NATIVE AMERICANS

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (S. 714), S11791 [5NO], S12488 [10NO]

Michigan: divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 1604), S11782 [5NO], H10804 [13NO]

Analyses

Native American Programs Appropriations (S. 459), S2428 [18MR]

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Extension (S. 1027), S7711 [17JY]

Take Certain Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Lands Into Federal Trust (H.R. 2039), E1322 [25JN]

Appointments

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Board of Trustees, S2732 [20MR], H528 [13FE]

Articles and editorials

Busted Flush, H403 [10FE]

Double-Crossing the Utes, S7475 [15JY]

First Principles Interior, Do Right in Land Dispute, S11267 [28OC]

Gambling Payoff?, H403 [10FE]

Melding in America, E2016 [21OC]

Prized Reporter Shared Her Gift With New Mexico, S10488 [7OC]

Simple Justice, S9398 [16SE]

Surge in Diabetes Tied to Unhealthy Lifestyles—Doctors Call for Federal Research Funds, S11701 [4NO]

Two Bucks for a Birthright, H5774 [24JY]

Utes' Generous Offer, S7475 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions

Advisory Council on California Indian Policy: extension (see H.R. 3069), H10954 [13NO]

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands to the Aleut Corp. (see S. 1488), S12119 [8NO]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Huna Totem Corp. (see S. 1158; H.R. 3088), S9080 [10SE], H10955 [13NO]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Kake Tribal Corp. (see S. 1159; H.R. 2756), S9080 [10SE], H9614 [28OC]

———provide for a land transfer in order to facilitate surface transportation between the cities of Cold Bay and King Cove (see S. 1092; H.R. 2259), S8361 [30JY], H5777 [24JY]

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: amend (see S. 967), S6496 [26JN]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend (see S. 967), S6496 [26JN]

———clarify land bank protection provisions (see H.R. 2000), H4086 [19JN]

Appropriations: authorizing for certain programs (see S. 459), S2415 [18MR]

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

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

Cabazon Indian Reservation: authorize leases (see H.R. 2089), H4834 [26JN]

California: conveyance of land to the Hoopa Valley Tribe (see H.R. 79), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

———distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 700), H522 [12FE]

———transfer of public lands to certain Indian tribes (see H.R. 2742), H9558 [24OC]

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma: take certain lands into Federal trust (see H.R. 2039), H4645 [25JN]

Coins: mint in commemoration of history and culture (see S. 1112), S8532 [31JY]

Crime: provide assistance to tribes for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs (see S. 754), S4588 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: enhance self-governance relative to direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service activities (see H.R. 1833), H3578 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior: deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and negotiate the water rights of Ute Indian tribes (see S. 440; H.R. 745), S2274 [13MR], H585 [13FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see S. 1027), S7710 [17JY]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see S. 714; H.R. 2317), S4106 [7MY], H6703 [31JY]

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

Families and domestic relations: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see H.R. 261), H147 [9JA]

———regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (see S. 569; H.R. 1082), S3117 [14AP], H1018 [13MR]

FCC: designate certain common carriers as eligible for universal service support (see S. 1354), S11545 [31OC]

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]

Forest Service: grant easement to Chugach Alaska Corp. (see H.R. 3087), H10955 [13NO]

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]

Fort King, FL: historical and cultural study relative to the Second Seminole War (see H.R. 833), H628 [25FE]

Gambling: provide remedies for sovereign tribal governments relative to gaming compacts and gaming participation laws (see H.R. 452), H242 [21JA]

———reform application process for gaming compacts (see S. 962), S6358 [25JN]

———reform negotiation process of Tribal-State gaming compacts and gaming participation laws (see H.R. 334), H150 [9JA]

Glacier Bay National Park: effective management of visitor services and fishing activity (see S. 1064), S8091 [24JY]

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

Government regulations: decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe (see H.R. 2419), H6962 [5SE]

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

Hawaii: repatriation of certain Native American remains (see S. 110; H.R. 749), S161 [21JA], H585 [13FE]

Housing: extend loan guarantee program for Indian housing (see H.R. 33), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (see S. 109; H.R. 626), S161 [21JA], H392 [6FE]

———repeal the Bennett Freeze to allow Navajo Nation citizens to live in habitable dwellings and raise their living conditions (see H.R. 2934), H10419 [8NO]

