NATIVE AMERICANS

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2642 [16MY], H2707, H2759 [17MY], H2792, H2796, H2798, H2802, H2805, H2808, H2809, H2811, H2812, H2815, H2816, H2819, H2826, H2830, H2834, H2837, H2839, H2846, H2848, H2849, H2850, H2855, H2866, H2867, H2868, H2869, H2891 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), consideration (H. Res. 818), H2772 [18MY]

Laws: technical corrections (H.R. 3351), S3397 [7AP], H1933 [2MY]

Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act: amend (S. 1003), S3909, S3915, S3918, S3924 [2MY]

Articles and editorials

High Cost of Drug Caps, S7425 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: grant rights-of-way for electric transmission lines over certain Native allotments (see S. 3000), S5117 [24MY] (see H.R. 5781), H5128 [12JY]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide an equitable distribution of land to the 13th Alaska Native Regional Corp. (see H.R. 5617), H4008 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 2245), S728 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security (see H.R. 4871), H565 [2MR]

———transfer to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement all functions of the Customs Patrol Officers unit operating on the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation (see H.R. 5589), H3787 [12JN]

Dept. of State: establish a pilot program to improve government-to-government relations with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (see H.R. 4863), H564 [2MR]

Dept. of the Interior: impose moratorium on approval of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (see H.R. 4677), H24 [31JA]

———require States to have an approved law providing for a gaming master plan prior to approval of a Tribal-State gaming compact (see H.R. 5125), H1677 [6AP]

———take into trust 2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in New Mexico (see S. 3635), S7331 [11JY]

———take lands in Yuma County, AZ, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Indian Tribe (see H.R. 4951), H972 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5386), H2596 [15MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), consideration (see H. Res. 818), H2704 (see H. Res. 818), H2756 [17MY]

Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]

Drugs: clarify that Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine (see S. 2643), S3506 [25AP]

Employment: facilitate economic growth and development and promote tribal sovereignty by encouraging individuals with higher education degrees to work within, or for, Indian Country (see H.R. 5564), H3641 [8JN]

Financial institutions: provide for sale and assignment of loans and underlying security (see H.R. 5780), H5128 [12JY]

Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act: revise a provision relative to a repayment obligation of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (see S. 2464), S2467 [28MR] (see H.R. 5299), H2173 [4MY]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see S. 3064), S5227 [25MY]

Health: improve health care under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (see S. 3524), S5950 [15JN]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: restrict off-reservation gaming (see H.R. 4893), H644 [7MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H2337 [9MY]

Indian Health Service: maintain current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until a report is submitted that evaluates the impact of reduction of emergency room services (see S. Res. 358), S329 [30JA] (see H. Res. 656), H24 [31JA]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: modify certain requirements (see S. 3526), S5950 [15JN]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: waive application to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the U.S. to two Indian tribes in Oregon (see H.R. 5394), H2641 [16MY]

Jicarilla Apache Reservation: ratify land dispute settlement with Rio Arriba County, NM, authorize patent for lands acquired by the county, and modify reservation boundaries (see H.R. 4876), H565 [2MR]

Languages: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see S. 2674), S3704 [27AP] (see H.R. 4766), H332 [15FE] (see H.R. 5222), H1915 [27AP]

Law enforcement officers: preserve and foster as one unit the Shadow Wolves located on Tohono O'odham lands (see H. Res. 829), H2962 [19MY]

Library Services and Technology Act: ensure that tribal libraries that receive assistance are eligible for E-rate assistance to the same extent as other libraries receiving such assistance (see S. 2378), S1833 [7MR]

Medicare: include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 3650), S7415 [12JY]

Michigan: clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 4802), H388 [16FE]

Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act: extend deadlines for distributing certain funds (see H.R. 4801), H388 [16FE]

Minorities: develop a curriculum at historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, and Hispanic serving institutions to foster entrepreneurship and business development in underserved minority communities (see S. 2586), S3212 [6AP]

National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education: modify (see H.R. 4936), H867 [9MR]

National security: ensure coordination and integration of Indian tribes in homeland security strategy (see H.R. 4871), H565 [2MR]

Native Americans: clarify that Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine (see S. 2552), S2901 [5AP]

Nevada: correct a law relative to conveyance of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (see S. 2764), S4155 [8MY]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: enhance and provide certain benefits to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project (see H.R. 5565), H3642 [8JN]

Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe: settle court claims and restore, improve, and develop reservation lands and natural resources (see S. 3648), S7415 [12JY]

Real estate: treatment of actual rental proceeds from leases of land acquired under a program providing agricultural loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations (see H.R. 5779), H5128 [12JY]

Saxman, AK: provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, AK (see S. 2615), S3378 [7AP]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize the production of records, testimony, and legal representation relative to certain investigations into improper activities by lobbyists and related matters (see S. Res. 520), S6457 [23JN]

Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act: establish an acquisition fund for the water rights and habitat acquisition program (see S. 3501), S5779 [13JN]

Taxation: treatment of Indian tribal governments relative to issuance of tax-exempt governmental bonds (see S. 3567), S6492 [26JN]

Veterans: eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see S. 2659), S3588 [26AP]

Virginia: extend Federal recognition to the Rappahannock Tribe (see H.R. 5130), H1677 [6AP]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: modify the definition of ``Indian student count'' (see H.R. 4934), H867 [9MR]

Cloture motions

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (S. 147), motion to proceed, S5510 [6JN], S5640 [8JN]

Letters

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act: Peter N. Kirsanow, Commission on Civil Rights, S5635 [8JN]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S5587 [7JN], S5635 [8JN]

Remarks in House

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons of a certain age (S. 449), H393, H394 [28FE]

———provide an equitable distribution of land to the 13th Alaska Native Regional Corp. (H.R. 5617), E1154 [14JN]

BIA: Lake Roosevelt Management Enforcement Fund funding, H2789 [18MY]

Coolidge, AZ: tribute to Blackwater Community School delegation visit to Washington, DC, E141 [14FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Shadow Wolves border patrol program funding, H3322, H3323 [25MY]

———transfer to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement all functions of the Customs Patrol Officers unit operating on the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation (H.R. 5589), H4928-H4930 [10JY], E1370, E1371 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: require States to have an approved law providing for a gaming master plan prior to approval of a Tribal-State gaming compact (H.R. 5125), E556 [7AP]

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area in Ste. Genevieve, MO, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 1728), H397 [28FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H2868, H2869 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2774-H2831, H2835-H2873 [18MY], E899, E900, E908, E909, E910, E911, E915 [19MY], E919, E920 [22MY], E949 [24MY], E1091 [9JN], E1159 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), consideration (H. Res. 818), H2765-H2773 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), unanimous-consent agreement, H2817, H2818 [18MY]

———programs funding through reductions in tax cuts, H2869 [18MY]

———prohibit funding to promulgate regulations without consideration of effect on competitiveness of U.S. business, H2847 [18MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member and make direct housing loans to Native American veterans, H2981 [22MY]

Employment: facilitate economic growth and development and promote tribal sovereignty by encouraging individuals with higher education degrees to work within, or for, Indian Country (H.R. 5564), E1065 [8JN]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: expansion of off-reservation gambling funding, H2869, H2870 [18MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 5312), E757 [9MY]

Indian Health Service: funding, H2782 [18MY]

Jicarilla Apache Reservation: ratify land dispute settlement with Rio Arriba County, NM, authorize patent for lands acquired by the county, and modify reservation boundaries (H.R. 4876), E269 [2MR]

Languages: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (H.R. 5222), E666 [27AP]

Laws: technical corrections (H.R. 3351), H1933-H1936 [2MY]

Montana: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc. (H.R. 2978), H2603 [16MY]

National Women's History Project (organization): tribute to Nevada chapter for donation of statue of Sarah Winnemucca, E397 [16MR]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: require report on representation of tribal governments in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, H840, H841 [9MR]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: enhance and provide certain benefits to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project (H.R. 5565), E1067 [8JN]

Washington: hold certain lands in trust for the Puyallup Tribe (S. 1382), H2191-H2193 [9MY], E789 [10MY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: grant rights-of-way for electric transmission lines over certain Native allotments (S. 3000), S5120 [24MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (S. 2245), S729 [6FE], S4504 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: take into trust 2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in New Mexico (S. 3635), S7336 [11JY]

Drugs: clarify that Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine (S. 2643), S3508 [25AP]

Economy: condition of Native American tribes, S324 [30JA]

Federal aid programs: health care, housing, and education funding, S2257 [16MR]

Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act: revise a provision relative to a repayment obligation of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (S. 2464), S2471 [28MR]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (S. 147), S4149-S4151 [8MY], S4205 [9MY], S4247 [10MY], S4462 [11MY], S4509 [12MY], S5213 [25MY]

———express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (S. 147), motion to proceed, S5553-S5579, S5586 [7JN], S5631-S5640 [8JN]

———express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (S. 3064), S5295 [25MY], S5394 [26MY]

Idaho: tribute to the Summer of Peace Signature Event, S5869 [14JN]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1057), S5988-S5990 [16JN]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: modify certain requirements (S. 3526), S5963 [15JN]

Languages: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (S. 2674), S3715 [27AP]

Laws: technical corrections (H.R. 3351), S3402, S3403 [7AP]

Medicare: include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (S. 3650), S7424 [12JY]

Minorities: develop a curriculum at historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, and Hispanic serving institutions to foster entrepreneurship and business development in underserved minority communities (S. 2586), S3236 [6AP]

