[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 194 (Wednesday, November 29, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7473-S7474]
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SA 1638. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Hoeven) proposed an amendment to the
bill S. 669, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess
sanitation and safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities
that were constructed to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes
access to traditional fishing grounds and expend funds on construction
of facilities and structures to improve those conditions, and for other
purposes; as follows:
At the end, add the following:
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SEC. 3. STUDY OF ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES.
The Comptroller General of the United States, in
consultation with the Committee on Indian Affairs of the
Senate, shall--
(1) conduct a study to evaluate whether the sanitation and
safety conditions on lands held by the United States for the
benefit of the affected Columbia River Treaty tribes (as
defined in section 2) have improved as a result of the
activities authorized in section 2; and
(2) prepare and submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs
of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives a report containing the results of
that study.
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