Indian Child Welfare Act: exempt voluntary child custody proceedings from coverage (see H.R. 1957), H3923 [18JN]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: amend (see S. 1077), S8186 [28JY]

Kickapoo Tribe: restore Federal Indian services, clarify citizenship, and provide trust lands to members residing in Maverick County, TX (see H.R. 2314), H6406 [30JY]

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

Michigan: clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band (see S. 746; H.R. 948), S4588 [15MY], H767 [5MR]

———divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (see H.R. 1604), H2679 [14MY]

Mississippi Sioux Indian tribes: distribution of judgment funds (see S. 391; H.R. 976), S1924 [4MR], H803 [6MR]

Munoz, Vince: relief (see H.R. 2426; H. Res. 222), H6962 [5SE]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 145), S11863 [6NO]

National Indian Gaming Commission: assessment of fees (see S. 1130), S8532 [31JY]

Native American Financial Services Organization: establish (see S. 818), S5109 [23MY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (see S. 1280; H.R. 2663), S10787 [9OC], H8832 [9OC]

North Dakota: increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats (see S. 1515), S12461 [10NO]

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska: authorize the expenditure of certain health care funds (see S. 1338), S11343 [29OC]

Public lands: prohibit the Federal taking of lands to be held in trust for economically self-sufficient tribes for commercial or gaming purposes (see S. 1329), S11343 [29OC]

———reduce the fractionated ownership of Indian lands (see H.R. 2743), H9558 [24OC]

———restrict certain gaming and land use on United Auburn Indian Community lands (see H.R. 1805), H3567 [5JN]

Real estate: require uniform appraisals of certain leaseholds of restricted Indian lands (see H.R. 1386), H1705 [17AP]

Rhode Island: rights and sovereign status of certain Indian tribes (see H.R. 1983), H4085 [19JN]

Roads and highways: improve Indian reservation roads and related (see S. 437), S2274 [13MR]

———improve Indian reservation roads and related transportation services (see H.R. 2665), H8832 [9OC]

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

Six Rivers National Forest: conveyance of land to the Hoopa Valley Tribe (see S. 894), S5596 [12JN]

South Dakota: provide for mitigation of terrestrial wildlife habitats lost as a result of the construction and operation of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program (see S. 1341), S11343 [29OC]

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

Taxation: allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of inventory (see S. 790), S5001 [22MY]

———charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (see S. 379; H.R. 1267), S1734 [27FE], H1391 [9AP]

———depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation (see S. 470; H.R. 1095), S2416 [18MR], H1111 [18MR]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Indian tribal governments (see S. 808; H.R. 295), S5109 [23MY], H148 [9JA]

———promote tax credits for private investments on Indian reservations (see S. 806), S5109 [23MY]

———provide tax credits for Indian investment and employment (see H.R. 293), H148 [9JA]

———treatment of income derived by a member of an Indian tribe from natural resources (see S. 809), S5109 [23MY]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments as local governments or nonprofit organizations relative to unemployment compensation (see S. 807; H.R. 294), S5109 [23MY], H148 [9JA]

———treatment of the commercial activities of Indian tribal organizations relative to unrelated business income tax (see H.R. 1554), H2444 [8MY]

Telecommunications: availability of universal service relative to Native Americans and Alaskan natives (see H.R. 486, 555), H244 [21JA], H284 [4FE]

———availability of universal service to Native Americans and Alaskan natives (see H. Res. 29), H156 [9JA]

Utah: prohibit shipment of spent nuclear fuel to Goshute Indian Reservaton (see H.R. 2083), H4834 [26JN]

Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System (see H.R. 2306), H6406 [30JY]

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo: relief of tribal members (see H.R. 2426; H. Res. 222), H6962 [5SE]

Cost Estimates

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Amendments (S. 967): CBO, S11496 [30OC]

Descriptions

Enhance Tribal Self-Governance Relative to Direct Operation, Control, and Redesign of Indian Health Service Activities (H.R. 1833), E1147 [7JN]

Histories

Marty Indian School, S9616 [18SE]

Letters

Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project construction funding: Judy K. Frank and Clement Frost, S7474 [15JY]

Dakota Water Resources Act: Arden Haner, North Dakota Water Resource Districts Association, S12474 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———Ben Varnson, Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board, S12467 [10NO]

