Updated March 26th, 2001
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
United States Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs107th Congress
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Bills referred to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Indian Bills and Bills of Interest Referred to Other Committees
House Bills
Indian Related GAO Reports
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Bills Referred To The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
S.Res.46 (Campbell) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.81 (Akaka) 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.
S.87 (Inouye) A bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend such Act.
S.91 (Inouye) A bill to amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the support of Native American Language Survival Schools, and for other purposes.
S.210 (Campbell) A bill to authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, and for other purposes.
S.211 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1978 and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives.
S.212 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend such Act.
S.214 (McCain) 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.
S.243 (Johnson) A bill to provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
S.266 (Smith) A bill regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
S.340 (Daschle) A bill to recruit and retain more qualified individuals to teach in Tribal Colleges or Universities.
S.343 (Campbell) A bill to establish a demonstration project to authorize the integration and coordination of Federal funding dedicated to the community, business, and economic development of Native American communities.
S.344 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to make certain amendments with respect to Indian tribes.
S.434 (Daschle) A bill to provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands.
S.493 (Daschle) A bill to provide for the establishment of a Sioux Nation Economic Development Council.
S.502 (Campbell) A bill to provide for periodic Indian needs assessments, to require Federal Indian program evaluations, and for other purposes.
S.504 (Campbell) A bill for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes.
S.533 (Durbin) A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois.
S.535 (Bingaman) A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that Indian women with breast or cervical cancer who are eligible for health services provided under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a tribal organization are included in the optional medicaid eligibility category of breast or cervical cancer patients added by the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000.
Indian Bills and Bills of Interest
Referred to Other Committees
S.Con.Res.26 (Bingaman) A concurrent resolution authorizing the Rotunda of the Capitol to be used on July 18, 2001, for a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers.
S.Res.7 (Daschle) A resolution designating Chairmen of the following Senate committees.
S.Res.54 (Lott) A resolution authorizing expenditures by the committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2001, through September 30, 2001, October 1, 2001, through September 30, 2002, and October 1, 2002, through February 28, 2003.
S.7 (Daschle) A bill to improve public education for all children and support lifelong learning.
S.16 (Daschle) A bill to improve law enforcement, crime prevention, and victim assistance in the 21st century.
S.19 (Daschle) A bill to protect the civil rights of all Americans, and for other purposes.
S.20 (Daschle) A bill to enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
S.49 (Stevens) A bill to amend the wetlands regulatory program under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide credit for the low wetlands loss rate in Alaska and recognize the significant extent of wetlands conservation in Alaska, to protect Alaskan property owners, and to ease the burden on overly regulated Alaskan cities, boroughs, municipalities, and villages.
S.86 (Inouye) A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve Native Hawaiian education programs, and for other purposes.
S.119 (Snowe) A bill to provide States with funds to support State, regional, and local school construction.
S.132 (Johnson) A bill to amend the International Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that housing assistance provided under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 be treated for purposes of the low-income housing credit in the same manner as comparable assistance.
S.161 (Wellstone) A bill to establish the Violence Against Women Office within the Department of Justice.
S.186 (Johnson) A bill to provide access and choice for use of generic drugs instead of nongeneric drugs under Federal health care programs, and for other purposes.
S.194 (Biden) A bill to authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities.
S.231 (Campbell) A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that seniors are given an opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain programs.
S.249 (Reid) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources.
S.259 (Bingaman) A bill to authorize funding the Department of Energy to enhance its mission areas through Technology Transfer and Partnerships for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and for other purposes.
S.303 (Lieberman) A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to reauthorize and make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
S.304 (Hatch) A bill to reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and to help provide appropriate drug education, prevention, and treatment programs.
S.329 (Akaka) A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study on the peopling of America, and for other purposes.
S.339 (Wyden) A bill to provide for improved educational opportunities in rural schools and districts, and for other purposes.
S.342 (Carnahan) A bill to assist local educational agencies by providing grants for proven measures for increasing the quality of education, and for other purposes.
S.349 (Hutchinson) A bill to provide funds to the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement, and for other purposes.
S.350 (Chafee) A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response programs, and for other purposes.
S.413 (Cochran) A bill to amend part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and refocus civic education, and for other purposes.
S.414 (Cleland) A bill to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish a digital network technology program, and for other purposes.
S.421 (Grassley) A bill to give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities.
