115 S5636 IS: Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act
U.S. Senate
2024-12-19
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Purposes.Sec. 3. Findings.Sec. 4. Sense of Congress.Sec. 5. Definitions.Sec. 6. Advance appropriations.Sec. 7. Sequestration exemption.Sec. 8. Office of Management and Budget Office of Native Nations.Sec. 9. GAO audit of crosscutting information.Sec. 10. White House Council for Native Nations.Sec. 11. Deputy Secretary for Native Nations in the Department of the Interior.Sec. 12. Tribal consultation by Federal agencies.Sec. 13. Interagency working group on data collection.TITLE I—Criminal justice and public safetySec. 101. Findings.Sec. 102. Sense of Congress.Sec. 103. Full Tribal criminal jurisdiction.Sec. 104. Bureau of Prisons tribal prisoner program.Sec. 105. Tribal justice systems.Sec. 106. Grants to Indian tribes under public safety and community policing grant program.Sec. 107. Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement and detention.Sec. 108. Written consent of an Indian tribe prior to an execution of a tribal member by the United States.Sec. 109. Indian victims of crime.Sec. 110. Victim advocates for Native Americans.Sec. 111. Special Tribal criminal jurisdiction.Sec. 112. National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault.Sec. 113. Tribal access program.Sec. 114. Tiwahe Initiative.Sec. 115. Reviews on Native Hawaiian interactions with law enforcement.TITLE II—Health careSec. 201. Findings.Sec. 202. Sense of Congress.Sec. 203. Mandatory funding for Indian Health Service.Sec. 204. Sanitation facilities construction program.Sec. 205. Special diabetes programs for Indians.Sec. 206. Special diabetes program for Native Hawaiians.Sec. 207. Permanent extension of full Federal medical assistance percentage to urban Indian organizations.Sec. 208. Qualified Indian provider services.Sec. 209. Remove limitation on payment for services furnished by Indian Health Care Providers outside a clinic facility.Sec. 210. Native Hawaiian health care.Sec. 211. Funding for Tribal epidemiology centers.Sec. 212. State option to provide medical assistance for residential addiction treatment facility services.Sec. 213. Conferring with urban Indian organizations.Sec. 214. Medicaid work requirement exemption.Sec. 215. Medicaid program policies for members of Indian Tribes.Sec. 216. Elevation of IHS Director to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health.Sec. 217. Inclusion of urban Indian organizations in the National Community Health Aide Program.TITLE III—EducationSec. 301. Findings.Sec. 302. Sense of Congress.Sec. 303. Mandatory funding for Tribal Colleges and Universities.Sec. 304. Expanding instruction and outreach by Tribal Colleges and Universities and other amendments.Sec. 305. Endowment funds of Tribal Colleges and Universities.Sec. 306. Full funding for operation of Bureau-funded schools.Sec. 307. Bureau of Indian Education school construction, modernization, and repair.Sec. 308. Tribal College and University construction, modernization, and repair.Sec. 309. Support for Native students and educators in Native-serving schools.Sec. 310. Johnson-O’Malley funding.Sec. 311. Native languages.Sec. 312. Culturally inclusive education.Sec. 313. Alaska Native education programs.Sec. 314. Every Student Succeeds Act implementation.Sec. 315. Funding for local Tribal educational agencies and Tribal education offices.Sec. 316. Graduate opportunities at Tribal Colleges and Universities.TITLE IV—HousingSec. 401. Findings.Sec. 402. Sense of Congress.Sec. 403. Indian housing block grant program.Sec. 404. Native Hawaiian housing block grant program.Sec. 405. Set-aside of USDA rural housing funding for Indian Tribes.Sec. 406. Restoring authority of Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities in certain housing programs.Sec. 407. Indian community development block grants.Sec. 408. Loan guarantees for Indian housing.Sec. 409. Loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing.Sec. 410. Direct housing loans for Native American veterans program.Sec. 411. Tribal HUD–VASH program.Sec. 412. Housing improvement program, Bureau of Indian Affairs.Sec. 413. Tribal uninhabitable housing improvement program.Sec. 414. Coordinated Environmental Review Process Workgroup.TITLE V—Economic developmentSec. 501. Findings.Sec. 502. Sense of Congress.Subtitle A—Economic development, infrastructure, and investmentsSec. 511. Tribal transportation program.Sec. 512. Tribal high priority projects program.Sec. 513. Bureau of Indian Affairs road maintenance program.Sec. 514. Tribal transit program.Sec. 515. Tribal transportation technical assistance program.Sec. 516. Rural development tribal technical assistance program.Sec. 517. Native American community development financial institutions assistance program.Sec. 518. Tribal revolving funds.Sec. 519. Tribal water pollution control.Sec. 520. Rural utilities service water and waste disposal program.Sec. 521. Funding for Claims Resolution Act of 2010.Subtitle B—Spectrum sovereignty and broadband deployment on Tribal landsSec. 531. Tribal Broadband Fund.Sec. 532. Office of Native Affairs and Policy, Federal Communications Commission.Sec. 533. Immediate deployment of broadband service on Tribal lands.Sec. 534. FCC Tribal Spectrum Market.Sec. 535. E-rate.Sec. 536. ReConnect Program.Sec. 537. USDA Office of Tribal Relations.Sec. 538. Annual reporting requirements.Sec. 539. Definitions.2.The purposes of this Act are—(1)to acknowledge the chronic failure of the Federal Government—(A)to fulfill its trust responsibilities to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Indian Tribes; and (B)to respect its special political and legal relationship with Native Hawaiians;(2)to acknowledge the treaty obligations of the Federal Government to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Indian Tribes, which have never been fulfilled;(3)to ensure progress toward the fulfillment of trust and treaty obligations of the Federal Government;(4)to ensure progress toward adequate funding for programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indian Tribes;(5)to reaffirm and uphold Tribal sovereignty and self-governance; and(6)to acknowledge the broken promises of the Federal Government to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiians, as embodied by—(A)the failure to uphold treaty obligations;(B)the failure to fund programs that should have been fully funded in exchange for the loss of life and indigenous homelands;(C)the ceded land and stolen natural resources from Tribal lands; and(D)the acts taken to extinguish Native American culture and the traditions of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. 3.Congress finds that—(1)in December 2018, the United States Commission on Civil Rights issued a report entitled Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans
, which made a number of important findings, which are related to the findings described in paragraphs (2) through (8);(2)the unique government-to-government relationship between the Federal Government and Indian Tribes, and the trust responsibility and obligations of the Federal Government to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Indian Tribes, are—(A)enumerated in the United States Constitution, Acts of Congress, Executive orders, Supreme Court precedent, and Federal policies and regulations; and(B)as applicable, established in Indian treaties signed by the United States;(3)Congress has also passed more than 150 laws that promote the welfare of Native Hawaiians and affirm a special political and legal relationship with Native Hawaiians arising out of their status as Indigenous, Native people;(4)Federal programs designed to support the social and economic well-being of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indian Tribes remain chronically underfunded and sometimes inefficiently structured, which—(A)leaves many basic obligations of the Federal Government in rural and urban areas with large populations of Native Americans unmet; and (B)contributes to the inequities observed in Native American communities;(5)woefully inadequate Federal funding for Native American programs often comes with restrictions that hamper access to funds, including indirect allocations of Federal funding to State governments to be provided to Tribal governments and Native American communities at the State’s discretion, which further diminishes the direct government-to-government relationship between the Federal Government and Indian Tribes and other funding mechanisms for Native American communities;(6)Congress often provides funding for Native American programs in a manner that makes efficient long-term planning and budgeting impossible or exceedingly difficult for Tribal governments, Tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and Native American communities;(7)the Federal Government continues to fail to keep accurate, consistent, and comprehensive records of Federal spending for Native American programs, either for a given fiscal year or for longer time periods, making monitoring of Federal spending to meet the trust responsibility and obligations of the Federal Government difficult; and(8)(A)the Federal Government continues to insufficiently track Native American populations and use outdated or incomplete data points, contributing to the lack of adequate funding provided for necessary resources;(B)there is a critical need for more accurate and current data collection for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, including disaggregated data on those populations; and (C)inaccurate and undercounted data can negatively impact Federal funds and services received by American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities.4.It is the sense of Congress that—(1)Indian Tribes are distinct sovereigns that have a government-to-government relationship with the Federal Government;(2)(A)the Federal Government has trust and treaty obligations to Indian Tribes that are established in treaties signed by the United States and enumerated in the Constitution of the United States, Acts of Congress, Executive orders, Supreme Court precedent, and Federal policies and regulations; and(B)those treaties, like all treaties made under the authority of the United States, are the supreme law of the land, as recognized in article VI of the Constitution of the United States;(3)(A)the Federal Government has historically failed to carry out its promises and trust and treaty obligations to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Indian Tribes, and, as applicable, Native Hawaiians; and(B)those failures—(i)are ongoing, as the Federal Government continually fails to adequately support the social and economic well-being of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indian Tribes; and (ii)have created a civil rights crisis;(4)the historical failures of the Federal Government described in paragraph (3) include—(A)federally mandated depopulation of Native Americans, including—(i)numerous massacres carried out by the United States; and (ii)the forced relocation efforts and genocide practices carried out by the United States;(B)successive oppressive government policies, such as the allotment and assimilation, termination, and relocation eras;(C)suppression, assimilation, and cultural annihilation practices carried out against the United States Indigenous peoples; and(D)an ongoing failure to acknowledge that the lands that make up the United States are indigenous lands; (5)the Federal Government must do far more to live up to its trust and treaty obligations to American Indians and Alaska Natives and Indian Tribes, for just as the United States expects all nations to live up to their own treaty obligations, the United States should live up to its own promises; (6)the Federal Government can empower American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians to realize enormous potential by honoring its promises and obligations through the enactment of legislation; and(7)American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians have long demonstrated remarkable strength, resilience, and revitalization despite the broken promises of the Federal Government and failure to acknowledge their contributions to the United States.5.In this Act:(1)The term Hawaiian home lands means land held in trust for Native Hawaiians by the State of Hawaii pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108, chapter 42).(2)The term Indian country has the meaning given the term in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code. (3)The term Indian Tribe means the governing body of any individually identified and federally recognized Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, affiliated Tribal group, or component reservation included on the list published pursuant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)).(4)Native Hawaiian organization(A)The term Native Hawaiian organization means any private nonprofit entity—(i)that serves the best interests of Native Hawaiians;(ii)in which Native Hawaiians serve in substantive and policymaking positions;(iii)that has as a primary and stated purpose the provision of services to Native Hawaiians; and(iv)that has expertise in Native Hawaiian affairs. (B)The term Native Hawaiian organization includes—(i)the Native Hawaiian Health Care System; and(ii)the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.(5)(A)The term Tribal lands has the meaning given the term in section 73.7000 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).(B)The term Tribal lands includes—(i)Indian country;(ii)fee simple and restricted fee land held by an Indian Tribe; and(iii)Hawaiian home lands. (6)The term Tribal organization has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).(7)Urban Indian organizationThe term urban Indian organization has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603).6.(a)(1)In this subsection:(A)The term applicable Secretary means—(i)with respect to actions involving the covered accounts described in subparagraph (B)(i), the Secretary of the Interior; and(ii)with respect to actions involving the covered accounts described in subparagraph (B)(ii), the Secretary of Health and Human Services.(B)The term covered account means the following:(i)The following accounts of the Department of the Interior:(I)Operation of Indian Programs.(II)Operation of Indian Education Programs.(III)Contract Support Costs.(IV)Payments for Tribal Leases.(V)Bureau of Indian Affairs Construction.(VI)Bureau of Indian Education Construction.(VII)Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account.(ii)The Indian Health Service account of the Department of Health and Human Services.(iii)The Native Hawaiian Health Care account of the Primary Health Care account of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services that provides annual appropriations to the Native Hawaiian Health care program. (C)The term unfunded fiscal year, with respect to a covered account, means a fiscal year for which amounts are not made available under this Act for the covered account.(2)For the first unfunded fiscal year with respect to a covered account, and each fiscal year thereafter, new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for the covered account shall—(A)be made available for that fiscal year; and(B)include, for the covered account, advance new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the fiscal year described in subparagraph (A).(3)If the fiscal year for which the budget of the President is submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is an unfunded fiscal year with respect to a covered account, the applicable Secretary shall include in documents submitted to Congress in support of the budget detailed estimates of the funds necessary for the covered account for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted.(b)Information on appropriations estimatesSection 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:(40)information on estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted for each covered account for which the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted is an unfunded fiscal year (as those terms are defined in section 6(a)(1) of the Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act).. 7.(a)Section 255 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905) is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and(2)by inserting after subsection (j) the following:(k)Indian Health Service and other Indian programs and accountsThe following programs and accounts shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part:Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs.Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service.Native Hawaiian Health Care Program.Native Hawaiian Education Program.Alaska Native Education Program.Indian Education Program. All programs under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).Any account for which amounts were made available under the Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act.Any account designated as significant to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations by the Administrator of the Office of Native Nations in the Office of Management and Budget under section 8 of the Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act..(b)Technical and conforming amendmentSection 256(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 906(e)) is amended—(1)in the subsection heading, by striking , Indian Health Services and Facilities,
; and(2)in paragraph (2)—(A)by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); and(B)by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (C).8.Office of Management and Budget Office of Native Nations(a)There is established in the Office of Management and Budget the Office of Native Nations.(b)(1)The Office of Native Nations shall be headed by an Administrator, who shall be known as the Administrator of Native Nations (referred to in this section as the Administrator).(2)The position of Administrator shall be a career position in the Office of the Director of Management and Budget.(3)Administrative and support servicesThe Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide the Administrator with such administrative and support services as are necessary to ensure that the Administrator carries out the duties of the Administrator under this section in an efficient and expeditious manner.(c)The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall delegate to the Administrator responsibility for—(1)coordinating with the rest of the Office of Management and Budget and the rest of the Executive branch on matters of funding for Federal programs and policy affecting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians;(2)compiling authoritative data on all Federal funding for Federal programs affecting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians; (3)ensuring that the budget requests of the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs indicate—(A)how much Federal funding is needed for Federal programs affecting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians to be fully funded, including how much funding is needed to perform Federal or non-divisible duties; and (B)how far the Federal Government is from achieving that full funding;(4)ensuring that personnel from the Office of Native Nations accompany Office of Management and Budget examiners to meetings with Federal agencies during the budget development process;(5)issuing to Federal agencies budget development guidance that would fully fund Federal programs affecting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians; and(6)carrying out the additional responsibilities described in subsections (d) through (g).(d)Annual crosscutting document(1)Each fiscal year, the Administrator shall prepare a crosscutting document containing detailed information, based on data from all Federal agencies, on the amount of Federal funding that is reaching Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and urban Indian organizations, which data shall be provided by the Federal agencies at the most granular level practicable.(2)The document prepared under paragraph (1) shall—(A)be provided at the most granular level practicable, including with respect to the allocation of Federal funds that are set aside for Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and urban Indian organizations;(B)indicate how funding is obligated, such as by grant or by formula;(C)indicate any determinative factors that are used to award an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or urban Indian organization competitive grant funding in cases in which multiple Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations are competing for the same pool of funds; (D)indicate the amount of Federal funds that are allocated to State governments to subsequently provide—(i)Federal funding to Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, or urban Indian organizations, including whether the provision of the Federal funding by each State is mandatory or discretionary; and(ii)services for the benefit of Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, or urban Indian organizations; and (E)specify—(i)whether Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and urban Indian organizations are competing against States or units of local government for competitive grant funding;(ii)how much pass-through funding is allocated to Indian Tribes;(iii)how much pass-through funding is successfully transferred to Indian Tribes after Federal funds are allocated to Indian Tribes; and(iv)(I)whether the grant funding received by Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and urban Indian organizations is allocated from the same pool of funds from which States and units of local government receive grant funding; and(II)if so, what percentage of the pool of the allocated funds were disbursed to the Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and urban Indian organizations.(3)Annual improvement processIn accordance with the Tribal consultation policy developed pursuant to subsection (f), the Administrator shall consult with Indian Tribes, collaborate with Native Hawaiian organizations, and confer with urban Indian organizations not less frequently than annually to ascertain how the document prepared under paragraph (1) can be modified to make the document more useful to Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and urban Indian organizations.(4)The document prepared under paragraph (1) shall be made publicly available.(e)Addition to OMB Analytical Perspectives volume of budgetThe Administrator shall ensure that the Analytical Perspectives volume prepared by the Office of Management and Budget for the budget of the President each fiscal year includes provisions on the subject of aid to Tribal governments, which shall include the information contained in the annual crosscutting document required under subsection (d) for that fiscal year.(f)OMB Tribal consultation policy(1)The Administrator, in consultation with Indian Tribes and in collaboration with Native Hawaiian organizations, shall develop a Tribal consultation policy applicable to the Office of Management and Budget that governs— (A)the interactions of the Office of Management and Budget with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations; and (B)the work of the Office of Management and Budget that has an impact on Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. (2)(A)The Tribal consultation policy developed under paragraph (1) shall take effect only on the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.(B)Not later than 30 days after receipt of the Tribal consultation policy developed under paragraph (1), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall approve or disapprove the Tribal consultation policy.(g)Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish a report—(1)detailing what percentage of Federal funding for programs affecting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians is provided to States for pass-through funding to Indian Tribes; and(2)presenting options for Congress and the Executive branch to ensure that funds received by States and local entities for the benefit of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians are used for the intended purpose of the funds, including options— (A)to eliminate or reduce the prevalence of State pass-through funding; and(B)instead to provide direct funding to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.(h)Authorization of appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. 9.GAO audit of crosscutting information(a)Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Administrator of Native Nations issues the first crosscutting document under section 8(d), and not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with Indian Tribes, in collaboration with Native Hawaiian organizations, and in conference with urban Indian organizations, shall conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the results of, an audit of the extent to which the processes designed and implemented by the Administrator of Native Nations accurately produce the information contained in the crosscutting document.(b)Each audit conducted under subsection (a) shall review all Federal funding that is reaching, or is intended for the benefit of, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.10.White House Council for Native Nations(a)The provisions of Executive Order 13647 (78 Fed. Reg. 39539; relating to establishing the White House Council on Native American Affairs) (as in effect on June 26, 2013) are enacted into law. (b)In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text of the Executive order referred to in subsection (a) (as in effect on June 26, 2013).(c)(1)The White House Council on Native American Affairs (as established pursuant to subsection (a)) (referred to in this section as the Council) shall be known as the White House Council for Native Nations
and shall be composed of the following members:(A)2 members shall be appointed by the President from among elected Tribal leaders from each of the 12 regions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.(B)2 members shall be appointed by the President from among persons who are representatives of Native Hawaiian organizations. (C)1 member shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, on the recommendation of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, from among Members of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, which appointment shall be made, as applicable—(i)for the first appointment, not later than 30 days after the date on which the first new Congress after the date of enactment of this Act convenes; and(ii)for any vacancy, not later than 30 days after the date on which the position becomes vacant.(D)1 member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, from among the Members of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, which appointment shall be made, as applicable—(i)for the first appointment, not later than 30 days after the date on which the first new Congress after the date of enactment of this Act convenes; and(ii)for any vacancy, not later than 30 days after the date on which the position becomes vacant. (E)The members described in clauses (i) through (xxx) of section 3(a) of the Executive order referred to in subsection (a) (as in effect on June 26, 2013). (F)1 member from each of the following: (i)The Office of the Deputy Secretary for Native Nations of the Department of the Interior. (ii)The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior.(iii)The Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (iv)The Indian Health Service.(v)The Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice.(vi)The Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice.(vii)The Indian Resources Section of the Environment and Natural Resource Division of the Department of Justice. (viii)The Administration for Native Americans of the Department of Health and Human Services.(ix)The Office of Native Affairs and Policy of the Federal Communications Commission.(x)The Federal Bureau of Investigation.(xi)The Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice. (xii)The Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior.(xiii)The Department of the Navy.(xiv)The Department of the Army.(xv)The Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services.(xvi)The Health Resources and Services Administration for the Department of Health and Human Services.(xvii)The Office of Public and Indian Housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.(xviii)The Chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.(xix)A Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. (G)The heads of such other Executive departments, agencies, and offices as the Chairperson may from time to time designate.(2)The Secretary of the Interior shall serve as Chairperson of the Council.(d)The Council shall establish the following additional subcommittees relating to Native American affairs:(1)A subcommittee on sacred land.(2)A subcommittee on children, youth, families, education, and housing.(3)A subcommittee on health care, mental health care, and suicide prevention.(4)A subcommittee on energy, economic development, and jobs.(5)A subcommittee on law enforcement, Tribal justice systems, and jurisdiction.(6)A subcommittee on environment.(7)A subcommittee on connectivity, Tribal spectrum management, and affordable broadband. (8)Such other subcommittees as the Council determines necessary.11.Deputy Secretary for Native Nations in the Department of the Interior(a)There is established in the Department of the Interior (referred to in this section as the Department) the position of Deputy Secretary for Native Nations, who shall—(1)report immediately to the Secretary of the Interior; and(2)be equal with the Deputy Secretary of the Interior.(b)The Secretary of the Interior shall delegate to the Deputy Secretary for Native Nations responsibility for—(1)honoring Indian treaty obligations and the trust responsibility of the United States to American Indians and Alaska Natives, supporting self-determination, promoting self-sufficiency, and overseeing all affairs related to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indian Tribes under the jurisdiction of the Department;(2)coordinating with Cabinet-level officials to ensure the effective provision of Federal support for Tribal self-government and programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indian Tribes and services under the Department; and(3)implementing Indian treaties, statutes, regulations, Executive and Secretarial orders, programs, policies, and other powers related to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indian Tribes. (c)(1)The Deputy Secretary for Native Nations shall oversee the following offices and functions:(A)Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.(B)Bureau of Indian Affairs, including the Office of Justice Services.(C)Bureau of Indian Education.(D)Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians.(E)Office of Self-Governance.(2)The Deputy Secretary for Native Nations shall coordinate the Native Nations affairs and activities of the White House Council on Native Nations for the President, Vice President, and Cabinet-level officials, subject to the immediate direction of the Secretary of the Interior. (3)Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to the Deputy Secretary for Native Nations to carry out the responsibilities of the Deputy Secretary for Native Nations under this section such sums as are necessary. 12.Tribal consultation by Federal agencies(a)The purposes of this section are—(1)to enumerate a non-exhaustive set of principles to inform a codification of how Federal agencies should engage in meaningful and timely Tribal consultation;(2)to underscore the importance of Tribal consultation in the fulfilment of the trust and treaty obligations of the Federal Government;(3)to affirm Tribal consultation and the principle of free, prior, and informed consent as rights of Indian Tribes, predicated on Tribal sovereignty and self-determination; and(4)to affirm the need for the entire Federal Government to recognize the importance of “regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials in the development of Federal policies that have tribal implications, to strengthen the United States government-to-government relationships with Indian tribes, and to reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon Indian tribes,” as quoted in Executive Order 13175 (25 U.S.C. 5301 note; relating to consultation and coordination with Indian Tribal governments) and elaborated in the Presidential Memoranda of January 26, 2021, and November 30, 2022.(b)Congress finds that—(1)as of January 2021, there existed more than 27 directives, handbooks, plans, policies, orders, and similar documents implementing various Tribal consultation policies, totaling more than 300 pages;(2)the current lack of centralization in Federal agencies’ Tribal consultation policies results in a large number of policies with which Indian Tribes are expected to be familiar in order to engage in consultation;(3)the current lack of centralization in Federal agencies’ Tribal consultations—(A)results in a number of challenges, including scheduling conflicts and unsustainable drains on the resources of Indian Tribes and the time of Tribal leaders; and(B)reflect a lack of respect for Tribal leaders; (4)Federal agency consultation policies take dramatically different views on the purpose of Tribal consultation, resulting in significantly different experiences for Indian Tribes attempting to engage in meaningful nation-to-nation dialogue; and(5)history demonstrates that the Federal Government best serves Native American communities when Tribal governments are empowered to lead their own communities.(c)It is the sense of Congress that—(1)consultation is a right between sovereigns, and the responsibilities and privileges associated with it cannot be delegated to other actors; (2)the purpose of Tribal consultation should be for the Federal Government to obtain the free, prior, and informed consent of affected Indian Tribes; (3)Tribal consultation—(A)is both a right of Indian Tribes and a process; (B)should occur when any Federal rulemaking, legislation, policy, guidance, operational activity, grant or funding formula change, or other action may have a substantial direct effect on Indian Tribes;(C)requires dialogue, which should often take place through formal face-to-face meetings, but may also occur through telephonic, electronic, or printed means;(D)should be used to empower Tribal governments to lead their own communities;(E)(i)should be a collaborative process;(ii)should be built on the exchange of information; and (iii)should promote enhanced communication that emphasizes trust, respect, and shared responsibility;(F)should involve individuals with decision-making authority; and(G)in its current form is inadequate and requires far more from the Federal Government;(4)the records resulting from consultations between the Federal Government and Tribal governments should be maintained and published, subject to the condition that sensitive Tribal information should be protected;(5)for Tribal consultation to be effective, both Indian Tribes and the Federal Government should have the capacity to engage effectively in the consultation process; (6)any legislation or policy attempting to prescribe the conditions of Tribal consultation should be preceded by the gathering of Tribal input with the goal of reaching a consensus on the proposed legislation; and(7)Indian Tribes—(A)should be involved in the Tribal consultation process on their request or as early as practicable; (B)should have a meaningful remedy for violations of their right to Tribal consultation; (C)should be entitled to a codified, formal dispute resolution process to provide the Indian Tribes with a potential remedy when their rights as sovereigns are violated by the Federal Government; and(D)should receive adequate notice, and sufficient information, about any Tribal consultation sessions.13.Interagency working group on data collection(a)Not later 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Deputy Secretary for Native Nations shall establish a working group, to be known as the Interagency Working Group on Data Collection for Native Populations
(referred to in this section as the Working Group).(b)The purposes of the Working Group are to develop and improve systems and methodologies for the collection of accurate and disaggregated data for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian populations.(c)(1)The Deputy Secretary for Native Nations shall serve as the Chairperson of the Working Group.(2)(A)After engaging in Tribal consultation, the Deputy Secretary for Native Nations, in collaboration with the Director of the Bureau of the Census, shall appoint the members of the Working Group in accordance with subparagraph (B). (B)In appointing members of the Working Group under subparagraph (A), the Deputy Secretary for Native Nations, in collaboration with the Director of the Bureau of the Census, shall include—(i)Tribal leaders representing each of the 12 regions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs;(ii)Tribal data experts;(iii)representatives of urban Indian organizations; (iv)representatives of Native Hawaiian organizations; and(v)other members, as the Deputy Secretary determines to be necessary.(d)The Working Group shall meet at the call of the Chairperson.(e)The duties of the Working Group shall be the following:(1)Provide a public report at least every 2 years, and more often if the Working Group decides it is necessary, which shall be published on a publicly available website established by the Working Group, on the following:(A)How to improve the quality and accuracy of data relied on by Federal agencies regarding American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian populations, including how to achieve appropriate disaggregation from other populations.(B)Making recommendations to develop and improve systems and methodologies that Federal agencies can replicate for the collection of accurate data on the populations referred to in subparagraph (A).(C)How to protect and uphold Tribal data sovereignty in the collection and use of the data described in subparagraph (B).(2)To receive input from Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Federal agencies, on an ongoing basis, about instances in which the accuracy and quality of the data described in paragraph (1)(B) requires improvement, to research how to achieve those improvements, and to make recommendations based on the findings of that research.(f)Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairperson of the Working Group shall submit to the Committees on the Budget, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget, the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Subcommittee for Indian and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives an initial report.(g)The Deputy Secretary for Native Nations, in collaboration with the Director of the Bureau of the Census, shall ensure that the Working Group engages in robust Tribal consultation with respect to the work of the Working Group.(h)The Working Group shall conduct all its work respect for Tribal data sovereignty.(i)Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.<enum>I</enum><header>Criminal justice and public safety</header><section commented="no" id="id1AA5D98DBAE34B27A62B515EB8051070"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="ida09b2a9fbc6548459b0aad6cf83ee644"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Tribal law enforcement agencies in American Indian and Alaska Native communities have fewer officers per capita than other law enforcement agencies nationwide, leaving residents of Indian country and Alaska Native Villages less safe and subject to higher rates of crime;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id15472B2905B54B6481BB8DA56F73B5A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Native Americans are killed during police encounters at a higher rate than any other group;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id908173c21e384bf98af41b404839855d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Native Americans suffer as victims of violent crime at a rate that is 2.5 times the national average;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id59c6a371d6c84ec69ece4a257e4468f4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Native American women are 10 times more likely to be murdered and 2 times more likely to experience rape or experience sexual assault crimes; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd44ffc992b046b296e78c98e668230e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the criminal justice system in its current form creates structural barriers and fails to recognize Tribal sovereignty and inherent Tribal criminal jurisdiction on Tribal lands; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id05de796a08d34782a2e3b410a4a46019"><enum>(6)</enum><text>some Indian Tribes established Tribal courts before some State courts; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8ED141AF179D452F919B29C89043FFD3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>for example, the Cherokee Nation opened its Supreme Court in 1822, 23 years before the State of Georgia opened its own Supreme Court;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3bce18df01e4ea49cfda86f36cb8ab4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Indian Tribes historically exercised criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians who committed crimes on Tribal lands; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB1E6220DA0F45D4A1FF9CE770B0DAAA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>for example, in 1825, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation passed a law criminalizing rape against women on Creek lands, which applied to all <quote>persons</quote>, regardless of Tribal citizenship status, and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation prosecuted non-Indian and Indian men who raped women on Creek lands; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68977870058543C3BD2EC14D239B0D01"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the history of inadequate Federal funding for public safety on Tribal lands and complex legal jurisdiction on Tribal lands negatively impacts access to counsel in Tribal courts; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idee55444cda924772adf0a2ab8a242791"><enum>(11)</enum><text> in Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191, 212 (1978), the Supreme Court concluded that whether Indian Tribes should <quote>be authorized to try non-Indians</quote> is a consideration <quote>for Congress to weigh</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0d3453ee58b430e81d974a512e47da6"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the Supreme Court recently affirmed this holding in June 2021, in United States v. Cooley, 141 S. Ct. 1638, 1643 (2021), concluding once again that <quote>tribal authority remains subject to the plenary authority of Congress</quote>; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb021c902cc7247a6bfd1d75536ba2aaf"><enum>(13)</enum><text>existing successful Federal and Tribal self-governance programs working to combat the inequities described in this section face chronic underfunding; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id329fd0bcc62747f3ba394a51637b578e"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the special Tribal criminal jurisdiction exercised by Indian Tribes pursuant to section 204 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1304">25 U.S.C. 1304</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>) has been a success.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id439CF267F3054530A47A64E19E0E9C8C"><enum>102.