———Bruce W. Furness, Mayor of Fargo, ND, S12468 [10NO], E2321 [10NO]

———Charles W. Murphy, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, S12468 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———Dale O. Anderson, Greater North Dakota Association, S12474 [10NO]

———David K. Martin, Fargo Chamber of Commerce, S12473 [10NO]

———E. Ward Koeser, Mayor of Williston, ND, S12474 [10NO]

———Fred S. Gengler, Mayor of Dickinson, ND, S12474 [10NO]

———Joseph A. Westby, North Dakota Education Association, S12467 [10NO]

———Myra Pearson, Spirit Lake Tribe, S12473 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———Orlin W. Backes, Mayor of Minot, ND, S12467 [10NO]

———Patricia A. Owens, Mayor of Grand Forks, ND, E2321 [10NO]

———Pinkie Evans-Curry, Southwest Water Authority, S12467 [10NO]

———Raphael J. DeCoteau, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, S12468 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———Russell D. Mason, Sr., Fort Berthold Indian, S12473 [10NO]

———several North Dakota elected officials, S12466 [10NO], E2321 [10NO]

———Thomas C. Rolfstad, Industrial Development Association of North Dakota, S12468 [10NO]

———Warren L. Jamison, Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, E2321 [10NO]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: President Clinton, H403 [10FE]

Hoopa Valley Tribe land conveyance: Joseph R. Membrino, H3236 [3JN]

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]

Salton Sea region, CA, environmental restoration: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S11220 [27OC]

———Senator Feinstein, S11220, S11221 [27OC]

Selection of lands by certain Veitnam veterans and the Elim Native Corp., Richard Roldan, Dept. of the Interior, E2221 [7NO]

Tax treatment of Indian tribal governments as local governments or nonprofit organizations relative to unemployment compensation: Judy Knight-Frank, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, S5124 [23MY]

———Robert B. Peacock, Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee, S5124 [23MY]

———W. Ron Allen, National Congress of American Indians, S5125 [23MY]

Tribal-State gambling compact approval limitations: Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior, S9560 [18SE]

Yankton Sioux Reservation law enforcement services funding: Timothy C. Lake, BIA, S9618 [18SE]

Memorandums

Dakota Water Resources Act: Alfred Underdahl, West River Joint Board, S12474 [10NO]

———Dennis Hill, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, S12467 [10NO]

———Glenn Wunderlich, Souris River Joint Board, S12474 [10NO]

———Mike Dwyer and Jack Olin, North Dakota Water Users Association, S12467 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———William B. Bicknell, North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society, S12472 [10NO]

Press releases

Yakima Indian Nation Astonished by Gorton Floor Statement Wherein He Made Analogy of Tribal Police Officer Acting Within Her Scope of Duty and New York Cops Who Brutalized a Haitian Immigrant: Yakima Indian Nation, S9027 [9SE]

Questions and answers

Gaming Clarification Act (S. 962), S6366 [25JN]

Remarks in House

Advisory Council on California Indian Policy: extension (H.R. 3069), E2387 [13NO]

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands to the Kake Tribal Corp. (H.R. 2756), E2108 [28OC]

———limit contracts and compacts for providing certain Indian services, H10805 [13NO]

———provide for a land transfer in order to facilitate surface transportation between the cities of Cold Bay and King Cove (H.R. 2259), E1509 [24JY]

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

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: clarify land bank protection provisions (H.R. 2000), E1261 [19JN]

———recognition of certain Native American communities (H.R. 2812), E2173 [4NO]

Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act: selection of lands by certain Veitnam veterans and the Elim Native Corp. (H.R. 2924), E2220 [7NO]

Appropriations: authorizing for certain programs (S. 459), H9780 [30OC]

Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior: actions relative to decision on Native American casino applications, H10350 [8NO]

BIA: Marty Indian School funding, H9539 [24OC]

———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]

California: conveyance of land to the Hoopa Valley Tribe (H.R. 79), H3235-H3238 [3JN]

———distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (H.R. 700), H6968, H6969 [8SE]

Canaveral National Seashore: renovation of Seminole Rest, H5082, H5083 [10JY]

