[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 982 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 982

 To extend the purposes of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
         to include American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 18 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

 Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. Campbell) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the purposes of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
         to include American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation Indian Eligibility Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PURPOSES OF OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 
              CORPORATION.

    Title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following:

``SEC. 240B. EXTENSION OF PURPOSES TO AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES.

    ``(a) American Indian Tribes To Be Considered as Less Developed 
Countries for Purposes of Title IV.--In the administration of the 
provisions of this title, an American Indian Tribe shall be considered 
to be a less developed country.
    ``(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term `American 
Indian Tribe' shall include any American Indian tribe, band, nation, 
pueblo, or other organized group or community, which is recognized as 
eligible for special programs and services provided by the United 
States to Indian tribes because of their status as Indians, including 
any Alaska Native Village, or regional or village corporation, as 
defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
    ``(c) Assistance Not Available for Gaming Activities.--No funds 
made available to any American Indian Tribe by reason of the enactment 
of this section may be used for purposes of conducting or housing class 
I, II, or III gaming (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
    ``(d) Disclaimer.--Other than for purposes of this section, nothing 
in this section shall be construed as treating an American Indian Tribe 
as a less developed country for the purposes of any other law of the 
United States or any Federal Government assistance program.''.

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