[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 312 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 312

   To provide for an Assistant Administrator for Indian Lands in the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 1 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for an Assistant Administrator for Indian Lands in the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR INDIAN LANDS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Appointment.--The President, by and with the advice and 
        consent of the Senate, shall appoint within the Environmental 
        Protection Agency an Assistant Administrator for Indian Lands.
            (2) Compensation.--The Assistant Administrator for Indian 
        Lands appointed under this subsection shall be compensated at a 
        rate provided for in level V of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Duties.--The Assistant Administrator for Indian Lands appointed 
under this section shall--
            (1) coordinate the activities of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency with respect to Indian lands and federally 
        recognized Indian tribes; and
            (2) implement the stated policy of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency commonly referred to as the ``1984 Indian 
        Policy''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``Assistant Administrator for Indian Lands, Environmental 
        Protection Agency.''.
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