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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
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United States Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs
105th Congress

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104th Congress 103rd Congress

I. Legislation Referred to Committee - 1st Session, 2nd Session
   II. Not Referred to Committee - 1st Session, 2nd Session
III. House Bills

I. Legislation Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs - 1st Session

S. 109 (Inouye) A bill to provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians.


S. 110 (Inouye) A bill to amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to provide for improved notification and consent, and for other purposes.


S. 156 (Daschle) A bill to provide certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.


S. 391 (Dorgan) A bill to provide for the disposition of certain funds appropriated to pay judgment in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians, and for other purposes.


S. 437 (Domenici) A bill to improve Indian reservation roads and related transportation services, and for other purposes.


S. 459 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to extend certain program authorizations, and for other purposes.


S. 545 (McCain) A bill to provide for the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.


S. 569 (McCain) A bill to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, and for other purposes.


S. 746 (Levin) 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. 754 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide for direct assistance to Indian tribes for juvenile justice and delinqency prevention programs, and for other purposes.


S. 818 (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. 894 (Boxer) A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six Rivers National Forest in the State of California for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.


S. 962 (Bond) A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act with respect to certain gaming practices on tribal lands held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.


S. 1047 (Mack) A bill to settle certain Miccosukee Indian land takings claims within the State of Florida.


S. 1077 (McCain) A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.


S. 1079 (Dorgan) A bill to permit the leasing of mineral rights, in any case in which the Indian owners of an allotment that is located within the boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and held trust by the United States have executed leases to more than 50 percent of the mineral estate of that allotment.


S. 1095 (Roberts) A bill to enhance the administrative authority of the respective presidents of Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, and for other purposes.


S. 1130 (Campbell) A bill to provide for the assessment of fees by the National Indian Gaming Commission, and for other purposes.


S. 1279 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to provide for the transfer of services and personnel from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Office of Self-Governance, to emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.


S. 1280 (Campbell) A bill to provide technical corrections to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to improve the delivery of housing assistance to Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of tribal self-governance, and for other purposes.


S. 1281 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to provide for the transfer of services and personnel from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Office of Self-Governance, to facilitate the creation of employment opportunities for American Indians and Alaska Natives, and for other purposes.


S. 1329 (Lieberman) A bill to prohibit the taking of certain lands by the United States in trust for economically self-sufficient Indian tribes for commercial and gaming purposes, and for other purposes.


S. 1338 (Kerrey) A bill to authorize the expenditure of certain health care funds by the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.


S. 1419 (Mack) A bill to deem the activities of the Miccosukee Tribe on the Tamiani Indian Reserve to be consistent with the purposes of the Everglades National Park, and for other purposes.


S. 1425 (Burns) A bill to provide for the preservation and sustainability of the family farm through the transfer of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, Montana.


S. Res. 46 (Campbell) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian Affairs.


S. Res. 100 (Domenici) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal commitment for the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives should be affirmed through legislative actions of the 105th Congress to bring the quality of Indian education and educational facilities up to parity with the rest of America.


S. Res. 145 (Campbell) A resolution designating the month of November 1997 as "National American Indian Heritage Month."


H.R. 79 (Riggs) A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six Rivers National Forest in the State of California for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.


H.R. 700 (Bono) A bill to remove the restriction on the distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.


H.R. 976 (Hill) A bill to provide for the disposition of certain funds appropriated to pay judgment in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians, and for other purposes.


H.R. 1476 (Diaz-Balart) A bill to settle certain Miccosukee Indian land takings claims within the State of Florida.


H.R. 1604 (Kildee) A bill to provide for the division, use, and distribution of judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan pursuant to dockets numbered 18-E, 58, 364, and 18-R before the Indian Claims Commission.


H.R. 1805 (Doolittle) A bill to amend the Auburn Indian Restoration Act to establish restrictions related to gaming on and use of land held in trust for the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.


II. Legislation Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs - 2nd Session


S. 1572 (Bryan) A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from promulgating certain regulations relating to Indian gaming activities.



