[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1279 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1279

     To amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services 
 Demonstration Act of 1992 to provide for the transfer of services and 
   personnel from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Office of Self-
     Governance, to emphasize the need for job creation on Indian 
                 reservations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 9, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services 
 Demonstration Act of 1992 to provide for the transfer of services and 
   personnel from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Office of Self-
     Governance, to emphasize the need for job creation on Indian 
                 reservations, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Demonstration Act Amendments of 1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations that have 
        participated in carrying out programs under the Indian 
        Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 
        1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) have--
                    (A) improved the effectiveness of services provided 
                by those tribes and organizations;
                    (B) enabled more Indian people to secure 
                employment;
                    (C) assisted welfare recipients; and
                    (D) otherwise demonstrated the value of integrating 
                education, employment, and training services.
            (2) The initiative under the Indian Employment, Training 
        and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 should be 
        strengthened by ensuring that all programs that emphasize the 
        value of work may be included within a demonstration program of 
        an Indian tribe or Alaska Native organization.
            (3) The initiative under the Indian Employment, Training 
        and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 shares goals and 
        innovative approaches of the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).
            (4) The programs referred to in paragraph (2) should be 
        implemented by the unit within the Department of the Interior 
        responsible for carrying out the Indian Employment, Training 
        and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992.
            (5) The initiative under the Indian Employment, Training 
        and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 should have the 
        benefit of the support and attention of the officials of--
                    (A) the Department of the Interior; and
                    (B) other Federal agencies involved with 
                policymaking authority with respect to programs that 
                emphasize the value of work for American Indians and 
                Alaska Natives.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND RELATED 
              SERVICES DEMONSTRATION ACT OF 1992.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3402) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(1) Federal agency.--The term `Federal agency' has the 
        same meaning given the term `agency' in section 551(1) of title 
        5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Programs Affected.--Section 5 of the Indian Employment, 
Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 
3404) is amended by striking ``employment opportunities, or skill 
development'' and all that follows through the end of the section, and 
inserting ``securing employment, retaining employment, or creating 
employment opportunities. The programs referred to in the preceding 
sentence may include the program commonly referred to as the general 
assistance program established under the Act of November 2, 1921 
(commonly known as the `Snyder Act') (42 Stat. 208, chapter 115; 25 
U.S.C. 13) and the program known as the Johnson-O'Malley Program 
established under the Johnson-O'Malley Act (25 U.S.C. 452 through 
457).''.
    (c) Plan Review.--Section 7 of the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3406) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Federal department'' both places it 
        appears and inserting ``Federal agency'';
            (2) by striking ``Federal departmental'' and inserting 
        ``Federal agency'';
            (3) by striking ``department'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``agency''; and
            (4) in the third sentence, by inserting ``statutory 
        requirement,'' after ``to waive any''.
    (d) Plan Approval.--The second sentence of section 8 of the Indian 
Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 
U.S.C. 3407) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ``, including reconsidering the disapproval of any waiver 
requested by the Indian tribe''.
    (e) Job Creation Activities.--Section 9 of the Indian Employment, 
Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 
3408) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The plan 
        submitted'';
            (2) by striking ``if such expenditures'' and all that 
        follows through the end of subsection (a) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Limitation.--The funds used for an expenditure described in 
subsection (a) may only include funds made available to the Indian 
tribe by a Federal agency under a statutory or administrative 
formula.''.
    (f) Private Sector Training Placements.--Section 11(a) of the 
Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 
1992 (25 U.S.C. 3410(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``Bureau of Indian Affairs'' and inserting ``Office of Self-
        Governance of the Department of the Interior'';
            (2) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by inserting ``delivered under an arrangement 
                subject to the approval of the Indian tribe 
                participating in the project,'' after ``appropriate to 
                the project,''; and
                    (B) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; 
                and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) the convening by an appropriate official of the lead 
        agency (whose appointment is subject to the confirmation of the 
        Senate) and a representative of the Indian tribes that carry 
        out demonstration projects under this Act, in consultation with 
        each such Indian tribe, of a meeting not less than 2 times 
        during each fiscal year for the purpose of providing an 
        opportunity for all Indian tribes that carry out demonstration 
        projects under this Act to discuss issues relating to the 
        implementation of this Act with officials of each department 
        specified in subsection (a).''.
    (g) Personnel.--In carrying out the amendment made by subsection 
(f)(1), the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer from the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs to the Office of Self-Governance of the Department of 
the Interior such personnel and resources as the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate.
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