[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 25, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S7554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Inouye):
  S. 2921. A bill to provide for management and leadership training, 
the provision of assistance and resources for policy analysis, and 
other appropriate activities in the training of Native American and 
Alaska Native professionals in health care and public policy; to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works.


           legislation expanding the udall foundation mission

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I rise to introduce legislation that will 
amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental and Native America Public Policy Act of 1992 to expand 
opportunities for the Morris K. Udall Foundation to assist tribal 
governments with leadership and management training. I am pleased that 
Senator Inouye is an original cosponsor of this legislation.
  This legislation is mostly technical in nature. It extends the 
authority of the Udall Foundation, located at the University of Arizona 
in Tucson, to implement a leadership and management training program, 
to be called the ``Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management 
and Policy.''
  The 1992 Act which created the Udall Foundation is already authorized 
to implement programs to assist tribal governments with training for 
Native American and Alaska Native professionals in public policy. This 
legislation simply authorizes the Udall Foundation to carry out another 
step in its mission.
  The Native Nations Institute will provide practical leadership and 
management training as well as policy analysis, in a variety of fields, 
for native people and communities to further the goals of tribal self-
governance. The Native Nations Institute will facilitate this training 
through a unique partnership between the University of Arizona, the 
Udall Foundation and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic 
Development.
  Mr. President, the Native Nations Institute will enable tribal 
leaders and decision-makers to access professional leadership and 
management training to prepare current and future tribal leaders to 
tackle the socioeconomic, educational and other fundamental challenges 
facing tribal communities.
  Companion legislation has been introduced in the House with 
bipartisan support. In the short time remaining in this Congressional 
session, I hope that we can proceed with prompt passage of this 
legislation.
  I ask unanimous consent to include the text of the legislation in the 
Record immediately following my remarks.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2921

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
                   NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION.

       (a) Authority.--Section 6(7) of the Morris K. Udall 
     Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and 
     Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)) 
     is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
     following: ``, by conducting management and leadership 
     training of Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and others 
     involved in tribal leadership, providing assistance and 
     resources for policy analysis, and carrying out other 
     appropriate activities.''.
       (b) Administrative Provisions.--Section 12(b) of the Morris 
     K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
     and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 
     5608(b)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
     the following: ``and to the activities of the Foundation 
     under section 6(7)''.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 13 of the 
     Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
     Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 
     (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(c) Training of Professionals in Health Care and Public 
     Policy.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
     section 6(7) $12,300,000 for the 5-year period beginning with 
     the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment 
     of this subsection.''.

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