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="id6cca62961c9e4edb92bfbbcf9cc12aaf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Congress should provide more resources for public safety and other programs of the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Indian Affairs that make American Indian and Alaska Native communities safer;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id06a155f63a12432da5d253b2a53971d1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Congress should provide more resources for Tribal law enforcement agencies, Tribal courts, and Tribal detention centers to ensure Tribal sovereignty over public safety programs in Indian country and Alaska Native Villages;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id82b8f188f6ab4a869ac1dac4ea975730"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Indian Tribes have the inherent sovereign authority to exercise full criminal jurisdiction over persons—</text><subparagraph id="id955E23F8B2AE4E92A87EB4652208D21C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within the sovereign territory of the Indian Tribe; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id874DCB11C6B246E2876261B2968F4435"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who commit a violation of Tribal criminal law;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4946363190664c8092a50b1fd10b3828"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Supreme Court of the United States, in Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978), violated the inherent sovereign authority of Indian Tribes by wrongly limiting tribal criminal jurisdiction and removing Tribal authority to prosecute non-Indians unless authorized by Congress;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3c1822a5596548b3a6bdecc464a6f62a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the limitation by the Supreme Court of the United States of inherent Tribal jurisdiction has effectively granted non-Indians immunity for crimes committed in Indian country and Alaska Native Villages, leading to violence and criminal activity by non-Indians and preventing Indian Tribes from taking recourse;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba7ddea9def742adbd143ccc24b2bd51"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/4">Public Law 113–4</external-xref>; 127 Stat. 54) recognized and affirmed the inherent criminal jurisdiction of Indian Tribes over non-Indians who commit crimes of domestic violence against Indians in Indian country;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcdf9dd752c7e48618ae2379e8ca2578d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/103">Public Law 117–103</external-xref>; 136 Stat. 840) recognized and affirmed the inherent criminal jurisdiction of Indian Tribes over non-Indians who commit crimes of assaults on Tribal justice personnel, child violence, obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, and stalking;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id424A3AC9300745F6A5C7E39EC7FB5312"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the jurisdiction of Indian Tribes over the crimes described in paragraphs (6) and (7) is known as <quote>special Tribal criminal jurisdiction</quote>; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id59C364123BDC40DF95F73EDCDC1133B2"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the exercise of special Tribal criminal jurisdiction has allowed many Indian Tribes to begin to address the crisis of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women by holding offenders accountable and pursuing justice for victims;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5cb3f1422179430d9d472fc5e60c2ad1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the Indian Tribes that have chosen to implement special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/4">Public Law 113–4</external-xref>; 127 Stat. 54) have successfully upheld the rights of defendants under that Act and complied with the requirements of that Act, including due process protections, but this partial restoration of Tribal jurisdiction has proven insufficient to address the range of serious crimes committed by non-Indians in Indian country and Alaska Native Villages and in violation of Tribal criminal law, and as a result, a large number of violent crimes committed against Native victims go unprosecuted; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD86EE171AD3445EDB5BE81A35D65B401"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Congress has a trust duty and responsibility, stemming from both the treaties signed with Indian Tribes and the Constitution of the United States, to fund and support strong Tribal governments, which necessarily includes the funding of Tribal courts, Tribal law enforcement, and victim services. </text></paragraph></section><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="idEEC6A8CEF3564DB0BA7E73F244017C38"><enum>103.</enum><header>Full Tribal criminal jurisdiction</header><subsection id="idF3FE5D9B03924DEC95191317148B2ECE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title II of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1301">25 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BF55A33535A4C2E9C468A3EC27BAEA9"><section id="idC2E01187667F4752BE1926E2AB485F08"><enum>205.</enum><header>Full Tribal criminal jurisdiction</header><subsection id="id1F907C7672FF45358834FDB6A8229C6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idd6bf56bc39ee4ed2822e8f4fcee42998"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alaska native village</header><text>The term <term>Alaska Native Village</term> means an Alaska Native Village Statistical Area covering all or any portion of a Native village (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>)), as depicted on the applicable Tribal Statistical Area Program Verification map of the Bureau of the Census. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id891B74556E7942E4BBABC5C6ABBFD7C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Full criminal jurisdiction</header><text>The term <term>full criminal jurisdiction</term> means the criminal jurisdiction that a participating tribe may exercise under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id871E7C8B489844B2995677C74C11AF9A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian country</header><text>The term <term>Indian country</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE4763E912C594DDD833F48E1BBA3D35C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Participating tribe</header><text>The term <term>participating tribe</term> means an Indian tribe that elects to exercise full criminal jurisdiction over the Indian country or Alaska Native Village of that Indian tribe.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4F6645FE37C84C86A21CDC225635EA28"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Protection order</header><text>The term <term>protection order</term>—</text><subparagraph id="ID4BE1B588DED3494193736BA91684C9A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any injunction, restraining order, or other order issued by a civil or criminal court for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, sexual violence against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1F17D47380C54F518D70B0B328C6A529"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any temporary or final order issued by a civil or criminal court, whether obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendent lite order in another proceeding, if the civil or criminal order was issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idECF7CA74F1AE4D3189A5596E2F1B7456"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nature of the criminal jurisdiction</header><paragraph id="idFB7F4640563C4556A56D821DA4A8764C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to all powers of self-government recognized and affirmed by sections 201 and 203, the powers of self-government of a participating tribe include the inherent power of that tribe, which is hereby recognized and affirmed, to exercise full criminal jurisdiction over any person who—</text><subparagraph id="idF503F5E020C44373B284CD021CDC1044"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commits a violation of tribal criminal law in the Indian country or Alaska Native Village of that participating tribe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74EEF47A97804A948E06A7093F4DF054"><enum>(B)</enum><text>violates a protection order issued by a Tribal court; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1A43AA9873D64D7F888A818D5812F532"><enum>(C)</enum><text>commits a violation of tribal law outside of the Indian country or Alaska Native Village of the participating tribe but within the inherent extraterritorial jurisdiction of the participating tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA6A55D0A8EB841BBBFC9342B167EFDE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text><subparagraph id="id35D54371DF46492FBE1F1DD248BF5ABC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>creates or eliminates any Federal or State criminal jurisdiction over Indian country or an Alaska Native Village; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93CAA40BFA144DCFA4F6103F00ADD05B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affects the authority of the United States or any State that has been delegated authority by the United States to investigate and prosecute a criminal violation in Indian country or in an Alaska Native Village.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCF05E1C441EB459EA1CFAE8B7DF85FEE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The authority of the United States and certain States described in paragraph (2)(B) shall remain concurrent to the authority restored to Indian tribes in the Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7ED12330A5F04116BD879F2B90555FB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Removal of limitations on sentencing</header><text>Subparagraphs (B) through (D) of section 202(a)(7), section 202(b), and section 202(d) shall not apply to a participating tribe exercising full criminal jurisdiction under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8E4063158A184871918C86A6088C47AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rights of defendants</header><text>In a criminal proceeding in which a participating tribe exercises full criminal jurisdiction over a non-Indian, the participating tribe shall provide the defendant—</text><paragraph id="id0632E9C2363B46AD856B6F9ACF1DE41B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all applicable rights under this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id529903325365468C85BA46D32BE5E50B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all rights described in section 202(c), if a term of imprisonment of any length is imposed;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE81C298E45594D6093A08A4D54AD800B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the right to a trial by an impartial jury that is drawn from sources that—</text><subparagraph id="id808935BD177E4BAD850E37DC9FCE32E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reflect a fair cross section of the community; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93E92E4A552C499C9A11617425D3DF8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>do not systemically exclude any distinctive group in the community, including non-Indians; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8E4AE890AE9845E7ACF9C576618206FD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>all other rights whose protection is necessary under the Constitution of the United States in order for Congress to recognize and affirm the inherent power of the participating tribe to exercise full criminal jurisdiction over the defendant.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5F6CBC8D170B4EC2944D22D789823FE7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grants to tribal governments</header><text>The Attorney General may award grants to the governments of Indian tribes (or to authorized designees of those governments)—</text><paragraph id="id92b16a3d2d034f079f3d4557dc483406"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to strengthen tribal criminal justice systems to assist Indian tribes in exercising full criminal jurisdiction, including—</text><subparagraph id="ida10004e8292f497eab1f7d977d219ffd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>law enforcement, including the capacity of law enforcement or court personnel to enter information into and obtain information from national crime information databases;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb5825e4344f44be886a5c1dd19e36b75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prosecution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id599a10353a784b118664595ab32b7d14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>trial and appellate courts;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id332ce84ef5f244c68a31fea66f1d5a52"><enum>(D)</enum><text>probation systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddaba490353e94f07acdfbbfda7e9bed2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>detention and correctional facilities, including medical services and health care for inmates;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4857bd1637344ecca8b1ed464f8b9f5e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>alternative rehabilitation centers and reentry programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc71e7d5366ce4c469f4678213def4f28"><enum>(G)</enum><text>culturally appropriate services and assistance for victims and the families of the victims; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b38f1ed081f41cbbbb448948a91b105"><enum>(H)</enum><text>criminal codes and rules of criminal procedure, appellate procedure, and evidence;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9f75468badc84d028208464097ffd63a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide indigent criminal defendants with the effective assistance of licensed defense counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in criminal proceedings in which a participating tribe prosecutes a crime; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3163e81b8ae44e98c65714da3dafc01"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure that, in criminal proceedings in which a participating tribe exercises full criminal jurisdiction, jurors are summoned, selected, and instructed in a manner consistent with all applicable requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFE2F01387DAF4000A0367A016C56E449"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Supplement, not supplant</header><text>Amounts made available under this section shall supplement and not supplant any other Federal, State, tribal, or local government amounts made available to carry out activities described in this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id25A9EE4E45134CE29C55029F30532474"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><paragraph id="idCDDB85055F604378ACE3789E2FB09DCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (e), and to provide training, technical assistance, data collection, and evaluation of the criminal justice systems of participating tribes, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD0D7E316C25E4C6299D98E54E6855D85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034 shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idFE4F81C0E58E451A99C9E82312655D82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date; pilot project</header><paragraph id="id15338E84B0454D06AA6C7495E145FD11"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General effective date</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), subsections (b) through (d) of section 205 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>) shall take effect on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3B59EC72BEF64C8581D6A82B488E8358"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pilot project</header><subparagraph id="idC3E90D1EC7B24E7080DF4AC1367B4625"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requests to participate</header><clause id="idF959237DF96A43839E7F7191C5623800"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), at any time during the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, an Indian tribe (as defined in section 201 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1301">25 U.S.C. 1301</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>)) may ask the Attorney General to designate the Indian tribe (as so defined) as a participating tribe under section 205 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>) on an accelerated basis.</text></clause><clause id="idCB488B5543D742D0A8265B6CD4DAAF75"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The Attorney General may grant a request under clause (i) after coordinating with the Secretary of the Interior, consulting with affected Indian tribes (as so defined), and concluding that the criminal justice system of the requesting Indian tribe (as so defined) has adequate safeguards in place to protect the rights of defendants, consistent with section 205 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id454B82FADC054F65A0EE556D2546C160"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tribes exercising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction</header><clause id="id429874235AD04BC6AD5EE376EFA1E7D4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At any time during the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, a participating tribe (as defined in section 204(a) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1304">25 U.S.C. 1304(a)</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>)) (referred to in this subparagraph as a <term>tribe</term>)—</text><subclause id="id66455EC0CD7B41968075D85BD9EB5A46"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may elect to exercise full criminal jurisdiction under section 205 of that Act; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idB434DA82EADC49B0B7D43863C7A8405B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall notify the Attorney General of such election.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id4E59C4A4046B4EC4AC2C12A54DDC18FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>On notification by a tribe under clause (i)(II), the Attorney General shall designate the tribe as a participating tribe under section 205 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23DEA53FB3864D59BFBDBFCF48C2B7C6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective dates for pilot projects</header><text>An Indian tribe (as so defined) designated as a participating tribe under subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B)(ii) may commence exercising full criminal jurisdiction pursuant to subsections (b) through (d) of section 205 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>) on a date chosen by the Indian tribe (as so defined), on the condition that the date shall be—</text><clause id="id4A24E76776674271A2FC75C46AAB0C09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not earlier than the date that is 15 days after the date on which the Indian tribe (as so defined) is designated as a participating tribe under subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B)(ii), as applicable; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF68475A8E2B4482B61A0181D4E9591E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75712093A41F462AB440CB8FCD466470"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Petitions To stay detention</header><text>Section 204(e) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1304">25 U.S.C. 1304(e)</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24DCC7B24F4B4B71B527537C2A092EA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CDC7AD2CE494E26A1C42D3F0CF1E6A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC8A1D2DCC8742CCBFAEB6B7D8B3E775"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (ii) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>A court</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B8838E7E29B47C1ADD026827E0F4490"><subparagraph id="id4EC8E149A8164571B05BD6670B4F7678"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A court</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id488045A28FEA4FA0939DFCCEE194A214"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by inserting before clause (ii) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB9C6BD3C563442E8C1B1F0AB6106DB1"><clause id="id18BA736954F04B60BCC0B0EC67E64DAA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>finds that the person has exhausted all tribal court remedies;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C53F213B57E4CB8A5808DF639906DF6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06C19EDE0BF340C6BA9AD5AEFD0AF5D9"><subparagraph id="id6C7064EB9E9449128AF0B86954D6ADD4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Victimless crimes</header><text>If the crime committed by a defendant petitioning for a stay under paragraph (1) is a victimless crime, the court shall not be required to make a finding described in subparagraph (A)(iii).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1DA92BDD52944E1858DDB74BC37C647"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78D3C503783E4E0C87F8156236D24B9A"><paragraph id="idCD3EDB45D6D44DE8AF069BE4E230DF44"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>An Indian tribe that has ordered the detention of any person has a duty to timely notify the person of the rights and privileges the person has under this subsection and section 203.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="idC9F04246A3B745CC867BEE7A89B20A44"><enum>104.</enum><header>Bureau of Prisons tribal prisoner program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 234(c) of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1302a">25 U.S.C. 1302a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id18073E63270E45208D6AAD37524C43D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="idBFBA5A60C92D4C4A8338CDB1837CC756"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>(comparable to the</quote> and all that follows through <quote>United States Code)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC39E2FEB47664A5EA7F394E1CC4C89F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B2A4965BD664A15A5E0C00E16376A04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4).</text></paragraph></section><section id="id69FA2B5AEE994D8DB88B12E9C185BCC9"><enum>105.</enum><header>Tribal justice systems</header><subsection id="idB801156D4A664F9497D7C7AC157CAA36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103(a) of the Indian Tribal Justice Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3613">25 U.S.C. 3613(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id982459C535974E3D96A38CB07A572A14"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Pursuant to</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C9F9A87897449C5AA60A33361685A4A"><subsection id="idB419DEA86A174335B0BAC7CF643E9A57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><paragraph id="idB5F9E9A50A1149839B04584C1120DD1B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Pursuant to</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id407FF50C3FEB4544B55C4EC9E54EE0D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D2D5837B07341C4A13379B68F47E5DB"><paragraph id="idB9A80C00ED2A447C9B9FA708C67E3E5C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into contracts, grants, or agreements with Indian tribes under paragraph (1) without regard to whether the Indian tribe is located in a State listed in section 1162(a) of title 18, United States Code, or section 1360(a) of title 28, United States Code.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEB1E8ACF1206437FAA33908B0D9B8CE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201 of the Indian Tribal Justice Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3621">25 U.S.C. 3621</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id50f028c7efa740b3a68694e8446e7221"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in each of subsections (a), (c), and (d), by striking <quote>2011 through 2015</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2025 through 2029</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b99f5f2f9ee430fa64f5b9ac6146acc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id073d542540a44c4cbb1fdfbe52c4de8a"><subsection id="idc85a1806343943538a465ef12bca7e7c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Base support funding for tribal justice systems</header><paragraph id="idb8d07ea4a2be407590f15817352d86da"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 103, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated—</text><subparagraph id="idffdd8ff4bfda4506a007fa0d5b7a308f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$83,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc6da66d1b6c241f29dfcb2d559edad8f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$140,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaf16b387e9e34444b12f95ab4718de31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7b3360cc8594abfab664a5c99bd978d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$259,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90762da1cb494692bdbccf7ebddfaa26"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$318,000,000 for fiscal year 2029.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc58c1e37d3d94f9ba077affec0b27b6f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id068d291205a54406bf28bb0423743457"><enum>106.</enum><header>Grants to Indian tribes under public safety and community policing grant program<italic></italic></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1701(j) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/10381">34 U.S.C. 10381(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0B836226A4114F64AAA6DDC32D53EB31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id8B29237826A242D09C540052D5A0862B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In providing</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE6029FAF4F04DE6AE27C0B27EA6802A"><subparagraph id="id7B93ADC9E06F42F0AD262D8C5DAC6B93"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In providing</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC242BE76735A47BEA0E4226B6E371D3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C2F91FD93EC43039CCCAC8CC7141D6A"><subparagraph id="id38AE0716F33544FC81E3FFEFB73944B1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Attorney General shall provide grants to Indian tribal governments under this subsection without regard to whether the Indian tribe of the Indian tribal government is located in a State listed in section 1162(a) of title 18, United States Code, or section 1360(a) of title 28, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id70C078C0D5BF436E8F9DE81E85CCA8C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id3C901E959391477EA05D7A82FC71D508" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idBF2B652AF4AB4A2FB88E7C68A0FD75C2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funding</header><subparagraph id="id60A19385A3DE47AA9C9A7CAEFBB17E69"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90ba367c9be94e3e96beac8450259972" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id8b2cf925c3514a1ab705b880920eb1d6"><enum>107.</enum><header>Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement and detention</header><subsection id="id8361c6e55a6446d38f284d703949d270"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the law enforcement and detention activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd85a7db9332f4c9ca9a36321c0f0fde6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idFA936254DCEA407F9014F76CD829BEE2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide law enforcement and detention services to Tribal communities without regard to whether the Tribal community is located in a State listed in section 1162(a) of title 18, United States Code, or section 1360(a) of title 28, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><section id="H0ECD01F010394E2AAF02CA054B25285B"><enum>108.</enum><header>Written consent of an Indian tribe prior to an execution of a tribal member by the United States<italic></italic></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3598 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB61092BB14394E6DAD3B8056146B788E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>under this chapter for any offense the Federal jurisdiction for</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4E98842BADD541CF96770B6C6F78A00D"><text>under this chapter for—</text><paragraph id="HFC4382C1BBD64324923863740E6DBC14"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any offense the Federal jurisdiction for</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H058DCDE3E90D427CA069E2A6F32DE83E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>within the boundaries of Indian country,</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB490095EA7904E9F88B2D1F6BABF24AC"><text>within the boundaries of Indian country; or</text><paragraph id="H42EA704E27C847D3B9CBEF7ED9AD9487"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any offense the Federal jurisdiction for which is predicated solely on the offender’s use or taking of an object that has been transported, shipped, or received in interstate or foreign commerce, when the offender was not directly involved in such transportation, shipping, or receiving,</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DF1203D44134071AECBB8413DECC75F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>unless the governing body</quote> and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEADE0DA4ED86403C930B131FFD69F092"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">unless the governing body</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id9fb943c0d2c44ecdb3285cb9879ab3c2"><enum>109.</enum><header>Indian victims of crime</header><subsection commented="no" id="id860AC62CB9A94922A277F54651DDE8F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant program for Indian crime victim services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/20101">34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 1404F the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81174D9F53344CFC908406BC12C6D9F2"><section id="idA22ACFF41B7E4EBB8BC87EF1C2E25F00"><enum>1404G.</enum><header>Grant program for Indian crime victim services</header><subsection id="id40F8326A28CB478D8803907D07E7B3D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idC2B519F6255B42E580B32532C0D24EC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>eligible Indian Tribe</term> means an Indian Tribe that submits a written proposal for a covered grant to the Director in accordance with subsection (c)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id30A542454713422F81332DF08A5CA2E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Immediate family member</header><text>The term <term>immediate family member</term> has the meaning given the term in section 115(c) of title 18, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9E15502CDE744109880146B6A63B67E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63800FBA28E841A7A5855828E54F67FD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Personally identifying information</header><text>The term <term>personally identifying information</term> has the meaning given the term in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/12291">34 U.S.C. 12291(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAC7D7EA2EA3947D0A382D58118AB398A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Services to victims of crime</header><text>The term <term>services to victims of crime</term>—</text><subparagraph id="idA6FE0AD10027420CBD32C09D5843E8F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has the meaning given the term in section 1404; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9AD31F5ADDB74889AB1829903F1AEAA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes efforts that—</text><clause id="id1b31abde5c364b13bae70d73d0f7f54f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>respond to the emotional, psychological, or physical needs of a victim of crime;</text></clause><clause id="id57c20302f9ca42f0b9077f2a2382fef7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assist a victim of crime in stabilizing his or her life after victimization;</text></clause><clause id="iddc1a44f790a3488e9c921ff9da01640d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assist a victim of crime in understanding and participating in the criminal justice system; or</text></clause><clause id="id82745905d46d4704b0444976bdba1da9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>restore a measure of security and safety for a victim of crime.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id342f824a93cd41ebb2816e30e3408389"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Victim of crime</header><text>The term <term>victim of crime</term> means an individual who has suffered direct physical, sexual, financial, or emotional harm as a result of the commission of a crime.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2ece4ee69e8e4d82862d4f158b13f8bb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of Director</header><text>The Director shall—</text><paragraph id="idb64bc219080d4c48811797ac45f6590d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>administer the grant program described in subsection (c);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2d2046a2abf74a4797132ae879cb2ded"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide planning, research, training, and technical assistance to recipients of covered grants; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id401cb5d023e147cbb04deba6906f5fdc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate with the Office of Tribal Justice, the Indian Health Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in implementing the grant program described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id29D7538D15914060B59E987A60F612ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant program</header><paragraph id="idD1A1653294BA4CB48959CBCD1E678FE4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On an annual basis, the Director shall make grants to eligible Indian Tribes for the purposes of funding—</text><subparagraph id="id9056051D516240D7836049D000B34311"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a program, administered by one or more Indian Tribes, that provides services to victims of crime, which may be provided in traditional form or through electronic, digital, or other technological formats, including—</text><clause id="id5FC984DD781549AEAF50593715A65A99"><enum>(i)</enum><text>services to victims of crime provided through subgrants to agencies or departments of Tribal governments or nonprofit organizations;</text></clause><clause id="idA6109320693443098506D0F24AAAC310"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, child abuse programs, child advocacy centers, and elder abuse programs providing services to victims of crime;</text></clause><clause id="idBD58ECB29D234AC5B9DA447C20896E3E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>medical care, equipment, treatment, and related evaluations arising from the victimization, including—</text><subclause id="idDF2565412A494876BC9AAEFE286F7018"><enum>(I)</enum><text>emergency medical care and evaluation, nonemergency medical care and evaluation, psychological and psychiatric care and evaluation, and other forms of medical assistance, treatment, or therapy, regardless of the setting in which the services are delivered;</text></subclause><subclause id="id4F5BF550A5894587841993D99FCE10C0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>mental and behavioral health and crisis counseling, evaluation, and assistance, including outpatient therapy, counseling services, substance abuse treatment, and other forms of specialized treatment, including intervention and prevention services;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2092F22B173A4061B384613D66A94C81"><enum>(III)</enum><text>prophylactic treatment to prevent an individual from contracting HIV/AIDS or any other sexually transmitted disease or infection; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id18d7a1a29b4e49aba09ad4c9a68e2969"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>forensic medical evidence collection examinations and forensic interviews of victims of crime—</text><item id="id3923984E211E4DCE87DE66201C127AD5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to the extent that other funding sources are unavailable or insufficient; and</text></item><item id="id707768C006194236B501E5D228D7FDCB"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>on the condition that, to the extent practicable, the examiners and interviewers follow relevant guidelines or protocols issued by the State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe with jurisdiction over the area in which the examination or interview is conducted;</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idF38E0F85CBF24E5D9CB8D4EA68352631"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>legal services, legal assistance services, and legal clinics (including services provided by pro bono legal clinics and practitioners), the need for which arises directly from the victimization;</text></clause><clause id="id134F57910BB848F89C22145BC5974B1D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the training and certification of service animals and therapy animals;</text></clause><clause id="ide140cdd29b234900bc5300feab5de576"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>equipment for Braille or TTY/TTD machines for the deaf necessary to provide services to victims of crime;</text></clause><clause id="id065bb5734f204702bdc36a3ea34c5900"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>restorative justice opportunities that allow victims of crime to meet with the perpetrators if the meetings are voluntarily agreed to by the victim of crime and are for therapeutic purposes; and</text></clause><clause id="idf085e756dc7e48c886d13d3e8e684490"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>training and related materials, including books, training manuals, and training videos, for staff and service providers to develop skills necessary to offer quality services to victims of crime;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id776CB9516FCD41FCB54EA22BEAB5AB77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the development or implementation of training, technical assistance, or professional development that improves or enhances the quality of services to victims of crime, including coordination between healthcare, education, and justice systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3070eb72bc2e455c86d0513362990eee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the transportation of victims of crime—</text><clause id="id13702522CD844D72B2F84A03EE89BE42"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to receive services; or</text></clause><clause id="id2AD46901BE734B34A7EDCF95F14D58F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to participate in criminal justice proceedings;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id916e5ecb4f3d46cf8c411082839f7720"><enum>(D)</enum><text>emergency legal assistance to victims of crime that is directly connected to the crime;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbb7ef52c54304202a649a21ad3638141"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the supervision of direct service providers and contracts for professional or specialized services that are related directly to providing services to victims of crime;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idad8247224aba4552bacbd05bb0d530d1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the repair and replacement of essential items used during the provision of services to victims of crime to contribute to and maintain a healthy and safe environment for the victims;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06a83746bd5747618d6d62147dd0bdde"><enum>(G)</enum><text>transitional housing for victims of crime, particularly victims who have a particular need for such housing and cannot safely return to previous housing, including travel, rental assistance, security deposits, utilities, and other related costs that are incidental to the relocation to transitional housing;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5cc45bd4b6da4c0ebc563b347d38ea18"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the relocation of victims of crime, particularly where necessary for the safety and well-being of the victim, including reasonable moving expenses, security deposits for housing, rental expenses, and utility startup costs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4eff680cecea4c579453c4acdd8c635e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the coordination of activities that facilitate the provision of direct services to victims of crime;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54e468e0d3954f2d925ddf8b959d1b48"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a multisystem, interagency, multidisciplinary response to the needs of victims of crime; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52a9a382684c4fb18baa152cc3c583b0"><enum>(K)</enum><text>the administration of the program and services described in this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC4C4D2EDA748499E8BF82C2840B0FF44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An Indian Tribe seeking a covered grant shall, in response to a request for proposal, submit to the Director a written proposal for a covered grant.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAEB27DFF237A41BDB86226C240E4BE88"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No matching requirement</header><text>A recipient or subrecipient of a covered grant shall not be required to make a matching contribution for Federal dollars received.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id96A2815E571D4CE8820E6B0751EC251A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protection of crime victim confidentiality and privacy</header><paragraph id="idE6B7B9473CC84F0F873A8727440A45A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>In order to ensure the safety of victims of crime and immediate family members of victims of crime, recipients and subrecipients of covered grants shall protect the confidentiality and privacy of individuals receiving services from the recipient or subrecipient.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id574B0C833D0E44D4BBAADA859BEE8B94"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nondisclosure</header><subparagraph id="id826EDCCD77704FA4AFEC4616642F1ADB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a recipient or subrecipient of a covered grant shall not disclose, reveal, or release any personally identifying information collected in connection with any service requested, used, or denied through a program of the recipient or subrecipient or require the release of personally identifying information as a condition of eligibility for the services provided by the recipient or subrecipient—</text><clause id="id42D66F56EA784DF09B2641173CD0AA8C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>regardless of whether the information has been encoded, encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected; and</text></clause><clause id="id9AC0B34D185A4A098DC23603AB33FD33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to subparagraph (B) and the condition that consent for release may not be given by an abuser of the minor, an abuser of a parent or guardian of a minor, or an incapacitated individual, absent the informed, written, reasonably time-limited consent of—</text><subclause id="id047978F16789481F8DAC4CD147C7669C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the individual about whom information is sought;</text></subclause><subclause id="id0F707EBDD61C48EBB01EDDD5E1662171"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of an emancipated minor, the minor, and the parent or guardian; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idF4471B3846274ACA880ED741CF35E897"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the case of legal incapacity, a court-appointed guardian.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id527929EFFADC4FDDA7B2B2798A0BFEFB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain minors and other individuals</header><text>If a minor or individual with a legally appointed guardian may lawfully receive services without the consent of a parent or guardian, that minor or individual may consent to the release of information under subparagraph (A)(ii) without the additional consent of a parent or guardian.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAFE11761B5264C0C8C293DA850AB02A4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Release</header><text>If the release of information described in paragraph (2) is compelled by a statutory or court mandate, a recipient or subrecipient of a covered grant shall—</text><subparagraph id="idBFF3769FD9E84A37A74CCF993094505A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make reasonable attempts to provide notice to victims of crime affected by the disclosure of information; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63CBBBEAA0834FFFB4423238F18CD779"><enum>(B)</enum><text>take steps necessary to protect the privacy and safety of the individuals affected by the release of the information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5BB35F4A27B146408EF90732C1F76F78"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information sharing</header><text>A recipient or subrecipient of a covered grant may share—</text><subparagraph id="id11EF1FC136764E2194E63BD4C57E5411"><enum>(A)</enum><text>data in the aggregate that is not personally identifying information regarding services to clients and demographics in order to comply with Federal, State, Tribal, or territorial reporting, evaluation, or data collection requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBB9BDCE72899499AA547CA3199B3D858"><enum>(B)</enum><text>court-generated and law enforcement-generated information contained in secure governmental registries for protection order enforcement purposes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF341B2AD6AE2494E934A94A062FA6975"><enum>(C)</enum><text>law enforcement-generated and prosecution-generated information necessary for law enforcement and prosecution purposes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD1F1EE9F55FC4E7384D03D5A3D8F32B7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Availability of grant funds</header><text>Any amount awarded under a covered grant that remains unobligated at the end of the fiscal year in which the grant is made may be expended for the purpose for which the grant was made at any time during the 10 succeeding fiscal years, at the end of which period, any unobligated sums shall remain available to the Director for award under this section in the following fiscal year.</text></subsection><subsection id="id845152AAAE0A4293BB5BA01C65482EAF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section prohibits—</text><paragraph id="id1A33D75500654D349C782FA09A1D8611"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe from contracting for the administration of a program or activity funded under this section; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided74f21052f244e39e80aa2662bc44e5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>multiple Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations from forming a consortium for any of the purposes described in this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida7914c65001e43db983b10ba1125dcf0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The grant program established under this section shall be carried out using amounts made available under section 1402(d)(1).