BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Bills and resolutions

Flathead Irrigation Project: transfer maintenance and operation to local control (see H.R. 3056), H10954 [13NO]

Florida: clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe (see H.R. 190, 1476, 3055), H145 [9JA], H1988 [29AP], H10954 [13NO]

———settle certain land takings claims of the Miccosukee Tribe (see S. 1047), S7862 [22JY]

Fort Berthold Reservation: approval process for oil and gas leasing agreements for specific allotted lands (see S. 1079; H.R. 2309), S8262 [29JY], H6406 [30JY]

Haskell Indian Nations University: enhance administrative authority of college president (see S. 1095; H.R. 1337), S8531 [31JY], H1541 [15AP]

Management: reorganization (see S. 545), S3011 [10AP]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 2663), H8832 [9OC]

Native Americans: administrative procedures for extension of Federal recognition to certain Indian groups (see H.R. 1154), H1258 [20MR]

———establish trust fund for certain tribal infrastructure projects for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (see S. 156), S162 [21JA]

———increase equality in educational opportunities (see S. Res. 100), S5791 [17JN]

———transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (see S. 1279, 1281), S10787 [9OC]

Roads and highways: maintenance of public roads used by schoolbuses serving certain Indian reservations (see S. 1091), S8361 [30JY]

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute: enhance administrative authority of college president (see S. 1095; H.R. 1337), S8531 [31JY], H1541 [15AP]

Histories

Marty Indian School, S9616 [18SE]

Letters

Clarify water rights in Lahontan Valley, NV: Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior, H5215 [15JY]

Maintenance of public roads used by schoolbuses serving certain Indian reservations: David J. Acosta, S8365 [30JY]

———Patricia Lundstrom, Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments, S8365 [30JY]

Native American tribal priority allocations funding: Senators Gorton and Stevens, S9393 [16SE]

Oklahoma Tribal and State Tobacco Tax Compact: Kathryn Bass, Oklahoma Tax Commission, H5230 [15JY]

Yankton Sioux Reservation law enforcement services funding, S9618 [18SE]

Remarks in House

Alaska: restructuring of Native American health care delivery systems, H5233 [15JY]

Flathead Irrigation Project: transfer maintenance and operation to local control (H.R. 3056), E2355 [13NO]

Florida: clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe (H.R. 1476), H8069, H8070 [29SE], H8296 [1OC]

Fort Berthold Reservation: approval process for oil and gas leasing agreements for specific allotted lands (S. 1079), H10643-H10646 [12NO]

Indian Health Service: diabetes research funding, H9531 [24OC]

Marty Indian School: funding, H9539 [24OC]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (H.R. 2663), H9845 [31OC]

Native Americans: administrative procedures for extension of Federal recognition to certain Indian groups (H.R. 1154), E536 [20MR]

Nevada: clarify water rights in Lahontan Valley, H5215 [15JY]

Oklahoma: qualifications for lands to be considered within a judicial area of an Oklahoma Indian tribe, H6645 [31JY]

Taxation: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5220-H5233 [15JY], E1435 [16JY]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: funding to combat gang violence through rescissions in Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars funding, S9563-S9571 [18SE]

Disasters: allocation of emergency disaster assistance, S4097 [7MY]

Florida: clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe, S11269, S11270 [28OC], S11569 [31OC]

———settle certain land takings claims of the Miccosukee Tribe (S. 1047), S7865 [22JY]

Fort Berthold Reservation: approval process for oil and gas leasing agreements for specific allotted lands (S. 1079), S8265, S8266 [29JY]

Funding, S9330 [15SE]

Haskell Indian Nations University: enhance administrative authority of college president (S. 1095), S8534, S8535 [31JY]

Management: reorganization (S. 545), S3011 [10AP]

Marty Indian School: funding, S9616 [18SE]

Medicine Creek Tribal College: funding, S11699 [4NO]

Native Americans: contamination of ground water on the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, S9611 [18SE]

———establish trust fund for certain tribal infrastructure projects for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (S. 156), S539 [21JA], S4915 [21MY]

———increase equality in educational opportunities (S. Res. 100), S5877 [17JN], S5944 [18JN], S6012 [19JN]

———preserve tribal Indian land as a cemetery and burial ground in Kansas City, KS, S9448, S9496, S9497 [17SE]

———repeal tribal sovereign immunity laws, S8721 [3SE]

———transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (S. 1279), S10788 [9OC]

———transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (S. 1281), S10791 [9OC]

———tribal priority allocations funding, S9388-S9397 [16SE], S9497 [17SE]

———tribal priority allocations funding relative to replacement and repair of schools, S9403 [16SE]

———tribal priority allocations funding relative to tribal welfare programs, S9610, S9611 [18SE]

———Yankton Sioux Reservation law enforcement services funding, S9617 [18SE]

Oklahoma: qualifications for lands to be considered within the jurisdiction of an Oklahoma Indian tribe, S8469 [31JY]

Roads and highways: maintenance of public roads used by schoolbuses serving certain Indian reservations (S. 1091), S8364 [30JY]

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute: enhance administrative authority of college president (S. 1095), S8534, S8535 [31JY]

Washington: tribal fishing resources management funding, S9618 [18SE]

Reports filed

Clarification of Florida Miccosukee Tribe Rights: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1476) (H. Rept. 105-278), H8160 [29SE]

Fort Berthold Reservation Approval Process for Oil and Gas Leasing Agreements for Specific Allotted Lands: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1079) (S. Rept. 105-139), S11763 [5NO]

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 156) (S. Rept. 105-146), S12118 [8NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Maintenance of public roads used by schoolbuses serving certain Indian reservations: McKinley County, NM, Board of Commissioners, S8365 [30JY]

Statements

Prohibit BIA Recognition of New Indian Trust Lands Until Binding Agreements Are Reached by Tribes on State and Local Sales Taxes: Delegate Faleomavaega, E1435 [16JY]

Summaries

Maintenance of Public Roads Used by Schoolbuses Serving Certain Indian Reservations (S. 1091), S8365 [30JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1476, Miccosukee Settlement Act, H8069 [29SE]

S. 156, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act, S540 [21JA]

S. 545, Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization Act, S3012-S3017 [10AP]

S. 1079, approval process for oil and gas leasing agreements for specific allotted lands in Fort Berthold Reservation, S8266 [29JY]

S. 1079, approval process for oil and gas leasing agreements for specific allotted lands within the Fort Berthold Reservation, H10643 [12NO]

S. 1091, maintenance of public roads used by schoolbuses serving certain Indian reservations, S8364 [30JY]

S. 1095, Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act, S8534 [31JY]

S. 1279, transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations, S10788 [9OC]

S. Res. 100, increase equality in educational opportunities for Native Americans, S5876 [17JN]