[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3789 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3789

 To amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience 
  Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and 
         Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 10 (legislative day, March 7), 2022

  Mr. Schatz 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 Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience 
  Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and 
         Native Hawaiian organizations, 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. NATIVE AMERICAN TOURISM GRANT PROGRAMS.

    The Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act 
(25 U.S.C. 4351 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 6 (25 U.S.C. 4355) as section 
        7; and
            (2) by inserting after section 5 (25 U.S.C. 4354) the 
        following:

``SEC. 6. NATIVE AMERICAN TOURISM GRANT PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Bureau of Indian Affairs Program.--The Director of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs may make grants to Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations to carry out the purposes of this Act, as described in 
section 2.
    ``(b) Office of Native Hawaiian Relations.--The Director of the 
Office of Native Hawaiian Relations may make grants to Native Hawaiian 
organizations to carry out the purposes of this Act, as described in 
section 2.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary.''.
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