</text></subsection><subsection id="id4B08516EB6EB4E4B93955FB5E8416DB0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall be effective for the first 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idE4D86989B9A44AC9ACB6C09906BE34EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding for grants for Tribal victims of crime</header><text>Section 1402(d) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/20101">34 U.S.C. 20101(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idC45CDDC25FD344D3B93AF5AB5AAFE7C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16D3982364E84278A877CB51A227B921"><paragraph commented="no" id="id1F776D80258E47CBBB6B26C482375E85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For each of the first 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title>, 5 percent of the total amount in the Fund available for obligation during a fiscal year shall be made available to the Director to make grants under section 1404G.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id3A0B3E72D4304F25B145F95A417715EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>after compliance with paragraph (1)</quote> after <quote>deposited in the Fund</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50FF3E9D8A9D4060841793DDBFA1D2E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id66BB3C56BA5D4D4181D2D38C531F5856"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting <quote>(1),</quote> before <quote>(2)</quote> each place that term appears.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id21ea1c3dfc8b428bb320be025b244bc2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations regarding Indian Tribes</header><paragraph id="id3ac458ebe637421180668fd28162312b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Existing regulations</header><text>Any regulation, rule, or guidance promulgated by the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime before the date of enactment of this Act shall have no force or effect with respect to section 1404G of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id30caecc2068e465eacf62f017151bd72"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Negotiated rulemaking</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaaf2347f1f7b4a17ac0d8d2fd3f0b0d3"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1404G(a) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by subsection (a).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7845bb581e364b0392f12efe8a43d36f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Tribes, and through notice and comment negotiated rulemaking in accordance with subchapter III of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, shall promulgate final regulations carrying out section 1404G of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by subsection (a).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59165f6a7ee542009a048223a568d611"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Director of the Office for Victims of Crime shall ensure that, with respect to the consultation with Indian Tribes required under subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="id631d4ffa4e12462386e9afd27fd229a0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not fewer than 2 Indian Tribes from each Bureau of Indian Affairs region participate in the consultation; and</text></clause><clause id="ida32351c8aa2c4a43ae4c66820027635e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>small, medium, and large land-based Indian Tribes are represented.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3e2d08cbd3574c3da707e9698ca09cf8"><enum>110.</enum><header>Victim advocates for Native Americans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2001(b)(23) title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/10441">34 U.S.C. 10441(b)(23)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</quote> and inserting <quote>crime</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5C03A83D2F24D84A02B6022074C2F78"><enum>111.</enum><header>Special Tribal criminal jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(j) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/284">Public Law 90–284</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1304">25 U.S.C. 1304(j)</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968</quote>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9cfa733849246c1a2c41a4611ed7562"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">Authorization of appropriations</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">Funding</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee8a9a2fbf5444aaa0a74e87157e0f4e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3166891255724376A84D01F29E908A69"><enum>112.</enum><header>National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A09E06C6D3E4515960318158CEED06B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance for a national clearinghouse that provides training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of Indian and Alaska Native people.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1bfdf9df24ce4ac2a80593fee72fc965"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><section id="id0315548d7c81458382352268b8af7139"><enum>113.</enum><header>Tribal access program<italic></italic></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 534(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id25CCCEE88A874017A8FA2B15A1C2B46D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(including entities designated by an Indian tribe as maintaining public safety within the territorial jurisdiction of the Indian tribe)</quote> after <quote>agencies</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2AFB7BCA29EB45008AB11E979A56F583"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49085A5EC59B414AB65BDAEEDD88ED24"><subparagraph id="id3B6B63EB45664797A545ED4F48B4911E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until expended, to carry out the Tribal Access Program under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id1948e32d91d34ce79d572bf6ca0f54e5"><enum>114.</enum><header>Tiwahe Initiative</header><subsection commented="no" id="id20f6b2d6d77e432794faa36eea1be23d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Tiwahe Initiative of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id50a2be0799034f7aad68aa14c1d2532a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><section id="id6cc31019a1684092be5c3ad0ac631a82"><enum>115.</enum><header>Reviews on Native Hawaiian interactions with law enforcement</header><subsection id="ide043a897cf1746fdbeb9a60d33c80ed8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public safety and criminal justice</header><paragraph id="id80571aec90f84cafbe042b013417d111"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review on law enforcement affecting Native Hawaiians</header><subparagraph id="id1CAFF2A4B52A438A9CABA12ACF88B3E2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Department of Justice shall conduct a comprehensive review of law enforcement and other crime prevention programs for various crimes affecting Native Hawaiian populations, including child sexual exploitation, child abuse, intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and substance abuse. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD88309A3DD464282BA70A709078A2DB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the review required under subparagraph (A), which shall include the amount of Federal funding for the programs referred to in that subparagraph received by Native Hawaiian-serving organizations as a percentage of the total amount spent on those programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6086545f5de944479f71609f7a24407b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of Native Hawaiian victims of various crimes</header><subparagraph id="id7AA79108671B48B0B93C0811B6D853B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Department of Justice shall conduct a comprehensive review of programs that provide services to victims of various crimes affecting Native Hawaiian populations, including child sexual exploitation, child abuse, intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and substance abuse.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC6ED4046FC040FCAC0FCBDA58F07E04"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the review required under subparagraph (A), which shall include the amount of Federal funding for the programs referred to in that subparagraph received by Native Hawaiian-serving organizations as a percentage of the total amount spent on those programs. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0e8458287699476f9f12c9d419726ce1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of Native Hawaiians in the criminal justice system</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6658AB413B1148039C7E64B21BAB543C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The National Institute of Justice, in coordination with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall conduct a comprehensive review on the Native Hawaiian population involved in the criminal justice system, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="idF93B60A0C10C41EF825195432345DFF8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>arrests; </text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id20F46255E012496394A09EF08B113220"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>detention in Federal, State, and local jails; </text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id5BB024F30864421AB3065AE879266E48"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>pretrial supervision; </text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA5225A8C385E4BF58E3F19DE1B10A055"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>post-conviction supervision;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4CF13814A978482CB08DE480E75182B6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>incarceration in Federal and State prisons; and </text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id6AC4C98835A640479841F16BA84978B2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>post-release supervision.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDDEB344A4C744CC7A88E029D7FBDF4CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Institute of Justice, in coordination with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the review required under subparagraph (A), which shall include—</text><clause commented="no" id="id8CBA402B0E6E48C8BEED4E5D3D627600"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Native Hawaiian population as a percentage of the total population of the United States that is involved in the criminal justice system;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id820C7FCFC2354BD8AF1B041291DFDFD8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information on the programs and services available to, and used by, Native Hawaiians in various jurisdictions, including diversion programs, in-prison education programs, and reentry services; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2D57D80BFA1449A38826B6699D982C81"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of culturally relevant programs available to justice-involved Native Hawaiians.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Health care</header><section id="id9603CD1B97834C8484633080D6FE5D2A"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="idbe0bf26e0c484f66b01c397f1f9fc636"><enum>(1)</enum><text>funding for the Indian Health Service and health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives is inequitable and unequal;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id87888BFA24E348E79F219F37F804CD74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Indian Health Service expenditures per capita are well below other Federal healthcare programs, which results in—</text><subparagraph id="idB27D0F0306944719B634A528D7AFF31F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>unacceptable health conditions of American Indians and Alaska Natives; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id82F967FF31114BBAAD93153FB5161713"><enum>(B)</enum><text>American Indians and Alaska Natives living sicker and dying younger than other individuals in the United States;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide741581d0cde4ed0a50392ce37b3e555"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the urban Indian health care budget has failed to keep pace with urban Indian population growth or inflation, and that severe underfunding impedes fulfillment of the trust and treaty obligations of the Federal Government;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id095a276ad88b45ff9d135d135e5bf66a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>due to chronic underfunding to healthcare programs that serve American Indians and Alaska Natives, American Indians and Alaska Natives face overwhelming health disparities compared to other populations, including—</text><subparagraph id="idFCFF7A2874A747D4863319AC550D2840"><enum>(A)</enum><text>having lower life expectancies and experiencing a disproportionate number of diseases; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBDC0329BA3CC4B189A423FA5F24FE6F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dying at higher rates than other individuals in the United States from chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, unintentional injuries, intentional self-harm and suicide, and chronic lower respiratory diseases;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0C2145D4F7BD4977A22901602B45F2F3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the significant decline of third-party reimbursements for care, as clinics serving Tribal areas operate with limited staff and cancel non-essential procedures and visits, is affecting Tribal resources, which—</text><subparagraph id="id4267CBC39CF04DECBE415B492363F79D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduces the amount that Tribal health facilities can bill Medicare, Medicaid, or other private insurances for reimbursement of services; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id036CD2286F924640A411BCC364AAFC84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>poses a threat to the continuity of operations of those facilities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id24fd57c9967a496bbd6a1dbe616193ae"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id36479065E7A04DCF9BA09E1BE7D72BAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 10221 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 935) permanently reauthorized the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1601">25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) in the hope of reducing health disparities faced by Native Americans; but</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE6C7B151A4143F7B833D241BBAA4A2B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>many of the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1601">25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) remain underfunded; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id026CD090E31B47F082D9CC0E2849D73C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11701">42 U.S.C. 11701 et seq.</external-xref>) authorized the Native Hawaiian Health Care Program—</text><subparagraph id="id5707B33A753B4C0D9CEB4F166B33D300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9EDA1D6E46EE404BB928F3BB7174D1DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide Native Hawaiian health care programs with the resources necessary to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id386C6D56D5AD4960A29C72908AE933AD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="id8b8ca7de8f68468893ec21c85d396825"><enum>(1)</enum><text>funding for the delivery of health care to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians through the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Program should be fully funded; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63114B50C8384B879F68C4F408E69858"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the funding described in paragraph (1) should be mandatory;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5c952daf71af4652a3bfd7bf89ab734d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Congress should allocate funding to job training and tuition reimbursement programs to increase the number of clinicians and non-medical health care staff serving American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indian Tribes; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1855127b856d44a897398b88a6ffe126"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Congress should provide funding under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395">42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Medicaid program under title XIX of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>) directly to Indian Tribes and end the practice of pass-through of funds through States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id479f63a7a9a94ea2a5eacb95a934cb99"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id60377919BDE0430A9182C1B8B40269B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1601">25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) is crucial to protecting the health and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA73D788D3021472F9D0065C76A6C86D7" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all of the provisions of that Act should be implemented and fully funded; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idF5897FEF93B84AE4A407636834A7F1C3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in accordance with section 3 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1602">25 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>), it is the policy of the United States, in fulfillment of the special trust responsibilities and legal obligations to Indians of the United States, including Indians living in urban settings—</text><clause id="id1E40C706E0434C579F21E66B8BD9E664"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to ensure the highest possible health status for Indians and to provide all resources necessary to effect that policy; </text></clause><clause id="idF5781B15A8734F67AC159DCF176A4124"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to raise the health status of Indians to at least the levels set forth in the goals contained within the Healthy People 2010 initiative or successor objectives;</text></clause><clause id="idA9C9B540F5454F5A8F5B1EAA96763EF6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text> to ensure maximum Indian participation in the direction of health care services so as to render the persons administering such services and the services themselves more responsive to the needs and desires of Indian communities; </text></clause><clause id="idA80DF8E0D2EF4EF9AEB9CF5E832E3425"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to increase the proportion of all degrees in the health professions and allied and associated health professions awarded to Indians so that the proportion of Indian health professionals in each Indian Health Service area is raised to at least the level of that of the general population; </text></clause><clause id="id8E03E67C7D714018B1B77886137127B8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to require that all actions under that Act shall be carried out with active and meaningful consultation with Indian Tribes, and conference with Tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations, to implement that Act and the national policy of Indian self-determination;</text></clause><clause id="id32BC2F4129B94597A74FF9F2972FF360"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>to ensure that the United States and Indian Tribes work in a government-to-government relationship to ensure quality health care for all Tribal members; and </text></clause><clause id="idD53BA41058CD4D56A6E41EE517BA4295"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>to provide funding for programs and facilities operated by Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations in amounts that are not less than the amounts provided to programs and facilities operated directly by the Indian Health Service; </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCF0CBF75CAC24209BC4E3AE526BFB172"><enum>(6)</enum><text>legal challenges to that Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 119) are harmful;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide36ab3a7bbfa492fa589f5f8a3cbe0c1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>legislation to address the opioid and substance use epidemic facing American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities (known as the <quote>Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021</quote>, S. 3418 and H.R. 6311, 117th Congress, as introduced on December 16, 2021) should be enacted without delay; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id47d22538aa5641b4a24d0669285d8742"><enum>(8)</enum><text>legislation to provide significant resources to Indian Tribes to combat child abuse and neglect (known as the <quote>American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act</quote>, S. 1868 and H.R. 1566, 117th Congress, as introduced on May 26, 2021, and March 3, 2021, respectively) should be enacted without delay.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idAFA98675B71A4CB59AB7C04E7A97F35E"><enum>203.</enum><header>Mandatory funding for Indian Health Service</header><subsection id="H972D587B90624E5FA38587C67788E3F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury an account, to be known as the <quote>Indian Health Services Operations Account</quote>, into which shall be deposited all amounts appropriated or otherwise made available according to the recommendations of the national Tribal Budget Formulation Workgroup, as of the date of enactment of this Act, to carry out the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1601">25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) and any other program relating to or operated by the Indian Health Service. </text></subsection><subsection id="H1BC91681011C426FA5B0CDE3818575EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following amounts, which shall be deposited in the Indian Health Services Operations Account:</text><paragraph id="idb338e58e61804f018ac28af2d6919c87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2025, $53,852,801,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc217fb3297bf470dbfcedf6d4e6b49ca"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2026, $63,040,338,000. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id49093b4c629c4f17a28d186452c4965c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the sum of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB5EB0A792D3F46A682C356B5B3262A71"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount appropriated for the previous fiscal year, as adjusted annually to reflect the change in the medical care component of the consumer price index for all urban consumers (U.S. city average); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE6CFED985592462AAE9BB0B7487BA546"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as applicable—</text><clause commented="no" id="idC5D0E41BEC334FD6BA7B106F6163CEB9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1.8 percent of the amount appropriated for the previous fiscal year; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id470D614DC6D74E48AD264C2B737F8944"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of the amount appropriated for the previous fiscal year determined under subsection (c)(2).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H16D7392AD50A4DF7902765EDD2F00D11"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustments after fiscal year 2026</header><paragraph id="id854A8296EE544C03BAA287B77BD9A866"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2026, and not less frequently than once every 10 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study, in consultation with Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations, to determine whether the population served by the Indian Health Service has continued to grow by 1.8 percent per year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id140C895AC5BF4D12AE054EEBF88FBF2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>If the Comptroller General determines under the study conducted under paragraph (1) that the actual rate of growth of the population described in that paragraph is higher than 1.8 percent, for purposes of subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii), the percentage by which the amount appropriated for the previous fiscal year shall be adjusted to reflect the actual rate of growth determined by the study.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDF86C1D6795F45079396246825379A0C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Shortfalls and report</header><paragraph id="id235f98827d3c4833954dec2a3eb59da3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the end of fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committees on the Budget, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget, the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Subcommittee for Indian and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a publicly available report, developed in consultation with Indian Tribes, that proposes an item of appropriation, according to the recommendations of the national Tribal Budget Formulation Workgroup, for shortfalls for funds related to the lease of a facility used for administration and delivery of Indian Health Service programs pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5324">25 U.S.C. 5324(l)</external-xref>), including supporting documentation on the methods used by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine the amount of shortfalls.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF36B99EDC38E4B368B44BD979AB511F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional appropriations</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB79135382DAB428EB8EC76D9E277EF32"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Facility leasing</header><clause commented="no" id="id90647D78453B44C4A7163B8B9DAE1648"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the amount appropriated for a fiscal year for the Indian Health Services Operations Account, there is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount requested by the report under paragraph (1). </text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id160C8F3CA3584F2C954629231FB0CFAC"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment for inflation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount made available under clause (i) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the medical care component of the consumer price index for all urban consumers (U.S. city average).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8670AA0AF1749189DE8B59D295B0E41"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contract support costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the amount appropriated for a fiscal year for the Indian Health Services Operations Account, there is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, for contract support costs described in section 106 of the Indian Self-Determination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5325">25 U.S.C. 5325</external-xref>) an amount determined by the Secretary of the Interior to cover any shortfalls for the operation of the programs and portions for periods covered by the contract support costs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf580edc56dab47f99e796722b3ec80f1"><enum>204.</enum><header>Sanitation facilities construction program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2004a">42 U.S.C. 2004a</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb19e536664234776b2f4eb24302eecbb"><subsection id="idd7c575ac975f4c16aad5265af9be2c3c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="idc4b389fc0d6049bd97904a86a2f48bce"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out this section—</text><subparagraph id="idB53C05665AAF4C3E82197D21BBC57682"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84B2FAD6D9EF45EAB5A24EC5A80981DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,900,000,000 for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf5888555846f4824933af75af8577c51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="id2430077a809f40de8b448e956a5f250d"><enum>205.</enum><header>Special diabetes programs for Indians<italic></italic></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 330C of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/254c-3">42 U.S.C. 254c–3</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id00DA3D0AC76544C4A613167306720A70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEA702630D2404CE2A2ED1EA036075B79"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as clauses (i) through (v), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0B58D5B8C24241DEA6921D7B68329B62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>For the purpose</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id072D05C23B7441EF8150DB5B65973D06"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5E6348C117294819AF23BA55CB06602A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the purpose</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id680AFD486F5342B9B9172CC8793B0A1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="idc967b867710643c8b94b036be54d304d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id66ff7adf1bd744f385af3bcfee3d0376"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (v) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2024, to remain available until expended.</quote> and inserting <quote>2024; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id901f9e49f69344ffa2cf0052fbdd118e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4b30e0f74bc4c808cae7809c8a6e2c0"><clause id="id728f6c654b01439499e80fc685a5f7d9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>subject to subparagraph (B), $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, to remain available until expended.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC46D42BA6B9A4A8BBD34D38BB5C559A1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D95E0CAE4F844FEA9238F1BF92A8171"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id260B24E20150411F93CB6C66ECE08543"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A)(vi) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034 shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the medical care component of the consumer price index for all urban consumers (U.S. city average).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8BD58923E53A402C934D2BD618E2B509"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA36975C8682E42BA98EF676E385EF9A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id163BD96779A94DE997A03FA3CE3B31A6"><subsection commented="no" id="id8D0A3877A2524D0A85749291D7808326"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Grants provided under subsection (a) shall be subject to the requirements of section 7(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5307">25 U.S.C. 5307(b)</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="ide8f7cd614ec647b18d70a776722f29c0"><enum>206.</enum><header>Special diabetes program for Native Hawaiians</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11705">42 U.S.C. 11705</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF75D24C5E144576B28CD88ACA1DEC81"><subsection id="id0aeaf762227e4a6e97358204e796bd3f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Special diabetes program for Native Hawaiians</header><paragraph id="id1b1a488b33d04674b6fe76a4e619c6b2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants for providing services for the prevention and treatment of diabetes in accordance with subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id482aaf7f8aa5461892f36b1993cd92f4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Services through Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems facilities</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), services provided under that subsection are provided in accordance with this subsection if those services are provided through the Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id16e2c335651841e38b8a324857a40592"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Appropriations</header><text>For the purpose of making grants under this section, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $9,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED13F4DBD88C41D1962B86391F6D0968"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permanent extension of full Federal medical assistance percentage to urban Indian organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)</external-xref>) is amended, in the third sentence, by striking <quote>for the 8 fiscal year quarters beginning with the first fiscal year quarter beginning after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>American Rescue Plan Act of 2021</short-title></quote> and inserting <quote>for each fiscal quarter beginning on or after April 1, 2021</quote>.</text></section><section id="id5d2631e5077c47a6a4ebf05dc308b0a6"><enum>208.</enum><header>Qualified Indian provider services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6544BA52A83145BF8F725F806B12FDBD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id8CE31388E68F4DAD94FEC7FFDE63C7BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and (C)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (C)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4E62730BE8A415EA6719183DFEB6215"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and (D) qualified Indian provider services (as defined in subsection (l)(4))</quote> after <quote>included in the plan</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf587fba96d43466ea924258a0412aa88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (l), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id567C887E87334A2D83A6C34304D0F45C" act-name=""><paragraph id="idCFA2C6BB6DEE4C4EBF912AFB534601D1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1ECD51D1C7CB4EE2A68FEF04D9CBEDFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>qualified Indian provider services</term> means services— </text><clause id="idEFF4388145194424AA385539FAFF4BEE" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for which medical assistance is otherwise available under the State plan (or a waiver of such plan); and</text></clause><clause indent="up1" id="id16FAF1AAF5B34CBEBAEBBB7D7ED3C8EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that are furnished by an Indian health care provider (as defined in subparagraph (B)) to an individual who— </text><subclause id="id0A58C6EBBB0F4849A5DF4536493F68D1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is eligible for medical assistance under the State plan (or waiver); and </text></subclause><subclause id="idC36E7C4DC1D84DB284DB90EC2AB3D013"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is eligible to receive services from the Indian Health Service.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id818B6CA506854A5DA4672A057252D87F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>Indian health care provider</term> means a health program operated by the Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1603">25 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>)) or inter-tribal consortium (as defined in section 501(a) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5381">25 U.S.C. 5381(a)</external-xref>)) or through an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1603">25 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>)) operating pursuant to a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service under title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act or as a permanent program within the Indian Health Services direct care program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4E35BC3FC6D4A2387B2A98E74C6D60D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, qualified Indian provider services may be provided by authorized non-physician practitioners working within the scope of their license, certification, or authorized practice under Federal, State, or Tribal law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idcb365086c89446ebb6e539269a65e0f9"><enum>209.</enum><header>Remove limitation on payment for services furnished by Indian Health Care Providers outside a clinic facility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1905(a)(9) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(9)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and including such services furnished in any location by or through an Indian Health Care Provider as defined in subsection (l)(4)(B)</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text></section><section id="id23dcfc9e981848c483b7d602a4a4206b"><enum>210.</enum><header>Native Hawaiian health care</header><subsection id="ide16812fb13e24da89c7f42ec5c95c2f2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of Federal Tort Claims Act coverage to Native Hawaiian health care systems</header><text>Section 6 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11705">42 U.S.C. 11705</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idd981c1003d804f959c11d4f4e2a099f6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) (as added by section 206) as subsections (i) and (j), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id80c24704e4344f59ae0e78a90e557cb5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbffd8e526f6843b897604882a06093f1"><subsection id="idefed80b2078e47d3947940151a36b1db"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal Tort Claims Act coverage</header><paragraph id="id6e67dbab8db943349c5206aff2ba73e9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Native hawaiian health care systems</header><text>A Native Hawaiian health care system shall be considered to be a Federal agency for purposes of claims under sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28, United States Code, for money damages for personal injury, including death, resulting from the performance of functions by the Native Hawaiian health care system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f2648e5c35f4f25a02922bbb4d28c4d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Officers and employees</header><text>An individual who is an officer or employee of a Native Hawaiian health care system shall—</text><subparagraph id="idf726be85586f4f1b9555f06284fd3f7d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be considered to be an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services for purposes of claims under sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28, United States Code, for money damages for personal injury, including death, resulting from the performance of functions within the scope of employment of the individual; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e931ffcb1e845e5a7f775669a7e81e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be considered to be an employee of the Public Health Service performing medical, surgical, dental, or related functions for purposes of ensuring that the remedy provided by sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28, United States Code, is exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject matter against—</text><clause id="id5d059a62cc7c466c9edfc2d20a375d1b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that individual; or</text></clause><clause id="idbb18f531c038493c86969a1adb6373d9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the estate of that individual.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d0a32aabf5f44b6b1ac0c7379159107"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (i) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a823190ed364eea968dacf110a39ed0"><subsection id="id23fb6fb2351340798eec8a3665250a00"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id39d015645cd4460d848eeb351a16e0a2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, an additional $9,000,000 per year for each fiscal year until fiscal year 2037, and $155,000,000 each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf4ef26a01d0495a9980f8fdd647dfe9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2038 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id27ca00631c2b4f7e88f0579e4f4490bc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of full Federal medical assistance percentage to services furnished by Native Hawaiian health care systems</header><text>Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)</external-xref>) is amended, in the third sentence, by striking <quote>for such 8 fiscal year quarters,</quote> and inserting <quote>for each fiscal quarter beginning on or after April 1, 2021,</quote>.<italic></italic></text></subsection><subsection id="idC30793339B1E4FFAABC374EC6A24D2E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Permanent removal of matching requirements</header><text>Section 6 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11705">42 U.S.C. 11705</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idC5EAB74D78F34C73B991BAF5B2B307A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74FEA73D52584902979FCD4BD311D92C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) as subsections (e) through (i), respectively.<italic></italic></text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idb71f62064c264e6a8911aa5d04945dbe"><enum>211.</enum><header>Funding for Tribal epidemiology centers</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd65997d587094c999e99d6a87a4f64ae"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1621m">25 U.S.C. 1621m</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BF9ECC8994E4D3B9F7BEF8DEFB2117E"><subsection commented="no" id="id9970AFF1D6CC44B2A1E0639AA033B761"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id750B5DCAE31F41E3B2CE71D75FAFF8C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter for epidemiology centers established under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA97D037AA77A46E2BCCEBAF377920ABB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment for inflation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the medical care component of the consumer price index for all urban consumers (U.S. city average).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4662f38e4994b9c990c8affc53278af"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>Section 214(e)(3) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1621m">25 U.S.C. 1621m(e)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Public Law104–191</quote> and inserting <quote>Public Law 104–291</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id70344fc7ee9249c19b2f0cdd6cdf3f7c"><enum>212.</enum><header>State option to provide medical assistance for residential addiction treatment facility services<italic></italic></header><subsection id="ida79d347eb1a7467fa5d9d6d9a009b66a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0b37a7a87e754ea18f68d22b72e34b72"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(16)—</text><subparagraph id="id4fea28d958c64daa85ecae4dabab18c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>as defined in subsection (h), and, (B)</quote> and inserting <quote>as defined in subsection (h)(1), (B)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04b2bc3330d7481fb20901092735d8da"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and (C) residential addiction treatment facility services (as defined in subsection (h)(3)), if offered as part of a full continuum of evidence-based treatment services provided under the State plan, including residential, outpatient, and community-based care, for individuals with substance use disorders</quote> before the semicolon; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3b1b36b862c463aaccfff73fdc6faa6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph id="id06AC7133BF834AD4B68080BCFCBD8C00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (16) of subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(16)(A)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd807d888cbb3493c94e1ce611b220705"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idccc686c2c1dc4adca12fc3c6119945bd"><paragraph id="id9f99b6cb5aaf432b99d081bca9861692"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC3AD6B95453C410E9208FEF8A9ECCDAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(16)(C), the term <term>residential addiction treatment facility services</term> means, subject to subparagraph (B), inpatient services provided—</text><clause id="id5251ca8a46bb4e86b225f8c7096a7b41" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to an individual for the purpose of treating a substance use disorder that are furnished to an individual in the State for not more than 60 consecutive days (on a statewide average basis), provided that upon completion of each period of 30 consecutive days of treatment, the individual is assessed and determined to have progressed through the clinical continuum of care, in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary, in consultation with the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and requires continued medically necessary treatment and social support services to promote recovery, stable transition to ongoing treatment, and discharge; and</text></clause><clause id="idd56dee565c3e4e1e9aa6d41dacca9b9d" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a facility that is accredited for the treatment of substance use disorders by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the Council on Accreditation, or any other accrediting agency that the Secretary deems appropriate as necessary to ensure nationwide applicability, including qualified national organizations and State-level accrediting agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idccd449f02e4d471daa0e61c5650ea8f1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The State agency responsible for administering the State plan under this title shall establish procedures to ensure that, with respect to any facility providing residential addiction treatment facility services in a fiscal year, the number of beds used by the facility to provide such services during such year is consistent with State licensure standards.