Montana: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc. (S. 1219), S460 [1FE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize provisions relative to low-income housing and Federal loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing (S. 598), S2842 [4AP]

Native Americans: clarify that Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine (S. 2552), S2914 [5AP]

Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act: amend (S. 1003), S3918, S3924 [2MY]

New Mexico: resolve certain claims (S. 1773), S5130-S5134 [24MY]

Political campaigns: reform contribution limits that apply to Native American tribes, S1599 [2MR], S1821 [7MR]

Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe: settle court claims and restore, improve, and develop reservation lands and natural resources (S. 3648), S7422, S7424 [12JY]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize the production of records, testimony, and legal representation relative to certain investigations into improper activities by lobbyists and related matters (S. Res. 520), S6462 [23JN]

Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act: establish an acquisition fund for the water rights and habitat acquisition program (S. 3501), S5794 [13JN]

Veterans: eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (S. 2659), S3597 [26AP]

Reports filed

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Entrance Into a Water Rights Agreement To Meet the Needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc.: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1219) (S. Rept. 109-213), S33 [24JA], S123 [25JA]

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Water Rights Agreement To Meet the Needs of Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc.: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2978) (H. Rept. 109-419), H1740 [25AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5386, Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 818) (H. Rept. 109-469), H2704, H2756 [17MY]

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5386) (H. Rept. 109-465), H2596 [15MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 5386), S6783 [29JN]

Hold Certain Lands in Trust for the Puyallup Tribe: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 374) (H. Rept. 109-422), H1740 [25AP]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Revision and Extension: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1057) (S. Rept. 109-222), S2311 [16MR]

Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2245) (S. Rept. 109-248), S3419 [24AP]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3524), S5949 [15JN]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3524) (S. Rept. 109-278), S7415 [12JY]

National Indian Gaming Commission Clarification of Authority To Regulate Class III Gaming and To Limit Lands Eligible for Gaming: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2078) (S. Rept. 109-261), S5489 [6JN]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Low-Income Housing and Federal Loan Guarantees for Native Hawaiian Housing Provisions Reauthorization: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 598) (S. Rept. 109-221), S2311 [16MR]

Pueblo de San Ildefonao Claims Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1773) (S. Rept. 109-252), S3984 [3MY]

Reporting and Reduction of Child Abuse and Family Violence Incidences on Indian Reservations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1899) (S. Rept. 109-255), S4795 [18MY]

Ste. Genevieve County National Historic Site Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1728) (S. Rept. 109-246), S3419 [24AP]

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Update Feasibility and Suitability Study and Inclusion of New Trail Segments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1970) (S. Rept. 109-239), S3419 [24AP]

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Update of Feasibility and Suitability Study and Inclusion of New Trail Segments: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3085) (H. Rept. 109-549), H4957 [10JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act: Alaska Federation of Natives, S5578 [7JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2816, H2826, H2829, H2830, H2869 [18MY]

Statements

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act: Michael Yaki, S5213-S5215 [25MY]

Tables

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2776-H2781 [18MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 818, consideration of H.R. 5386, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H2765 [18MY]

H.R. 1728, Ste. Genevieve County National Historic Site Study Act, H397 [28FE]

H.R. 2978, authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc., H2603 [16MY]

H.R. 3351, Native Americans Technical Corrections Act, H1933-H1935 [2MY]

H.R. 5589, transfer to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement all functions of the Customs Patrol Officers unit operating on the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation, H4928 [10JY]

S. 449, facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons of a certain age under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, H394 [28FE]

S. 1003, Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act amendment, S3918, S3924-S3930 [2MY]

S. 1219, authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc., S460 [1FE]

S. 1382, hold certain lands in trust for the Puyallup Tribe, H2192 [9MY]

S. 1773, Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act, S5130-S5133 [24MY]

S. 2245, Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act, S729 [6FE], S4504 [11MY]

S. 2464, Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Revision Act, S2471 [28MR]

S. 2552, Indian Tribes Methamphetamine Reduction Grants Act, S2914 [5AP]

S. 2659, Native American Veterans Cemetery Act, S3597 [26AP]

S. 2764, correct a law relative to conveyance of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, S4160 [8MY]

S. 3501, Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act establishment of an acquisition fund for the water rights and habitat acquisition program, S5795 [13JN]

S. 3526, Indian Land Consolidation Act requirement modification, S5964 [15JN]

S. 3635, Albuquerque Indian School Act, S7336 [11JY]

S. 3648, Pueblo of Isleta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act, S7423 [12JY]

S. 3650, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S7425 [12JY]

S. Res. 358, maintain current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until a report is submitted that evaluates the impact of reduction of emergency room services, S330 [30JA]

S. Res. 520, Senate Legal Counsel production of records, testimony, and legal representation relative to certain investigations into improper activities by lobbyists and related matters, S6460, S6462 [23JN]