[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3222 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3222

  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and 
  safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities that were 
  constructed to provide treaty tribes access to traditional fishing 
 grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities and structures 
          to improve those conditions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2016

  Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. Cantwell) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and 
  safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities that were 
  constructed to provide treaty tribes access to traditional fishing 
 grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities and structures 
          to improve those conditions, 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 ``Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty 
Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. SANITATION AND SAFETY CONDITIONS AT CERTAIN BUREAU OF INDIAN 
              AFFAIRS FACILITIES.

    (a) Assessment of Conditions.--The Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in consultation with the 
affected Columbia River Treaty Tribes, may assess current sanitation 
and safety conditions on lands owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
including all permanent Federal structures and improvements on those 
lands, that were set aside to provide treaty tribes access to 
traditional fishing grounds--
            (1) in accordance with the Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 
        10, chapter 19) (commonly known as the ``River and Harbor Act 
        of 1945''); or
            (2) in accordance with title IV of Public Law 100-581 (102 
        Stat. 2944).
    (b) Exclusive Authorization; Contracts.--The Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs--
            (1) shall be the only Federal agency authorized to carry 
        out the activities described in this section; and
            (2) may delegate the authority to carry out activities 
        described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c) through 
        one or more contracts entered into with an Indian tribe or 
        tribal organization under the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior such sums as are 
necessary, to remain available until expended--
            (1) for improvements to existing structures and 
        infrastructure to improve sanitation and safety conditions 
        assessed under subsection (a); and
            (2) to improve access to electricity, sewer, and water 
        infrastructure, where feasible, to reflect needs for sanitary 
        and safe use of facilities referred to in subsection (a).
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