BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9386 [15SE], S9500, S9517, S9568, S9569, S9570 [17SE], S9581, S9582, S9583, S9592, S9593, S9594, S9595 [21SE], S9635, S9636, S9639, S9642, S9645, S9683, S9684, S9685, S9686, S9687, S9688, S9689 [22SE], S9723, S9751, S9752, S9753, S9754, S9755, S9756, S9757 [23SE], S9772, S9773, S9774, S9784, S9794, S9799, S9800, S9804, S9807, S9811, S9854, S9855 [24SE], H7410, H7412, H7420, H7427, H7428, H7429, H7430, H7431, H7433, H7434, H7435 [25JN], H7463, H7464, H7465, H7466, H7467, H7468, H7469 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (H. Res. 578), H7397 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 876), H12055 [29OC]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 2708), H9283 [31JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9812 [24SE], H11826 [27OC]

Bills and resolutions

California: transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from BLM to BIA and take such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria (see H.R. 438), H161 [9JA]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (see H.R. 2523), H5891 [20MY]

———provide an annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans (see H.R. 1129), H2601 [23FE]

———provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see H.R. 4347), H15499 [16DE]

———settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho (see S. 2802), S11594 [19NO]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2996), H7144 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (see H. Res. 578), H7248 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 876), H12043 [28OC]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend (see S. 1790), S10487 [15OC]

———revise and extend (see H.R. 2708), H6263 [4JN]

Native Americans: acknowledge Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 839), H921 [3FE]

———clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 1358), H3054 [5MR]

———extend Federal recognition to Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see S. 1936), S10776 [27OC]

———extend Federal relationship with Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 3120), H7740 [7JY]

———Federal recognition of Duwamish Tribe (see H.R. 2678), H6154 [3JN]

———protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (see S. 151), S43 [6JA]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see S. 1735), S10060 [1OC] (see H.R. 31), H29 [6JA]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), consideration (see H. Res. 490), H6074 [2JN]

———repeal the Bennett Freeze ban on construction to allow Navajo Nation citizens to live in habitable dwellings and raise their living conditions (see S. 39), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 1762), H4063 [26MR]

Schools: issue bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools (see H.R. 727), H602 [27JA]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around the Navajo Indian Reservation (see S. 759), S4171 [1AP] (see H.R. 3645), H9961 [24SE]

Utah Navajo Trust Fund Commission: establish (see H.R. 4384), H15501 [16DE]

Cloture motions

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9690 [22SE]

Conference reports

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2996), H11871-H11983 [28OC]

Factsheets

Jones Academy, H7406 [25JN]

Letters

Disclosure of congressionally directed spending items in H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations: Senator Bond, S9771, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Brownback, S9771 [24SE]

———Senator Feinstein, S9770 [24SE]

———Senator Johnson, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Risch, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Roberts, S9771 [24SE]

———Senator Sessions, S9770 [24SE]

———Senator Shelby, S9770 [24SE]

Lumbee Recognition Act: Beverly Perdue, Governor of North Carolina, H6117 [3JN]

———James B. Hunt, Jr., H6118 [3JN]

———James G. Martin, H6118 [3JN]

———Michael F. Easley, H6117 [3JN]

Lists

Congressionally directed spending items in conference report to H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S10906 [29OC]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9641, S9647 [22SE], S9724, S9725 [23SE], S9806, S9807 [24SE], H11756 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10898 [29OC]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), H6120 [3JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (H.R. 2523), H5808 [20MY]

———provide an annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans (H.R. 1129), H7712, H7713 [7JY]

———require verification that the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is descended from the Cheraw Tribe or other coastal North Carolina tribes, H6120, H6121 [3JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H7428, H7429 [25JN]

———making appropriations, H2653 [25FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H7401-H7437 [25JN], H7463-H7471 [26JN], H11143 [8OC], E1607, E1609, E1612, E1614 [26JN], E2176 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, H12057-H12068 [29OC], E2679 [2NO], E2724 [5NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (H. Res. 578), H7390-H7398 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 876), H12050-H12057 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), earmark declaration, E1403 [15JN], E1548, E1549, E1550, E1552, E1553, E1554, E1556, E1557, E1558, E1560, E1566, E1567, E1568, E1569 [24JN], E1575, E1576, E1577, E1580, E1581, E1584, E1586, E1588, E1589, E1590, E1591, E1593, E1594, E1596, E1597, E1598, E1599, E1600, E1601, E1602, E1603, E1605, E1606, E1607, E1610, E1611, E1626, E1630 [26JN], E1643, E1644, E1646, E1649, E1656, E1658 [7JY], E1663, E1674 [8JY], E1698 [9JY], E1713 [10JY], E1807, E1815 [16JY], E1857 [21JY], E2099 [31JY], E2655, E2656, E2657, E2658, E2659, E2660, E2661, E2674 [29OC], E2736, E2737, E2745 [6NO], E2753 [9NO], E2759, E2764, E2765, E2774 [16NO], E2790 [17NO], E2802, E2804 [18NO], E2813 [19NO], E2841, E2844, E2857, E2858 [1DE], E3010 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), motion to instruct conferees, H11756-H11759 [26OC]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H11756 [26OC]