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04664f2db3ac4be2ac4647d60ca71a07" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The provision of medical assistance for residential addiction treatment facility services to an individual shall not prohibit Federal financial participation for medical assistance for items or services that are provided to the individual in or away from the residential addiction treatment facility during any 30-day period in which the individual is receiving residential addiction treatment facility services.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc67d3229cb9e488593fe6c3f64247e31" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A woman who is eligible for medical assistance on the basis of being pregnant and who is furnished residential addiction treatment facility services during any 30-day period may remain eligible for, and continue to be furnished with, such services for additional 30-day periods without regard to any eligibility limit that would otherwise apply to the woman as a result of her pregnancy ending, subject to assessment by the facility and a determination based on medical necessity related to substance use disorder and the impact of substance use disorder on birth outcomes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida195f207034545348ba8fcf4d856b770" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2025.</text></subsection></section><section id="id2404fafaa2b94a2f9bc31753042140f4"><enum>213.</enum><header>Conferring with urban Indian organizations</header><subsection id="ID21FEF6104CCE400184770F3039D1ED3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of confer</header><text>In this section, the term <term>confer</term> means to engage in an open and free exchange of information and opinions that—</text><paragraph id="IDE65B6EE901FE44D3B07A52645B99DE07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>leads to mutual understanding and comprehension; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID637B9F9BAC824DE68E6C5B699F6D09FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>emphasizes trust, respect, and shared responsibility.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID853E8011D55B4ABCA04551D63E132107"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4bed17c8bb004b2db89b74d03dcbb573"><enum>(1)</enum><header>HHS</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services, to the maximum extent practicable, shall confer with urban Indian organizations in carrying out health services of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77e10eff45a1472dac96e1395b2f821d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>VA</header><text>The Secretary of Veteran Affairs, to the maximum extent practicable, shall confer with urban Indian organizations in carrying out health services of the Department of Veteran Affairs.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idF89AB34EB4444D6CB29724007E1F43A9"><enum>214.</enum><header>Medicaid work requirement exemption<italic></italic></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="id11F7407CCE614105BCECEF38FED045B5"><subsection id="id5EB75A37EF244BF7894906F19CB03064"><enum>(uu)</enum><header>Nonapplication of work requirements to Indians</header><text>In the case of a State that conditions an individual's eligibility for medical assistance upon such individual's satisfaction of a requirement that the individual be employed, enrolled in school, participate in a work activity (as defined in section 407(d) or otherwise by the State), or participate in other community engagement activity, the State shall not apply such condition to an individual who is an Indian (as defined in section 447.51 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id760bf0b67dbc4d5284ce1a6456a209ba"><enum>215.</enum><header>Medicaid program policies for members of Indian Tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services—</text><paragraph id="id001E830D5E6047388DE5FBB3C56B2C8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may waive compliance with any requirement of title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>) in a manner that is specific to—</text><subparagraph id="id673AC96746B24C098A05478D87062D82"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">persons who are Indian (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1603">25 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>)); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3F0C2FDD62B490E9A9F5AD2D4960481"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilities of the Indian Health Service and urban Indian organizations;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id999E00CCADFA424FA918C242A90C5435"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not waive compliance with any requirement of title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>) that is specific to persons who are Indian (as so defined) if such waiver would—</text><subparagraph id="idABBECB4C2E0145748F035F73C3A95DDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce the amount, duration, or scope of benefits available to such persons under such Act; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6BEEDCDAEBC94C0BA129DA8997571BE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>impose restrictions, premiums or cost-sharing, or additional conditions on the receipt of benefits under such Act by such persons; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA06EBCFEA5644D92AA1801172DFCEA67"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall not waive any requirement relating to Tribal consultation or conference with urban Indian organizations as required by any Federal law, rule, or regulation.</text></paragraph></section><section id="ida2d5cca76bcd4b5ebcf8f1083c195398"><enum>216.</enum><header>Elevation of IHS Director to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb60185ae3b6b43ad9fe532aad7ded12f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Section 601 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1661">25 U.S.C. 1661</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47db8d9c21d9463aa1902f4fda09c1db"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id4db2a804d1bc4b3ea15b762857450c38" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>tribes</quote> and inserting <quote>Tribes</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id441b084d5d594c75bcbac73137b08376"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="id12f2b4e37e5c4e4588f29188e42e11f2" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Director</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Assistant Secretary for Indian Health</header-in-text></quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc873af5552744a15b63ef644fab0866f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>a Director</quote> and inserting <quote>an Assistant Secretary for Indian Health (referred to in this section as the <term>Assistant Secretary</term>)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id2e6259b45cdd46b1a2a8e53a09233398"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Director shall report</quote> and inserting <quote>The Assistant Secretary shall report directly</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="ide3fe23c0be1e443abc0530e863b3f0b2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>the Director</quote> and inserting <quote>the Assistant Secretary</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idcc233c1cbfb14e748938754af20faeb5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>A Director</quote> and inserting <quote>An Assistant Secretary</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3a3a6e15a67e42b8bddc0d1b98de7fff"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009 shall serve as Director</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title> shall serve as Assistant Secretary</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb826801778c847e198a2c193f71d3287"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf542d625e30d446dad098d8a9d3292dc"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32dbf9a9adf247e8ba594908e2a2e227"><paragraph id="id9ee15db8b07c4bd28674d970d8367c4c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Deputy Assistant Secretary; other officers and employees</header><text>The Assistant Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary, may—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62ca13d6b17f4a65b20e20f7f0f56f27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appoint a Deputy Assistant Secretary; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07ddf33c0ae541bc899f501324042e39"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to administer the activities of the Service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d7fb0c1d0a542c7a2e019b5d00427a4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="idbb20d10da9de42f98f3a39fc0141644c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd0c84217e8514dae9230b496f0a23236"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff85bd8d5f0f45649daa9151c9ffd4d8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c537436715d4536b9ecb0db36320808"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(commonly known as the <quote>Snyder Act</quote>)</quote> before <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/13">25 U.S.C. 13</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7e69d334023468baad77b0aa16c0fcf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id111553d00868462781514eebc8fe8321"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id52507b22c34c41429e82c0b103fa9217"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any reference to the Director of the Indian Health Service in any Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or in any document of or relating to the Director of the Indian Health Service, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Health.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf2dbcc77c6d64bb5aa696a0e4401cc3a" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id089310773d5c42db82d0e32e1d6d4c83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 603(b) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1663">25 U.S.C. 1663(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Office of the Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Health</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2727e328e53642978d06ada5ac4e1a4d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 604(b) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1663a">25 U.S.C. 1663a(b)</external-xref>) is amended, in each of paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking <quote>Office of the Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Health</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2268fe5352b94a96abf945e21020bb54"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rate of basic pay</header><paragraph id="id6bdb8fc7beb64e0381ea989a207f9f3f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Positions at level IV</header><text>Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human Services (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human Services (7)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id350106f868744b3c9df57be6f82d8551"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Positions at level V</header><text>Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf8fe0b662a084ce6ae07fdcdef3f8607"><enum>217.</enum><header>Inclusion of urban Indian organizations in the National Community Health Aide Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 119 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1616l">25 U.S.C. 1616l</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6bce45867bd54447a0d173b06d084748"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="id1be58533dfa34526bfcc26974eed973f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf7d4d1b6509415db3db0f78e5f673a5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9503c6578e6466eafd7c6d605f445e4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7624343118f7468289eb33e55c17462a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC18FA24980DD45869BF13E688E3E2360"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf29bc84f7a42402da65242aae89d2636"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall include urban Indian organizations.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb8ff4d0a795435d9a9bf6b3cd4f2cc8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id562b97e220914773aee80bfc4e93a466"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">or tribal organization</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfce65b571edf4a658506906db94e1958"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or tribal organization</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1482af9999ed4ce3984694b1303f2db6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>or a tribal organization</quote> and inserting <quote>a tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Education</header><section id="idF4F2F74E54CF4E97961F74FC63D5AF09"><enum>301.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="id657e0cf5555041ed8b413ff79ca39aad"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBE486B7EE93F4DCC8A09CE303F5CE2EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Native American students experience discernible disparities in access to educational opportunities compared to their non-Native-American peers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id64E32F38E38A42349A9498694B797C19" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>those disparities in educational opportunities—</text><clause id="id58E631298F3E4463AE0BEF92B286B581"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have a profound impact on the social and economic opportunities and well-being of Native American students and Native American communities; and</text></clause><clause id="id3B473064BF164BA4AF6B10AEB5FB0666"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mean that Native American students are likely to experience disproportionate levels of discipline while in school that leads to those students being suspended or expelled, increasing the likelihood of those students to be involved in the school-to-prison pipeline;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b5701212c514a1c9923b1f49605629b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Federal Government has failed in its trust obligation to provide educational services that address the unique situation of Native American students;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba5cbabf09364dd0a20a7755dc93ffd5"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD7974D41C6CA4D12AB975FB61FFE97E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a majority of Native American students attend public schools, many of which lack curricula that provide historically accurate and culturally competent representation or discussion of Native Americans and their history in the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC4EB974AC0344C3AA9C0FA9D114DCD22" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the failure to include historically accurate and culturally competent curricula leads to a lack of understanding for all students of the history and contributions of Native Americans;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0799253d02d449ee8ec1ea3e16e064b1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id24A9BDFB180E471080F729A9A6368C8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Native American students make up 1.1 percent of students attending public schools; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAD67C6F6962341E98C57AB7B10629DEA" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Native American students have the lowest high school graduation rates and the lowest scores on reading and mathematics elementary and secondary school standardized tests;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0e52a2092e0b403380a1b4e77b6e6091" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>students attending schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (referred to in this title as <quote>Bureau-funded schools</quote>) have lower academic scores than their non-Native American peers who attend public school; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0406255ecd16448cbd2f03a8e56ed706" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>educational disparities continue into higher education, with only 16 percent of Native American students obtaining a bachelor’s degree compared to the national average of 36 percent of individuals in the same age group;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida021774aca71480db418b7bc2cad89cc"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idabea4217b4934445b1e6ecd62d087480"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the enactment of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>) allowed federally recognized Indian Tribes to contract with the Bureau-funded schools and provide education programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id9CB0A2953C414E2584D613818D0EB3D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with 183 Bureau-funded schools, the Bureau of Indian Education is obligated to provide culturally relevant, high-quality education opportunities to Native American students; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id6901B8EFB7294794879E506CD6502C7D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Bureau-funded schools consistently struggle to recruit and retain qualified and effective teachers due to noncompetitive salaries, isolated rural settings, difficult work environments, lack of job opportunities for spouses and partners, and marginal housing opportunities; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide8a9f560af6d4a5696a3f9a03c3c54ca"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ida98c9d57b54e4381a119ccf92d5c4711"><enum>(A)</enum><text>American Indian and Alaska Native tribally chartered colleges and universities (referred to in this section as <term>TCUs</term>) were established beginning in the late 1960s due to the failure of the United States higher education system to include American Indians;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id60A158AD1B654ADDA0192E5BFAD1BD07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in addition to providing place-based and culturally grounded higher and career and technical education, TCUs are charged with preserving and revitalizing Tribal cultures, languages and lands, and strengthening Tribal sovereignty; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id31EDF4420E7143459D6EF9EAE4DA55CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>TCUs face significant challenges and inequities, including—</text><clause id="idcca8700a3185457e9249975dcbd8f728"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the lack of adequate operating funding from the Department of the Interior;</text></clause><clause id="id725e138cab9f4f66a52cb787d3b8c6a7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the inability to grow endowments; and</text></clause><clause id="id760af2dc58034d378251e8066b2987c2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a disproportionate number of students living in poverty, suffering food and housing insecurity, and unprepared for post-secondary education.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id67CBBCAD7ED340E4A6D8A8EB1A808A00"><enum>302.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that Congress should—</text><paragraph id="iddf41bdd364c949018594d3a5a9854533"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide full funding for Tribal Colleges and Universities and Bureau-funded schools, including increased funding to develop lessons and curricula that provide culturally competent and historically accurate information;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb916cac9ab7439eb5029771c41b798b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide increased funding to recruit and retain teachers at schools that serve a high proportion of Native students, including Bureau-funded schools, in order to address the educational disparities faced by Native American students described in section 301;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id325283952e7e4574b832f3604e17c7c6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide full funding for school construction and repairs at Bureau-funded schools, which have lacked longstanding adequate funding and prioritization, to correct facilities operations inefficiencies that contribute to the chronic poor educational outcomes and performance of students at those schools; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58bffed3caf24690834db8b3e4225367"><enum>(4)</enum><text>increase and make permanent programmatic funding for Native American language programs to restore the elimination of traditional languages that colonial education forced on Native American students during the Assimilation Era.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idE40B39964D9A41C6BE3BDB74DDF8E774"><enum>303.</enum><header>Mandatory funding for Tribal Colleges and Universities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 371(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067q">20 U.S.C. 1067q(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idf47ac42795284fb680dfa82242d8a98d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idD87C6EA0F07A47008B11E9FF23E55435"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5DB11037DA6412F8970705870972444"><subparagraph id="idDE3341645AF544BC8449A2902A59FC18"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Provision of funds</header><text>There shall be available to the Secretary to carry out this section, from funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5891F7D3A6A24DB7B533A21FAB9638E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id916F453B2D11402B9E6324C30797CB13"><subparagraph id="idb644bb517f6c49a3a39d30bc8bc60522"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1)(A) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8f21a76294b044a4810f02d9d56e8794"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id3493f27bb14e4bdcbc458d261e1e6b87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="id25bc98f863d3459ea01ae90c5bea0e1c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in each of clauses (i) and (ii), by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$117,500,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id1ce8a80cf486401bb55665f74a5b3369"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>$55,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$65,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8f30bcd460124415a33e52f097ea983a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text><clause id="ideb5711458de64d8ca0f38ca59128c1c5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>$30,000,000</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>$35,000,000</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idd07171ddda9a460897b81e8bc41602e1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>$15,000,000</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>$18,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id8e594d93884441c4ae13bd632c21f201"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in each of clauses (iii) and (iv), by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$6,000,000</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ideedf5a73009545eea75a889530c37659"><enum>304.</enum><header>Expanding instruction and outreach by Tribal Colleges and Universities and other amendments</header><subsection id="id2fd505c87ab74627839dffcfbdea995b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section heading</header><text>The section heading for section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Tribal Colleges and Universities</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1A7789E377794026806E335B05E6F547"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>Section 316(c)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1017a04663d445cc85b5ed59d3630c1f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>Indians</quote> and all that follows through <quote>policy</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>American Indians and Alaska Natives are underrepresented, instruction in Native American languages, and instruction and programs to support Tribal governance, Tribal public policy, and Tribal history and sovereignty</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide730124487cf496884a215cdc7a4e125"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (L), by striking <quote>outreach</quote> and all that follows through <quote>education;</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>outreach and recruitment activities and programs that encourage American Indian and Alaska Native elementary school students, secondary school students, and community members to develop the academic skills and the interest to pursue and succeed in postsecondary education;</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id94C7467525A6458D8C60A4D0341863F2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application, plan, allocation</header><text>Section 316(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA8A5B751331D421BADEAB0C804938C61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A77446DA0A041D7A3C4C7538303B330"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4363B07C7CEF4217BFF308263BB24A3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e0924c6fea341f3a2d334cc7e5cc0fb"><subparagraph id="id46240e0da8fd470db0996839dba84f02"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of unexpended funds</header><text>Any funds paid to an institution and not expended or used for the purposes for which the funds were paid during the 5-year period following the date of the initial grant award, may be carried over and expended during the succeeding 5-year period, if such funds are obligated for a purpose for which the funds were paid during the 5-year period following the date of the initial grant award.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3368B1BFA19A4AC5AE00C26F281417AE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 2(a)(4) of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>an institution</quote> and inserting <quote>a public institution</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idba6822d5d0d945d895d14f12cb578b25"><enum>305.</enum><header>Endowment funds of Tribal Colleges and Universities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 316(c)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0749EE9A6E2A4649A92D4C5A2A70FBAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id362505E6DE1A483B9A19B8BF92D9B225"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67dd64dc2d69469ea3c166e669debc8b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95fceb88e8034a139e7e145eeaf05ba8"><subparagraph id="ideb285bf167dd4b1f84c9b73e227eaa5e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Scholarships</header><text>A Tribal College or University that uses grant funds provided under this section to establish or increase an endowment fund may use the interest proceeds from such endowment to provide scholarships to students for the purposes of attending such Tribal College or University.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id98c53787ecc9476ab86e48b5b4cf0397"><enum>306.</enum><header>Full funding for operation of Bureau-funded schools</header><subsection id="id6391c903fb1b4e2d8e0818ad453ddcaa"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Indian school equalization program</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $950,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="idab4fa82cb48f46589867a041133b390b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal colleges and universities operations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to fund operations at Tribal Colleges or Universities that are authorized under titles I and V of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1802">25 U.S.C. 1802 et seq.</external-xref>, 1861 et seq.) and the Navajo Community College Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/640a">25 U.S.C. 640a</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/92/189">Public Law 92–189</external-xref>), and that originally were authorized under the Act of November 2, 1921 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/13">25 U.S.C. 13</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Snyder Act</quote>), and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb24a3e2423ab40dc930f67b8a1452ce1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsections (a) and (b) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection><subsection id="id33ff8d8cd6054731a9f787a1812ffd1a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special programs and projects To improve educational opportunities for Indian children</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9337b7f98ba145bd851c1c9fd62f09d0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Subpart 2 of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7441">20 U.S.C. 7441 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76ce47fdc5ed4a848d0d745106ac5d49"><section id="idc9134fe4c85c4400b925210895202c0a"><enum>6123.</enum><header>Funding</header><subsection id="ide2e4da3a52374cbca9c07feaafe9a97d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $68,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="id127b9b8581a44dfdac67aa1b54537d07"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide33f4d79da8246bbafd3e2495952610f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6122 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="idda2bd5fe-6f73-4435-8ec7-4b27b2ba9c15"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="idc9134fe4c85c4400b925210895202c0a">Sec. 6123. Funding.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3a1d0c82590b4e30b1fc47d0adb4566c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Bureau of Indian Education facilities operations</header><paragraph id="ideaa41a80552d4a85a11074d270e2e0a4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), there is authorized to be appropriated for Bureau of Indian Education facilities operations costs, including costs for electricity, heating fuels, communications, custodial services, and other operation expenses, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $109,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb42f56f6149f444fa43ef5c08d1cbf3d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id62f8dd9c19804321a8455a2c22d4a9df"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Student transportation</header><paragraph id="id5186a9d4856e4c5a9246be77e84e626f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), there is authorized to be appropriated for the costs of transportation of students to Bureau-funded schools, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $73,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51d8c844b4fb4d5bbc0e9d42c4a51f01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idea630957d49641cc8e37d7bb617651f2"><enum>307.</enum><header>Bureau of Indian Education school construction, modernization, and repair</header><subsection id="idd902e88c33e94f5b804dc04aa6639c56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated for the costs of construction, facilities improvement, modernization, repair, and replacement school construction for Bureau-funded schools, including sanitation, non-mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system repair and replacement, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated—</text><paragraph id="id9cb7e30cfc23450988354e9e484784ef"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f5776ebf8d24ae694cdbf1f8f96f9ee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$264,300,000 for fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id646b8dc98f8d47c4abc9c0a6536a9be9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a)(2) for fiscal year 2031 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><section id="id7448a709a00249f191a2c2a91630092c"><enum>308.</enum><header>Tribal College and University construction, modernization, and repair</header><subsection id="id2b643e0ad2484ba69c509fb99c21f30e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 112 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1812">25 U.S.C. 1812</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21b040ecffa54073bfd7e6aedf729d6c"><section commented="no" id="id51375DDE719C40ECB554AC79BF105B7F"><enum>112.</enum><header>Tribal College and University construction, modernization, and repair</header><subsection id="id6a6000c8897e42c395419169266e9585"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="iddf635003ce1647a5b761d584dee29b0a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study on the condition of facilities of tribally controlled colleges or universities, including facilities of Tribal Colleges or Universities (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id32486844d71149a491f2ebf6d925f54e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The study under paragraph (1) shall identify the need for new construction, renovation, and infrastructure enhancements of the Tribal Colleges and Universities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c4b9d4a58184eab822a54a5d381d0fc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contract</header><text>The Secretary may conduct the study required in subsection (a) directly or by contract.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3b83aa9ecde4429ab88ee395b5bbe5cc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit a report describing the results of the study under subsection (a) to—</text><paragraph id="idb92762818e5a4313ba1a4c04071f344a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb9f0868430543a08ce8211e3bc998d8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Subcommittee for Indian and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id79761309f1364376ba8702805c0d9912"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id307807fdab4a49d39f91c19ddc73f660"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id03e510b150f349bbaec596978d75634a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Infrastructure improvement</header><text>Section 113 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1813">25 U.S.C. 1813</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id541c35dad2034c58a3d48037ec284f0f"><section id="idd6bb158497e44983945319d48e848dab"><enum>113.</enum><header>Infrastructure improvement</header><subsection id="id6d1d3b48860147e48c680ef76b2e28e1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idfa788376a3c54c4bb6e810d3c5a744ff"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>The term <term>construction</term> includes any measure to address a facility construction, maintenance, renovation, reconstruction, or replacement need of a Tribal College or University.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d1481b2cdc349e29721d7c4d21b2cf6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tribal College or University</header><text>The term <term>Tribal College or University</term> means a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>)) that was in operation as such a Tribal College or University—</text><subparagraph id="idb81edc1b263f49b0b01ab161daaaa94f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during fiscal year 2024; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7efed63c6c247b196bb5c66dda6decd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a period of not fewer than 4 consecutive fiscal years through an affiliation with a tribally controlled college or university that received assistance under this title during fiscal year 2024.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd6506a46f9274fc09fca2d1620c8aeb1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall provide to a Tribal College or University the application of which is approved under subsection (c) a grant for construction in accordance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id14f1846ae1d24fdcab3d6f23e355cd7d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><paragraph id="id741fcc0eae6a4448b7c16abf41a0feda"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a Tribal College or University shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida394f063614a4a379da7f2147b730683"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The Secretary shall approve an application submitted under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that—</text><subparagraph id="idb150a58055b34392be78804554e67b2f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the application meets all applicable requirements established by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1d4a77a7e6ef43cd97457114286c8459"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies a need for construction at the Tribal College or University.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id39c285365f77434e81d296c413f36d43"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>A Tribal College or University shall use a grant provided under this section to address facilities and infrastructure needs, including—</text><paragraph id="id767c9cca8095491ebf817db24fd29521"><enum>(1)</enum><text>construction of new facilities, including—</text><subparagraph id="idc4c8d6a63b71447092bf3efdbd5c48ac"><enum>(A)</enum><text>classrooms;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ae1686f3aa749888f19c952be2f4d78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>administrative offices;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd8ef0264f8c84ec4acd0f3572f848149"><enum>(C)</enum><text>libraries;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb9bfbd4b6efe463b85eb2b3596258e2d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>health, fitness, and cultural centers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd0ad305b639041c59b2ed035ee38f2b6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>child care centers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id572233dd077f4501b63a733531f44d33"><enum>(F)</enum><text>technology centers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb02ae5c377e04e9abbbdb78667cbd3fd"><enum>(G)</enum><text>housing for students, faculty, and staff; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4184e655d214409eaecc7eeef044b3b5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>other facilities necessary to an institution of higher education;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id52317d52c129433bb40447d7b2dbc695"><enum>(2)</enum><text>renovating or expanding an existing or acquired facility;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf9219b1f1760479392cde95aa60069a5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing new or existing facilities with equipment and infrastructure, including—</text><subparagraph id="id48a2a5ee56ca475990c5d1d82aa10f58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>laboratory equipment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc523568bce4f439ba7726da71fe7d620"><enum>(B)</enum><text>computer infrastructure and equipment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc6e8439ea0404cc6ac33bd112f24f026"><enum>(C)</enum><text>broadband infrastructure and equipment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba52e6206fa9421b8c282248884e1254"><enum>(D)</enum><text>library books; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31b51b637a5c473493bf34ac89668623"><enum>(E)</enum><text>furniture; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida4c36cbbb50c4f7c8724cc30e80e771b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>property acquisition.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0a31e4dadd9545f3a128454b5cddd7f5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No match requirement</header><text>A Tribal College or University that receives a grant under this section shall not be required to make a matching contribution for any Federal amounts received.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd45c443efa15468bb01ec31d4e70d0ae"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $525,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idec2d56b9dec54c6492c16e11ccf3a58c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 110(a)(3) of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1810">25 U.S.C. 1810(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>sections 112(b) and 113</quote> and inserting <quote>section 112(b)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id8E8635AD742647F2A05704A93D90690D"><enum>309.</enum><header>Support for Native students and educators in Native-serving schools</header><subsection id="id54DD2CB4CDEE47C3825CCFAAC6692603"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to address the shortage of qualified teachers serving American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian elementary school and secondary school students by attracting, and retaining, quality teachers to Native-serving schools, while also increasing the number of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian teachers in those schools. </text></subsection><subsection id="id168C37A956D043C2AA3D5321E59FE09A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Support for Native students and educators in Native-Serving schools</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part B of title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1031">20 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2696B8D2F9EF4973AA47E76DC3568EC3"><subpart id="id93cf0797842d476b8aa5a46bf2d8ad88"><enum>6</enum><header>Support for Native students and educators in Native-Serving schools</header><section id="id772925d5bcc94f0a8ea1e0c26285f66b"><enum>259A.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subpart:</text><paragraph id="id41ED042DB6F042399F9983DC966ED859"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bureau-funded school</header><text>The term <term>Bureau-funded school</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2021">25 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14ea723643014bce88dbf1dfc3441fc2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bureau of Indian Education early childhood development program</header><text>The term <term>Bureau of Indian Education early childhood development program</term> means a program operating under a grant authorized by section 1139 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2019">25 U.S.C. 2019</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id69732B9D74AA4EBFB82A4402B40F66F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible educator</header><text>The term <term>eligible educator</term> means an individual who—</text><subparagraph id="id3B17A338D55C44E7A9539BBA6FDF3478"><enum>(A)</enum><text>received a stipend and mentoring under section 259B; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB071BA01EE754224A225E0ED03D2FB53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>completed the individual's program of study and earned an undergraduate or graduate degree in early childhood education, elementary or secondary education, or school administration from an institution of higher education; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id702F537744E84CE3815B42386FE6C394"><enum>(C)</enum><text>obtains full-time employment in a Native-serving school. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id27870124CA8842D4925DDB2FD4F76A3C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible student</header><text>The term <term>eligible student</term> means an individual who—</text><subparagraph id="id294E41756F1F4195AA9AD6697A36970A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is an Indian or a Native Hawaiian;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6FD403FADAED4B5498AE9C07CDFC88B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in early childhood education, elementary or secondary education, or school administration from an institution of higher education; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id626B9CB2DE1D42C99B8D72452F29E1D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of an undergraduate student, has completed not less than 2 years of study toward the degree described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF630EC1F5F584D078D893DB55FD25E44"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Indian</header><text>The term <term>Indian</term> has the meaning given such term in section 316(b). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF603EA5C35874B93ADE3EBC60B3D8B25"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian</header><text>The term <term>Native Hawaiian</term> has the meaning given the term in section 6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7517">20 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id72C5BFFB5DEB4968A7F341BFCC60F209"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Native-serving school</header><text>The term <term>Native-serving school</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id58851690964641a0a200a1220e5c88de"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Bureau-funded school, including a Bureau of Indian Education early childhood development program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbce597bcbf1a48b7aedb4dc587e8a52b"><enum>(B)</enum><text> a public elementary school or secondary school that, for the school year during which an eligible student or eligible educator is employed at such school for purposes of section 259B(d)(2)(B) or 259C, respectively—</text><clause id="id02ECBC8A63FB442DA11B36AE3FB3E05D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has a student enrollment of 25 percent or more Indian or Native Hawaiian students; and</text></clause><clause id="id7D2F7EA5011A4C608FA470C5CDBDF41A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is located in the school district of a local educational agency eligible for assistance under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id181c6a97798243488e3afa7eab1b8c72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Tribal early childhood education program; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbebe39c73a994c6698ecce434db91bbb"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a federally funded early childhood education program that serves a significant number of Native students, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with Indian Tribes and in collaboration with a Native Hawaiian organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9db68972e60b4d4ead0c30b7661b25e9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Tribal early childhood education program</header><text>The term <term>Tribal early childhood education program</term> means any of the following programs:</text><subparagraph id="id7f2dd907442b4c77a1e0a5122cddafab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A Head Start or Early Head Start program carried out under the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.