I. Bills Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

S. 260 (McCain) A bill to provide Indian education assistance to carry out the purposes of title IV of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988, Public Law 100-696, to provide for reimbursement to the Treasury by certain private parties, and for other purposes.

S. 282 (Shelby) A bill to provide Federal recognition of the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama.

S. 284 (Pressler) An Act to extend the suspended implementation of certain requirements of the food stamp program on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.

S. 293 (McCain) A bill to provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial.

S. 410 (Daschle) A bill to establish within the Bureau of Indian Affairs a program to improve the management of rangelands and farmlands and the production of agricultural resources on Indian lands, and for other purposes.

S. 442 (Bingaman) A bill to provide for the maintenance of dams located on Indian lands by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or through contracts with Indian tribes.

S. 521 (McCain) A bill to assist the development of tribal judicial systems, and for other purposes.

S. 550 (McCain) A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to make certain technical improvements in the self-governance demonstration project.

S. 576 (Daschle) A bill to provide that a portion of the income derived from trust or restricted land held by an individual Indian shall not be considered as a resource or income in determining eligibility for assistance under any Federal or federally assisted program.

S. 615 (McCain) A bill to enable Indian tribal governments to provide facilities necessary to carry out essential governmental functions.

S. 654 (McCain) A bill to amend the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992 to extend the authorization of appropriations.

S. 720 (McCain) A bill to clean up open dumps on Indian lands, and for other purposes.

S. 925(Inouye) A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to pay interest on Indian funds invested, to authorize demonstrations of new approaches for the management of Indian trust funds, to clarify the trust responsibility of the United States with respect to Indians, to establish a program for the training and recruitment of Indians in the management of trust funds, to account for daily and annual balances on and to require periodic statements for Indian trust funds, and for other purposes.

S. 1021 (Inouye) A bill to assure religious freedom to Native Americans.

S. 1035 (Reid) A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.

S. 1059 (Stevens) A bill to include Alaska Natives in a program for Native culture and arts development.

S. 1066 (Riegle) A bill to restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.

S. 1078 (Johnston) A bill to confirm the Federal relationship with the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians of Louisiana.

S. 1121 (Inouye) A bill to establish the National Indian Research Institute.

S. 1146 (McCain) A bill to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for other purposes.

S. 1149 (Domenici) A bill to establish in the Department of the Interior the Office of Indian Women and Families, and for other purposes.

S. 1156 (Hollings) A bill to provide for the settlement of land claims of the Catawba Tribe of Indians in the State of South Carolina and the restoration of the Federal trust relationship with the Tribe, and for other purposes.

S. 1216 (Baucus) An Act to resolve the 107th meridian boundary dispute between the Crow Indian Tribe and the United States.

S. 1345 (Bingaman) A bill to provide land-grant status for tribally controlled community colleges, tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions, the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute, and Haskell Indian Junior College, and for other purposes.

S. 1357 (Levin) A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationships of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians as distinct federally recognized Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

S. 1410 (Inouye) A bill to amend Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

S. 1501 (McCain) A bill to repeal certain provisions of law relating to trading with Indians.

S. 1526 (Inouye) A bill to improve the management of Indian fish and wildlife and gathering resources, and for other purposes.

S. 1618 (McCain) A bill to establish Tribal Self-Governance, and for other purposes.

S. 1654 (Inouye) A bill to make certain technical corrections.

S. 1686 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to settle claims arising from the contamination of transferred lands, and for other purposes.

S. 1844 (McCain) A bill to transfer administrative consideration of applications for Federal recognition of an Indian tribe to an independent commission, and for other purposes.

S. 1876 (Inouye) A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to grant State status to Indian tribes for purposes of the enforcement of such Act, and for other purposes.

S. 1903 (Baucus) A bill to ratify a compact between the Assiniboine and Sioux Indian Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation and the State of Montana.

S. 1936 (McCain) A bill to provide for the integrated management of Indian resources, and for other purposes.

S. 1960 (McCain) A bill to increase housing opportunities for Indians.

S. 2017 (McCain) A bill to prohibit regulations that classify, enhance, or diminish the privileges and immunities of an Indian tribe relative to other federally recognized Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

S. 2036 (McCain) A bill to specify the terms of contracts entered into by the United States and Indian tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

S. 2067 (McCain) A bill to elevate the position of Director of Indian Health Service to Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, to provide for the organizational independence of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.

