[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 80 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3035]
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SA 4066. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Johnson, Mr.
Inhofe, Mr. Thune, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Daines, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, and
Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to
the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle I of title X add the following:
SEC. 1097. TRIBAL LABOR SOVEREIGNTY.
Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C.
152) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or any enterprise or
institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located
on its Indian lands,'' after ``subdivision thereof''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(15) The term `Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe,
band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community
which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and
services provided by the United States to Indians because of
their status as Indians.
``(16) The term `Indian' means any individual who is a
member of an Indian tribe.
``(17) The term `Indian lands' means--
``(A) all lands within the limits of any Indian
reservation;
``(B) any lands title to which is either held in trust by
the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or
individual or held by any Indian tribe or individual subject
to restriction by the United States against alienation; and
``(C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are within
the boundaries of a former reservation (as defined by the
Secretary of the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian
tribe.''.
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