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[S. 256 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.256

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide flexibility 
 and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of 
                       Native American languages.

    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 ``Esther Martinez Native American 
Languages Programs Reauthorization Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES GRANT PROGRAM.
    Section 803C of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
2991b-3) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(7)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``10'' and 
        inserting ``5''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``15'' and 
        inserting ``10''; and
        (2) in subsection (e)(2)--
            (A) by striking ``or 3-year basis'' and inserting ``3-year, 
        4-year, or 5-year basis''; and
            (B) by inserting ``, 4-year, or 5-year'' after ``on a 3-
        year''.
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES PROGRAM.
    (a) In General.--Section 816(e) of the Native American Programs Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d(e)) is amended by striking ``such sums'' and 
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
``$13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Section 816 of the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended in subsections (a) 
and (b) by striking ``subsection (e)'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``subsection (d)''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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