S. 2075 (McCain) A bill to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to reauthorize and improve programs under the Act.

S. 2150 (Inouye) A bill to establish a Native Hawaiian housing program.

S. 2230 (Inouye) A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

S. 2259 (Murray) A bill to provide for the settlement of the claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation concerning their contribution to the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes.

S. 2269 (Inouye) A bill to protect Native American cultures and to guarantee the free exercise of religion by Native Americans.

S. 2270 (Baucus) A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 40 acres of land on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana, to Lame Deer High School District No. 6, Rosebud County, Montana, and for other purposes.

S. 2329 (Dodd) A bill to settle certain Indian land claims within the State of Connecticut, and for other purposes.

S. 2361 (Riegle) A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.

S. 2390 (Pressler) A bill entitled the "Mentorship for American Indian Small Enterprise Act".

S. 2487 (Campbell) A bill to improve the economic conditions and supply of housing in Native American communities by creating the Native American Financial Services Organization, and for other purposes.

S. RES. 52 (Inouye) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Indian Affairs.

S. RES. 264 (McCain) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should issue an Executive order to promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher education and foster the advancement of the National Education Goals for Indians.

S.J. RES. 19 (Akaka) A joint resolution to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the January 17, 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and to offer an apology to Native Hawaiians on behalf of the United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

S.J. RES. 213 (Nickles) A joint resolution to provide for the payment of fair and equitable consideration in satisfaction of the claims of certain Kaw Indians.

H.R. 734 (Pastor) A bill to amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the extension of certain Federal benefits, services, and assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona, and for other purposes."

H.R. 1268 (Richardson) A bill to assist the development of tribal judicial systems, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1425 (Richardson) A bill to improve the management, productivity, and use of Indian agricultural lands and resources.

H.R. 1426 (Richardson) A bill to provide for the maintenance of dams located on Indian lands by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or through contracts with Indian tribes.

H.R. 4228 (Miller, G.) A bill to extend Federal recognition to the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California.

H.R. 4230 (Richardson) A bill to amend the American Indian Religious Freedom Act to provide for the traditional use of peyote by Indians for religious purposes, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4462 (Richardson)A bill to provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4709 (Richardson) A bill to make certain technical corrections, and for other purposes.

II. Bills of Interest Referred to Other Committees

S. 162 (Daschle) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of inventory.

S. 164 (Daschle) A bill to authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of the South Dakota portion of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National Forest, and for other purposes.

S. 211 (McCain) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for Indian investment and employment, and for other purposes.

S. 278 (Daschle) A bill to authorize the establishment of the Chief Big Foot National Memorial Park and the Wounded Knee National Memorial in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes.

S. 291 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to improve the management of Glacier Bay National Park, and for other purposes.

S. 313 (Domenici) A bill to amend the San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984 to designate additional lands as wilderness and to establish the Fossil Forest Research Natural Area, and for other purposes.

S. 353 (Stevens) A bill to provide Alaska Native Corporations, through an election process, standing to contest the disallowance of certain tax losses by the Internal Revenue Service if the purchasers of the losses agree; and to offset any associated revenue losses by increasing the interest rate on certain related tax deficiencies.

S. 391 (McCain) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat for unemployment compensation purposes Indian tribal governments the same as State or local units of government or as nonprofit organizations.

S. 643 (Bingaman) A bill to establish the Jemez National Recreation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

S. 982 (McCain) A bill to extend the purposes of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to include American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives.

S. 1235 (McCain) A bill to provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

S. 1335 (Kohl) A bill for the relief of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

S. 1361 (Simon) A bill to establish a national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States, and for other purposes.

S. 1422 (Bingaman) An act to confer jurisdiction on the United States Court of Federal Claims with respect to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.

S. 1509 (Domenici) A bill to transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.

S. 1613 (Conrad) A bill to amend the Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act.

S. 1768 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

S. 1777 (Pressler) A bill to extend the suspended implementation of certain requirements of the food stamp program on Indian reservations, to suspend certain eligibility requirements for the participation of retail food stores in the food stamp program, and for other purposes.

S. 1784 (Murkowski) To restore the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska to the Department of the Interior list of Indian entities recognized and eligible to receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.

S. 1883 (Inouye) A bill to authorize appropriations for the promotion and development of the United States national telecommunications and information infrastructure, and the construction and planning of public broadcasting facilities, and for other purposes.

