[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1844 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1844

 To transfer administrative consideration of applications for Federal 
 recognition of an Indian tribe to an independent commission, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 10 (legislative day, January 25), 1994

 Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. Cochran) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer administrative consideration of applications for Federal 
 recognition of an Indian tribe to an independent commission, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

                              short title

    Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Federal 
Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 1994''.

                                purposes

    Sec. 2. The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) establish an administrative procedure for the 
        recognition of the existence of certain Indian tribes;
            (2) extend to Indian groups the protection, services, and 
        benefits available from the Federal Government pursuant to the 
        Federal trust responsibility;
            (3) extend to Indian groups the immunities and privileges 
        available to federally recognized Indian tribes as well as the 
        responsibilities and obligations of such Indian tribes;
            (4) ensure that the special government-to-government 
        relationship between the United States and Indian tribes has a 
        consistent legal and historical basis;
            (5) provide clear and consistent standards of 
        administrative review of recognition petitions for Indian 
        groups; and
            (6) expedite the administrative review process by providing 
        definitive timelines for review and adequate resources to 
        process recognition petitions.

                              definitions

    Sec. 3. For purposes of this Act.--
            (1) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior or a representative designated by the Secretary of the 
        Interior.
            (2) The term ``Commission'' means the independent 
        commission established under section 4.
            (3) The term ``Department'' means the Department of the 
        Interior.
            (4) The term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
        of the Department of the Interior.
            (5) The term ``area office'' means an area office of the 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (6) The term ``Indian tribe'' means any Indian entity 
        that--
                    (A) is located within any of the States of the 
                United States, and
                    (B) is recognized by the Secretary of the Interior 
                to be an Indian tribe.
            (7) The term ``Indian group'' means any Indian entity 
        that--
                    (A) is located within any of the States of the 
                United States, and
                    (B) is not recognized by the Secretary of the 
                Interior to be an Indian tribe.
            (8) The term ``petitioner'' means any entity which has 
        submitted, or submits, a petition to the Secretary requesting 
        recognition that the entity is an Indian tribe.
            (9) The term ``autonomous'' means having its own tribal 
        council, internal process, or other organizational mechanism 
        which the Indian group has used as its own means of making 
        decisions independent of the control of any other Indian 
        governing entity, and in using such term for purposes of this 
        Act, such term must be understood in the context of the culture 
        and social organization of that Indian group.
            (10) The term ``member of an Indian group'' means an 
        individual who--
                    (A) is recognized by an Indian group as meeting its 
                membership criteria;
                    (B) consents to being listed as a member of that 
                group; and
                    (C) is not a member of any Indian tribe.
            (11) The term ``member of an Indian tribe'' means an 
        individual who--
                    (A) meets the membership requirements of the Indian 
                tribe, as set forth in its governing document or 
                recognized collectively by those persons comprising the 
                governing body of the Indian tribe, and
                    (B) has continuously maintained tribal relations 
                with the tribe, or is listed on the tribal rolls of 
                that Indian tribe as a member, if such rolls are 
                maintained.
            (12) The term ``historical'' means dating back to the 
        earliest documented contact between--
                    (A) the aboriginal Indian group from which the 
                petitioners descended, and
                    (B) citizens or officials of the United States, 
                colonial or territorial governments, or if relevant, 
                citizens and officials of foreign governments from 
                which the United States acquired territory.
            (13) The term ``continuous'' means, with respect to any 
        Indian group, extending from generation to generation 
        throughout the Indian group's history essentially without 
        interruption.
            (14) The term ``indigenous'' means native to the area that 
        constitutes the continental United States in that at least part 
        of the group's aboriginal range extended into what is now the 
        area that constitutes the continental United States.
            (15) The term ``community'' means any people living within 
        such a reasonable proximity as to allow group interaction and 
        maintenance of tribal relations.
            (16) The term ``other party'' means any affected person or 
        organization other than the petitioner who submits comments or 
        evidence in support of, or in opposition to, a petition.
            (17) The term ``petition'' means a petition submitted to 
        the Commission under section 5(a)(1) or transferred to the 
        Commission under section 5(a)(3).
            (18) The term ``treaty'' means any treaty--
                    (A) negotiated and ratified by the United States 
                with, or on behalf of, any Indian group,
                    (B) made by any sovereign with, or on behalf of, 
                any Indian group, whereby the United States acquired 
                territory by purchase or cession, or
                    (C) negotiated by the United States with, or on 
                behalf of, any Indian group in California, whether or 
                not the treaty was subsequently ratified.