</external-xref>) that is located in Head Start region IX or XI.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id847ae3ae05ac451ebf7c0ec3d821c8db"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A Tribal child care and development program carried out under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9857">42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb87124fb42c84c2ea4cf34ebe60a769a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A program serving children from birth through age 6 that—</text><clause id="id9eb30e27466d491c9314c6fd3b39ebf8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>receives funding support from the Native American language preservation and maintenance program carried out under section 803C of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2991b-3">42 U.S.C. 2991b–3</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="idcf07033d2b45494aa2d2082d24d202fe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is a Tribal prekindergarten program;</text></clause><clause id="id5bba3d58ebad4c438198f40b9046046b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is a program authorized under section 619 or part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act with a student enrollment of 25 percent or more Indian or Native Hawaiian students; or</text></clause><clause id="id0b79c8802c3a40b88fc650f0363ca7f1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>is a center-based or group-based early childhood learning or development program that the Secretary determines shall be included under this definition, after receiving a request from an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF80A821E78B4BF4B015AA14F9E19865"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Tribal educational agency</header><text>The term <term>Tribal educational agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 6132(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. </text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F0C235A0C4A4E8289BCDDAE1AD0E254"><enum>259B.</enum><header>Stipends and mentoring to Native students pursuing education degrees</header><subsection id="id418CFB1FEA31453B95F6EDD93394BE39"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall carry out a program under which the Secretary provides stipends under subsection (b) and mentoring through grants under subsection (c) to eligible students, in order to increase the number of Native teachers in Native-serving schools.</text></subsection><subsection id="id395AAA2FB622400FB45BCAB5A86FF0F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Stipends</header><text>A stipend provided under this section shall be in an amount equal to $1,500 a month, for each month during the period in which the student is enrolled, on a full-time or part-time basis, in a program leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree in early childhood education, elementary or secondary education, or school administration from an institution of higher education and until the eligible student obtains the degree. </text></subsection><subsection id="id2398DD5A7A4F4845AE1AA4EBF34DD098"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mentoring</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education serving American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian students, to enable the institution to establish programs that provide mentoring to all eligible students receiving a stipend under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5FE3271D490B43908DBC63A7E89FC92F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An eligible student desiring a stipend and mentoring under this section shall submit an application—</text><paragraph id="id3EEDD9882B8246C8BEC2EB5E72F0BB7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall require; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB758E8B836D04E5FBDDFAC7CD28E4449"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that includes—</text><subparagraph id="id406BF310565E4BE3A889B3D896D314B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a commitment to continue pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in early childhood education, elementary or secondary education, or school administration at an institution of higher education during the period for which the eligible student receives a stipend; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7A36DD8403AB4C228363C9EF237B80A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a commitment to serve, upon completion of the degree described in subparagraph (A), in a Native-serving school for a minimum of 3 years. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7E92028F4C744E6B82021585DCC59DD3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to Congress a report regarding the program carried out under this section, which shall include the numbers and percentages of—</text><paragraph id="idFD7601B1D4E34D3F89B77DBEE9508733"><enum>(1)</enum><text>eligible students receiving assistance under this section who complete their undergraduate or graduate degree;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDF8066DC395C497E8092765C9397173D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such students who begin teaching in a Native-serving school upon completion of the degree; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE0A7C28779D44B27A6D7C41640B18710"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such students who teach in a Native-serving school for 3 years or more.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1D7431560AAB4AF89A223D028DF47B9B"><enum>259C.</enum><header>Bonuses and mentoring for new educators</header><subsection id="id957A6C9F3D144C5894A495C30E999009"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program through which the Secretary provides bonuses described in subsection (b) and mentoring through grants under subsection (c) to eligible educators employed in Native-serving schools, in order to address—</text><paragraph id="id075BF633D44B464ABAE8E5A6708E851C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the compensation gap between teaching and other professions; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5BCD07773AB24BB19D7F03F4ED2C8CD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the additional living expenses that eligible educators face in order to work in Native-serving schools. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD0CBEC2F59C04BB8B6D1E85F9EA64002"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Bonuses</header><text>The amount of a bonus under this section shall be—</text><paragraph id="id3228DEA78D314EBA87279AB3618CD394"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than $10,000 for each year of full-time teaching; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id360E96C5DF7D4652A5FE3CBDA678A2C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increased by $2,000 for each year that the eligible educator is employed in a Native-serving school.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1198B27050DE4B63A5237F924A324089"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mentoring</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies serving Native-serving schools to enable the local educational agencies to establish teacher mentorship programs that provide mentoring to all eligible educators receiving a bonus under this section for the first 3 years of the eligible educator’s employment in a Native-serving school. </text></subsection><subsection id="id49FA2CB8ACD9413CADB66CDF0A3FA54B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An eligible educator desiring a bonus and mentoring under this section shall submit an application—</text><paragraph id="id97F25CCC616A49A182ABF9D91B1EE2C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall determine; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCA58FFF276054527A7F058CEC5D2D9FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifying the Native-serving school in which the eligible educator is employed.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9410BAD1943D4778B03E327202ADD7FC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to Congress a report regarding the program carried out under this section, which shall include the number and percentage of eligible educators receiving bonuses under this section who teach in Native-serving schools for not less than 3 years.</text></subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id40897E2F71D94B8682EE75A4C45B46EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National Board certification incentive program</header><paragraph id="idE5B9E53663B348ACB118891A2BB3EE61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7401">20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id165629ec8e1e4ee9823b610f2f45d20c"><part id="id2FBE682EB84F4501919CCF0B7692E4F7" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>National Board certification incentive program</header><section id="id0ef8f20662d142898efd68fb81d7574f"><enum>6401.</enum><header>National Board certification incentive program</header><subsection id="ide4e9aa8ab0f64cbfa6abd1d7205b6b81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text><paragraph id="id6506fa5ad15048df81e0994fb3c38d5c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve the skills of qualified individuals who are Indian or Native Hawaiian or who teach Indian or Native Hawaiian people;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e83f5dc0a184defb4e376628626cf5e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide an incentive for qualified educators to continue to utilize their enhanced skills in elementary schools and secondary schools serving Indian or Native Hawaiian communities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc50cb2fae3a04551b2bdf72bce0c22ee"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to increase the retention of highly skilled Indian or Native Hawaiian educators in elementary schools and secondary schools seeking to better incorporate Indian or Native Hawaiian culture and history into the general curriculum.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd96998b0eaf74c9bbaefaedb3bcf829a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id9f102ce5fb5747808022333d91002f49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bureau-funded school</header><text>The term <term>Bureau-funded school</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2021">25 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id658e649c1a594910a12bbf0d44ab48c5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id722ee9728072410d8f3698a4a83aac79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State educational agency in consortium with an institution of higher education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72522c3b2f2b420dad8256d3136e1dcd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a local educational agency in consortium with an institution of higher education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54b4fc35be374bc18f64c1ba654be9f8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe or organization or a Native Hawaiian organization, in consortium with a local educational agency and an institution of higher education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idefa6ca284f3248c6ae3a6fb27bc7fd89"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe or organization, in consortium with a Bureau-funded school and an institution of higher education; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87D363A128DB4A04ADA6F138CFEC0305"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a Bureau-funded school in consortium with an institution of higher education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd020670f39849cfb4080cde8f603c95"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible educator</header><text>The term <term>eligible educator</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="ideab68974b0d04dd6bdc28f8cf25679c8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a teacher who teaches a minimum number of Indian or Native Hawaiian students, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with Indian Tribes or in collaboration with a Native Hawaiian organization; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d87967a19b544358b2f3778d92aaf13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a teacher who is Indian or Native Hawaiian.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id242F5CFC222E43688675254E13C23359"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Indian</header><text>The term <term>Indian</term> has the meaning given the term in section 6151.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida4105e8b23064bb2a408ca5de1f6724c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE83292C7D0DE47109E0854A0A912EBE7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian</header><text>The term <term>Native Hawaiian</term> has the meaning given the term in section 6207. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8f5ac582e0b74eadb8f20ece13210ed5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible entities having applications approved under this section to enable such eligible entities to—</text><paragraph id="id2c227a194fd74eabbe56e2ec120dd162"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reimburse eligible educators for out-of-pocket costs associated with obtaining teacher certification or credentialing by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id37f6d3f3205a4c87833cc6900ae8f47a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide an increase in annual compensation, in an amount equal to not less than $5,000 and not more than $10,000, for eligible educators with a certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for the duration of the grant under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id913d79fb358948febe96ec658bfa7dde"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><paragraph id="id205967958d6b4268b673621b80f09ee7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc5703c48e1634b4b9135cbcf25ea2bb8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>In the case of an eligible entity desiring to utilize all or a portion of a grant under this section for eligible educators identified in subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(3) who would not also qualify as an eligible educator under subparagraph (A) of such subsection, the eligible entity shall provide an assurance that grant funds will support only those educators who are Native Hawaiian or tribally enrolled or affiliated with an Indian Tribe. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf57fd6e98bc14c18bebac79d1a43ce79"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Awarding of grants</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall determine the amount and duration of each grant, which shall not exceed 5 years.</text></subsection><subsection id="id93cc623c6f564036adeee7b78685d37f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Restrictions on compensation increases</header><text>The Secretary shall require and ensure that individuals who obtain a certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards under this section continue to teach at a school served by the eligible entity through which funding for such certification was obtained as a condition of receiving annual compensation increases provided for in this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="ideb103c4b64ed4b17b522ecfbd405b9f7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Progress reports</header><paragraph id="id0aaa419e4db440e3b2f34afa553c8f70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For every year for which Congress allocates funds for grants under this section, the Secretary shall provide a report on the progress of the eligible entities receiving grants under this section in meeting applicable progress standards, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id66bdcc82417245869498f6dd2762053a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text>The Secretary shall disseminate each report described in this subsection to each of the following:</text><subparagraph id="ide790eae61bf4463a85c69db3468cffe9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6fc2ed50a134346869050602eac8f36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide17bd56cef114de88254d1073d3ae009"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5fed9b84613740e2bb54ae7bd05b4e61"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id575ED01FD0B147C3A571C102541587E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6306 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="id5196bcd2-a179-4441-b8a7-745d676cd69f"><toc><toc-entry level="part" idref="id2FBE682EB84F4501919CCF0B7692E4F7">Part D—National Board certification incentive program </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id0ef8f20662d142898efd68fb81d7574f">Sec. 6401. National Board certification incentive program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9812e3b34ac84dca95161835af3a9c61"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Native Language Vitalization and Training Program for Tribal Colleges or Universities and other institutions of higher education serving significant numbers of Native students</header><paragraph id="id1E8E2CCAA75D4BA29E5AB48CD8042BD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1057">20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC486B98D3F24009A65EE46D5B9AE8F2"><section id="idb8b1f67cccb642f498545ebfd11a71c8"><enum>320A.</enum><header>Native American language vitalization and training program</header><subsection id="idf89cd4422ab74fb7952c7b3b8b7dea7e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id6b62ea7e74794cceb0fdac4ce54eb0e0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible institution</header><text>Notwithstanding section 312(b), the term <term>eligible institution</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id9c35ca6180324bcd91a9010dd49d8ea9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Tribal College or University;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id827300b838994f38b35d1d03ce2e0c56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Alaska Native-serving institution, as defined in section 317(b); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb84b3edf2d5348059970ff8361b2208d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Native Hawaiian-serving institution, as defined in section 317(b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idad087a9dd6094198985b5640e78f6db6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Native American language</header><text>The term <term>Native American language</term> has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Native American Languages Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2902">25 U.S.C. 2902</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id99AF8DA51A074BBEBF7AAD06E999A2A1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribal College or University</header><text>The term <term>Tribal College or University</term> has the meaning given the term in section 316(b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddfe08d7886ea49ed8d58bd07fc127060"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to support eligible institutions in preserving and revitalizing endangered Native American languages through curriculum development, instruction, student support, and innovative early childhood education programs and community-based partnerships.</text></subsection><subsection id="id35ecc58efcba42f7be4718909c12f54c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>Tribal College or University Native American Language Vitalization and Training Program</quote>, to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible institutions to enable the eligible institutions to carry out the authorized activities described in subsection (d).</text></subsection><subsection id="id1eb0ec161715470c8b4f4e6400f2c76c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>Grants awarded under this section shall be used for one or more of the following activities:</text><paragraph id="id58cca6d207714b1588b274abcd3c99fb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Native American language-oriented curriculum development and academic and community-based instruction, including educational activities, programs, and partnerships relating to students in early childhood education programs and in kindergarten through grade 12.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id053b4a817b1445e4aff683f1253a49af"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Native American language-oriented professional development for faculty of eligible institutions, and Native American language-oriented in-service training programs for instructors and administrators of early childhood education programs, elementary schools, and secondary schools. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba7f46102efb4bdf866237f253e6534c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Innovative Native American language programs for students in early childhood education programs and in kindergarten through grade 12, including language immersion programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide0024b6d778b498b9c1090b4f1304657"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Other activities proposed in the application submitted under subsection (e) that—</text><subparagraph id="idc6396478eca64436bfc726fc3bda453e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contribute to carrying out the purposes of this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6a5b6f5f88134fc89b8bec2b4b569503"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are approved by the Secretary in the review and acceptance of such application.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idab0b971ef5c34afeac3d309228a8e028"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application and other provisions</header><paragraph id="id9faf2a095db749989c1c7769e8ac67c1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An eligible institution desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, consistent with the purpose of this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc15e8a935469494abb50f557321ff18b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Streamlined process</header><text>Notwithstanding section 393, the Secretary shall establish application requirements in such a manner as to simplify and streamline the process for applying for grants under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb952f38074a54a1a996f244e7c8d0438"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>An application under this subsection shall include a plan for the program proposed by the eligible institution receiving the grant, including—</text><subparagraph id="id46039d5791b144c3a077a4a3b5d78420"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of a 5-year strategy of the eligible institution for meeting the needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, or Native American Pacific Islanders, as appropriate, in the area served by the institution, and how such plan is consistent with the purpose described in subsection (b);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41a6b4d5424e4c6b8dc1699750cd9fe5"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idc01f89a1f80f47f7aa5df5e0ca2fe4ff"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an identification of the population to be served by the eligible institution; </text></clause><clause id="id0b6699b5e96b4de6a2f9fbff4ec0dd69" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an identification of the status of Native American language understanding and use within that population; and </text></clause><clause indent="up1" id="id340F7A617DD64211ABA5DA389AB8EBCF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of the manner in which the program will help preserve and revitalize the relevant Native American language;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbbf7da4fc13d4a99956e68094d1b7bdb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the services to be provided under the program, including the manner in which the services will be integrated with other appropriate activities of the relevant community; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id345d78514ffa45998ab752ea1e7ef7f0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description, to be prepared in consultation with the Secretary, of the performance measures to be used to assess the performance of the eligible institution in carrying out the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3747885333864b268f2ffbbdee0ec795"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under this section with funds described in section 399(a)(1)(G)(i), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible institutions that received funding under section 316 in fiscal year 2024.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id401afdeca66f4b48938977001c9a1e4f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Concurrent funding</header><subparagraph id="id286417086a05475b8fc1d347c01b0057"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Tribal College or University</header><text>An eligible institution that is a Tribal College or University may, concurrently, receive a grant under this section and funds under section 316.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbdc168f7f27c41ba8a8f025889c69a3b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Alaska Native-serving institution or Native Hawaiian-serving institution</header><text>An eligible institution that is an Alaska Native-serving institution or Native Hawaiian-serving institution may, concurrently, receive a grant under this section and funds under section 317.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida9627c64beb747189a555bd024c5a70f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>Sections 311(d), 313(d), 314, 315, 316(d)(3), 317(d)(3), 318(i), 319(d)(3), 320(d)(3), and 391 shall not apply with respect to a grant awarded under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id72834CB2D30942C3A8B736C6C320C9CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriations</header><text>Section 399(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1068h">20 U.S.C. 1068h(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended— </text><subparagraph id="id5664E72CA3424A07A5B63ACB0C6D98AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>320</quote> and inserting <quote>320B</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBD96A485CCA4A93ACB7E4FDD0D33CD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF046710B9D314CFA8CAA26AAA7080028"><subparagraph id="ide8273e1ad0a74e6e95e7503945808c4f" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 320A, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030, of which, for each fiscal year—</text><clause id="id60EF6F6AAC214FCE864AF1C36C70AA44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$35,000,000 shall be available for eligible institutions that are Tribal Colleges or Universities, as described in section 320A(a)(1)(A); and </text></clause><clause id="id0B6047E7E14A4C80BFB99A89296CA38A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$5,000,000 shall be available for eligible institutions described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 320A(a)(1).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idDD1B033F14D8483AA0E9197A397FD36B"><enum>(H)</enum><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 320B, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id99ed74c2249640af91294ba60694b213"><enum>310.</enum><header>Johnson-O’Malley funding</header><subsection id="id9b72f48b22574627a8d13a7e0504965b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596, chapter 147; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5342">25 U.S.C. 5342 et seq.</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Johnson-O’Malley Act</quote>), and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $240,086,800 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf2a4bc2bdfcb46e6a67cfb8351a90d22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be increased annually to reflect whichever of the following changes would result in a greater amount:</text><paragraph id="id8def7f6a3ce9425b94e9fa55000ecf4b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The change in the number of eligible students who are served or potentially served by a contracting party (as defined in subsection (a) of section 7 of the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596, chapter 147; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5348">25 U.S.C. 5348</external-xref>)), as determined under subsection (b) of that section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0176076f42ae45c4a81c325bc6322528"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An annual increase of 6 percent.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0fa84044831441779363624da08ceed1"><enum>311.</enum><header>Native languages</header><subsection id="ide7666e50de8944abbb82dca41809a2f7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Native American languages grant program</header><text>Section 816 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2992d">42 U.S.C. 2992d</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e08bc7869de4b82803c97cce96c767d"><subsection id="id805aa1e88da54cccb7d1f0f47d2d136e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding for Native American languages grant program</header><paragraph id="id6de7943d05fe4314bd16e9b3ec0dfe66"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding for fiscal years 2025 through 2037</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out section 803C $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2037.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf9e837ee2ff641fda8c1e75d35c838e6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idb7d22068d8864122adae0416cd222f90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Indian education national activities</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided4de208bc904f75ac6efc5e324c1fd4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart 3 of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7451">20 U.S.C. 7451 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c0973f21fd945bf93a243209d933150"><section id="id173c5b1687254798a2323d2a28b5c77b"><enum>6134.</enum><header>Funding</header><subsection id="idac0f010678e84b16bdda95c0bea09f8b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida2c8bb325c814c41bb59329673e54996"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>From the amount made available under subsection (a), $5,000,000 shall be reserved to carry out section 6133.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29066D9B9E504DC2BD1464183B1AE321"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6133 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="id12072d58-a55d-47c7-9677-683795f3416e"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="id173c5b1687254798a2323d2a28b5c77b">Sec. 6134. Funding.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id92ed1d7111ee463a9d47931fa99450d8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Native American language resource center</header><text>Section 603 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1123">20 U.S.C. 1123</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idf59ad1cf678b4036942f753215d91b8d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idead9558f920a47a5a1861377aaadc203"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf98895fec24a4a93b39656843b34e528"><subsection id="ida32e950215f54f69968cbcacd39436b9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Native American language resource center authorized</header><paragraph id="id9ea7af06342f42358ce0087f9809acbd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to, after engaging in consultation with Indian Tribes and after collaborating with Native Hawaiian organizations, make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, an eligible entity for the purpose of—</text><subparagraph id="idae3a244ec08d4d49b39ed86785c3b63e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing, strengthening, and operating a Native American language resource and training center as described in paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb66f701d962b416eaf11d70e36bc7926"><enum>(B)</enum><text>staffing the center with individuals who have high-level fluency in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian languages and are experienced with Native American language education in preschool, elementary school, secondary school, adult education, and higher education programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id60e1427012584be69a48536ea3434bb0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes of center</header><text>The Native American language resource center established under paragraph (1) shall serve as a resource to—</text><subparagraph id="idce24bbda5ed34d51aac67e2d942d0e2e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the capacity to teach and learn Native American languages and further Native American language acquisition;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5accce13c06048d387c54de686cef822"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preserve, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans to use, practice, and develop Native American languages;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa1f1668b69b4ce3a96c749a0ada6528"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allow the United States to fulfill its trust responsibility to Native American communities and address the effects of past discrimination against Native American language speakers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ab64f8b74504d4f88425c22022f0ac6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>support revitalization of Native American languages;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idccfdbc88d8bc4cdf84deae7497468cb5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>encourage and support the use of Native American languages as a medium of instruction, including use as a medium of education in schools operated by Indian Tribes, States, the Federal Government, and Native American language educational organizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id489d1f504d4848b39ee748299e2eca91"><enum>(F)</enum><text>encourage and support the use and development of Native American languages as the medium of instruction for a wide variety of age levels and academic content areas;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99bc2f63ee8e4bd59b17675d152d919a"><enum>(G)</enum><text>support metrics aligned with the Native American language of instruction, including assessments, qualifications, and processes based on well-demonstrated best practices in Native American language medium education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7309a7881804003afb6667a0edf89ca"><enum>(H)</enum><text>identify barriers to Native American language education and learning within Federal laws and actions needed for alignment with the Native American Languages Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2901">25 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73a5e4634ee74eefb9c819b7e032bd82"><enum>(I)</enum><text>encourage and support elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to include Native American languages in the curriculum in the same manner as other world languages, including through cooperative agreements and distance education, and to grant proficiency in Native American languages the same full academic credit as proficiency in other world languages;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9294addf3e6c48549ea7376c3df761f0"><enum>(J)</enum><text>encourage and support the development of appropriate teacher preparation programming for the teaching of, and through, Native American languages, including appropriate alternative pathways to teacher certification;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85a38090080d46c49ae208a70702cf97"><enum>(K)</enum><text>provide a resource base to provide information to Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments and Native American educational organizations to allow the spread of best practices in the use, practice, and development of Native American languages in Native American communities, including use in educational institutions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b7daf34be5c4a70862e361ac60008d9"><enum>(L)</enum><text>provide a resource base for the use of technology in intensive community-, land-, and archive-based programs, as well as hybrid and collaborative programs in supporting the retention, use, development, and teaching of Native American languages by government and private entities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id651f5085716b4b898b68ba0ea45e68a3"><enum>(M)</enum><text>support the acquisition of distance learning technologies and training for parents, students, teachers, and learning support staff, including the compilation and curation of digital libraries and other online resources in target Native American languages, the development of distance learning curricula appropriate for preschool, elementary school, secondary school, adult education, and postsecondary education, the pedagogical training for teachers, and other efforts necessary to continue Native American language acquisition through distance learning;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95ffdc54b6e148ebbcb270e1460f9bdd"><enum>(N)</enum><text>provide a developmental base from which interested Tribal Colleges and Universities and other Native American entities might develop fully functioning Native American language medium education systems that include associated preschool, elementary school, secondary school, and adult education programs conducted through the medium of Native American languages;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba2697cf99ab42339dab63f7efd995ad"><enum>(O)</enum><text>provide a means to further collaboration among formal government, institutional, and community-based Native American language programs, resources, and research efforts with additional access to international best practices in indigenous language revitalization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide0098f7fe633440ea485fc47c49b95f7"><enum>(P)</enum><text>develop a support center system for Native American language participants to gather and share helpful information and experiences; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2c3bd8df93fb4c5cb93237e614ac46ed"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>address any of the purposes of foreign language centers included under this section if, in doing so, the Native American language resource and training center—</text><clause id="id68ec9b8aa1be4c93a418c1c2ac4c6f37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>does so as a subsidiary activity;</text></clause><clause id="id65ed1d3e17f848e695fdc6577335de4d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>focuses benefits on Native Americans living in Native American communities, or closely tied to such communities; and</text></clause><clause id="id1faaf834413f463abb12f649137bac87"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ensures that one of the outcomes being strengthened through this subparagraph is the use of one or more Native American languages in a Native American community.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddbfcfce457b842108ab60414e8a68f6a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="idbab78fa7be694645a46c875e5955ef2d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><clause id="id1ed4d2440f244419a7064a84d3a366d1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an institution of higher education;</text></clause><clause id="id43b401ecb3c846a89d73d78e8cf8f72d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an entity within an institution of higher education with dedicated responsibility for Native American language and culture education;</text></clause><clause id="id7ba369453a194668b2572a5b21512c08"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a consortium of such institutions;</text></clause><clause id="id4589a5d312d843248e59f24302d64d52"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a consortium of such institutions and other entities with unique responsibilities for Native American languages;</text></clause><clause id="id1a17b21effb340bb95323388aa7a9b8d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe;</text></clause><clause id="idf132e9394df145848d31c7c85954ef09"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a consortium of Indian Tribes; or</text></clause><clause id="idCCA9CD1B72214B2F8AD5CB3BDB893A99"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a Native Hawaiian organization.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBCADBFB97817468CB9579A196C08C960"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 5 of the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70c47d7fac284b65832bf0313bfd9452"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Native American; Native American language</header><text>The terms <term>Native American</term> and <term>Native American language</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 103 of the Native American Languages Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2902">25 U.S.C. 2902</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F985A875D8B4113AA02A334757C9BC5" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian organization</header><text>The term <term>Native Hawaiian organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 5 of the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1ba992c848c45e5b6d243264b8bfbd2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>this section</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9cca68b7b7004b048e3fdd29299bc34f"><enum>312.</enum><header>Culturally inclusive education</header><subsection id="idf25b2ab4530348ccabb3e0e0b378f6a0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idf1090f8f165c41bb80e67b0c72a984af"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Bureau of Indian Education.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id00f3594ec19a46a4afa4fb18b6a717d5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible program participant</header><text>The term <term>eligible program participant</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id52399321d9024761b58ae812c345dcb8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a high school teacher, a teacher of one of the middle grades, or a school leader of a high school or a school that includes one of the middle grades (as those terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39349187ceb34a6aaa8bf249fdc09a31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an educational leader or expert who is not employed by a local educational agency (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>)) or an elementary school or secondary school (as those terms are defined in that section) that is independent of any local educational agency; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd39f2c81324b44799a766de1946a84b3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a prospective teacher enrolled in a program of postsecondary education coursework or preservice clinical education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida52d0600837b4ebcb07381fda52e2cf8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5e5d8f0933f1464fa8210b077ade0f82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program authorized; appropriation</header><paragraph id="ide0cc69d0f003496c9fc51cfaafe71ae3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf975e0debf24442f9e3664c5d5a5ef3b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Donations, gifts, bequests, and devises of property</header><text>In accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/36/23">chapter 23</external-xref> of title 36, United States Code, and in furtherance of the purposes of this section, the Director and Secretary are authorized to solicit, accept, hold, administer, invest, and use donated funds and gifts, bequests, and devises of property, both real and personal.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd6996edd43374582b76bf85b34e394d6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Director, in coordination with the Secretary, using funds appropriated under paragraph (1) and resources received under paragraph (2), and including through the engagement of eligible program participants as appropriate—</text><subparagraph id="id113bc16bdca34da7bbc9ed33a06823d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall develop and nationally disseminate accurate, relevant, and accessible resources to promote understanding about Native American history, the Native American experience, and the legal responsibility of the Federal Government to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian people, which shall include digital resources and may include other types of resources, such as print resources and traveling exhibitions, with the goal of helping educators overcome barriers to accessing reliable, quality, and accurate resources that will improve awareness and understanding of those subjects; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide68e426404784725b796737091331bb0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may carry out one or more of the following Native American education program activities:</text><clause id="id968d0dfc0ba34efab4a8dd0ebcf75237"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Development, dissemination, and implementation of principles of sound pedagogy for teaching about Native American history.