S. 1662 (Bingaman) A bill to authorize the Navajo Indian irrigation project to use power allocated to it from the Colorado River storage project for on-farm uses.



S. 1691 (Gorton) A bill to provide for Indian legal reform, and for other purposes.



S. 1770 (McCain) A bill to elevate the position of Director of the 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. 1771 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to provide for a final settlement of the claims of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.



S. 1797 (Campbell) A bill to reduce tobacco use by Native Americans and to make the proposed tobacco settlement applicable to tobacco-related activities on Indian lands.



S. 1870 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.

S. 1899 (Baucus) A bill entitled "Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 1998".

S. 1905 (Daschle) A bill to provide for equitable compensation for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.

S. 1925 (Campbell) A bill to make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

S. 1998 (Hatch) A bill to authorize an interpretive center and related visitor facilities within the Four Corners Monument Tribal Park, and for other purposes.

S. 2001 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make permanent the demostration program that allows for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors, and to expand the eligibility under such program to other tribes and tribal organizations.

S. 2010 (Campbell) A bill to provide for business development and trade promotion for Native Americans, and for other purposes.

S. 2069 (Dorgan) A bill to permit the leasing of mineral rights, in any case in which the Indian owners of an allotment that is located within the boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and held in trust by the United States have executed leases to more than 50 percent of the mineral estate of that allotment.

S. 2097 (Campbell) A bill to encourage and facilitate the resolution of conflicts involving Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

S. 2298 (Gorton) A bill to provide for the enforcement of title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

S. 2299 (Gorton) A bill to provide for the enforcement of certain contracts made by Indian tribes.

S. 2300 (Gorton) A bill to provide for the collection of certain State taxes from an individual who is not a member of an Indian tribe.

S. 2301 (Gorton) A bill to provide for accountability by Indian tribes under certain Federal environmental laws, and for other purposes.

S. 2302 (Gorton) A bill to provide for tort liability insurance for Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

S. Res 206 (Campbell) A resolution to recognize 50 years of efforts with respect to the creation of the Crazy Horse Memorial, honoring the great Oglala Sioux leader, Tasunke Witko, popularly known as "Crazy Horse", and to express the Sense of the Senate with respect to the Crazy Horse Memorial.

S. 2608 (Kyl) A bill to approve a mutual settlement of the Water Rights of the Gila River Indian Community and the United States, on behalf of the Community and the Allottees, and Phelps Dodge Corporation, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3069 (Miller, G.) A bill to extend the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy to allow the Advisory Council to advise Congress on the implementation of the proposals and recommendations of the Advisory Council.

H.R. 3797 (Young, D.) A bill to compensate the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma for the taking of certain rights by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4068 (Young, D.) A bill to make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4259 (Snowbarger) A bill to allow Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute each to conduct a demonstration project to test the feasibility and desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures and for other purposes.

I. Legislation Referred to Committee   II. Not Referred to Committee   III. House Bills
II. Legislation of Interest Not Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
1st Session

S. 147 (Daschle) A bill to amend Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of alcoholism and drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members under the medicaid program, and for other purposes.


S. 148 (Daschle) A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a comprehensive program for the prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.


S. 379 (Murkowski) A bill entitled the "Native Alaskan Subsistance Whaling Provision".


S. 390 (Mikulski) A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for Federal-State performance partnerships, to consolidate all nutrition programs under the Act in the Department of Health and Human Services, to extend authorizations of appropriations for programs under the Act through fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.


S. 440 (Feingold) A bill to deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations to satisfy, in a manner consistent with all Federal laws, the water rights interests of the Ute Mountain Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.


S. 470 (Roth) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make a technical correction relating to the depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation.


S. 474 (Kyl) A bill to amend sections 1081 and 1084 of title 18, United States Code.


S. 562 (D'Amato) A bill to amend section 255 of the National Housing Act to prevent the funding of unnecessary or excessive costs for obtaining a home equity conversion mortgage.