S.424 (Feinstein) A bill to provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses, to establish a national disaster mitigation program, and for other purposes.
S.440 (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.460 (Wellstone) A bill to provide for fairness and accuracy in high stakes educational decisions for students.
S.471 (Harkin) A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the renovation of schools.
S.475 (Crapo) A bill to provide for rural education assistance, and for other purposes.
S.484 (Snowe) A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to create a grant program to promote joint activities among Federal, State, and local public child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies.
S.503 (Reid) A bill to amend the Safe Water Act to provide grants to small public drinking water system.
S.506 (Murkowski) A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem Corporation, and for other purposes.
S.517 (Bingaman) A bill to authorize funding the Department of Energy to enhance its mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and for other purposes.
S.550 (Daschle) A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas.
S.558 (McCain) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for investment in Indian reservation economic development, and for other purposes.
S.575 (Feinstein) A bill entitled the "Hospital Length of Stay Act of 2001".
S.655 (McCain) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from income taxation income derived from natural resources-related activity by a member of an Indian tribe directly or through a qualified Indian entity.
S.660 (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.
H.Con.Res.9 (Serrano) Entitled the ``English Plus Resolution''.
H.R.3 (Thomas) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates.
H.R.17 (Miller) To provide assistance to mobilize and support United States communities in carrying out youth development programs that assure that all youth have access to programs and services that build the competencies and character development needed to fully prepare the youth to become adults and effective citizens.
H.R.39 (Young) To establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound and job creating program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain, and for other purposes.
H.R.75 (Jackson-Lee) To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health services for children, adolescents and their families.
H.R.177 (Shadegg) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for Indian investment and employment, and for other purposes.
H.R.178 (Shadegg) 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.
H.R.224 (Watkins) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.
H.R.228 (Etheridge) To improve character education programs.
H.R.297 (Rahall) To foster the reclamation of abandoned coal mine sites in order to protect public health and safety, and for other purposes.
H.R.324 (Boehlert) To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to promote brownfields redevelopment, to reauthorize and reform the Superfund program, and for other purposes.
H.R.325 (Tanner) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a program for fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement, and for other purposes.
H.R.340 (Miller) To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the quality of public education and raise student achievement by increasing investment, strengthening accountability, raising standards for teachers, improving professional development and teacher compensation, rewarding successful schools, and providing better information to parents, and for other purposes.
H.R.345 (Roemer) To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to reauthorize and make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
H.R.488 (Shays) To designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors certain public lands in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, and for other purposes.
H.R.490 (Gallegly) To give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities.
H.R.556 (Leach) To prevent the use of certain bank instruments for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other purposes.
H.R.562 (Abercrombie) To amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend such Act.
H.R.611 (Kildee) To amend part F of the title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and refocus civic education, and for other purposes.
H.R.625 (Blagojevich) To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants to States for the construction, repair, renovation, and modernization of public school facilities, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the tax incentives for such undertakings, and for other purposes.
H.R.756 (McCarthy) To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to provide programs that benefit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and recreational needs of inner and small cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban communities.
H.R.771 (Blagojevich) To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants to States for the construction, repair, renovation, and modernization of public school facilities, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the tax incentives for such undertakings, and for other purposes.
House Bills
H.R.103 (Hayworth) To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to protect Indian tribes from coerced labor agreements.
H.R.104 (Hayworth) To repeal the Bennet Freeze thus ending a gross treaty violation with the Navajo Nation and allowing the Navajo Nation to live in habitable dwellings and raise their living conditions, and for other purposes.
H.R.240 (Riley) To ensure that certain property which was taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama shall be protected and shall not be used for gaming.
H.R.291 (Moore) To compensate the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma for the taking of certain rights by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
H.R.293 (Nethercutt) 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.
H.R.483 (Walden) Regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
H.R.617 (Abercrombie) 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.
H.R.701 (Young) To use royalties from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas production to establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people, and for other purposes.
H.R.791 (Johnson) To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois.
H.R.939 (Knollenberg) To reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan as a distinct federally recognized Indian tribe and to restore aboriginal rights, and for other purposes.
H.R.992 (Johnson) To provide grants to local governments to assist such local governments in participating in certain decisions related to certain Indian groups and Indian tribes.
H.R.1175 (Faleomavaega) To provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes.
H.R.1197 (Reyes) 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.
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