</text></clause><clause id="id67eef750c9524f6683a8e3c8a1999dd4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Provision of professional development for eligible program participants, such as through—</text><subclause id="id7c86562fdd92444e8c032152a2778afa"><enum>(I)</enum><text>local, regional, and national workshops;</text></subclause><subclause id="id98597ecb59854e478e43ee24778fb4a8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>teacher trainings in conjunction with Native American history education centers and other appropriate partners;</text></subclause><subclause id="idf773114474a54befba62374022f14fa3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>engagement with—</text><item id="id7718a4c6e8434ba4824323d6a26efa50"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>local educational agencies (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>)); and</text></item><item id="id5bac7d6b2bcc4648a2af1bc9f00d9d35"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>high schools and schools that include one of the middle grades (as defined in that section) that are independent of any local educational agency; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id532fbd37a266475db15fbdb7a003fb4f"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>operation and expansion of a teacher fellowship program to cultivate and support leaders in Native American history education.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2f3d0faa17bb486bbd74d48eeacfbfdc"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Engagement with State and local education leaders to encourage the adoption of resources supported under this section into curricula across diverse disciplines.</text></clause><clause id="id16a73d398bf64acf80c0d29635b1a9d0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Evaluation and research to assess the effectiveness and impact of Native American history education programs, which may include completion of the report required under subsection (e).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f88afb03baa4d5c8a14e1ff48a21b82"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The Director, in coordination with the Secretary, may seek the engagement of an eligible program participant under paragraph (3) by requiring submission of an application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and based on such competitive criteria as the Director may require.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide8a6c3f23b6f4f57bbb653ee8c46b140"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Online Native American education resources</header><paragraph id="idc63658f75af14febbfe9ff8d91bd59af"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Website</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall maintain on the website of the Department of the Interior a special section designated for Native American history and Tribal governance resources to improve awareness and understanding of the Federal trust responsibility and treaty obligations, Tribal governance systems, Native American history in the United States, and cultural assimilation practices of the Indian boarding school experience, as a means to raise awareness about the importance of preventing genocide, hate, and bigotry against any group of people. The website and resources shall be made publicly available.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcccba0dab40d43dda8222e74d6f58447"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information distribution</header><text>The Director shall distribute information about the activities funded under this section through the website of the Department of the Interior, and shall respond to inquiries for supplementary information concerning such activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3bb783a133d54a01b5773959de442b0b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Best practices</header><text>The information distributed by the Director shall include best practices for educators.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id092f240c5d99469cbc94a6d636d3ee30"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Engagement of eligible program participants</header><paragraph id="idf84d0594a2b747798912befb0de4e6c3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible program participant shall be engaged at the discretion of the Director to participate in Native American history education program activities authorized under this section and approved by the Director pursuant to an application described in subsection (b)(4).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id067170aa77ff4c25aceacc7dd442ae76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Engagement period</header><text>Engagement of eligible program participants under this section shall be for a period determined by the Director.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id662f915a6521435fa952ef3cf6e7f750"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In engaging eligible program participants under subsection (b), the Director shall give priority to applications from such participants who work for or with a local educational agency, or a school that is independent of any local educational agency, that works with an Indian Tribe within the territorial boundaries of the State in which the agency or school provides educational services, to develop the appropriate curriculum for the agency or school.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb255910087d8416b8cd1c0a1d01a6a91"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than February 1 of each year, the Director shall submit to Congress a report describing the activities carried out under this section. </text></subsection></section><section id="id924717c3157c468c882f85d0f1fe8dd8"><enum>313.</enum><header>Alaska Native education programs</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd47274b5a04f448db0614bbf530f96d2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part C of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7541">20 U.S.C. 7541 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82a0b6d86d0341b68e280b9b894a4221"><section id="id41c87858fdd940609da89ab9c0112493"><enum>6307.</enum><header>Funding</header><subsection id="ida0e2dca9020347eebdd3cce50ff94de2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2ee56ddd280a466aaac4d6f73511f971"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08D832923C154C999799ED1DE7ECF05C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6306 the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="idddcbc5fc-8ab5-4aa2-9d4b-0fc58083b367"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="id41c87858fdd940609da89ab9c0112493">Sec. 6307. Funding.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idd45996e114794ee6948ea3fb21f5cd0f"><enum>314.</enum><header>Every Student Succeeds Act implementation</header><subsection id="id01b2d9b6da5c48c2a3fb42ce04954af5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Student assessment systems</header><text>Section 8204 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7824">20 U.S.C. 7824</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e2cd58412dd48829bfc2144dfc06e86"><subsection id="id6e1504c9e4624146b463eec1510fe211"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated—</text><paragraph id="id7e18c66476af44afaa8c3870cbf96e24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to develop assessments consistent with section 1111 for Bureau-funded schools; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcc1d630a0c1d4e37b5e23a461dcd3484"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal year to carry out the assessments consistent with section 1111 for Bureau-funded schools.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id9b3deec485e1439389d57230558db4b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Indian education formula grants</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11dc997f79164cbbbd4784323fa1cd76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7521">20 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id484e20f9a43b4adca626ad405be7c565"><section id="id72e0ff55f5834c37a7e240f63cf00bba"><enum>6119A.</enum><header>Funding</header><subsection id="idcc3e2ba60bec4fb18bba9e8d2b3f1cd3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $198,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2ed542e015924745a4d54a9d5c05d0ab"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDAA54E2EB8E4918B826F56A9F4305B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6119 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="id7193E1738CC54620A7B98EBFA502CD16"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="id173c5b1687254798a2323d2a28b5c77b">Sec. 6119A. Funding.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id636afe6d90c544b3af9b4463c2ae0fed"><enum>315.</enum><header>Funding for local Tribal educational agencies and Tribal education offices</header><subsection id="id430281d775964232a83c78f293f9c0f4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Tribal educational agency</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Tribal educational agency</term> means the agency, department, or instrumentality of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 6132(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7452">20 U.S.C. 7452(b)</external-xref>)) that is primarily responsible for supporting the elementary and secondary education of students who are members of the Indian Tribe.</text></subsection><subsection id="idca6294d88a414828a769594ad439b913"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id6d98aedf6ba94ca8b623b7d308a99838"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated to make grants to Tribal educational agencies, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter—</text><subparagraph id="id8f2df47a21aa4319ad96478e0e37c16d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the Secretary of Education, $10,000,000; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a5a1947b40146c788d9da2238dc0301"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the Secretary of the Interior, $10,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a6192390fcc4a9a80dc9c6669b2582b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amounts made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id887f9dedb20a4eda9dbb66df0b6d8553"><enum>316.</enum><header>Graduate opportunities at Tribal Colleges and Universities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1057">20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 309(d), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bf6742135b144e7bee8b482a32cd0d2"><section id="idb78fb28199b64ef89a2c5f8712ed543f"><enum>320B.</enum><header>Strengthening professional and graduate opportunities at Tribal Colleges and Universities</header><subsection id="iddb3824ea9bbe410ebbc5898c16344042"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id61473682aedb48d89af6d6053f50ff84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible institution</header><text>Notwithstanding section 312(b), the term <term>eligible institution</term> means an institution of higher education that—</text><subparagraph id="idf8bcb4ad62b9478d96f5498a8229b113"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a Tribal College or University; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51f58675612148c2b676f240f24c4950"><enum>(B)</enum><text>offers a professional certificate or graduate degree program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7c705cf51674d1ca404d9e11cc1b572"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tribal College or University</header><text>The term <term>Tribal College or University</term> has the meaning given the term in section 316(b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id64481b87e2ba4f96a3c3aff623ad6561"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are to—</text><paragraph id="idd83e70dc1d36406896b0207a118261da"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expand professional and graduate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, American Indians and Alaska Natives in high-demand fields and fields in which American Indians and Alaska Natives are underrepresented; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5fcd1e47c4594152b7ec7db83be1d709"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strengthen and enhance the quality of professional and graduate programs at Tribal Colleges and Universities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id50a0fb8809014325bfd684bc71c2b3f9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><paragraph id="idaafaf107b2aa4b869d0575fd25b20566"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible institutions to enable the eligible institutions to carry out the authorized activities described in subsection (e).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id688bd861a4514d12a1da52afd9adfb71"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of not more than 5 years.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf1645e405ab14cd9bd4084bb947e7076"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application and award basis</header><paragraph id="id0039179c73da44f2aa8796feee460cd6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An eligible institution desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. Such application shall demonstrate how the grant funds will be used to strengthen graduate and professional opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native students at Tribal Colleges and Universities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf593b6d1be6d4f318a629bd74badd297"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Streamlined process</header><text>The Secretary shall establish application requirements in such a manner as to simplify and streamline the process for applying for grants under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfdbf4d18d93448c9ba767fddb8c61625"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Notwithstanding section 313(b), in awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to institutions receiving funding under section 316 for fiscal year 2024.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id059ad0fa4a2a449e80e96a82c78efe98"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>Grants awarded under this section shall be used for 1 or more of the following activities:</text><paragraph id="id1d5bd76e0ce34142aeaa500edd271458"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide192e3c8d3f14977992ba3c8b49f028a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement of classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb43c1324579744c9ae97ecdb759e6f3c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Purchase of library books, periodicals, technical and other scientific journals, microfilm, microfiche, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program materials.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf101275ddfc84ee594aa1caae829d14a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Support for American Indian and Alaska Native students including outreach, academic support services, mentoring, scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance to permit the enrollment of such students in professional certificate programs and graduate degree programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4010b9fd4f754ebfbfb334ae5de6a04d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Establishment or improvement of a development office to strengthen and increase contributions from professional and graduate alumni and the private sector.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc32d0e84f7c4f349ee7b4db825aff32"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Assistance in the establishment or maintenance of an institutional endowment to facilitate financial independence pursuant to section 331.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf922e093ccf43d6a23a19f331e46dff"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Professional and graduate program funds management and administrative management, and the acquisition of equipment, including software, for use in strengthening such funds management and management information systems.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id39f8eaaaaae1421eb6c30dd85b720cd1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Acquisition of real property that is adjacent to the campus in connection with the construction, renovation, or improvement of, or an addition to, a campus facility essential to a professional certificate program or graduate degree program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b9ef065e510419e9d792d8fc374613f"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Education or financial information designed to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of professional and graduate students, especially with regard to student indebtedness and student assistance programs under title IV.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1245a08f20304a6d9a63d56621e6eb4f"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to improve academic success.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd6f28dac92b84fc08ee9b74f3ac6c503"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, faculty research, research publication and dissemination, curriculum development, academic instruction, and student research mentoring.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idee8938a8da2445efb9a3a1af0f347910"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Creation and improvement of a facility for broadband or other distance education technology, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf60bd7e677c4704808da0ba96eac111"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Collaboration with other institutions of higher education to expand graduate degree programs and professional certificates.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba5ad52b391d4eddbe56d5fe7570bb46"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to subsection (d) that—</text><subparagraph id="id1b10be13019a43019cc4bb70fda271a5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contribute to carrying out the purposes of this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcb2fec624d2a4c0ebfa54f5a95058e87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are approved by the Secretary in the review and acceptance of such application.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfe75fb913cfb410d81e6e7bc8ebbffc4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special rules</header><paragraph id="idd5085fa9a12448cc820dee3bc2b52ed0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Concurrent funding</header><text>An eligible institution that receives a grant under this section may concurrently receive funds under section 316.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a5244c4320c41f4a69caf17034768aa"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limit on number of grants</header><text>An eligible institution shall not receive more than 1 grant under this section in any fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id06e51526d670418e94390eb221569095"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>Section 313(d) shall not apply to an eligible institution that receives a grant under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Housing</header><section id="idb697aa6c9f8e4c33be1ed62ca252279c"><enum>401.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="id223d3ef4c16941b7824db58eb84a0640"><enum>(1)</enum><text>there is a housing crisis in Indian country that has worsened over the 20-year period preceding the date of introduction of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0913552f6180429cb770f69ed00649ec"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the trust obligations of the Federal Government include providing housing opportunities for Native Americans;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8028f628428f40ba97f9e663469dafbe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>funding for the block grant programs under titles I and VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4111">25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.</external-xref>, <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4221">25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.</external-xref>)—</text><subparagraph id="id4c9abfa69cca4b78a698b2607031f7db"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not matched inflation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id929efdbc65cc49a1995300bf2ab5c3b7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fails to cover the growing construction costs and demand for housing in Indian country;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAE4653880B874B7FB4B6B9190DEB0488"><enum>(4)</enum><text>due in part to a lack of affordable housing, many Native Americans live in overcrowded conditions, resulting in—</text><subparagraph id="id0B7EF242F9854981A29037F1D3FD81A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average household size for Native Americans exceeding that of the overall average household size in the United States; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF4A0F3612996483985D766D3FE14C91D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>overcrowding rates in Tribal areas exceeding that of the overall overcrowding rate in other areas in the United States;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide89ab6c9d5df4928946df95e19d0fbe4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>lack of access to water is a substantially larger problem in Indian country than in the United States as a whole; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf60f086bf94145dea5960659a1dd1463"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the historical displacement by the Federal Government of Native American communities to remote locations and the ongoing failure of the Federal Government to support the development of adequate infrastructure, including access to water, roads, and other basic utilities, continues to exacerbate housing inequities in Indian country.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id9c15cb5f71d448b084e66cbddb148cae"><enum>402.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="idf036ebf0be894663b43ba302d0089a65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Federal Government should provide steady, equitable, noncompetitive, and nondiscretionary funding directly to Indian Tribes, Tribal governments, Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to support the development of housing;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56c0308cb63f444888a2bde909d6fdbe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>legislation to address the housing needs in Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities (known as the <quote>American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2021</quote>, S. 1368 and H.R. 2768, 117th Congress, as introduced in April 2021 and previously supported in a resolution adopted by the National American Indian Housing Council) should be enacted without delay; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2d8f35f19d5d465a89cae40f5700a853"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should continue to consult with Indian Tribes, confer with Tribal organizations, and collaborate with Native Hawaiian organizations to ensure that Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations are maximizing their capacity and technical expertise to provide for increased housing and infrastructure in their communities.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idb7145f46d0de433f8ec6d5c579476cc4"><enum>403.</enum><header>Indian housing block grant program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43b92bdd4bac4c6fbf6f5e26aef734f7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 108 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4117">25 U.S.C. 4117</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="idf78f64e7a2794885bd3af1ee526cc021" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><section id="id463ec1e6934749929fa57f42f001e9e4"><enum>108.</enum><header>Funding</header><subsection id="id264bff339f304240b70db4a76b1ebed9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to provide grants under this title for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf61b4a686dee4c4ca74428ae6620df80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><paragraph id="id2fa705a829624cd38a52e5ab1b44e7a2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On October 1, 2025, and on each October 1 thereafter, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to provide grants under this title $2,500,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf270bd858d6f426d8659da1ada7eda51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id71ba7bb1868847b7a898ee704541f443" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to provide grants under this title the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without further appropriation.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b3f6b2e887247dda4bdf40a53abc378"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections in section 1(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/330">Public Law 104–330</external-xref>; 110 Stat. 4016) is amended by striking the item relating to section 108 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB27F98D06451424D8690BCA29ACACE2D"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">108. Funding.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idfe231d1070d147d8907bd68af0f51b89"><enum>404.</enum><header>Native Hawaiian housing block grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 824 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4243">25 U.S.C. 4243</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idd11c423921e4464787da128ee321384a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>are authorized</quote> and inserting <quote>is authorized</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id99ef4dcbb881426391847e8fb433fc26" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>$47,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id62828d2647724592a890908a77b5d05a"><enum>405.</enum><header>Set-aside of USDA rural housing funding for Indian Tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 509 of the Housing Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1479">42 U.S.C. 1479</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="idc057aa244f324f5c809401b0d9d37349" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection id="idb8049330d89f4485ae55e9a85e2f4a55"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Set-Aside for Indian Tribes</header><paragraph id="id4169da1d10a64d70809324cfcec38278"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside and reserve for assistance for Indian tribes (as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103</external-xref>)) an amount equal to 5.0 percent in each fiscal year of the aggregate amount of lending authority, budget authority, or guarantee authority, as appropriate, made available for the fiscal year for assistance under each of sections 502, 504, 515, 533, and 538 and of the aggregate amount made available to the Rural Utilities Service to carry out programs or activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0d48f40421734d07a7def93d112c94ab" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text>The procedure under paragraph (1) for reserving amounts shall provide that any assistance set aside in any fiscal year for Indian tribes that has not been expended by a reasonable date established by the Secretary shall be made available and allocated under the laws and regulations relating to such assistance, notwithstanding this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id082accd89eb14c0bb6caaf1f3eb669b9"><enum>406.</enum><header>Restoring authority of Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities in certain housing programs</header><subsection id="id01c3dd34339d4dc8b334b56996070dc0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Voucher program</header><text>Section 502 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4181">25 U.S.C. 4181</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id455364c4fe894dd095c06219e6b5c5ca"><subsection id="id34dd409f04854d77b9785a8609973533"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply with respect to tenant-based assistance provided under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idb78257b5c0834c15b44d1e78cf6c0d2a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>HUD counseling</header><text>Section 106(a)(4)(A) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1701x">12 U.S.C. 1701x(a)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and State housing finance agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>State housing finance agencies, and tribally designated housing entities (as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103</external-xref>)).</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id022d73e7609a43eca9a85bf3f915d2de"><enum>407.</enum><header>Indian community development block grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5301">42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb990482c510445569bffef284eb04956"><section id="idd952eed4c3124cee97dc211ce16a5172"><enum>123.</enum><header>Indian community development block grants</header><subsection id="id754206017b2844cb8eef26a7ae3100b1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to any amounts allocated to Indian tribes under section 106(a)(1), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for grants under this title for Indian tribes, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4de81f17c28b47519717b2eca500bbb7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inflationary adjustment</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ide0715158ea87428b81ea88244db604e4"><enum>408.</enum><header>Loan guarantees for Indian housing</header><subsection id="id18e5454b39d04881b8440708b671039d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Housing and Community Development Act of 1992</header><text>Section 184(i)(7) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(i)(7)) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id913280d3920e4258baed9463d5e8c66f"><paragraph id="id073ac98e395c494db12feb0ae19a5c93"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Appropriations</header><subparagraph id="idcf3d76d72aef43f29ae27d967a861dac"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Guarantee Fund, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c1f6bc2dacd4e5582e19b111aae4a34"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ida782c0209a424434a4cd0bd72b18b69c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996</header><text>Title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4191">25 U.S.C. 4191 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id34d07d49bbb7494f9fdc413e98387ff1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the first section 606 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4191">25 U.S.C. 4191</external-xref> note) (relating to the effective date); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd5c25d903a554e0383373f10d81d240d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62cc47a6e08749ae831fc510ccf036c6"><section id="id8f7047c5a9554d22b8b9eb8fc9ed6026"><enum>607.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide loan guarantees under this title—</text><paragraph id="id05339d285772470b84dc4e83ee0361a4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf998bcbd3159495ab986d83f38c3f995"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the applicable amount during the preceding fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect changes for the 12-month period ending the preceding November 30 in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc96e23871d4c447683870df3ff9b9101"><enum>409.</enum><header>Loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 184A(j)(7) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b(j)(7)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6fe1d3324d634500b910d91083fd1e53"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd73bc4c4bc27466d8eae212ef3360e6c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>There are</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd56920ec713a4dd68309f96b1bd88d2f"><subparagraph id="id3de0004ba7aa4dd29ba0c6f766a1f65d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), there is</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idcc21d83a25f744989f0c6ff05672402e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb1af03bcc3145238399615b6c82e160"><subparagraph id="id36cb6fbaa3544567b788319cebd780d8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id4f55140faa614f059d62546e5aa42a9c"><enum>410.</enum><header>Direct housing loans for Native American veterans program</header><subsection id="id03864f5afc124faf9b532b6163606c0d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding reauthorization</header><text>Section 3763 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idcb0bfeb8b8e1468caa3f477fde6cc0e8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddcc15161a44745d5a6f259d89f3526de"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce5757ff7e7c43a5a33cce1cff48b5ed"><subsection id="idcb25c64516814ebe9a7863526e52a961"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id5733b97b9cdb4d99b35441a36883283d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000 to the Secretary, for deposit in the Account.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc27547748c7a48c383a6bd12d4d2c988"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8affc0661e094000ad8e3cb18c85a7fa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of Native Hawaiian veterans</header><text>Section 3765(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>native Hawaiian, as that term is defined in section 201(a)(7) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/67/34">Public Law 67–34</external-xref>; 42 Stat. 108)</quote> and inserting <quote>Native Hawaiian, as that term is defined in section 6207 of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7517">20 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id706e81d134374f3096f09d3eaeb998cf"><enum>411.</enum><header>Tribal HUD–VASH program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="idfeb1aa920213444186d66189834d327f" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id7bedea3089804f36957f73a93bb9b0f1"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Indian veterans housing rental assistance program</header><clause id="id4e1452a3fa1649c99a77b9063f53c0b9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subparagraph:</text><subclause id="id01b7c7ac4ee949629fcae851c29c0d8b"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Eligible Indian veteran</header><text>The term <term>eligible Indian veteran</term> means an Indian veteran who is—</text><item id="id653a506c62894765b1c79ae590f8dfc9"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>homeless or at risk of homelessness; and</text></item><item id="idb722e53cee8e437d90ec7a600c7d227a"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>living—</text><subitem id="id42ef146731ea4ab4a8b514a18e70c41f"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>on or near a reservation; or</text></subitem><subitem id="id3e5d46c107874bd78b9539218762b49f"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>in or near any other Indian area.</text></subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="idce9106b2b50747518b52252a81ccb2c8"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Eligible recipient</header><text>The term <term>eligible recipient</term> means a recipient eligible to receive a grant under section 101 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4111">25 U.S.C. 4111</external-xref>).</text></subclause><subclause id="idac3fd88c8fc84c7da08ff189f6f95869"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Indian; Indian area</header><text>The terms <term>Indian</term> and <term>Indian area</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103</external-xref>).</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id914e1501035e43d78810deeb25d235ad"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> means the governing body of any individually identified and Federally recognized Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, affiliated Tribal group, or component reservation included on the list published pursuant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5131">25 U.S.C. 5131(a)</external-xref>).</text></subclause><subclause id="idcbc76275bedb4900ad52e87343bd0cc0"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Indian veteran</header><text>The term <term>Indian veteran</term> means an Indian who is a veteran.</text></subclause><subclause id="idb297b3b675364cc2b9562cd408ea87c5"><enum>(VI)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>Program</term> means the Tribal HUD–VASH program carried out under clause (ii).</text></subclause><subclause id="id2d6d01d341f3439d9c9fde997c06605f"><enum>(VII)</enum><header>Tribal organization</header><text>The term <term>Tribal organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ide2b9f5cfeac54bb7b8c475003d5c0cc9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Program specifications</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a rental assistance and supported housing program, to be known as the <quote>Tribal HUD–VASH program</quote>, in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, by awarding grants for the benefit of eligible Indian veterans.</text></clause><clause id="id0a4e05a55189400d906ae593e984ecbe"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Model</header><subclause id="id51b3d2aff8684cdcace45c598b3baa87"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary shall model the Program on the rental assistance and supported housing program authorized under subparagraph (A) and applicable appropriation Acts, including administration in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.</text></subclause><subclause id="idfe2b946b940240d09dece51b0acc201d"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><item id="id1c5d64072fe94fc6a01d0a053c9780d4"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</header><text>After consultation with Indian Tribes and collaboration with eligible recipients and any other appropriate Tribal organizations, the Secretary may make necessary and appropriate modifications to facilitate the use of the Program by eligible recipients to serve eligible Indian veterans.</text></item><item id="id17638675dcbf4f4e93abac9090ba0f67"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Secretary of Veterans Affairs</header><text>After consultation with Indian Tribes and collaboration with eligible recipients and any other appropriate Tribal organizations, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may make necessary and appropriate modifications to facilitate the use of the Program by eligible recipients to serve eligible Indian veterans.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id1b0d3f11cbb54d1090dd9a2c5e54c8f8"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>The Secretary shall make amounts for rental assistance and associated administrative costs under the Program available in the form of grants to eligible recipients.</text></clause><clause id="id7a8d9fa6921e47cb930b4d3fece83058"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Funding criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall, after engaging in Tribal consultation, award grants under the Program based on—</text><subclause id="ide72adad6117f4de7aab2f1866c243807"><enum>(I)</enum><text>need;</text></subclause><subclause id="id5ba9e4b8143a49628e4db946b3be186a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>administrative capacity; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idd88fc783abcf4a52b7680ee189cca99d"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any other funding criteria established by the Secretary in a notice published in the Federal Register after consulting with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id518978745387419fb48d27fee8c4fead"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Grants awarded under the Program shall be administered in accordance with the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4101">25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.</external-xref>), except that recipients shall—</text><subclause id="ide666e66e33664684aac5522b5392d899"><enum>(I)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary, in a manner prescribed by the Secretary after Tribal consultation, reports on the utilization of rental assistance provided under the Program; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id596b541c294743fba3adafe7ad536d76"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide to the Secretary information specified by the Secretary after Tribal consultation, to assess the effectiveness of the Program in serving eligible Indian veterans.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ida4cba7624fd44b19a14728ee502c3f8c"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Consultation</header><subclause id="id26fce62e600d4ba5bf235bbc9097f584"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Grant recipients; Tribal organizations</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall consult with Indian Tribes that are eligible recipients and collaborate with any other appropriate Tribal organization on the design of the Program to ensure the effective delivery of rental assistance and supportive services to eligible Indian veterans under the Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id9a5d2cdf22ae449987a210ade8850543"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Indian Health Service</header><text>The Director of the Indian Health Service shall provide any assistance requested by the Secretary or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in carrying out the Program.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id36b9fc279a7148d5ac39593f68f3c615"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Waiver</header><subclause id="id9748a7f24de14b23af12d1d7c376f533"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of law (including regulations) that the Secretary administers in connection with the use of rental assistance made available under the Program if the Secretary finds that the waiver or alternative requirement is necessary for the effective delivery and administration of rental assistance under the Program to eligible Indian veterans.</text></subclause><subclause id="ida052eb8b886a41ffb0f1485a2ed78aaa"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Secretary may not waive or specify alternative requirements under subclause (I) for any provision of law (including regulations) relating to labor standards or the environment.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9e9dcf4f1b6345d5aa4d86a20477a95a"><enum>(ix)</enum><header>Renewal grants</header><text>The Secretary may, after Tribal consultation—</text><subclause id="id2792ce7a111f409688bb9aefd2eed4e0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>set aside, from amounts made available to carry out the Program, such amounts as may be necessary to award renewal grants to eligible recipients that received a grant under the Program in a previous year; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3382f015e0424976b3817068f5e225d8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>specify criteria that an eligible recipient must satisfy to receive a renewal grant under subclause (I), including providing data on how the eligible recipient used the amounts of any grant previously received under the Program.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id1798ef319f4149acaceb005dc0070103"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Reporting</header><subclause id="id050aa82a04a4474cb137cadbb4ada353"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Indian Health Service, shall—</text><item id="idbb270fe2961144009f410f604407fff4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>conduct a review of the implementation of the Program, including any factors that may have limited its success; and</text></item><item id="idb67f337b037845319079e55bcd3a589e"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>submit a report describing the results of the review under item (aa) to—</text><subitem id="id50510099a4494bf4862f7cf17f132be4"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;</text></subitem><subitem id="idd7fa1d8d1be94eff91fa96f27ab9b847"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id6114dd6996474f9092a91f79c994d1a6"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>Indian Tribes that request the report.</text></subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="id3793c320a22747dc9d35b2164bd292a9"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Analysis of housing stock limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the initial report submitted under subclause (I) a description of—</text><item id="id89ced48437e0430d8871c9571e4ed63b"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>any regulations governing the use of formula current assisted stock (as defined in section 1000.314 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)) within the Program;</text></item><item id="id19e1b246a6da4876b2cdb010a652ebec"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the number of recipients of grants under the Program that have reported the regulations described in item (aa) as a barrier to implementation of the Program; and</text></item><item id="id8a7265039367445b98d930de74757429"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>proposed alternative legislation or regulations developed by the Secretary in consultation or collaboration with recipients of grants under the Program to allow the use of formula current assisted stock within the Program.