S. 659 (Glenn) A bill to amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Restoration Study Report.


S. 714 (Akaka) A bill to make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Pilot Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


S. 774 (Craig) A bill to provide for the stabilization, enhancement, restoration, and management of the Coeur d'Alene River basin watershed.


S. 790 (Daschle) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of inventory.


S. 806 (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. 807 (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. 808 (McCain) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Indian tribal governments, and for other purposes.


S. 809 (McCain) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from income taxation income derived from natural resources activities by a member of an Indian tribe directly or through a qualified Indian entity.


S. 841 (Burns) A bill to authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.


S. 967 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to benefit Alaska natives and rural residents, and for other purposes.

S. 1027 (Campbell) A bill to extend the Native American veteran direct housing loan pilot program, and for other purposes.


S. 1091 (Bingaman) A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for maintenance of public roads used by school buses serving certain Indian reservations.


S. 1112 (Campbell) A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Native American history and culture.


S. 1158 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Huna Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other purposes.


S. 1159 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake Tribal Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other purposes.


S. 1341 (Daschle) A bill to provide for mitigation of terrestrial wildlife habitat lost as a result of the construction and operation of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes.


S. 1364 (McCain) A bill to eliminate unnecessary and wasteful Federal reports.

S. 1402 (Murkowski) To amend the Social Security Act to establish a community health aide program for Alaskan communities that do not qualify for the Community Health Aide Program for Alaska operated through the Indian Health Service.


S. 1415 (McCain) A bill to rreform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, and for other purposes.


S. 1488 (Murkowski) A bill to ratify an agreement between the Aleut Corporation and the United States of America to exchange land rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on Adak Island, and for other purposes.


S. 1515 (Conrad) A bill to amend Public Law 89-108 to increase authorization levels for State and Indian tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, to meet current and future water quantity and quality needs of the Red River Valley, to deauthorize certain project features and irrigation service areas, to enhance naturally resources and fish and wildlife habitat, and for other purposes.


S. 1530 (Hatch) A bill to resolve ongoing tobacco litigation, to reform the civil justice system responsible for adjudicating tort claims against companies that manufacture tobacco products, and establish a national tobacco policy for the United States that will decrease youth tobacco use and reduce the marketing of tobacco products to young Americans.


H.R. 2 (Lazio) A bill to repeal the United States Housing Act of 1937, deregulate the public housing program and the program for rental housing assistance for low-income families, and increase community control over such programs, and for other purposes.


H.R. 1385 (McKeon) A bill to consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States, and for other purposes.


H.R. 1818 (Riggs) A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, and for other purposes.


H.R. 2107 (Regula) A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.


H.R. 3042 (Kolbe) A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to establish the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution to conduct environmental conflict resolution and training, and for other purposes.

I. Legislation Referred to Committee II. Not Referred to Committee III. House Bills
II. Legislation of Interest Not Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs - 2nd Session.

S. 1605 (Campbell) A bill to establish a matching grant program to help States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to purchase armor vests for use by law enforcement officers.


S. 1638 (Conrad) A bill to help parents keep their children from starting to use tobacco products, to expose the tobacco industry's past misconduct and to stop the tobacco industry from targeting children, to eliminate or greatly reduce the illegal use of tobacco products by children, to improve the public health by reducing the overall use of tobacco, and for other purposes.


S. 1648 (Jeffords) A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to provide for reductions in youth smoking, for advancements in tobacco-related research, and the development of safer tobacco products, and for other purposes.


S. 1670 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for selection of lands by certain veterans of the Vietnam era.

S. 1695 (Campbell) A bill to establish the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in the State of Colorado.

S. 1696 (Stevens) A bill to direct the General Services Administration to clear the site of the old Alaska Native Health Center and convey the property to the Municipality of Anchorage.

S. 1708 (Daschle) A bill to improve education.

S. 1796 (Bingaman) A bill to amend the Higher Education Act to 1965 to increase postsecondary education opportunities for Hispanic students and other student populations underrepresented in postsecondary education.