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma: take certain lands into Federal trust (H.R. 2039), E1321 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: enhance self-governance relative to direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service activities (H.R. 1833), E1147 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior: Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project construction funding, H5771-H5775 [24JY], H5793, H5794 [25JY], H8180 [30SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (H.R. 2317), E2380 [13NO]

Families and domestic relations: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (H.R. 261), E27 [7JA]

———regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (H.R. 1082), E462, E464 [13MR]

FCC: designate certain common carriers as eligible for universal service support (S. 1354), H10807-H10809 [13NO]

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

Forest Service: grant easement to Chugach Alaska Corp. (H.R. 3087), E2383 [13NO]

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

Fort Collins, CO: construction of horno ovens by Americorps participants, H2863 [16MY]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: appointment of certain individuals, H401-H403 [10FE], H1915 [29AP]

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

Housing: extend loan guarantee program for Indian housing (H.R. 33), E14 [7JA]

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

International Whaling Commission: effect of renewal of commercial whaling rights for certain tribes relative to whale watching industry, H3081, H3152 [21MY]

———redefine ``aboriginal subsistance whaling'' to prevent the resumption of commercial whaling, H8986 [22OC]

Michigan: divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 1604), H10804-H10806 [13NO]

Milford, CT: Point Beach Project funding, H8178 [30SE]

Mississippi Sioux Indian tribes: distribution of judgment funds (H.R. 976), H6967, H6968 [8SE]

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

North Dakota: increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats (H.R. 3012), E2320 [10NO]

Nuclear energy: clarify definition of ``affected Indian tribe'' relative to Nuclear Waste Policy Act, H9691 [29OC]

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

Political campaigns: political contributions of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, E540 [20MR]

San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act: extend, H2752, H2754 [15MY], H3541 [5JN]

Seattle, WA: extension of dock at Port of Seattle, H8177 [30SE]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (H.R. 1267), E611 [9AP]

———depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation (H.R. 1095), E508 [18MR]

Telecommunications: availability of universal service relative to Native Americans and Alaskan natives (H. Res. 29), E80 [9JA]

———availability of universal service relative to Native Americans and Alaskan natives (H.R. 555), E148 [4FE]

Washington: prohibit commercial harvesting of gray whales, H1602 [16AP], H7354 [16SE]

Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System (H.R. 2306), E1561 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands to the Aleut Corp. (S. 1488), S12160 [8NO]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Huna Totem Corp. (S. 1158), S9080 [10SE]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Kake Tribal Corp. (S. 1159), S9081 [10SE]

———effective management of visitor services and fishing activity, S11266 [28OC]

———provide for a land transfer in order to facilitate surface transportation between the cities of Cold Bay and King Cove (S. 1092), S8365 [30JY]

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: amend (S. 967), S6502 [26JN], S11496 [30OC]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend (S. 967), S6502 [26JN], S11496 [30OC]

———conveyance of certain lands to village corporations within the Cook Inlet Region, S11267, S11268 [28OC]

Appropriations: authorizing for certain programs (S. 459), S2428 [18MR]

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

———funding, S9330 [15SE]

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

———Marty Indian School funding, S9616 [18SE]

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

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

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

California: conveyance of land to the Hoopa Valley Tribe (H.R. 79), S11703 [4NO]

———environmental restoration for the Salton Sea region, S9622 [18SE], S11218-S11221 [27OC]

Children and youth: adoption and foster care programs funding, S12564, S12565 [13NO]

Coins: mint in commemoration of history and culture (S. 1112), S8574 [31JY]

Colleges and universities: tribal colleges funding, S9188-S9192 [11SE]

Courts: repeal tribal sovereign immunity laws, S8721 [3SE]

Crime: provide assistance to tribes for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs (S. 754), S4602 [15MY]

Dept. of Commerce: People's Lodge project funding, S12192 [8NO]

Dept. of Education: Office of Tribal Colleges and Universities funding, S9113 [11SE]

Dept. of HUD: Native American Housing Block Grant Program oversight, S10735 [9OC]

———Native American Housing Block Grants Program oversight, S7844 [22JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project construction funding, S7471-S7477 [15JY]

———deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and negotiate the water rights of Ute Indian tribes (S. 440), S2280-S2282 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (S. 1027), S7710 [17JY]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (S. 714), S4114 [7MY], S11790 [5NO], S12488-S12495 [10NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD: administration of EPA State and tribal assistance grant accounts, S3993 [6MY]