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id7da7e1649e4b417ebbcf700308f838a7"><enum>(xi)</enum><header>Appropriations</header><subclause id="id1ee9a762b61b4679be7f17f5f91bd7d2"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To carry out the Program, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subclause><subclause id="idcd865a59cd444a8c8b262339dd2b0ce8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under clause (i) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id5d64c169aa964f66ac956b82c693f480"><enum>412.</enum><header>Housing improvement program, Bureau of Indian Affairs</header><subsection id="id9082f04327af41d9ba3e949fafa1d181"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the Housing Improvement Program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs authorized under the Act of November 2, 1921 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/13">25 U.S.C. 13</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Snyder Act</quote>), and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6d95ad908927438c95ed4fc00fad01e7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection><subsection id="id16b359a866b044eeb502ab74b2b38808"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal consultation</header><text>The Bureau of Indian Affairs shall engage in Tribal consultation to ensure that the Housing Improvement Program’s funding formula does not disadvantage Indian Tribes of certain sizes or from certain Bureau of Indian Affairs regions.</text></subsection></section><section id="id99dc7219efdd465b8ac0d7230aa08c3b"><enum>413.</enum><header>Tribal uninhabitable housing improvement program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1471">42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="id22f3fbeed46240cba8e01668ac664a55" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><section id="id6311ad61e0554f908952540e19f5e791"><enum>545.</enum><header>Tribal uninhabitable housing improvement program</header><subsection id="id2d08bef6a60b463795e56a20c5eb2175"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id95d3f263d1a94b189214c131c2b45889"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means an Indian tribe or Tribal organization located in a rural area that has high levels of overcrowded housing and homelessness.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id658dc2930d1b499b91ed9cb52ee9fbbe"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tribal organization</header><text>The term <term>Tribal organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7180593d44a648139eca718adab23972"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to improve living conditions and prevent homelessness in rural Tribal communities by—</text><paragraph id="id31dcfa27334f40199921ea9104b29bce"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assessing the condition of existing housing resources; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd0756033f78c4fc9bf017b3487b58023"><enum>(2)</enum><text>preventing those resources from—</text><subparagraph id="ide2f761545e724f4da16df2bd166df962"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deteriorating; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idac52e8230e224d0191b7f5b0103e8f64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>becoming uninhabitable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide826b621c81f41289c42d0dfe3136bf1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><paragraph id="id176a8f60d2834f488758e1a8ce07b91e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities—</text><subparagraph id="idddbe7bd511354e56bef50ae3ee5c7aa5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to repair overcrowded homes to prevent the homes from becoming uninhabitable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idac7f46c32ad1480b9c4a042f7221772a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to remediate homes that are generally uninhabitable or fail to meet the housing quality standards established under section 8(o)(8)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida02fde3a86ec4d69af548040eba2ec3c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to repair homes damaged due to climate change and extreme weather.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida73a6193bd1f4600a46dbc93f49b5f8e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary may give priority to an eligible entity that is located in a community with levels of overcrowded housing and homelessness that the Secretary determines are among the highest for communities in which eligible entities are located.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74abad3b595441fb9571873bc773e9f7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of multiple grants for same project</header><text>Multiple eligible entities that each receive a grant under this subsection may use the grants for the same project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3dbd5e1200414215b9f9cd0858f3b8a6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>The Secretary may use not more than 3 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section—</text><paragraph id="ida23b91d08cc7427dad79035d415064d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to administer the competition for grants under this section;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa953a2f908242ea9fdd5c84f2a40211"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide oversight of grantees; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id11079a1f988d436c8bdef32516601fb9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to collect data on the use of grants awarded under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84942e9c8d95437ea7db9fb896b4c32a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="ida745a4f88b654c938984e57e5515142b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants under this section, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb64162c05039456aae3d0718dc761eb8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id21b0408c7522452dbb4cb7089c00c5ad" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relationship to other assistance</header><text>The receipt by an eligible entity of a grant under this section shall not affect the eligibility of the eligible entity for any other assistance provided by the Secretary.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id6cf6a94bfd564d4093909f986d0ec01e"><enum>414.</enum><header>Coordinated Environmental Review Process Workgroup</header><subsection id="id1858e0b6a7fe420eb16609f7a9d1d5e6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established a workgroup, to be known as the <quote>Coordinated Environmental Review Process Workgroup</quote> (referred to in this section as the <term>Workgroup</term>), consisting of the head (or a designee) of each of—</text><paragraph id="idf745ae964241492094fc4af6fb064006"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id148c6e311b574fe5ab2e13afff921b65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department of Commerce;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc1be060c6c9c4874abd41712cb953627"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Department of Energy;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id94ca2e29a4e24c0d9cd82a7bc3bea07b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Department of Health and Human Services;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58f200ad9b2543e583fe4ae8e84a0ae0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Department of Housing and Urban Development;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida679267246054024b78e8b94cc500c12"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63cd02646559489da2816cad0f7feb95"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Department of Transportation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd90950c6a27142efb57036bd06872b16"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Council on Environmental Quality; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id474c1636dbee4fb79f1c6b71e50b76fc"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Environmental Protection Agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id26695bd8d16a498e8b549a45da51a331"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (or a designee) shall—</text><paragraph id="idde0d4a50d9194a1cb037f1548ddb2736"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serve as chairperson of the Workgroup; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idccf11c8ecc55481dbd8e82f000c16642"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be responsible for convening meetings and coordinating the activities of the Workgroup.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id62c0b742c0f04575817c51ff080b50c5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Workgroup shall—</text><paragraph id="id7f13a714ee0346078c3b46feb9031dd5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess whether each member agency of the Workgroup has adopted the recommendations made in the report entitled <quote>Coordinated Environmental Review Process Final Report</quote> and dated December 15, 2015, prepared by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in collaboration with the Coordinated Environmental Review Process Workgroup established pursuant to Senate Report 113–182 (2014), accompanying S. 2438, 113th Congress;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50796902acf24171b64ab7181c2bb007"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent that any recommendation described in paragraph (1) has not been implemented, establish a plan for implementation of the recommendation; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4cdb64a575304ea9ad11933e8318a011"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prepare and submit to Congress the reports required under subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbf0e386bd18844c7b0d3d1640ed3af9e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="idad5da24623da4f6db2c3ae2f7dc2f428"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in collaboration with the Workgroup, shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing—</text><subparagraph id="id73d5a7a89a6441e2b3f2f028b38e0a1a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the assessment under subsection (c)(1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7e4ed5ee9b14c93bafe4e231339e08e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any plan established under subsection (c)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd5052bd00b9a4238a63324f4874285e4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>its plan to engage in Tribal consultation regarding implementation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida3425d35b91f4d8ea5fa447d8cbdcb8f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of submission of the report under paragraph (1), and not less frequently annually thereafter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in collaboration with the Workgroup, shall submit to the Committees described in that paragraph an updated report in accordance with that paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Economic development</header><section id="id1f04ad58f1a44588859e1652296f18c2"><enum>501.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="idcc4a1716dcc742b3bda9a206818b60b8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Federal Government has failed to honor its trust responsibility to promote Tribal self-determination through the support of economic development on Tribal lands;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id241737ca678e42f3a0468afc2cc9c103"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Federal Government has failed to assist Indian Tribes with the individualized economic development necessary for Indian Tribes—</text><subparagraph id="idf989833190bd4183aa1798455caddea5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to exercise self-determination; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2000d39adf2e468b94b043e8ac082473"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to make knowledgeable decisions as to how to best develop and manage the resources on Tribal lands for the benefit of the Indian Tribe;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id62296264f19d46faac129cfa85166d5c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Native Americans experience—</text><subparagraph id="idac2508144ec84b70af142b102df040b3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a poverty rate that is approximately twice the national average; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idca84a62cf34548e690ed63a51f9580ae"><enum>(B)</enum><text>higher rates of unemployment than any other group of people in the United States;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc024367913f745508a98d65746cd2812"><enum>(4)</enum><text>due to the remote location of many Indian Tribes, individuals may have long commutes, which are further exacerbated by inadequate roads and infrastructure due to chronic underfunding and lack of transportation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id52315db6e5744fd7b103d4cc87d2ecf6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Indian Tribes have had limited access to, or, in many cases, no direct access to, electricity, water, broadband, and adequate infrastructure;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd55aa72decd44af98813d0e9fa6b29d"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id15ac239ba7c0435bb2ceadcb9460adb3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>only 65 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives living on Tribal lands have access to fixed broadband services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12508f931e84422789f8e7df4086cb85" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>only 69 percent of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian households residing on rural Tribal lands have telephone services; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5438f908b7ae473086f5c76990ca796a" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the lack of access described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) is in stark contrast with the national average of 98 percent of households that have access to telephone services, and 92 percent of individuals living outside of Tribal lands that have access to fixed broadband services;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id33b4637e34bf4857b7f89b8b47d9a5e2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>approximately 1,500,000 people living on Tribal lands lack access to broadband;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28fd945e85d940dab37b7502c55ca2a4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>75 percent of rural Indian Health Service facilities still lack reliable broadband networks for American Indians and Alaska Natives to access telehealth or clinical health care services, which is a critical need in the most geographically isolated areas of the United States, furthering economic inequities on Tribal lands;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35083ea336dd46f9981c720d206fc80c"><enum>(9)</enum><text>according to the Bureau of Indian Education, up to 95 percent of Native American students at some Bureau of Indian Education schools cannot access internet services at home;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id81B7B45CAF04479DB861BA2334E26D50"><enum>(10)</enum><text>lack of internet access negatively affects the ability to conduct business online, which took on increased importance since the beginning of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddfe63e7fe1aa4bbfbba7fba8e0db12da"><enum>(11)</enum><text>very few Indian Tribes have established telecommunications companies to provide residential phone and internet services. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id28a988f964114b97ae98a22d7c406882"><enum>502.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="id0437c5ce1979450d83c0f269330971d4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Congress should determine and provide the funding needed to meet the essential utilities and core infrastructure needs on Tribal lands, such as electricity, water, telecommunications, and roads;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id38439d5dd9564d83a0e639068614470d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Congress should—</text><subparagraph id="id95d075f73d9e4ed28d8191818f7e2ef3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide direct, mandatory funding to Indian Tribes and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb300bf741aa34ca592b14e87c88688ca"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow Indian Tribes and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to leverage Federal funding;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0ed06ab47b3f4f54b26fb486e2a30740"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in cases in which Federal infrastructure projects occur on or affect Tribal lands or Tribal or Native Hawaiian communities, the Federal Government should engage in, as applicable—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1eea1fb4b4a3451a8502893bf198ee56"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent, transparent, and deferential consultation with Indian Tribes; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e1510dcc93e4fbda62e0142db840638"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent, transparent, and deferential collaboration with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Native Hawaiian organizations;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id56bbceb73d594427a3b685b93957725c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Federal Government should include Tribal sovereignty principles for Indian Tribes to manage and self-govern natural resources, including electromagnetic spectrum over Tribal lands, in accordance with the Federal trust responsibility and acknowledgment of their sovereignty, to promote economic development and self-management of those modern natural resources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida08a623a0866494eae0f7b2a9324f645"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Federal Government should clarify the inherent ownership by Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations of spectrum licenses and spectrum over Tribal lands and Hawaiians, and preserve that ownership, in furtherance of the Federal trust responsibility over, and Indian and Native Hawaiian self-governance of their own modern natural resources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2cf3b2c4f8c1422eb157c53d82bdb76d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Federal Government should—</text><subparagraph id="id57aa0395e44d49ec9281ab502cd12829"><enum>(A)</enum><text>diminish the effect of the Tribal priority filing windows, auctions for spectrum licenses over Tribal lands, and assignment and leasing of spectrum over Tribal lands carried out by the Federal Communications Commission;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7595545c3f2049158e0c05f21031456f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure the competitive bidding authority of the Federal Communications Commission does not apply to licenses or construction permits issued by the Commission over Tribal lands and Hawaiian home lands; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26ea0eea329e464c9805fdd82a07d544"><enum>(C)</enum><text>permanently eliminate the public availability of spectrum over Tribal lands and Hawaiian home lands; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idef7e121e230e4701aadd7bf4a8ce9850"><enum>(7)</enum><text>legislation to address the lack of spectrum access by Indian Tribes over Tribal lands and to deploy wireless broadband services, in furtherance of Tribal sovereignty (known as the <quote>DIGITAL Reservations Act</quote> or the <quote>Deploying the Internet by Guaranteeing Indian Tribes Autonomy over Licensing on Reservations Act</quote>, S. 4331 and H.R. 7774, 116th Congress, as introduced on July 27, 2020, and July 24, 2020, respectively), should be enacted without delay.</text></paragraph></section><subtitle id="idf606bd7aa0ac42d7871b0975d4c8302d"><enum>A</enum><header>Economic development, infrastructure, and investments</header><section id="iddee2d7a6afac40589f3c836d1aae0c53"><enum>511.</enum><header>Tribal transportation program</header><subsection id="id1a7e5044580a4913a4e0d3ebc2ea0f05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the tribal transportation program under section 202 of title 23, United States Code, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated—</text><paragraph id="idd52544bcf2584cd18bf95c4d7bb8daef"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027, $1,000,000,000; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0dcad0be2ea486690945b9f2ecf77c1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, $800,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idad48432019ad44e3a6c935a65bfdfb63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amounts made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection><subsection id="id754013de024b45e99733787650bb6bce"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Obligation limitation</header><text>The limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for each fiscal year shall not apply to the amounts made available under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="id1df80a2673cf468ba2564c900e48e500"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be available for obligation in accordance with section 201 of title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><section id="ida9330bbb3b2c46af9596cdf21b2267b7"><enum>512.</enum><header>Tribal high priority projects program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1123(h) of MAP–21 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/202">23 U.S.C. 202</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id649b6f9cfa9c470badabdff2eb19acc0"><paragraph id="id4c1036221f04448a99d5fa34abd18947"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the program $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idd6f34d2de2894ff5950fb8c2f6f13f12"><enum>513.</enum><header>Bureau of Indian Affairs road maintenance program</header><subsection id="id1e398cdec2c34d3094fd5ae219f5ef63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the road maintenance program of the Bureau—</text><paragraph id="ide971e2ced3224f779835ab5bbab960bd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, $100,000,000; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88b5afee8c364871b86afd1bcfdd114e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter, $50,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc425c8214c4748bb96c5dea1e7d071a7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amounts made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2031 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><section id="id96abcafb4e0c450180fbb593b02c9674"><enum>514.</enum><header>Tribal transit program<italic></italic></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8f60f8129768430a9f1f72f0e7e919b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9fba351ea1d442d841dffdd5928f53d"><paragraph id="id134277634ab84f92acdbb6f143ebb8e0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public transportation on Indian reservations</header><subparagraph id="id08a799b588fc49eabb42f1dda1788f25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $75,000,000 for grants to Indian tribes for any purpose eligible under this section, under such terms and conditions as may be established by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideee82f92b6be4acd9681e474a3f83acc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Apportionment</header><text>Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) shall be apportioned as formula grants, as provided in subsection (j).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide77d2fcba9f2471ea05ffd606e5a0926"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e36da036c3d4ad3b4b2e960f60b6f1b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (j)(1)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>described in subsection (c)(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>made available under subsection (c)(2)(A)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id0429de490fc44e069b76a8de14d9da77"><enum>515.</enum><header>Tribal transportation technical assistance program</header><subsection id="id21832bf5fff2472883a13af2f2571921"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,500,000 to carry out the tribal transportation technical assistance program under section 504(b)(2)(D)(ii) of title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="idec489cb9a11542329139bf33bc117d0c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8c73047fb31f41a1a06336a5c0687ae9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Obligation limitation</header><text>The limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for each fiscal year shall not apply to the amounts made available under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="id888b7d0a626a490595055c03235b040b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if those funds were apportioned under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="idec44ea4cf0f04427b2c7d76ea0271a4f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tribal consultation</header><text>In carrying out the tribal transportation technical assistance program under section 504(b)(2)(D)(ii) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation shall engage in Tribal consultation. </text></subsection></section><section id="ide9291ac9d1ef47e09e39a4cab5f6affe"><enum>516.</enum><header>Rural development tribal technical assistance program</header><subsection id="idd8c9b3464fd24d68b0529d29b52ae200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide technical assistance under section 6302 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2671">7 U.S.C. 2671</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id8126652588fb47378a7a022d03c212ea"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034 shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><section id="id2c29387be7934c3f973f908fac49ec30"><enum>517.</enum><header>Native American community development financial institutions assistance program<italic></italic></header><subsection id="ide1b14dda8ce74302b4ac17d7895bf6f6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text>Section 108(e) of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/4707">12 U.S.C. 4707(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide16b08c989934238834d3e05a3f2a8dc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id88f99037e79d4678b825e539b5c82ccc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>The Fund shall provide no assistance</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida83afc47e1194c079ed99ff528926c23"><clause id="id0d5654a2caa543149055757cc0eeba4b"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), no assistance may be provided by the Fund</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75951d1ed26743358219e96214056276"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Such matching funds</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id096587a9280c46dfb1af313304796b29"><clause id="idace5a71c77b54e3d9113811122c947e2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The matching funds required under clause (i)</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9920c31ae954bcd8573540da3b78bac"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1) <header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">In general</header-in-text>.—Assistance</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddde414e5b7dd4b478519c901152fbfff"><paragraph id="id88885632a359442896a07555920d3f61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><subparagraph id="idff24479d8eec445c95caba11777ee46a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><clause id="id32e999299e6c46939e8253fa122ba6a1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B) and paragraph (2), assistance</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd6e1b48748a441ed829f84ba91167c67"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4282269bf8684f30b16d9735430c42ac"><subparagraph id="id56ba912d568b447c896bd8e71ab11548"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver for certain individuals and entities</header><text>The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any individual or entity using the assistance provided under this section only for the benefit of Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, or an Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4f21b56bafde4521941dc919fc44918b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(A)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id77b92ddb18aa47c79aaa932316923f2e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section 121 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/4718">12 U.S.C. 4718</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idb82df9623be54c939b5747d6ae27fe10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc34def3f5eaf43eeabc2ef2d9bd55f6f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block id="id72927554ad99402dbaa42bd1a1ce91a5" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection id="iddb225f5251694f718341c08a5e23ebfe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding for Indians</header><paragraph id="idf9cb97fd739847f09da63ec977c15ee9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Fund for the purpose of providing financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach programs to benefit Indian tribes, primarily through Native Community Development Financial Institutions with experience and expertise in community development banking and lending in Indian country, and that are committed to working with Indian organizations, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and other appropriate individuals and entities—</text><subparagraph id="id7d62be9d1f9b4a4da2bf1130573ce380"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2025, $55,000,000;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0af5b5a6c5eb410399939aea6893265b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2026, $65,000,000;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9979d4b4551047269d8967cf97f2cb6c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2027, $70,000,000;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id71cebc770dda42a9b8c37b306c3aa55f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2028, $75,000,000; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idde8f5c4353024dde9c9f568182018d47"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter, $80,000,000, subject to paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id421638dd2eaa4e23bb38be82fe557c13" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amounts made available under paragraph (1)(E) for fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7e12871cbf7b4fc98ed9ca789be042d9"><enum>518.</enum><header>Tribal revolving funds</header><subsection id="idc078ad88b44f412797d0c1baaf7b99d9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal Water Pollution Control Act</header><text>Section 518 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1377">33 U.S.C. 1377</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="iddd94a3c3d77d4ccab12d9304a48e115b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>0.5 percent and not more than 2.0 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>5 percent</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idef6bd13529f848edb9fe2fea5d72724a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>subsection (d) of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id07ceb5e704d344b7b0364b6689f2be9c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safe Drinking Water Act</header><text>Section 1452(i)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(i)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id96d76e8b7644404b862b24b6c5a0b583"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Except as</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide230e0d4d3304e4bb6daf662b272f8bf"><subparagraph id="id5624840e8caa4242859786ebc052c808"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of grants</header><text>Except as</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b117b2d0c5e4219b21f7a69fde572ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>may be used by the Administrator</quote> in the first sentence and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaef9bbfa0f2e42588284263260a6aeae"><paragraph id="id4dad6a10acc644309921b65220666964"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants</header><subparagraph id="id50c3de5682c84319a9a8fa281b337a0a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not less than 5 percent of the amounts made available for each fiscal year to carry out this section shall be used by the Administrator</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6ef729599c9d4dab9d0e092167b12e61"><enum>519.</enum><header>Tribal water pollution control</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1256">33 U.S.C. 1256</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaadd3a5978a54e3a89b230fb03d06398"><subsection id="id078473bd072c48d38cda7baeb9eae724"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this section for each fiscal year, the Administrator shall—</text><paragraph id="idea801e9eee2d430b886e47e0ac0ea3df"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2), make allotments to States and interstate agencies in accordance with such regulations as the Administrator may promulgate, based on the extent of the pollution problem in each State; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id551c24fc91884f05807fbe0dad6953e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notwithstanding any other provision of law, allot to Indian tribes not less than 20 percent.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7435bc722532493f9575cc25b113e5bd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The Administrator may pay to each State, Indian tribe, and interstate agency for each fiscal year an amount equal to the lesser of—</text><paragraph id="id26e3b982c7cc47289041552789959f27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the allotment of the State, Indian tribe, or interstate agency for the fiscal year under subsection (b); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1631f0c026f64071a3cb682bf2217474"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the reasonable costs, as determined by the Administrator, of developing and carrying out a pollution program by the State, Indian tribe, or interstate agency during the fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id38973f35a2a545dda8d61bbefbc96901"><enum>520.</enum><header>Rural utilities service water and waste disposal program<italic></italic></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306C(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926c">7 U.S.C. 1926c(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id504028929094402bb391e47ea35190f1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idaac2b1eef1ee4e47a5aec078fc6f3f1b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Subject to paragraph (2), there</quote> and inserting <quote>There</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43cca35cb9224eddb8d407655d4f3a4e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id880c59d6a9aa4331b1b3f3bb66367391"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddcb7b2087b4e4d008c3961b5b76af9a2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3baa080782214e42834801911fed1a20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id19fddeec747845d4b60484c003d5ec90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>this paragraph</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfab41c110334477fa95fb486e117f89f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>An entity</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id3598949f70de4a1e82e0c670a2a1321e" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0096781247d047aaa0201e1bd5cf78f1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indians and Indian Tribes</header><subparagraph id="id503b68f9c50f4b06ba5a1c8ecf5ccfb8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Funding</header><clause id="idd6e89d188b934dfa90b6f7d8bb3c6e9c"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 to the Secretary to provide grants and loans under this section to benefit Indians and Indian Tribes (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)).</text></clause><clause id="ide8047abe1677471d9b03c1e15e19aa62"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under clause (i) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73f7f821dd074763a932905266bb179e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>An entity</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id79d50b2bf0fc4a0e9e7ac0d063405ef8"><enum>521.</enum><header>Funding for Claims Resolution Act of 2010</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(e)(1) of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/291">Public Law 111–291</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 3067) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4d4e767cd6a44c0c837c0103d7a32915"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>Settlement, and during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title></quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc58c53afaea9404fb8989e3b806d284c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id072052dc753b4b7c9c695458b68555af"><clause id="id053b8e046a864194b6b74f8b1efb5657"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Additional appropriation</header><text>In addition to amounts deposited in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund under clause (i) and subparagraph (D), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title>, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund $1,900,000,000.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id1ac3d08cdfca40fba37a92d00418a820"><enum>B</enum><header>Spectrum sovereignty and broadband deployment on Tribal lands</header><section id="idcaffbf0aefae4a21a2c45d24cb3bede2"><enum>531.</enum><header>Tribal Broadband Fund</header><subsection id="idda9f3e2bd05b4209bf0460624cf29eae"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Commission shall establish, as a permanent Federal universal service support mechanism under section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/254">47 U.S.C. 254</external-xref>), a mechanism to be known as the <quote>Tribal Broadband Fund</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id994eaf099d54409abc2b3c74544ff699"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual amount of support</header><paragraph id="ida0c6c2aa59ab4c0c955755325fe6f4ff"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial amount</header><text>The amount of Federal universal service support provided through the Tribal Broadband Fund shall be $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e4e661abcdc42779b99af34a193bf49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proportional adjustment</header><text>For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount specified in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted so that the amount of Federal universal service support provided through the Tribal Broadband Fund for such subsequent fiscal year bears the same proportion to the amount of Federal universal service support provided through all Federal universal service support mechanisms other than the Tribal Broadband Fund for such subsequent fiscal year as the proportion that $1,000,000,000 bears to the amount of Federal universal service support provided through all Federal universal service support mechanisms other than the Tribal Broadband Fund for fiscal year 2025.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id21c33706626b4effa8b5f716c5ff6e94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Provision of support</header><text>The Commission shall use the Tribal Broadband Fund to provide Federal universal service support to Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities to provide—</text><paragraph id="id4a2cd80319d24c028a9a2e4963ceb41d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>technical assistance, deployment of broadband service infrastructure, maintenance, planning, training, and digital literacy programs to increase broadband services and network buildout on Tribal lands, in addition to further economic development initiatives for all spectrum over Tribal lands, including radio, television, broadcast, commercial, and noncommercial uses, and current generation or better broadband services;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcdc55eb296f44536af9f6604cdd6ca8c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>infrastructure for middle mile and long-haul fiber buildout, adoption of digital literacy, and other related resources to expedite the immediate deployment of, and full access to, telecommunications, broadband service, spectrum use and future development, and wireless services (including wireless broadband service); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id80d76a900ae34b808b8c0fdeaa376ddd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>other smart infrastructure development and integration on Tribal lands, and other related activities to ensure Tribal lands have full access to high-speed broadband services, telecommunications services, and other sovereignty of communications infrastructure covering Tribal lands.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id070fc8238d1d47148ec01930982d84c7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In allocating funds from the Tribal Broadband Fund, the Commission—</text><paragraph id="idc76bf4523c4046e8b282961ec0fee6e6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall prioritize locations where telecommunications or broadband services have left residents underserved; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideba239448c57433a8d9ca2d950a498eb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may use funds in locations described in paragraph (1) for last mile fiber, middle mile fiber, backhaul transit, interconnection, and other costs and repairs to damaged infrastructure.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddb46e1a5fecd41f1bedc8361dcc36b4b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Commission shall provide requested technical assistance, training programs, and grants to assist Indian Tribes, qualifying Tribal entities, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, inter-Tribal government organizations, and Tribal Colleges and Universities for the purpose of immediate deployment of telecommunications or broadband services or infrastructure development over Tribal lands.</text></subsection><subsection id="id363af41cbe2e496fb209f0a4ce25cc12"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Final order</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a final order adopting rules and policies associated with the establishment, implementation, and administration of the Tribal Broadband Fund.</text></subsection><subsection id="id53e646e0229f431988ff409d44c4dd84" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or prevent an Indian Tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying Tribal entity from accessing existing or additional funding through the Commission or any other Federal agency.</text></subsection></section><section id="id9ebf9200fdf94e17baf5a073b202a1f2"><enum>532.</enum><header>Office of Native Affairs and Policy, Federal Communications Commission</header><subsection id="ida5232d6b973b4412892821f85be93906"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><paragraph id="idce29d46229874115b176796d28ebb194"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission, acting through the Office of Native Affairs and Policy and at the request of an Indian Tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying Tribal entity, shall provide technical assistance to apply for and participate in—</text><subparagraph id="idd68256d6eecb4704b16d22d79ae017ea"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Tribal Broadband Fund;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4251937750e547ffad5440c8e035d270"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other Federal universal service support mechanisms;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id384082939d604853b2661c589485a67f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other Federal funding opportunities for broadband service or infrastructure development; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2f23393d57b452fb24b012e453c0774"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Tribal Spectrum Market established under section 534.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6d4906c32f734d68a97b55919501fbc2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>A request for technical assistance made under this subsection from an Indian Tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying Tribal entity shall receive priority where telecommunications or broadband services on Tribal lands—</text><subparagraph id="id505ce51caaa74c91a3ba2179c840ec12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have not been deployed; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id425e018a0d2348c3be2fc6f584e3dcfd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have been inadequately deployed to provide broadband services over those Tribal lands, resulting in unserved and underserved Tribal residents.