S.2039 (Bingaman) A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail.

S. 2065 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of Settlement Trusts established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

S. 2114 (Durbin) A bill to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Older Americans Act of 1965, and the Public Health Service Act to ensure that older women are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence and sexual assault and to improve outreach efforts and other services available to older women victimized by such violence, and for other purposes.

S. 2146 (Hatch) A bill to provide for the exchange of certain lands within the State of Utah.

S. 2253 (Campbell) A bill to establish a matching grant program to help State and local jurisdictions purchase bullet resistant equipment for use by law enforcement departments.

S.2273 (Specter) A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 1998, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

S.2286 (Lugar) An original bill to amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, to simplify program operations and improve program management, to extend certain authorities contained in those Acts through fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

S.2295 (McCain) A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations of appropriations for that Act, and for other purposes.

S.2382 (McCain) A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow certain community-based organizations and healthcare providers to determine that a child is presumptively eligible for medical assistance under a State plan under that title.

S.2393 (Murkowski) A bill to protect the sovereign right of the State of Alaska and prevent the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from assuming management of Alaska's fish and game resources.

S.2484 (Leahy) A bill to combat violent and gang-related crime in schools and on the streets, to reform the juvenile justice system, target international crime, promote effective drug and other crime prevention programs, assist crime victims, and for other purposes.

S.2500 (Enzi) A bill to protect the sanctity of contracts and leases entered into by surface patent holders with respect to coalbed methane gas.

S.2518 (Moynihan) A bill to enhance family life. Title I: Assistance for Children, Title II: Parent Grants)

S.2528 McConnell A bill to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to establish a demonstration project to conduct out reach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of medicare cost sharing assistance to eligible low-income medicare beneficiaries.

S.2595 (Daschle) A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide affordable housing and community development assistance to rural areas with excessively high rates of out migration and low per capita income levels.

S.2615 (Murkowski) A bill to study options to improve and enhance the protection, management, and interpretation of the significant natural and other resources of certain units of the National Park System in northwest Alaska, to implement a pilot program tobetter accomplish the purposes for which those units were established by providing greater involvement by Alaska Native communities, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3056 A bill to provide for the preservation and sustainability of the family farm through the transfer of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, Montana. Cosponsors: Smith, R., Young, D.

H.R. 3797 (Young, D.) A bill to compensate the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma for the taking of certain rights by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4259 (Snowbarger) A bill to allow Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute each to conduct a demonstration project to test the feasibility and desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures, and for other purposes.

I. Legislation Referred to Committee   II. Not Referred to Committee   III. House Bills
III. House Bills

H.R. 2 See Section II.

H.R. 33 (Bereuter) A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend the loan guarantee program for Indian housing.

01/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Banking and Financial Services.

H.R. 79 See Section I.

H.R. 123 (Cunningham) A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States.

01/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Education and the Workforce. Related to S 323.

H.R. 261 (Richardson) A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for Federal funding of foster care and adoption assistance programs of Indian tribes.

01/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means.

H.R. 293 (Shadegg) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for Indian investment and employment, and for other purposes.

01/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means. Related to S 806

H.R. 294 (Shadegg) 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.

01/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means. Related to S 807

H.R. 295 (Shadegg) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Indian tribal governments, and for other purposes.

01/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means. Related to S. 808

H.R. 325 (Solomon) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the unrelated business income tax shall apply to the gaming activities of Indian tribes.

01/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means.

H.R. 334 (Solomon) A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to bring more balance into the negotiation of Tribal-State compacts, to require an individual participating in class II or class III Indian gaming to be physically present at the authorized gaming activity, and for other purposes.

01/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources and Judiciary.

H.R. 452 (Torres) A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide adequate and certain remedies for sovereign tribal governments, and for other purposes.

01/21/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources, Judiciary, and Ways and Means.

H.R. 486 (Richardson) A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to promote greater telecommunications and information services to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

01/21/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Commerce.

H.R. 555 (Richardson) A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to promote greater telecommunications and information services to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

02/04/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Commerce.

H.R. 626 (Abercrombie) A bill to provide Federal housing assistance to native Hawaiians.

02/06/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Banking and Financial Services.
Companion bill to S. 109

H.R. 700 See Section I.

H.R. 745 (DeFazio) A bill to deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations to satisfy, in a manner consistent with all Federal laws, the water rights interests of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

02/13/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.
Companion bill to S. 440

H.R. 749 (Abercrombie) A bill to amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to provide for improved notification and consent, and for other purposes.

02/13/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.
Companion bill to S. 110

H.R. 834 (Taylor, C.) A bill to permit the current refunding of certain tax exempt bonds.

02/25/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means.

H.R. 839 (Conyers) A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to administer a program of construction and revitalization of public housing, and for other purposes.

02/26/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Banking and Financial Services.

H.R. 948 (Kildee) 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.

03/05/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.
06/24/97 -- Hearing held.
07/16/97 -- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote, H. Rept. 105-351
10/28/97 -- Failed to pass under suspension of the rules, roll call #574 (240-167).
Related to S. 746

H.R. 973 (Conyers) A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to administer a program of construction and revitalization of public housing, and for other purposes.

03/06/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Banking and Financial Services.

H.R. 976 See Section I.

H.R. 1082 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

03/13/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.
06/18/97 -- Joint Hearing with Senate Indian Affairs.
Related to S. 569

H.R. 1095 (Archer) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make a technical correction relating to depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation.

03/18/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means.
Companion bill to S. 470

H.R. 1107 (Maloney, C.) A bill to transfer oil and gas royalty auditing and reconciling functions of the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, in performing functions relating to auditing and reconciling oil and gas production activities, to exercise all available authorities to ensure the United States Government receives all amounts of royalties to which it is entitled.

03/18/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 1154 (Faleomavaega) A bill to provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes.

03/20/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 1168 (Istook) A bill to encourage competition and tax fairness and to protect the tax base of state and local governments.

03/20/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 1267 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a charitable contribution deduction for certain expenses incurred by whaling captains in support of Native Alaskan subsistence whaling.

04/09/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means.
Related to S. 379

H.R. 1337 (Snowbarger) A bill to enhance the administrative authority of the respective presidents of Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute, and for other purposes.

04/15/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Education and the Workforce and Government Reform and Oversight.
Companion bill to S. 1095

H.R. 1385 See Section II.

H.R. 1386 (Metcalf) A bill to require uniform appraisals of certain leaseholds of restricted Indian lands, and for other purposes.

04/17/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 1476 See Section I.

H.R. 1481 (LaTourette) A bill to amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Restoration Study Report.

04/29/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.
Companion bill to S.659

H.R. 1554 (Hutchinson) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the commercial activities of an Indian tribal organization shall be subject to the unrelated business income tax.

05/08/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means.

H.R. 1604 See Section I.

H.R. 1644 (Waters) A bill to provide for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over offenders with substance abuse problems who are not violent offenders.

05/15/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Judiciary.

H.R. 1671 (Martinez) A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for Federal-State performance partnerships, to consolidate all nutrition programs under the Act in the Department of Health and Human Services, to extend authorizations of appropriations for programs under the Act through fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.

05/20/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Education and the Workforce.
Related to S. 390

H.R. 1691 (Chenoweth) A bill to provide for the stabilization, enhancement, restoration, and management of the Coeur d'Alene River basin watershed.

05/21/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure and Commerce.
Companion bill to S. 774

H.R. 1700 (Thune) A bill to authorize funds to further the strong Federal interest in the improvement of highways and transportation, and for other purposes.

05/21/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure.

H.R. 1805 See Section I.

H.R. 1818 See Section II.

H.R. 1833 (Miller, G.) A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide for further Self-Governance by Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

06/07/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 1895 (Stokes) A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs relating to the health of individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds, including individuals who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.

06/12/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Commerce.

