[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
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                    SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES ACT

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair would advise the Senator 
from Alaska that we need to move to the bill.
  The clerk will report
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1361) to establish a national framework for the 
     development of the school-to-work opportunities systems in 
     all States, and for other purposes.

  The Senate resumed consideration of the bill.

       Pending:
       (1) Gorton Amendment No. 1429, to encourage the placement 
     of youths in private sector jobs under the Summer Youth 
     Employment and Training Program.
       (2) Kassebaum (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 1432, to 
     prohibit the use of funds for School-to-Work Opportunities 
     programs until the deficit increase resulting from fiscal 
     year 1994 emergency spending is eliminated.
       (3) Kassebaum (for Dole) Amendment No. 1433, to express the 
     sense of the Senate regarding a limitation on the amount of 
     funds appropriated to carry out School-to-Work Opportunities 
     programs.

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Alaska.


                           amendment no. 1434

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, I send an amendment to the desk and 
ask for its immediate consideration.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Murkowski], for himself and 
     Mr. Stevens, proposes an amendment numbered 1434.

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that reading 
of the amendment be dispensed with.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as ``Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
     Development Act''.

     SEC. 2. ALASKA NATIVE ART AND CULTURE.

       Section 1521 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 (20 
     U.S.C. 4441) is amended to read as follows:

             ``Part B--Native Hawaiians and Alaska Natives

     ``SEC. 1521. PROGRAM FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
                   CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior is 
     authorized to make grants for the purpose of supporting 
     programs for Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native culture and 
     arts development to any private, nonprofit organization or 
     institution which--
       ``(1) primarily serves and represents Native Hawaiians or 
     Alaska Natives, and
       ``(2) has been recognized by the Governor of the State of 
     Hawaii or the Governor of the State of Alaska, as 
     appropriate, for the purpose of making such organization or 
     institution eligible to receive such grants.
       ``(b) Purpose of Grants.--Grants made under subsection (a) 
     shall, to the extent deemed possible by the Secretary and the 
     recipient of the grant, be used--
       ``(1) to provide scholarly study of, and instruction in, 
     Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native art and culture,
       ``(2) to establish programs which culminate in the awarding 
     of degrees in the various fields of Native Hawaiian or Alaska 
     Native art and culture, or
       ``(3) to establish centers and programs with respect to 
     Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native art and culture that are 
     similar in purpose to the centers and programs described in 
     subsections (b) and (c) of section 1510.
       ``(c) Management of Grants.--
       ``(1) Any organization or institution which is the 
     recipient of a grant made under subsection (a) shall 
     establish a governing board to manage and control the program 
     with respect to which such grant is made.
       ``(2) For any grants made with respect to Native Hawaiian 
     art and culture, the members of the governing board which is 
     required to be established under paragraph (1) shall--
       ``(A) be Native Hawaiians or individuals widely recognized 
     in the field of Native Hawaiian art and culture,
       ``(B) include a representative of the Office of Hawaiian 
     Affairs of the State of Hawaii,
       ``(C) include the president of the University of Hawaii,
       ``(D) include the president of the Bishop Museum, and
       ``(E) serve for a fixed term of office.
       ``(3) For any grants made with respect to Alaska Native art 
     and culture, the members of the governing board which is 
     required to be established under paragraph (1) shall--
       ``(A) include Alaska Natives and individuals widely 
     recognized in the field of Alaska Native art and culture,
       ``(B) represent the Eskimo, Indian and Aleut cultures of 
     Alaska, and
       ``(C) serve for a fixed term.''.

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, I rise today to offer an amendment on 
behalf of Senator Stevens and myself to S. 1361, the school-to-work 
bill.
  The amendment would attach S. 1059, which is the Alaskan Native 
Culture and Arts Development Act to S. 1361.
  The Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Act was introduced by 
Senator Stevens and myself on May 28, 1993, and was referred to the 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
  Through the efforts of the chairman and the ranking member, the 
committee favorably reported the bill on November 17, 1993 and on 
November 20, 1993 the bill passed the Senate.
  The amendment I am offering today amends the Native Hawaiian Culture 
and Arts Development Act by making the act apply also to Alaska Native 
arts and culture development as it does for Native Hawaiians.
  Mr. President, since the early 1980's statewide representatives of 
Alaska Native organizations have conducted planning efforts to 
establish a statewide Alaska Native Cultural Center under the auspices 
of the Alaska Native Heritage Park.
  The proposed park's objectives are: To preserve, portray, and 
transmit Alaska's Native heritage; to educate and foster understanding 
and appreciation of Native arts and culture among Alaska Natives and 
non-Natives; and to promote pride and self-esteem among Alaska Natives.
  Delegates to the Alaska Federation of Natives Conventions--
representing 90,000 Alaska Natives--have continually adopted 
resolutions supporting the Alaska Native Heritage Park and creation of 
an Alaska Native Cultural Center.
  Native elders throughout the State have been engaged in planning 
efforts that will ensure the authenticity of the program's design.
  Mr. President, the amendment I am offering today has already passed 
the Senate. My amendment is noncontroversial and has the support of the 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
  I would like to thank Senator Kassebaum and Senator Kennedy for 
supporting my amendment and compliment them on their efforts to protect 
and enhance Alaska's Native heritage.
  It is my understanding that this amendment is noncontroversial and 
has the support of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
  I want to thank my colleagues, Senator Kassebaum and Senator Kennedy, 
the floor managers, for allowing the amendment to come up and 
accommodating me.
  I would ask for its immediate consideration.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Madam President, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam President, both sides of the aisle have examined this amendment 
and have no problem with it. Therefore, I would ask at this time that 
it be appropriate that we vote.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the 
amendment.
  The amendment (No. 1434) was agreed to.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Madam President, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.

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