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3108afda3b6149e2b9e134044d4e62bb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional assistance</header><text>The assistance under this subsection includes assistance for associated backhaul, repairs to damaged infrastructure, or new infrastructure to deploy broadband service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id262900631a3b49aca0a8903b8508b537"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional technical assistance</header><text>In addition to the technical assistance provided under subsection (a), the Commission shall provide technical assistance that includes training programs and grant assistance to Indian Tribes, qualifying Tribal entities, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, inter-Tribal government organizations, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and colleges and universities with Tribal-serving institutions with expertise on Tribal broadband policy for the purpose of immediate deployment of telecommunications or broadband services and infrastructure over Tribal lands.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0fdc6f91be0a474aa40be03d073c2355"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Engagement with the Department of the Interior, Department of Commerce, and Commission</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commission shall provide technical assistance to Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities (and, if located on Tribal lands, to schools, libraries, health care facilities, public safety entities, Tribal chapter houses, community centers, government buildings of an Indian Tribe, and locations where Tribal, State, and Federal elections and census activities are carried out) to resolve barriers to the deployment and adoption of broadband service and other services provided using spectrum, including the following:</text><paragraph id="idda7d53c427e44b79a545ed0033574bc4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Classes or other education related to computer literacy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idce6203daeadc4427ae4086db689d311a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Acquisition of computers and related hardware and software.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a13853b68e947298b56df43a88f3340"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Use of broadband service and computers for public safety and emergency communications services and interoperability.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide93a4cecc7b94208aa9a8da17ab753f9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Use of spectrum and wireless broadband service and computers where Tribal, State, and Federal elections and census activities are carried out.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd53be8af47d44f909d678335310906c3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Use of spectrum and broadband service and computers to respond to public emergencies, including health and biohazard threats and natural disasters.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id73f8dceae0e4446197c8374a8beef213"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Such other areas as the Commission, or a relevant Federal agency that has a role conducting activities on Tribal lands, determines to be advisable to increase the deployment and adoption of broadband service and other services provided using spectrum on Tribal lands, or where an Indian Tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying Tribal entity holds a valid and active spectrum license or right-of-way access.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6fc3a6df5adf413b8a0585dd512af016"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to limit or supersede—</text><paragraph id="id9c14e540c6e6468b9b5119565743b292"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the responsibilities of the Commission or another Federal agency; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4ca3c685e36a42f8acac5a3d971d5da0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the engagement with Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or Native Hawaiian communities, and qualifying Tribal entities by the Commission or any other Federal agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7be4a412f4d94205ae97b77a695f178e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Appropriations amendment</header><text>Section 6 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/156">47 U.S.C. 156</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id137e845a615942728258deefe2b65578"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">; appropriations</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">authorization of appropriations</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc74d91f935484d0897c947a50da86bab"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="idf54eb7f4fce7425a8a11dc40e904ab15" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection id="id294ec947ce174aebbf5f505b045681d3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Office of Native Affairs and Policy</header><paragraph id="id7076a8589f10486fb0ba1715593e1362"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For necessary expenses of the Office of Native Affairs and Policy of the Commission, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $950,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f5881c482734deda85cbe696fc51bb4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>ONAP Federal Funding Director</header><subparagraph id="idEEDACFA9404144C28E7782357695033F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Commission shall use 20 percent of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) to establish within the Office of Native Affairs and Policy of the Commission a position of Federal Funding Director.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D55075F898D40C99F595B3717124B05"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Federal Funding Director shall have the following duties:</text><clause id="idbd11c21ae81c4312a046f271685d69d8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Coordinate with Indian tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and interested qualifying Tribal entities to access the funding opportunities of the Commission or other funding opportunities that may be available through another Federal agency, and assist with the application processes for the Tribal Broadband Fund and other universal service contributions or accounts, auctions proceeds, or any other accounts or reserve funds available to the Commission, for the purpose of providing a source of support for infrastructure deployment, middle mile and long-haul fiber buildout, adoption of digital literacy, and other related resources for the deployment of and full access to telecommunications, broadband service, spectrum use and future development, and wireless services (including wireless broadband service) for effective and efficient use on Tribal lands.</text></clause><clause id="id7e33aad8d35643ffa7d8619c2117b95c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Coordinate with other Federal agencies that provide telecommunications and infrastructure funding to Indian tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or interested qualifying Tribal entities to assist with expedited broadband service and other telecommunications deployment over Tribal lands.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idec550a59fba34738b6595017be7b1579"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0918634051ca4dd88441222c6bee4bab" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection, the terms defined in section 539 of the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title> shall have the meanings given those terms in that section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ida01fcd4086864020b8cc3ce6ffd6df1f"><enum>533.</enum><header>Immediate deployment of broadband service on Tribal lands</header><subsection id="idd76bd6de9cb24842adf536477fb07d73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id6f03637c1ae94d2092fcf4f1e3a31d2b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id4be97c7bf71645788a04f3d812103e8c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51af3707725341ed98580b602b0798e2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a qualifying Tribal entity; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14b8579e56ee478ba55217fc833bd2b9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id52e7d452993944edbeb6589633b725bc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id68ef9de58f6a454cbeff5cb3a6951eed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><paragraph id="id4afc83e490c140cc9d6a0a95c596a0ff"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community facilities grant program</header><subparagraph id="id2f689d5e495245028c2d1ed5cf442398"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use amounts appropriated under subsection (c)(1)(A) to provide grants under the community facilities grant program under section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)</external-xref>) to eligible entities for the deployment of broadband service on Tribal lands, if the eligible entity would be eligible for a grant under that section for the deployment.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43a2ac48489d4834b08dc634d356d39e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible costs</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under subparagraph (A) may use the grant amount for costs for the immediate deployment of broadband service on Tribal lands, including—</text><clause id="id32eb2698b32a4bce81edc4cefbc5e56a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>backhaul costs; and</text></clause><clause id="idbe4ec8764b8c478082f98122c7ed0bfc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>costs of repairs to damaged infrastructure, if the cost of the repairs would be less than the cost of new infrastructure.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddf84a602eac44151bbb676779d64e53a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In making grants under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to the deployment of telecommunications or broadband services on Tribal lands on which the services have not been deployed or have been inadequately deployed, including—</text><clause id="id268ff5a63b6e4aeeb586e033f349b62c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>middle mile fiber;</text></clause><clause id="id2467fbe068d044caaa0d4cad88547c7f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>backhaul transit, interconnection, and other costs; and</text></clause><clause id="id2395c513a97443199ccfbbe528d95a46"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>repairs to damaged infrastructure, the cost of the repairs to which would be less than the cost of new infrastructure.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idced6718bd7b84cb88aed60ffa7379a34"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Notwithstanding section 306(a)(19)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)(B)</external-xref>), the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using a grant under subparagraph (A) shall be 100 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb587b68841154855b92ebea7836441cd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Essential community facilities technical assistance and training</header><subparagraph id="id71441e69ee664816ad05ecc8d277185d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use amounts appropriated under subsection (c)(1)(B) to provide grants to eligible recipients described in subparagraph (C) under the community facilities technical assistance and training grant program under section 306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(26)</external-xref>) to assist eligible entities in—</text><clause id="id8e05fcb8408a4eeeb9d0bc3f20029382"><enum>(i)</enum><text>preparing applications for grants under paragraph (1)(A); and</text></clause><clause id="id9c3499aa7bf84656ac084739f3960d2b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>receiving technical assistance and training from an entity to which a community facilities technical assistance and training grant has been made under that section.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2422b936c4347e48dd3ef59a02951b1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall be carried out without regard to—</text><clause id="id6f62397463774f91941b0c6c09739c16"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(26)</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause id="id7fe208d446724049a7ac710dc6e4ea47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any requirements described in subparagraph (A) of that section relating to eligibility to receive—</text><subclause id="id8687bc11e69d4c81b395ac9c1aeb3deb"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a grant under that section; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idae929226d1f64d67ae5d687b2e685999"><enum>(II)</enum><text>technical assistance and training from an entity receiving a grant under that section.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbac7b54cdf49422c803213a7657eac7b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>An entity shall be eligible to receive a grant under subparagraph (A) if the entity is—</text><clause id="id6e9897e52e704311b6a779d18a81ceb2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible for a grant under the community facilities technical assistance and training grant program under section 306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(26)</external-xref>), without regard to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of that section, to assist an eligible entity in preparing an application for a grant under that section; or</text></clause><clause id="idd0757db076764f02bae63ba4bd65d6e9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an inter-Tribal government organization, a Tribal College or University, or a university or college with a Tribal-serving institution with expertise in Tribal broadband policy.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id604aaca0fd6a415eaeb1ec7e1db84a9c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id6740b079fbba4e71830bfb99150500fc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033—</text><subparagraph id="id40cadee57ad04ecf99e2e163fa486251"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$300,000,000 to provide grants under subsection (b)(1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id056e3226b4894fa7a9ba7ba4f2af7254"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 to provide grants under subsection (b)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id33fad3acdeea4405a8e47980b2940a67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2033 shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id196667d30d984b9ab6ecb1430ae06cd8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7822476d9ea04d82af23e0df310570a3"><enum>534.</enum><header>FCC Tribal Spectrum Market</header><subsection id="id0a5c1c9436a74af7bf41ad16500e5852"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="idB04C9A46A07945DF9BB7DAAD276A4B1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall conduct a rulemaking proceeding to establish a new Tribal Spectrum Market.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1AC4882647FD46D2A3496EC7A0E9CBDF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Tribal Spectrum Market shall be an optional forum solely for the participation of Indian Tribes, qualifying Tribal entities, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to engage with other Indian Tribes, other qualifying Tribal entities, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (as applicable) for leasing and assignment opportunities for the purpose of economic and business development on Tribal lands for participants that choose to participate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDBE46E1EF9E34FEEA85EB041DE48AF6F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No effect on participation in other forums or markets</header><text>Participation in the Tribal Spectrum Market shall not prevent an Indian Tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying Tribal entity from participating in any other auction forum or secondary spectrum market.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3952975256ac4d3598fc111d17d728dd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of spectrum</header><text>In furtherance of the Federal trust responsibility and Tribal self-governance, and to develop robust economic resources on Tribal lands, the Commission shall—</text><paragraph id="idc6c505cfad494f3286168095ea864b4e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make all unused and newly allocated spectrum over Tribal lands available to other Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities through the Tribal Spectrum Market; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5fea0e83e023447f95a62aea9c0d6a44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notify other Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and other qualifying Tribal entities of the availability of unused and newly allocated spectrum under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2388590f18404c38aa90a85b31f26d97" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consent requirement</header><text>The Commission may not make unused spectrum over Tribal lands of a participant available to other Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or other qualifying Tribal entities, as applicable, through the Tribal Spectrum Market, without the consent of the participant.</text></subsection></section><section id="id377561596e324d9c81e2eebdbfdbf9e5"><enum>535.</enum><header>E-rate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/254">47 U.S.C. 254</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id36892a0d7ccc4776a332b045a28172d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(4), by inserting <quote>, except as provided in subsection (m),</quote> before <quote>is a library or library consortium</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide5516139312747d48103a49705fca72b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc02774a2071c4c5da2aad4c35ad3d1b5"><subsection id="id67c694b8e8494ec5bcd18c33e9ddaebd"><enum>(m)</enum><header>E-Rate support for Indian Tribes</header><paragraph id="id7e01f1ef08074146bf786e7c1def027e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="id19241c9d214e42bc96c211a51a636407"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>E-rate program</term> means the universal service program for schools and libraries authorized under subsection (h)(1)(B), the rules of which are set forth under subpart F of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), as authorized under subsection (h)(2)(A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe19586702ff4689a62868fa2e92ccc3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>E-rate support</term> means universal service discounts on eligible services in accordance with subpart F of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), as authorized under subsection (h)(2)(A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30ea658d55d145cebb125dbfa42bcdfe"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 5 of the <short-title>Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act</short-title>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb87bbd8e98164650bb52bc65a0f9c726"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term <term>qualifying anchor institution</term> means a facility owned by an Indian Tribe, including a Tribal Government building, chapter house, longhouse, community center, senior center, or other similar public building.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6dce48b7073543a2b381d9734f7cb254"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility of Tribal libraries and qualifying anchor institutions for e-rate support</header><subparagraph id="ida081340fe6aa42828125fe6dbc09be67"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Designation of Tribal libraries as libraries eligible for e-rate support</header><clause id="id4ab33eb49ace447ca7f25a26b7b68f4f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An Indian Tribe that is eligible for support under section 261 of the Library Services and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9161">20 U.S.C. 9161</external-xref>) may designate a Tribal library or Tribal library consortium as a library or consortium that is eligible for E-rate support, without regard to whether the library or library consortium is eligible for assistance from a State Library Administrative Agency under the Library Services and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9121">20 U.S.C. 9121 et seq.</external-xref>), if the library or library consortium is eligible for support from an Indian Tribe under such section 261.</text></clause><clause id="idce27e20c743e41a289d63f9a286e566b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in clause (i) shall be construed to exempt a Tribal library from any requirement under the E-rate program not described in that clause, including the other requirements relating to eligible recipients under section 54.501 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddda572fbdb964983af967cac0265b38a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tribal anchor institution program</header><clause id="id48eb65f8a21c4a58a14447bd4f37f528"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission, in consultation with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and any other agency with relevant responsibilities, shall establish a program to be known as the <quote>Tribal Anchor Institution Program</quote>, under which the Commission shall provide E-rate support to Indian Tribes for qualifying anchor institutions designated by the Indian Tribes.</text></clause><clause id="id103afa438b6d47dc80d4cb93d4eeaf3e"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><subclause id="idbba508dbef8d4a26aaa6b5d7c1b3ef1f"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to obtain E-rate support under this subparagraph, a Tribal Government may not have a Tribal library eligible for the E-rate program within the Tribal community.</text></subclause><subclause id="id33c6970982b74e338f6dd276ab25dbf7"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>E-rate support obtained under this subparagraph shall only be available for an Indian Tribe if—</text><item id="idc6a830a93afa40fa93883c209cb1e8c2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the proposed qualifying anchor institution is exclusively owned by the Indian Tribe; and</text></item><item id="id621e2915487447aab874d359d0bd37af"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the proposed qualifying anchor institution intends to deliver publicly available internet access to students, teachers, librarians, and members of the community for educational purposes.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id7e2a60a8166944f882460c8d2f4e383b"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this clause shall be construed to provide the Commission with the authority to modify the eligibility requirements described in this clause.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0dbe7b25af2b4581bedde0ab3ee1eb16"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Set-aside for Indian Tribes</header><text>Of the amount made available for the E-rate program in any fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this subsection, 5 percent shall be used for E-rate support for Tribal elementary and secondary schools (as defined in subsection (h)(7)), Tribal libraries and Tribal library consortia, and qualifying anchor institutions.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id612eb5b46b2749368a118f98525f1b57"><enum>536.</enum><header>ReConnect Program</header><subsection id="id6775e0f1f03e45d88e7b00a305ffbc60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tribal set-Aside</header><text>Section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/141">Public Law 115–141</external-xref>; 132 Stat. 399), is amended by inserting <quote>: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That 15 percent of such amount shall be reserved for loans and grants to Indian tribes under the pilot program, and a requirement to match part or all of any such loan or grant shall not be imposed on an Indian tribe</quote> before the period at the end.</text></subsection><subsection id="id77f1aea4f25a4402b039e4a65b2482c1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal Connectivity Fund</header><paragraph id="id62336e82705e4987b1e2cb5e61f516d0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the <quote>Tribal Connectivity Fund</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a66ea86f0344d29b55c5eeeb139a0dd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><subparagraph id="idb12531142b434e0c912a7c53a50dc580"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Tribal Connectivity Fund $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033, to remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8dd43309e64f45d782fe5e63b20f86d9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subparagraph (A) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2033 shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id53c1aa709d9645f8827ea5079931aeca"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><subparagraph id="id12e9068f2b74437582aa41f91ce06358"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts in the Tribal Connectivity Fund shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide funding for laptops, Wi-Fi hotspots, and other connectivity devices for students attending schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, tribally operated schools, or Tribal colleges.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id812db5d5cdcd4ca397f3959f7121bf4b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text><clause id="id8983c951962c49c8a8992d133ac94653"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Wi-fi</header><text>The term <term>Wi-Fi</term> means a wireless networking protocol based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standard 802.11 (or any successor standard).</text></clause><clause id="id9e1efcb80add4c6e92c8bfe1a425ee8a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Wi-fi hotspot</header><text>The term <term>Wi-Fi hotspot</term> means a device that is capable of—</text><subclause id="id7f01bf2921cd40188fe1ba89a00eecf4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>receiving mobile advanced telecommunications and information services (based upon Wi-Fi and other wireless standards); and</text></subclause><subclause id="idd04c442415fc49b0b90291dd81630a4b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>sharing the services with another device.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6260b79dddae4f11966ca567e26e808c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding for Bureau of Indian Education information technology infrastructure</header><paragraph id="ide23b0207837a4fa8a3d1447a0f0cc7c1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><subparagraph id="idf2f7364cee054576bc18d483da94d73c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and there is appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033, which shall be deposited in the Bureau of Indian Education, Operation of Indian Education Programs, Education Management, Education IT account, to remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide0ae91ba8c3c4c43b0def41aa8936735"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id44921a0830664751ac43a8b2121b3e61" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior to provide funding for information technology infrastructure of the Bureau of Indian Education.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc4fecd7ff4454a2cb32e821cc4c86753"><enum>537.</enum><header>USDA Office of Tribal Relations</header><subsection id="id54bd240bdf0a48d9a1956cd7d6cb64bd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of Agriculture $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033—</text><paragraph id="id8f2c76660f61435681d72e105626b979"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the provision to Indian Tribes, qualifying Tribal entities, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of services, technical assistance, and expansion of programs for the deployment and build-out of wireless broadband services on Tribal lands; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id26d41c9c1dc34d49a47de4a70fb4ab55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure that services, technical assistance, and programs described in paragraph (1) and related policies are efficient, easy to understand, accessible, and developed in consultation with affected Indian Tribes and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida27187d7e65048e09aa49552e4c03781"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text>The amount made available under subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2033 shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text></subsection></section><section id="id671ea5ec905d4eb1ab68ed0eb0b0c93f"><enum>538.</enum><header>Annual reporting requirements</header><subsection id="id90a563ffb64243e6be94aab86045d1bc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual report</header><paragraph id="idD1316339098C4FA08D7AFB3A1BDDF41F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Commission shall make publicly available and submit to the entities described in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id45C59812D2FA4A3B8E3B3767E9E5546E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a report on the deployment of broadband service on Tribal lands; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9233306CF42E4F29B1A5DA1C47C054D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a household-level mapping of the actual speed of broadband service adopted by Tribal residents; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBCA8BE46CA2D4269BEC5628439DCA4F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an inventory of Tribal spectrum licenses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4CA6FC46DF7449F8AE1DE902921A0E5F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><subparagraph id="idFA4840447425439D8DABD346C11CAFF6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Collaboration with Tribes and Tribal entities</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following information:</text><clause id="id07a539f5bbbc41cfa03c3892c9a7bee0"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4CAA3B1094EC448691386406D5C255B1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The work of the Commission with Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, qualifying Tribal entities, and associated tribal organizations on spectrum-related matters.</text></subclause><subclause indent="up1" id="idD26405BD58034730BF273F27A0F33116"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The efforts of the Commission to bolster Tribal outreach through individual consultation, funding access, expansion of access to broadband service or other full use of spectrum over Tribal lands, activities executed through the Office of Native Affairs and Policy, and rulemakings that have been executed related to such matters under this Act.</text></subclause><subclause id="id0E3F4C3824FA404CBDE1BD4DDBA16913" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>General updates.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6ce6e5def914b4f900f6ba193925903"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicants and license holders</header><clause id="id4F99BD67314F47158E05A9E701293F4F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include data collected by the Commission on whether applicants for licenses, and holders of licenses, for spectrum over Tribal lands are—</text><subclause id="id706714CB44C94231B1E7963B7BE26696"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Indian Tribes;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9182297FA47F4F6D9E4B8C49AFA0C926"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Department of Hawaiian Homelands;</text></subclause><subclause id="idF994F4C6DEA447D9AF0EC8B7E34FC659"><enum>(III)</enum><text>qualifying Tribal entities; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idEC2CB2B4DC4541B2AC5F85ECE11E6A5E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>third-party licensees.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9129B443D86C4A4A80496AEB02CE1E82"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Recording requirement</header><text>The Commission shall require an Indian Tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying Tribal entity to record the ownership classification of all licenses or other agreements for the use of spectrum over Tribal lands that take effect on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id217ac4b5ef8741af88a0333820eeb0a6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notification of relevant Indian Tribe or qualifying Tribal entity, or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands</header><text>The Commission shall include in the report submitted under paragraph (1) a verification that the Commission has provided information about assigned and unassigned licenses and license holders to the Indian Tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or the qualifying Tribal entity where the licenses are geographically located, including a detailed description of the licenses, the license holders, and the entity to which the information was provided.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c37d8382dde432190fe9cfc15c3f3c6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Accessible contact information</header><text>The Commission shall include in the report submitted under paragraph (1) a verification that the Commission has made contact information easily accessible for Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities to learn about participation in any opportunities to obtain licenses for spectrum over Tribal lands or secondary market opportunities, including the respective processes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb4295ced8ed94c229d14d7bf7582d3b0"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Unserved locations</header><text>The Commission shall include in the report submitted under paragraph (1) geographic locations on Tribal lands where wireline broadband or wireless telecommunications services have not been built out or deployed.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58313cd6ebb24d0aa84f485949b25f8e"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Federal funding availability</header><text>The Commission shall include in the report submitted under paragraph (1) a description of available Federal funding across all agencies for which Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities are eligible to apply to further support deployment of broadband and telecommunications services on Tribal lands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84ab01a6970c4567a90fc63c99b872f8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission of recommendations</header><text>The entities described in this subsection are—</text><paragraph id="id57b5052330914994914952de34f51bf3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Indian Tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Native Hawaiian organizations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7eca319b05a94f7e9175eac5819af581"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09f2d69b42db4fd3accec63bc2bf57f4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc2116292b884c7897067e3181b64300"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida669feefcd624ea4ba318a267c8189d9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc746c5473574414a016edd9958bdcaf"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id54f2e470af85490abc7cf3f90800f58c"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Native Nations Communications Task Force of the Commission;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9c5bbfef71854eb59815f6dd38596cf6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Tribal organizations with telecommunications expertise; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1242c7404a13436ab13eddc6af514597"><enum>(9)</enum><text>requesting qualifying Tribal entities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id795fe3dbb6534b6e854e12dd39b6c82a"><enum>539.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text><paragraph id="id16252d841bba45be8d837470bec7afbe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Broadband service</header><text>The term <term>broadband service</term> means internet access service that is delivered—</text><subparagraph id="id4741aa8603534e0d94b6f009ad502bb9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with—</text><clause id="id6B8AE409788C4860BF04A1843163C98C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>except as provided in clause (ii)—</text><subclause id="idACFEDE2BB01A4AB7BFB7778DB0BB5005"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a download speed of not less than 100 megabits per second; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id750BFE852FBE49E989778E74C20A14C5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an upload speed of not less than 20 megabits per second; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id1D8E285670544BA7B0E33AB06D29082E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>minimum download and upload speeds established by the Commission after the date of enactment of this Act, if those minimum speeds are higher than the minimum speeds required under clause (i);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe8798283bd04ca59648eac331266f6c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>without any data caps or other service limitations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48726431a85a4c568ccf0b1221e83698"><enum>(C)</enum><text>through—</text><clause id="ida0226a654e934632b701c152ae2fc706"><enum>(i)</enum><text>mobile service;</text></clause><clause id="id8e1d378330614fd08cbe328f68097449"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fixed point-to-point multipoint service;</text></clause><clause id="id30aa990b4e06407e8848b192b2e93c5d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>fixed point-to-point service;</text></clause><clause id="id0c327f0b3e1c4cdeb06a41a2f2a08b92"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>broadcast service; or</text></clause><clause id="id22bbd27d5cc34887965c7c20affc3728" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(v)</enum><text>wireline service; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE760E07C023416ABB7F87DF2E9AD6FC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>with a latency that meets the latency requirement set by the Commission to enable real-time video and other streaming services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1914779927de484ca0f3c579b7cacf5c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Communications Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5875cb99e65042cc987fa2b0ddace3da"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Digital literacy</header><text>The term <term>digital literacy</term> means information and communications for the purpose of developing support for technological deployment and understanding of issues, including infrastructure deployment, fiber buildout, network connectivity, spectrum market opportunities, associated programs and funding opportunities of the Commission, and other related resources, to expedite the immediate deployment of, and full access to, telecommunications, broadband service, spectrum, and wireless services available for effective and efficient use on Tribal lands.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id783cd5aeedb64cb0a56be3d3b481cdb8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Entity that is more than 50 percent owned and controlled by 1 or more Indian Tribes</header><subparagraph id="id9305633b946b4439ae3630acb62a5c08"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>entity that is more than 50 percent owned and controlled by 1 or more Indian tribes</term> means an entity of which 1 or more Indian Tribes have both de facto and de jure control.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id930c93018eb04c648a6c8747b54ac67c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>De jure control</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), de jure control of an entity shall be evidenced by ownership of greater than 50 percent of the voting stock of a corporation, or in the case of a partnership, general partnership interests.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18eea5a59cd0403f8167f5ca00a83b77"><enum>(C)</enum><header>De facto control</header><clause id="idb8794c77782f4b18a5b42c7f794b91c8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), de facto control of an entity shall be determined on a case-by-case basis.</text></clause><clause id="idff73e32c369a487d82b25e8457e7c1f9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Indicia of control</header><text>For purposes of clause (i), an Indian Tribe or Indian Tribes shall demonstrate indicia of control to establish that the Indian Tribe or Indian Tribes retain de facto control of the entity, including the following:</text><subclause id="id5aff0189ce7043abbaaaf57b565467a7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The Indian Tribe or Indian Tribes constitute or appoint more than 50 percent of the board of directors or management committee of the entity.</text></subclause><subclause id="idce582d7ef17e49fd98759d7b1ab987ba"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The Indian Tribe or Indian Tribes have authority to appoint, promote, demote, and fire senior executives who control the day-to-day activities of the entity.</text></subclause><subclause id="idaced012fd9cc407f9c6dba493ed166eb"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The Indian Tribe or Indian Tribes play an integral role in the management decisions of the entity.</text></subclause><subclause id="idb96b2c639fa74e05a050da98b1efdb91"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>The Indian Tribe or Indian Tribes have the authority to make decisions or otherwise engage in practices or activities that determine or significantly influence—</text><item id="id17dc7729167b4b02a1185490b7d8ea05"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the nature or types of services offered by the entity;</text></item><item id="idf17040561d164f6b91c35bedfb41caa6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the terms upon which such services are offered; or</text></item><item id="id0028f45820bd434298dda784e432c476"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the prices charged for such services.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0c60040441d4e1a8abbe307c0c8ed85"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Qualifying Tribal entity</header><subparagraph id="idbf1d0a476d684f29a4dc1e69d3af02fc"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualifying Tribal entity</term> means an entity designated by the Indian Tribe with jurisdiction over particular Tribal lands for which spectrum access is sought.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc399275e94ed402dae44c41193ad207e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The following entities may be designated as a qualifying Tribal entity:</text><clause id="id281b3be1a5d4457db2b91f9eba7461de"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An Indian Tribe.</text></clause><clause id="id9be659db409f4823a2795642814d3cc8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A Tribal consortia that consists of—</text><subclause id="id95012904ad6147659197f514957d7718"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not less than 2 Indian Tribes; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idcf1012c5d3b34e4da350bb2518501ac3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not less than 1 Indian Tribe and 1 entity that is more than 50 percent owned and controlled by 1 or more Indian Tribes.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id5b75b81d44e742e897d74433726ff2e2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A federally chartered Tribal corporation established under—</text><subclause id="id0eb030df47b44b109105c3d1af1800af"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 17 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Reorganization Act</quote>) (48 Stat. 988, chapter 576; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5124">25 U.S.C. 5124</external-xref>); or</text></subclause><subclause id="ide3334340c25d4a16ae0c5082028b1679"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 4 of the Act of June 26, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Oklahoma Welfare Act</quote>) (49 Stat. 1967, chapter 831; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5204">25 U.S.C. 5204</external-xref>).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idbce027d2953a4cec84af3178ff0a31ba"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>An entity that is more than 50 percent owned and controlled by 1 or more Indian Tribes.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id85b4d682326243aab0e51533ba636fe0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Spectrum over Tribal lands</header><text>The term <term>spectrum over Tribal lands</term> means all spectrum on Tribal lands, including wireless, radio, television, broadcast, commercial and noncommercial uses, and current generation or better wireless broadband services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e6226c70cb049b8bb09c4af89d00f48" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Tribal Broadband Fund</header><text>The term <term>Tribal Broadband Fund</term> means the permanent Federal universal service support mechanism established by the Commission under section 531.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle>