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[H.R. 3069 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3069

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                                 An Act


 
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.

    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 ``Advisory Council on California 
Indian Policy Extension Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the Advisory Council on 
California Indian Policy, pursuant to the Advisory Council on 
California Indian Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-416; 25 U.S.C. 651 
note), submitted its proposals and recommendations regarding remedial 
measures to address the special status of California's terminated and 
unacknowledged Indian tribes and the needs of California Indians 
relating to economic self-sufficiency, health, and education.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to allow the Advisory 
Council on California Indian Policy to advise Congress on the 
implementation of such proposals and recommendations.

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF 
              PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5 of the Advisory Council on California 
Indian Policy Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2133) is amended by striking 
``and'' at the end of paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end 
of paragraph (7) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
        ``(8) work with Congress, the Secretary, the Secretary of 
    Health and Human Services, and the California Indian tribes, to 
    implement the Council's proposals and recommendations contained in 
    the report submitted made under paragraph (6), including--
            ``(A) consulting with Federal departments and agencies to 
        identify those recommendations that can be implemented 
        immediately, or in the very near future, and those which will 
        require long-term changes in law, regulations, or policy;
            ``(B) working with Federal departments and agencies to 
        expedite to the greatest extent possible the implementation of 
        the Council's recommendations;
            ``(C) presenting draft legislation to Congress for 
        implementation of the recommendations requiring legislative 
        changes;
            ``(D) initiating discussions with the State of California 
        and its agencies to identify specific areas where State actions 
        or tribal-State cooperation can complement actions by the 
        Federal Government to implement specific recommendations;
            ``(E) providing timely information to and consulting with 
        California Indian tribes on discussions between the Council and 
        Federal and State agencies regarding implementation of the 
        recommendations; and
            ``(F) providing annual progress reports to the Committee on 
        Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of 
        the House of Representatives on the status of the 
        implementation of the recommendations.''.
    (b) Termination.--The first sentence of section 8 of the Advisory 
Council on California Indian Policy Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2136) is 
amended to read as follows: ``The Council shall cease to exist on March 
31, 2000.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.