                    commission on indian recognition

    Sec. 4. (a)(1) There is established, as an independent commission, 
the ``Commission on Indian Recognition''.
    (2)(A) The Commission shall consist of 3 members appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (B) No more than 2 members of the Commission may be members of the 
same political party.
    (C) The Commission shall hold its first meeting no later than 30 
days after the date on which all members of the Commission have been 
appointed and confirmed by the Senate.
    (D) Each member of the Commission shall be entitled to one vote 
which shall be equal to the vote of every other member of the 
Commission.
    (E) Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but 
shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment 
was made.
    (F) In making appointments to the Commission, the President shall 
give careful consideration to--
            (i) recommendations received from Indian tribes, and
            (ii) individuals who have a background in Indian law or 
        policy, anthropology, genealogy, or history.
    (3) At the time appointments are made under paragraph (2)(A), the 
President shall designate one of such appointees as chairman of the 
Commission.
    (4) Two members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business.
    (5) The Commission may adopt such rules (consistent with the 
provisions of this Act) as may be necessary to establish its procedures 
and to govern the manner of its operations, organization, and 
personnel.
    (b)(1)(A) Each member of the Commission not otherwise employed by 
the United States Government shall receive compensation at a rate equal 
to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for 
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code, for each day, including traveltime, such member is engaged 
in the actual performance of duties authorized by the Commission.
    (B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), a member of the 
Commission who is otherwise an officer or employee of the United States 
Government shall serve on the Commission without additional 
compensation, but such service shall be without interruption or loss of 
civil service status or privilege.
    (C) All members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for travel 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses during the performance of 
duties of the Commission while away from home or their regular place of 
business, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code.
    (2) The principal office of the Commission shall be in the District 
of Columbia.
    (c) The Commission shall carry out the duties assigned to the 
Commission by this Act, and shall meet the requirements imposed on the 
Commission by this Act.
    (d)(1) Subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by 
the Commission, the chairman of the Commission is authorized to--
            (A) appoint, terminate, and fix the compensation (without 
        regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
        governing appointments in the competitive service, and without 
        regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
        chapter 53 of such title, or of any other provision of law, 
        relating to the number, classification, and General Schedule 
        rates) of an Executive Director of the Commission and of such 
        other personnel as the chairman deems advisable to assist in 
        the performance of the duties of the Commission, at a rate not 
        to exceed a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual 
        rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (B) procure, as authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code, temporary and intermittent services to the 
        same extent as is authorized by law for agencies in the 
        executive branch, but at rates not to exceed the daily 
        equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level 
        V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
    (2) The Commission is authorized--
            (A) to hold such hearings and sit and act at such times,
            (B) to take such testimony,
            (C) to have such printing and binding done,
            (D) subject to the availability of funds, to enter into 
        such contracts and other arrangements,
            (E) to make such expenditures, and
            (F) to take such other actions,
as the Commission may deem advisable. Any member of the Commission may 
administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the 
Commission.
    (3) The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not 
apply to the Commission established under this section.
    (4)(A) The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any 
officer, department, agency, establishment, or instrumentality of the 
Federal Government such information as the Commission may require for 
the purpose of this Act, and each such officer, department, agency, 
establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to 
furnish, to the extent permitted by law, such information, suggestions, 
estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made 
by the chairman of the Commission.
    (B) Upon the request of the chairman of the Commission, the head of 
any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality is authorized to 
make any of the facilities and services of such department, agency, or 
instrumentality available to the Commission and detail any of the 
personnel of such department, agency, or instrumentality to the 
Commission, on a nonreimbursable basis, to assist the Commission in 
carrying out its duties under this section.
    (C) The Commission may use the United States mails in the same 
manner and under the same conditions as other departments and agencies 
of the United States.
    (e) The Commission shall cease to exist on the date that is 60 days 
after the date on which the Commission publishes in the Federal 
Register the last determination the Commission is required to make 
under section 8(b) with respect to petitions filed under section 5(a). 
All records, documents, and materials of the Commission, prior to its 
termination, shall be transferred by the Commission to the National 
Archives and Records Administration.