H.R. 1952 (Cannon) A bill to designate certain Bureau of Land Management lands in the State of Utah as wilderness, and for other purposes.

06/18/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.
06/24/97 -- Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands Hearings Held.

H.R. 1957 (Tiahrt) A bill to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to exempt voluntary child custody proceedings from coverage under that Act, and for other purposes.

06/18/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 1983 (Kennedy, P.) A bill to amend the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act to conform that Act with the judgments of the United States Federal Courts regarding the rights and sovereign status of certain Indian Tribes, including the Narragansett Tribe, and for other purposes.

06/19/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 2000 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain clarifications to the land bank protection provisions, and for other purposes.

06/19/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.
10/01/97 -- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

H.R. 2039 (Faleomavaega) A bill to take into trust for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma certain land in Oklahoma that was known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation and that was formerly part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho lands, and for other purposes.

06/25/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 2083 (Cook) A bill to prohibit the shipment of spent nuclear fuel to the Goshute Indian reservation in Utah.

06/26/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure.

H.R. 2089 (Kildee) A bill to authorize leases on the Cabazon Indian Reservation for terms not to exceed 99 years.

06/26/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.

H.R. 2107 See Section II.

H.R. 2306 (Hill) A bill to authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.

07/30/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
Related Bill to S. 841

H.R. 2309 (Pomeroy) A bill to permit the leasing of mineral rights, in any case in which the Indian owners of an allotment that is located within the boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and held in trust by the United States have executed leases to more than 50 percent of the mineral estate of that allotment.

07/30/97 -- Introduced and Referred to Resources.
Companion Bill to S. 1079

H.R. 2314 (Watkins) A bill to restore Federal Indian services to members of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma residing in Maverick County, Texas, to clarify United States citizenship status of such members, to provide trust land for the benefit of the Tribe, and for other purposes.

07/30/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources and Judiciary.
09/17/97 -- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

H.R. 2419 (Reyes) A bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe.

09/05/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2663 (Metcalf) A bill to provide technical corrections to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to improve the delivery of housing assistance to Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of tribal self-governance, and for other purposes.

10/09/97 -- Introduced and referred to Banking and Financial Services.
Related to S. 1280

H.R. 2665 (Pastor) A bill to improve Indian reservation roads and related transportation services, and for other purposes.

10/09/97 -- Introduced and referred to Transportation and Infrastructure.
Related to S. 437

H.R. 2742 (Young, D.) A bill to provide for the transfer of public lands to certain California Indian Tribes.

10/24/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2743 (Young, D.) A bill to reduce the fractionated ownership of Indian lands, and for other purposes.

10/24/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2756 (Young, D.) To authorize an exchange of property between the Kake Tribal Corporation and the Sealaska Corporation and the United States.

10/28/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2812 (Young, D.) To provide for the recognition of certain Native communities under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

11/04/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2822 (Knollenberg) To reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes as a distinct federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes.

11/05/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2893 (Hastings, R.) To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to provide for appropriate study and repatriation of remains for which a cultural affiliation is not readily ascertainable.

11/07/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2924 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for selection of lands by certain veterans of the Vietnam era and by the Elim Native Corporation.

11/07/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2934 (Hayworth) A bill to repeal the Bennett Freeze thus ending a gross treaty violation with the Navajo Nation and allowing the Navajo Nation citizens to live in habitable dwellings and raise their living conditions, and for other purposes.

11/08/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 2947 (Gibbons) To encourage and to assist in the permanent settlement of all litigation and other claims to the waters of the Walker River Basin, Nevada, and to conserve and stabilize the water quantity and quality for fish habitat and recreation in the Walker River Basin, consistent with the Walker River Decree issued by the United States district court for the District of Nevada.

11/08/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 3012 (Pomeroy) A bill to amend Public Law 89-108 to increase authorization levels for State and Indian tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, to meet current and future water quantity and quality needs of the Red River Valley, to deauthorize certain project features and irrigation service areas, to enhance natural resources and fish and wildlife habitat, and for other purposes.