S. 1926 (Pressler) A bill to amend the Food and Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the requirements relating to monthly reporting and staggered issuance of coupons for households residing on Indian reservations, to ensure adequate access to retail food stores by food stamp households, and to maintain the integrity of the Food Stamp Program, and for other purposes.

S. 1946 (Inouye) A bill to provide for the repurchase of land taken by eminent domain, by Native American organizations, and for other purposes.

S. 1958 (Murkowski) A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to exclude certain payments received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act from the determination of annual income for purposes of eligibility for veterans pension.

S. 2066 (Daschle) A bill to expand the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, and for other purposes.

S. 2099 (Daschle) A bill to establish the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission, and for other purposes.

S. 2188 (Inouye) A bill for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for the proportionate share of tribal funds and annuities under treaties between the Pottawatomi Nation and the United States, and for other purposes.

S. 2249 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

S. 2252 (Hatch) A bill to amend section 17 of the Act of August 27, 1954 (25 U.S.C. 667p), relating to the distribution and taxation of assets and earnings, to clarify that distributions of rents and royalties derived from assets held in continued trust by the Government, and paid to the mixed-blood members of the Ute Indian tribe, their Ute Indian heirs, or Ute Indian legatees, are not subject to Federal or State taxation at the time of distribution, and for other purposes.

S. 2303 (Murkowski) A bill to provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, and for other purposes.

S. 2539 (Murkowski) A bill to provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

S. RES. 67 (Inouye) A resolution to remove "Select" from the title of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs and to designate room 485 in the Richard Brevard Russell Senate Office Building as the "Room of the First Americans.

S. RES. 86 (Inouye) A resolution relating to jurisdiction and authority of the Committee on Indian Affairs.

S. RES. 87 (Inouye) A resolution commending Peter S. Taylor for his long, loyal and dedicated service to the United States Senate and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

S. RES. 137 (Kohl) A resolution to refer S.1335 entitled "A bill for the relief of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin" to the Chief Judge of the United States Claims Court for a report thereon.

S. RES. 223 (Inouye) A resolution to refer S. 2188 entitled "A bill for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for the proportionate share of tribal funds and annuities under treaties between the Pottawatomi Nation and the United States, and for other purposes", to the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a report on the bill.

S.J. RES. 210 (Inouye) A joint resolution to designate the month of November 1994 as "National Native American Heritage Month".

S.CON. RES. 44 (Akaka) A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress concerning the International Year of the World's Indigenous peoples.

H.R. 38 (Richardson) A bill to establish the Jemez National Recreation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

H.R. 334 (Rose) A bill to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1562 (Richardson) A bill to amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2135 (Thomas, C.) A bill to provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial.

H.R. 2399 (Derrick) A bill to provide for the settlement of land claims of the Catawba Tribe of Indians in the State of South Carolina and the restoration of the Federal trust relationship with the Tribe, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2884 (Ford, W.) A bill to establish a national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3051 (Brewster) A bill to provide that certain property located in the State of Oklahoma owned by an Indian housing authority for the purpose of providing low-income housing shall be treated as Federal property under the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress).

H.R. 3313 (Rowland, J.) A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care services of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to women veterans, to extend and expand authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide priority health care to veterans who were exposed to ionizing radiation or to Agent Orange, to expand the scope of services that may be provided to veterans through Vet Centers, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3436 (Stenholm) A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to ensure adequate access to retail food stores by recipients of food stamps and to maintain the integrity of the Food Stamp Program.

H.R. 3508 (Richardson) A bill to provide for tribal self-governance, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3612 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3613 (Young, D.) A bill entitled, "The Kenai Natives Association Equity Act".

H.R. 4180 (Thomas, C.) A bill to prohibit the withdrawal of acknowledgement or recognition of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native group or of the leaders of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native group, absent an Act of Congress.

H.R. 4653 (Gejdenson) A bill to settle Indian land claims within the State of Connecticut, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4757 (Miller, G.) A bill to provide for the settlement of the claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation concerning their contribution to the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4833 (Richardson) A bill to reform the management of Indian Trust Funds, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4842 (Richardson) A bill to specify the terms of contracts entered into by the United States and Indian tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5200 (Williams) A bill to resolve the 107th meridian boundary dispute between the Crow Indian Tribe and the United States.

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