[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3465. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VII of division C, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture may provide debt 
     forgiveness to an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of 
     the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 5304)) for a direct loan provided under the 
     Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant program under 
     subpart A of part 1942 of title 7, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or successor regulations), if--
       (1) the Indian tribe is designated as a Promise Zone under 
     the Promise Zones Initiative; and
       (2) the land of the Indian tribe is partly or wholly 
     located in an area designated as a qualified opportunity zone 
     under subchapter Z of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
       (b) Nothing in this section adversely affects the ability 
     of an Indian tribe that receives debt forgiveness under 
     subsection (a) to apply for or receive any other Federal 
     loan.
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