[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 212 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 212

To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
  provide a process for expediting congressional review of an Indian 
tribe's funding agreement at the Indian tribe's request, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
  provide a process for expediting congressional review of an Indian 
tribe's funding agreement at the Indian tribe's request, 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 ``Expediting Funding For Efficient 
Contracting Tribes Act'' or the ``EFFECT Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF INDIAN TRIBE FUNDING AGREEMENTS.

    Section 403 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458cc) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (l) as 
        subsections (h) through (m), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) Expedited Review.--
            ``(1) An Indian tribe that is party to a proposed funding 
        agreement may submit a written request for expedited review of 
        the agreement to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate 
        and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives.
            ``(2) Notwithstanding subsection (f), upon receipt of a 
        written notice, sent by the chairman and ranking minority 
        member of such committee of the Senate and the chair and 
        ranking minority member of such committee of the House of 
        Representatives, that indicates such Members' assent to an 
        Indian tribe's request under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
        shall--
                    ``(A) deem part or all of the 90-day review period 
                under subsection (f) waived, if so specified in the 
                notice; and
                    ``(B) set or amend the effective date of the 
                proposed agreement, if so specified in the notice.''; 
                and
            (3) in subsection (f), by striking ``Native American 
        Affairs'' and inserting ``Indian, Insular and Alaska Native 
        Affairs''.
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