                       petitions for recognition

    Sec. 5. (a)(1) Any Indian group that is indigenous (including any 
Indian group whose relationship with the Federal Government was 
terminated by law) may submit to the Commission, during the 72-month 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, a petition 
requesting that the Commission recognize that the Indian group is an 
Indian tribe.
    (2) The provisions of this Act do not apply to the following groups 
or entities, which shall not be eligible for recognition under this 
Act--
            (A) Indian tribes, organized bands, pueblos, communities, 
        and Alaska Native entities which are already recognized by the 
        Secretary as eligible to receive services from the Bureau;
            (B) splinter groups, political factions, communities, or 
        groups of any character which separate from the main body of an 
        Indian tribe that, at the time of such separation, is 
        recognized as being an Indian tribe by the Secretary, unless it 
        can be clearly established that the group, faction, or 
        community has functioned throughout history until the date of 
        such petition as an autonomous Indian tribal entity; and
            (C) groups, or successors in interest of groups, that prior 
        to the date of enactment of this Act, have petitioned for, and 
        been denied or refused, recognition as an Indian tribe under 
        regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
    (3) No later than 30 days after the date on which all of the 
members of the Commission have been appointed and confirmed by the 
Senate, the Secretary shall transfer to the Commission all petitions 
pending before the Department that request the Secretary, or the 
Federal Government, to recognize or acknowledge an Indian group as an 
Indian tribe. On the date of such transfer, the Secretary and the 
Department shall cease to have any authority to recognize or 
acknowledge, on behalf of the Federal Government, any Indian group as 
an Indian tribe. Petitions transferred to the Commission under this 
paragraph shall, for purposes of this Act, be considered as having been 
submitted to the Commission as of the date of such transfer.
    (b) Any petition submitted under subsection (a) by an Indian group 
shall be in a form which clearly indicates that it is a petition 
requesting the Commission to recognize that the Indian group is an 
Indian tribe and shall contain each of the following:
            (1) A statement of facts establishing that the petitioner 
        has been identified from historical times until the present, on 
        a substantially continuous basis, as Indian, except that a 
        petitioner shall not be considered as having failed to satisfy 
        any requirement of this subsection merely because of 
        fluctuations of tribal activity during various years. Evidence 
        which can be offered to demonstrate Indian identity of the 
        petitioner on a substantially continuous basis shall include 
        one or more of the following:
                    (A) Repeated identification of the petitioner as 
                Indian by Federal authorities, including actions which 
                constitute legislative or administrative termination.
                    (B) Longstanding relationships of the petitioner 
                with State governments based on identification of the 
                petitioner as Indian.
                    (C) Repeated dealings of the petitioner with a 
                county, parish, or other local government in a 
                relationship based on the Indian identity of the 
                petitioner.
                    (D) Repeated identification of the petitioner as an 
                Indian entity by records in courthouses, churches, or 
                schools.
                    (E) Repeated identification of the petitioner as an 
                Indian entity by anthropologists, historians, or other 
                scholars.
                    (F) Repeated identification of the petitioner as an 
                Indian entity in newspapers and books.
                    (G) Repeated identification of the petitioner as an 
                Indian entity by, and dealings of the petitioner as an 
                Indian entity with, Indian tribes or recognized 
                national Indian organizations.
            (2) Evidence that--
                    (A) a substantial portion of the membership of the 
                petitioner lives in a community viewed as Indian and 
                distinct from other populations in the area, and
                    (B) members of the petitioner are descendants of an 
                Indian group or groups which historically inhabited a 
                specific area.
            (3) A statement of facts which establishes that the 
        petitioner has maintained tribal political influence or other 
        authority over its members as an autonomous entity from 
        historical times until the present.
            (4) A copy of the present governing document of the 
        petitioner describing in full the membership criteria of the 
        petitioner and the procedures through which the petitioner 
        currently governs its affairs and members.
            (5) A list of all current members of the petitioner and 
        their current addresses and a copy of each available former 
        list of members based on the petitioner's own defined criteria. 
        The membership must consist of individuals who have established 
        descendancy from an Indian group which existed historically or 
        from historical Indian groups which combined and functioned as 
        a single autonomous entity. Evidence of tribal membership 
        required by the Commission includes (but is not limited to)--
                    (A) descendancy rolls prepared by the Secretary for 
                the petitioner for purposes of distributing claims 
                money, providing allotments, or other purposes;
                    (B) State, Federal, or other official records or 
                evidence identifying present members of the petitioner, 
                or ancestors of present members of the petitioner, as 
                being an Indian descendant and a member of the 
                petitioner;
                    (C) church, school, and other similar enrollment 
                records indicating membership in the petitioner;
                    (D) affidavits of recognition by tribal elders, 
                leaders, or the tribal governing body as being an 
                Indian descendant of the Indian group and a member of 
                the petitioner; and
                    (E) other records or evidence identifying the 
                person as a member of the petitioner.