11/09/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
Related to S. 1515

H.R. 3042 See Section II.

H.R. 3055 (Hastings, A.) A bill to deem the activities of the Miccosukee Tribe on the Tamiami Indian Reservation to be consistent with the purposes of the Everglades National Park, and for other purposes.

11/13/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure.

H.R. 3056 (Hill) A bill to provide for the preservation and sustainability of the family farm through the transfer of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, Montana.

11/13/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 3069 (Miller, G.) A bill to extend the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy to allow the Advisory Council to advise Congress on the implementation of the proposals and recommendations of the Advisory Council.

11/13/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 3087 (Young, D.) A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant an easement to Chugach Alaska Corporation.

11/13/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 3088 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding Huna Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other purposes.

11/13/97 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 3094 (Gibbons) A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from promulgating certain regulations relating to Indian gaming activities.

1/27/98 -- Introduced in the House of Representatives and referred to Resources.

H.R. 3218 (Burton) A bill to repeal a provision of the Indian Self Determination Actwhich exempts certain former officers and employees of the United Statesfrom restrictions related to aiding and advising Indian tribes.

2/12/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
Related Bill: H.R. 3219.

H.R. 3219 (Burton) A bill to repeal a provision of the Indian Self Determination Actwhich exempts certain former officers and employees of the United Statesfrom restrictions related to aiding and advising Indian tribes.

2/12/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
Related Bill: H.R. 3218.

H.R. 3474 (Fazio) A bill to help parents keep their children from starting to use tobacco products, to expose the tobacco industry's past misconduct and to stop the tobacco industry from targeting children, to eliminate or greatly reduce the illegal use of tobacco products by children, to improve the public health by reducing the overall use of tobacco products, and for other purposes.

Cosponsors: 45.
3/17/98 -- Introduced.
4/7/98 -- Referred to subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.
Related Bill: S. 1638.

H.R. 3478 (McInnis) A bill to amend the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to provide for a final settlement of the claims of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

3/17/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
3/20/98 -- Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Companion Bill: S. 1771.

H.R. 3575 (Hastings, D) A bill to preserve the integrity of the Kennewick Man remains for scientific study, and for other purposes.

3/27/98 -- Introduced and referred to Transportation and Infrastructure.
4/9/98 -- Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

H.R. 3658 (Hill) A bill to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of theChippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, and for other purposes.

4/1/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
4/13/98 -- Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Companion Bill: 1899.

H.R. 3715 (McInnis) A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the facilities of the Pine River Project, to allow jurisdictional transfer of lands between the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and the Departmentof the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.

4/23/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
4/28/98 -- Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power and Subconnnittee on Forests and Forest Health.

H.R. 3774 (Hayworth) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to providethat housing assistance provided under the Native American HousingAssistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 shall be treated for purposesof the low-income housing credit in the same manner as comparable assistance.

4/30/98 -- Introduced and referred to Ways and Means.

H.R. 3782 (Miller, G.) A bill to compensate certain Indian tribes for known errors intheir tribal trust fund accounts, to establish a process for settling other disputes regarding tribal trust fund accounts, and for other purposes.

4/30/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 3797 (Young, D.) A bill to compensate the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma for the taking of certain rights by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

5/5/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
5/20/98 -- Markup held, ordered Reported by Voice Vote.
09/09/98 -- Reported. H.Rpt. 105-696.

H.R. 3803 (Reyes) A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate ElCamino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail.

5/6/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
5/31/98 -- Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

H.R. 3987 (Smith, Linda) A bill to protect and conserve deer and elk and to provide for consistent and equitable hunting laws in the State of Washington.

6/3/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.

H.R. 4064 (Redmond) A bill to provide for a Native American Veterans' Memorial.

6/16/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
6/22/98 -- Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

H.R. 4068 (Young, D.) A bill to make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

6/16/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
09/18/98 -- Reported. H.Rpt. 105-733.
09/23/98 -- Passed House
09/24/98 -- Passed Senate as House version of S. 1925.
10/14/98 -- President signed. P.L. 105-256.

