of an annual report on the Task Force.Establishes a process for development of a membership roll for organizing a Native Hawaiian Interim Governing Council and for election of a Native Hawaiian government. Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents.Extends Federal recognition to the government as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people upon election of officers and certification by the Secretary.Permits the United States, upon Federal recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, to enter into an agreement with the State of Hawaii and such government regarding the transfer of lands, resources, and assets dedicated to Native Hawaiian use. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/81 |
| 107-s-87 | 107 | s | 87 | Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-01-22 | 2001-08-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2001 - Amends the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to find that the unmet needs and serious health disparities that adversely affect Native Hawaiians include cancer, diabetes, asthma, heart disease, hypertension, strokes, infectious disease and illness, dental health, life expectancy, maternal and child health, mental health (including alcohol and drug abuse), and health professions education and training.Expresses as the intent of Congress: (1) the establishment and implementation of health care programs which substantially reduce or eliminate the over-representation of Native Hawaiians among those suffering from chronic and acute disease and illness and addressing Native Hawaiian health needs; and (2) that the United States raise the health status of Native Hawaiians by the year 2010 to at least the levels set forth within Healthy People 2010 or successor standards and to incorporate within health programs certain activities identified by Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the progress made in achieving such national policy.Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Papa Ola Lokahi (an organization of public agencies and private organizations focused on improving the health status of Native Hawaiians) to support community-based initiatives that are reflective of holistic approaches to health. Authorizes Papa Ola Lokahi and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (Office) to enter into a memorandum of understanding to accomplish such objectives. Requires a report from Papa Ola Lokahi to Congress on the impact of current Federal and State health care financing mechanisms and policies on the health and well-being of Native Hawaiians. Authorizes appropriations.Requires Papa Ola Lokahi to serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and maintenance of data associated with the health status of Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to provide Papa Ola Lokahi and the Offi… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/87 |
| 107-s-91 | 107 | s | 91 | Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2001 | Native Americans | 2001-01-22 | 2001-07-24 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 2 | Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2001 - Amends the Native American Languages Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide funds to Native American Language Educational Organizations (Organizations), Native American Language Colleges, Indian tribal governments, organizations that demonstrate potential to become Organizations, or a consortia of such organizations, colleges, or tribal governments to establish Native American Language Nest programs (site-based education programs conducted through a Native American language) for students below the age of seven and their families.Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to such Organizations, colleges, or governments to operate, expand, and increase Native American Language Survival Schools throughout the United States and its territories for Native American children and Native American language-speaking children.Requires the Secretary to provide funds to establish three specified demonstration programs that will provide assistance to Schools and Nests at: (1) Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani College of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, in consortium with the 'Aha Punana Leo, Inc., and with other entities if deemed appropriate by such college; (2) Piegan Institute of Browning, Montana; and (3) the Alaska Native Language Center of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, in consortium with other entities deemed appropriate by such center. Authorizes such programs to: (1) establish endowments for furthering their activities relative to the study and preservation of Native American languages; and (2) use funds to provide for the rental, purchase, construction, maintenance, and repair of facilities. | 2025-08-19T17:29:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/91 |
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