                     notice of receipt of petition

    Sec. 6. (a) Within 30 days after a petition is submitted or 
transferred to the Commission under section 5(a), the Commission shall 
send an acknowledgment of receipt in writing to the petitioner and 
shall have published in the Federal Register a notice of such receipt, 
including the name, location, and mailing address of the petitioner and 
such other information that will identify the entity submitting the 
petition and the date the petition was received by the Commission. The 
notice shall also indicate where a copy of the petition may be 
examined.
    (b) The Commission shall also notify, in writing, the Governor and 
attorney general of, and each recognized Indian tribe within, any State 
in which a petitioner resides.
    (c) The Commission shall publish the notice of receipt of the 
petition in a major newspaper of general circulation in the town or 
city nearest the location of the petitioner. The notice will include, 
in addition to the information described in subsection (a), notice of 
opportunity for other parties to submit factual or legal arguments in 
support of, or in opposition to, the petition. Such submissions shall 
be provided to the petitioner upon receipt by the Commission. The 
petitioner shall be provided an opportunity to respond to such 
submissions prior to a determination on the petition by the Commission.

                        processing the petition

    Sec. 7. (a)(1) Upon receipt of a petition, the Commission shall 
conduct a review to determine whether the petitioner is entitled to be 
recognized as an Indian tribe.
    (2) The review conducted under paragraph (1) shall include 
consideration of the petition, supporting evidence, and the factual 
statements contained in the petition.
    (3) The Commission may also initiate other research for any purpose 
relative to analyzing the petition and obtaining additional information 
about the petitioner's status and may consider any evidence which may 
be submitted by other parties.
    (b) Prior to actual consideration of the petition and by no later 
than the date that is 12 months after the date on which the petition is 
submitted or transferred to the Commission, the Commission shall notify 
the petitioner of any obvious deficiencies, or significant omissions, 
that are apparent upon an initial review of the petition and provide 
the petitioner with an opportunity to withdraw the petition for further 
work or to submit additional information or a clarification.
    (c)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, petitions 
shall be considered on a first come, first served basis, determined by 
the date of the original filing of the petition with the Commission, or 
the Department of the Interior if the petition is one transferred to 
the Commission pursuant to section 5(a). The Commission shall establish 
a priority register including those petitions pending before the 
Department of the Interior on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (2) Petitions that are submitted to the Commission by Indian groups 
whose relationship with the Federal Government was terminated by law or 
by Indian groups that were parties to treaties--
            (A) shall receive priority consideration over petitions 
        submitted by any other Indian groups, and
            (B) shall be considered on an expedited basis.
    (d) The Commission shall provide the petitioner and other parties 
submitting comments on the petition notice of the date on which the 
petition comes under active consideration.
    (e) A petitioner may, at its option and upon written request, 
withdraw its petition prior to publication in the Federal Register by 
the Commission of proposed findings under section 8(a) and may, if it 
so desires, resubmit a new petition. A petitioner shall not lose its 
priority date by withdrawing and resubmitting its petitions, but the 
time periods provided in section 8(a) shall begin to run upon active 
consideration of the resubmitted petition.