Hartshorne, OK: reestablish Jones Academy as part of the BIA school system, H7405 [25JN]

Native Americans: programs funding, H12060, H12061 [29OC]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), H6115-H6122 [3JN], E1302 [3JN]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), consideration (H. Res. 490), H6099-H6101 [3JN]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), motion to recommit, H6120, H6121 [3JN]

———repeal the Bennett Freeze ban on construction to allow Navajo Nation citizens to live in habitable dwellings and raise their living conditions (S. 39), H4538, H4539 [21AP]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S10897 [29OC]

———require public disclosure of reports required in appropriations bills, S9720 [23SE], S9800 [24SE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S9725 [23SE], S9806 [24SE]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, S9720 [23SE], S9800 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S7232 [8JY], S9499-S9519, S9541 [17SE], S9575, S9578, S9580-S9583 [21SE], S9625, S9630, S9634-S9648 [22SE], S9706, S9712, S9718, S9720, S9723-S9727 [23SE], S9769-S9775, S9778-S9812 [24SE], S9924 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10893-S10901, S10903-S10908 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10891 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), motion to recommit, S9641, S9646, S9647 [22SE], S9724 [23SE], S9806 [24SE]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9517, S9518 [17SE]

EchoHawk, Larry J.: confirmation as Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Indian Affairs, S5692 [20MY]

Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health: funding, S2620 [2MR], S2676 [3MR], S2798-S2801, S2807, S2813 [5MR]

Hartshorne, OK: reestablish Jones Academy as part of the BIA school system, S9583 [21SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend, S13181 [14DE], S13626 [20DE]

———reauthorize and extend (S. 1790), S10493 [15OC]

———revise and extend, S10404, S10405 [14OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: prohibit funding for acquisition of new Federal land until maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation projects on existing sites have been completed, S9720 [23SE], S9803, S9804, S9807 [24SE]

Native Americans: Indian safety, health, and water development emergency funding, S9647 [22SE]

———protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (S. 151), S137 [6JA], S8100 [24JY]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), S6317, S6318 [8JN], S6319 [9JN]

———repeal the Bennett Freeze ban on construction to allow Navajo Nation citizens to live in habitable dwellings and raise their living conditions (S. 39), S55 [6JA], S3091 [12MR]

Public lands: management agencies funding, S1781 [6FE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around the Navajo Indian Reservation (S. 759), S4174, S4175 [1AP]

Reports

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, S9542 [17SE]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 876) (H. Rept. 111-318), H12043 [28OC]

Consideration of H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act and H.R. 1385, Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 490) (H. Rept. 111-131), H6074 [2JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 578) (H. Rept. 111-184), H7248 [24JN]

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 111-316), H12043 [28OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 111-180), H7144 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2996) (S. Rept. 111-38), S7192 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior Annual Grant To Facilitate an Ironworking Training Program for Native Americans: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1129) (S. Rept. 111-84), S9981 [30SE]

Indian Arts and Crafts Protection Through the Improvement of Applicable Criminal Proceedings: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 151), S7868 [22JY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization and Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1790), S13319 [16DE]

Lumbee Recognition Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 31) (H. Rept. 111-103), H5483 [12MY]

Nomination of Larry J. EchoHawk To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Indian Affairs: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S5555 [18MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9798 [24SE]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9648 [22SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 490, consideration of H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act and H.R. 1385, Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act, H6099 [3JN]

H. Res. 578, consideration of H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H7390 [25JN]

H. Res. 876, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H12050 [29OC]

H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act, H6115 [3JN]

H.R. 1129, Dept. of the Interior annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans, H7712 [7JY]

H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9873-S9889 [25SE]

S. 39, repeal the Bennett Freeze ban on construction to allow Navajo Nation citizens to live in habitable dwellings and raise their living conditions, S3091 [12MR], H4538 [21AP]

S. 151, protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, S8100 [24JY]

S. 759, Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around the Navajo Indian Reservation reauthorization, S4175 [1AP]