Diabetes: research funding, S12090, S12091 [8NO]

Diseases: diabetes prevention and research programs funding, S11700 [4NO]

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

Families and domestic relations: regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (S. 569), S3120-S3123 [14AP]

Farmington, NM: tribute to Navajo Preparatory School, S9802 [23SE]

FCC: designate certain common carriers as eligible for universal service support (S. 1354), S11546 [31OC], S12568 [13NO]

Federal aid programs: 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]

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]

———settlement of certain Miccosukee Indian land claims, S9598 [18SE]

Food stamps: eligibility of cross-border Native Americans, S6322 [25JN]

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

Gambling: limitations on the approval on new tribal-State gambling compacts, S9555-S9563 [18SE], S9733 [19SE]

———movement of Eastern Shawnee tribe of Oklahoma into Missouri to establish a casino, S9187 [11SE]

———reform application process for gaming compacts (S. 962), S6364 [25JN]

Glacier Bay National Park: effective management of visitor services and fishing activity (S. 1064), S8093 [24JY]

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

Hawaii: repatriation of certain Native American remains (S. 110), S491 [21JA]

Health: Indian Health Service facility construction funding, S9613 [18SE]

Housing: provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (S. 109), S489 [21JA]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: amend (S. 1077), S8191-S8201 [28JY], S8380 [30JY]

Indian Health Service: prevent contracts with Native American health care clinics in Ketchikan, AK, S11259 [28OC]

Intergovernmental relations: status of sovereign immunity of tribal governments relative to the receipt of Federal funding, S9027 [9SE], S9397-S9399 [16SE]

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

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

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

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

Michigan: clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band (S. 746), S4591 [15MY]

———divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 1604), S12481 [10NO], S12692 [13NO]

Mississippi Sioux Indian tribes: distribution of judgment funds (S. 391), S1925 [4MR]

Montezuma Creek, UT: health clinic renovation funding, S9499 [17SE], S9621, S9622 [18SE]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (S. Res. 145), S11883 [6NO]

National Indian Gaming Commission: assessment of fees (S. 1130), S8595, S8596 [31JY]

———classification of gambling devices, S9573 [18SE]

Native American Financial Services Organization: establish (S. 818), S5133 [23MY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (S. 1280), S10789 [9OC]

North Dakota: increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats (S. 1515), S12462-S12475 [10NO]

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

Public lands: prohibit the Federal taking of lands to be held in trust for economically self-sufficient tribes for commercial or gaming purposes (S. 1329), S11343-S11345 [29OC]

Roads and highways: improve Indian reservation roads and related transportation services (S. 437), S2275-S2279 [13MR], S2331 [14MR]

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

Seattle, WA: extension of dock at Port of Seattle, S10181 [29SE]

Six Rivers National Forest: conveyance of land to the Hoopa Valley Tribe (S. 894), S5608 [12JN]

South Dakota: provide for mitigation of terrestrial wildlife habitats lost as a result of the construction and operation of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program (S. 1341), S11352-S11354 [29OC]

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

Taxation: allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of inventory (S. 790), S5009 [22MY]

———charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (S. 379), S1759 [27FE]

———depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation (S. 470), S2479, S2480 [18MR]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Indian tribal governments (S. 808), S5122 [23MY]

———promote tax credits for private investments on Indian reservations (S. 806), S5122 [23MY]

———reissuance of tax-exempt bonds, S6695 [27JN]

———treatment of income derived by a member of an Indian tribe from natural resources (S. 809), S5122 [23MY]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments as local governments or nonprofit organizations relative to unemployment compensation (S. 807), S5122, S5123 [23MY]

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

———Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program funding, S10741 [9OC]

Reports filed

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 967) (S. Rept. 105-119), S11341 [29OC]

Alaskan Land Transfer Relative to Surface Transportation Between Cold Bay and King Cove, AK: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1092) (S. Rept. 105-113), S10858 [20OC]

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

Clarify Federal Relationship With the Burt Lake Band of Michigan Indian Tribe: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 948) (H. Rept. 105-351), H9613 [28OC]

Conveyance of California Land to Hoopa Valley Tribe: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 79) (H. Rept. 105-110), H3272 [3JN]