                  proposed findings and determination

    Sec. 8. (a)(1) Within 1 year after notifying the petitioner under 
section 7(d) that active consideration of the petition has begun, the 
Commission shall make a proposed finding on the petition and shall 
publish the proposed finding in the Federal Register.
    (2) The Commission may delay making proposed findings on a petition 
under paragraph (1) for 180 days upon a showing of good cause by the 
petitioner.
    (3) In addition to the proposed findings, the Commission shall 
prepare a report on each petition which summarizes the evidence for the 
proposed findings. Copies of such report shall be available to the 
petitioner and to other parties upon request.
    (4) Upon publication of the proposed findings under paragraph (1), 
any individual or organization wishing to challenge the proposed 
findings shall have a response period of 120 days to present factual or 
legal arguments and evidence to rebut the evidence upon which the 
proposed findings are based.
    (b)(1) After consideration of any written arguments and evidence 
submitted to rebut the proposed findings made under subsection (a)(1), 
the Commission shall make a determination of whether the petitioner is 
recognized by the Federal Government to be an Indian tribe. Except as 
otherwise provided by this Act, the determination shall be considered 
to be a determination on such recognition by the Federal Government, 
and shall also be treated as a determination on such recognition by the 
Secretary, for all purposes of law.
    (2) By no later than the date that is 60 days after the close of 
the 120-day response period described in subsection (a)(4), the 
Commission shall--
            (A) make a determination of whether the petitioner is a 
        federally recognized Indian tribe;
            (B) publish a summary of the determination in the Federal 
        Register; and
            (C) deliver a copy of the determination and summary to the 
        petitioner.
    (3) Any determination made under paragraph (1) shall become 
effective on the date that is 60 days after the date on which the 
summary of the determination is published under paragraph (2).
    (c) In making the proposed findings and determination under this 
section with respect to any petition, the Commission shall recognize 
the petitioner as an Indian tribe if the petition meets all the 
requirements of section 5(b). The Commission shall not make such 
findings or determination of recognition of the petitioner if such 
requirements have not been met by the petitioner.
    (d) If the Commission determines under subsection (b)(1) that the 
petitioner should not be recognized by the Federal Government to be an 
Indian tribe, the Commission shall analyze and forward to the 
petitioner other options, if any, under which application for services 
and other benefits of the Bureau may be made.
    (e) A determination by the Commission that an Indian group is 
recognized by the Federal Government as an Indian tribe shall not--
            (1) have the effect of depriving or diminishing the right 
        of any other Indian tribe to govern its reservation as such 
        reservation existed prior to the recognition of such Indian 
        group,
            (2) have the effect of depriving or diminishing any 
        property right held in trust or recognized by the United States 
        for such other Indian tribe prior to the recognition of such 
        Indian group, or
            (3) have the effect of depriving or diminishing any 
        previously or independently existing claim by a petitioner to 
        any such property right held in trust by the United States for 
        such other Indian tribe prior to the recognition of such Indian 
        group.

