[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 178 (Tuesday, December 3, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6786-S6787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from 
further consideration of S. 5355 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.

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  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 5355) to ensure that the National Advisory 
     Council on Indian Education includes at least 1 member who is 
     the president of a Tribal College or University.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 5355) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 5355

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``National Advisory Council on 
     Indian Education Improvement Act'' or the ``NACIE Improvement 
     Act''.

     SEC. 2. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDUCATION.

       By not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act and notwithstanding any other provision of section 
     6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 7471), the President shall ensure that the 
     National Advisory Council on Indian Education established 
     under such section includes at least one member who is a 
     president of a Tribal College or University (as defined in 
     section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1059c(b)).

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