Distribution of Certain Revenues From the Mineral Springs Parcel to Certain Members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 700) (H. Rept. 105-241), H6797 [3SE]

Distribution of Judgment Funds to Mississippi Sioux Indian Tribes: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 976) (H. Rept. 105-242), H6797 [3SE]

Division, Use, and Distribution of Certain Judgment Funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1604) (H. Rept. 105-352), H9613 [28OC]

FCC Designation Certain Common Carriers as Eligible for Universal Service Support: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1354), S12118 [8NO]

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]

Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary Adjustment Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 79) (S. Rept. 105-117), S11341 [29OC]

Huna Totem Corp. Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1158) (S. Rept. 105-93), S10229 [30SE]

Kake Tribal Corp. Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1159) (S. Rept. 105-100), S10474 [7OC]

Land Transfer in Order to Facilitate Surface Transportation Between the Cities of Cold Bay, AK, and King Cove, AK: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2259) (H. Rept. 105-398), H10418 [8NO]

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

Make the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Permanent: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 714) (S. Rept. 105-123), S11446 [30OC]

Native American Programs Appropriations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 459) (S. Rept. 105-20), S4878 [21MY]

Regulations Relative to Certain Native American Adoption and Child Custody Proceedings: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 569) (S. Rept. 105-156), S12574 [13NO]

Restrict Certain Gaming and Land Use on United Auburn Indian Community Lands: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1805) (H. Rept. 105-301), H8437 [6OC]

Resolutions by organizations

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

Navajo Preparatory School Character Counts Program: Navajo Preparatory School Board of Trustees, S9802 [23SE]

Tax treatment of Indian tribal governments as local governments or nonprofit organizations relative to unemployment compensation: National Congress of American Indians, S5125 [23MY]

Statements

Dakota Water Resources Act: North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society, S12466, S12472 [10NO]

———Wildlife Society, E2321 [10NO]

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

Improve Indian Reservation Roads and Related Transportation Services (S. 437), S2277 [13MR]

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

Tables

Indian reservation road program, design and construction, S2276 [13MR]

Indian reservation roads program allocation plan, S2277 [13MR]

Revised Calista lands package, S6503 [26JN]

Texts of

H.R. 79, conveyance of land to the Hoopa Valley Tribe, H3235 [3JN]

H.R. 700, distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, H6969 [8SE]

H.R. 976, Mississippi Sioux Indian Tribes Judgement Fund Distribution Act, H6967 [8SE]

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

H.R. 2039, take certain Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma lands into Federal trust, E1321 [25JN]

S. 109, Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act, S490 [21JA]

S. 110, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act amendments, S491 [21JA]

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

S. 379, charitable tax deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains, S1759 [27FE]

S. 391, Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act, S1925 [4MR]

S. 440, deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and negotiate the water rights of Ute Indian tribes, S2282 [13MR]

S. 459, Native American programs appropriations, S2428 [18MR], S10183 [29SE]

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

S. 569, regulations relative to certain Native American adoption and child custody proceedings, S3120-S3122 [14AP]

S. 714, make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, S11791 [5NO]

S. 714, make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S4114 [7MY]

S. 746, Burt Lake Band of Ottawa Chippewa Indians Act, S4591 [15MY]

S. 754, Indian Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Improvement Act, S4603 [15MY]

S. 790, allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of inventory, S5009 [22MY]

S. 818, Native American Financial Services Organization, S5134-S5137 [23MY]

S. 962, Gaming Clarification Act, S6365 [25JN]

S. 1027, Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program extension, S7711 [17JY]

S. 1064, Glacier Bay Management and Protection Act, S8094 [24JY]

S. 1077, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act amendments, S8192-S8201 [28JY]

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. 1112, U.S. Buffalo Nickel Act, S8574 [31JY]

S. 1130, National Indian Gaming Commission assessment of fees, S8595 [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. 1280, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act technical corrections, S10790 [9OC]

S. 1329, Indian Trust Lands Reform Act, S11345 [29OC]

S. 1341, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Mitigation Act, S11354-S11358 [29OC]

S. 1354, designate certain common carriers as eligible for universal service support, H10807 [13NO]

S. 1515, Dakota Water Resources Act, S12468-S12470 [10NO]

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

S. Res. 145, designate National American Indian Heritage Month, S11882 [6NO]