                                appeals

    Sec. 9. (a) By no later than 60 days after the date on which the 
summary of the determination of the Commission with respect to a 
petition is published under section 8(b), the petitioner, or any other 
party, may appeal the determination to the United States Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
    (b) The prevailing parties in the appeal described in subsection 
(a) shall be eligible for an award of attorney fees and costs under the 
provisions of section 504 of title 5, United States Code, or section 
2412 of title 28 of such Code, as the case may be.

                      implementation of decisions

    Sec. 10. (a) Upon recognition by the Commission that the petitioner 
is an Indian tribe, the Indian tribe shall be eligible for the services 
and benefits from the Federal Government that are available to other 
federally recognized Indian tribes and entitled to the privileges and 
immunities available to other federally recognized Indian tribes by 
virtue of their status as Indian tribes with a government-to-government 
relationship with the United States, as well as having the 
responsibilities and obligations of such Indian tribes. Such 
recognition shall subject the Indian tribes to the same authority of 
Congress and the United States to which other federally recognized 
tribes are subject.
    (b) While the Indian tribes that are newly recognized under this 
Act shall be eligible for benefits and services, recognition of the 
Indian tribe under this Act will not create an immediate entitlement to 
existing programs of the Bureau. Such programs shall become available 
upon appropriation of funds by law. Requests for appropriations shall 
follow a determination of the needs of the newly recognized Indian 
tribe.
    (c) Within 6 months after an Indian tribe is recognized under this 
Act, the appropriate area offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
the Indian Health Service shall consult and develop in cooperation with 
the Indian tribe, and forward to the respective Secretary, a 
determination of the needs of the Indian tribe and a recommended budget 
required to serve the newly recognized Indian tribe. The recommended 
budget will be considered along with other recommendations by the 
appropriate Secretary in the usual budget-request process.

                    list of recognized indian tribes

    Sec. 11. By no later than the date that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall publish in the Federal Register an up-to-date list of all Indian 
tribes which are recognized by the Federal Government and receiving 
services from the Bureau.

                 actions by petitioners for enforcement

    Sec. 12. Any petitioner may bring an action in the district court 
of the United States for the district in which the petitioner resides, 
or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to 
enforce the provisions of this Act, including any time limitations 
within which actions are required to be taken, or decisions made, under 
this Act and the district court shall issue such orders (including 
writs of mandamus) as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of 
this Act.

                              regulations

    Sec. 13. The Commission is authorized to prescribe such regulations 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this 
Act. All such regulations must be published in accordance with the 
provisions of title 5, United States Code.

                         guidelines and advice

    Sec. 14. (a) No later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Commission shall make available suggested guidelines for 
the format of petitions, including general suggestions and guidelines 
on where and how to research required information, but such examples 
shall not preclude the use of any other format.
    (b) The Commission, upon request, is authorized to provide 
suggestions and advice to any petitioner for his research into the 
petitioner's historical background and Indian identity. The Commission 
shall not be responsible for the actual research on behalf of the 
petitioner.

                       assistance to petitioners

    Sec. 15. (a)(1) The Commissioner of the Administration for Native 
Americans of the Department of Health and Human Services may award 
grants to Indian groups seeking Federal recognition to enable the 
Indian groups to--
            (A) conduct the research necessary to substantiate 
        petitions under this Act, and
            (B) prepare documentation necessary for the submission of a 
        petition under this Act.
    (2) The grants made under this subsection shall be in addition to 
any other grants the Commissioner of the Administration for Native 
Americans is authorized to provide under any other provision of law.
    (b) Grants provided under subsection (a) shall be awarded 
competitively based on objective criteria prescribed in regulations 
promulgated by the Commissioner of the Administration for Native 
Americans.

                    authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 16. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Commission for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act 
(other than section 15), $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $1,500,000 
for each of the 12 succeeding fiscal years.
    (b) There are authorized to be appropriated for the Administration 
for Native Americans of the Department of Health and Human Services for 
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 15, $500,000 for 
fiscal year 1995 and $500,000 for each of the 12 succeeding fiscal 
years.

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