H.R. 4087 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to provide for the transfer of services and personnel from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Office of Self-Governance, to emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.

6/18/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resources.
06/23/98 -- Requested comment from Interior.

H.R. 4088 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make permanent the demonstration program that allows for direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third-party payors, and to expand the eligibility under such program to other tribes and tribal organizations.

6/18/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resource and Commerce and Ways and Means.
6/29/98 -- Referred to Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

H.R. 4097 (Norton) A bill to provide transitional community employment for unemployed persons, and other individuals in poverty, who live in certain identified communities, and for other purposes.

6/19/98 -- Introduced and referred to Education and the Workforce.

H.R. 4192 (Young, D.) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of Settlement Trusts established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

6/25/98 -- Referred to Ways and Means.

H.R. 4259 (Snowbarger) A bill to allow Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute each to conduct a demonstration project to test the feasibility and desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures, and for other purposes.

Cosponsors: Wilson, Tiahrt (07/22/98)
07/16/98 -- Introduced. Referred to House Education and Governmental Reform Committees.
09/09/98 -- Reported. H. Rpt. 105-697
10/06/98 -- Passed House.
10/07/98 -- Received in Senate.
10/14/98 -- Passed Senate.
10/31/98 -- President signed. P.L. 105-337

H.R. 4263 (Cannon) A bill to authorize an interpretive center and related visitor facilities within the Four Corners Monument Tribal Park, and for other purposes.

07/17/98 -- Introduced and referred to the House Committee on Resources.
07/30/98 -- Referred Subcom. on National Parks and Public Lands
See S. 1998.

H.R. 4325 (Young, D.) A bill to advance the self-determined management, use and control of allotted and fractionated trust lands by Indian people; to promote the consolidation of fractionated land interest into viable economic units by the removal of regulatory barriers; and to create and enhance the necessary programs and processes for this purpose.

07/23/98 -- Introduced and referred to the Committee on Resources and to the Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 4501 (Schaffer)A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to improve the access for persons with disabilities to outdoor recreational opportunities made available to the public.

08/06/98 -- Introduced and referred to Resource and Ag.
10/14/98 -- House passed.
10/15/98 -- Received in Senate.
10/20/98 -- Senate passed.
11/10/98 -- President signed, P.L. 105-359.

H.R. 4550 (Portman) A bill to provide for programs to facilitate a significant reduction in the incidence and prevalence of substance abuse through reducing the demand for illegal drugs and the inappropriate use of legal drugs.

09/11/98 -- Introduced and referred to six committees.
09/16/98 -- House passed.
09/17/98 -- Received in Senate.

H.R. 4567 (Thomas) A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make revisions in the per beneficiary and per visit payment limits on payment for health services under the Medicare Program.

09/15/98 -- Introduced and referred to Gov. Reform and Ways and Means.
10/05/98 -- Reported amended, H.R. Rpt. 105-773.
10/10/98 -- House passed.
10/12/98 -- Received in Senate.

H.R. 4618 (Smith, R.) A bill to provide emergency assistance to American farmers and ranchers for crop and livestock feed losses due to disasters and to respond to loss of world markets for American agricultural commodities.

09/14/98 -- Introduced and referred to Ag and budget. (Money was provided for this in Omnibus bill.)

H.R. 4647 (Ewing) A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the President to report to Congress on any selective embargo on agricultural commodities, to provide a termination date for the embargo, to provide greater assurances for contract sanctity, and for other purposes.

09/26/98 -- Introduced and referred to Ag.
10/05/98 -- House passed.
10/06/98 -- Received in Senate.

H.R. 4857 (Horn) A bill to reduce waste, fraud, and error in Government programs by making improvements with respect to Federal management and debt collection practices, Federal payment systems, Federal benefit programs, and for other purposes.

10/20/98 -- Introduced and referred to Gov. Reform and Judiciary.
10/20/98 -- House passed.
10/21/98 -- Received in Senate.

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