NATIVE AMERICANS

Amendments

Arizona: resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (H.R. 1065), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H210 [20JA]

Arts and humanities: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), S5365 [23JN], H5852 [21JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque tribes (H.R. 3342), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H210 [20JA]

Dept. of the Interior: approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement (H.R. 3254), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H210 [20JA]

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 (H.R. 2314), H714, H725, H727 [23FE]

Hoh Indian Tribe: transfer certain land to the U.S. to be held in trust (H.R. 1061), S7758, S7763 [29SE], H8300 [14DE]

Articles and editorials

Cobell Settlement Worth Doing Right, Together, S6802 [5AU]

66% of Hawaii Residents Favor Recognition for Native Hawaiians—Poll Shows Slight Uptick From 2006, When 63% Approved, S10992 [22DE]

Unconscionable Cobell, S6802 [5AU]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land to make their land available for access by the public for maple-tapping under State or tribal programs (see H.R. 5011), H2503 [13AP]

———support maple syrup production research and education, sustainability of maple syrup resources, promotion of maple products, and access to lands for maple sugaring activities (see H.R. 5196), H3078 [29AP]

Alabama: Federal recognition of Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians (see H.R. 5149), H2936 [27AP]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for equitable allotment of lands to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (see H.R. 5402), H3869 [26MY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: ensure amounts appropriated for BIA remain available for a certain period (see S. 3761), S6884 [5AU]

———reserve funds for payments to the Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education for Indian children (see S. 3277), S2758 [28AP] (see H.R. 4475), H265 [20JA]

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (see H.R. 4672), H754 [23FE]

Appropriations: authorize for certain programs (see S. 3997), S8348 [1DE]

Arizona: resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (H.R. 1065), consideration (see H. Res. 1017), H193 [19JA]

Arts and humanities: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 304), H6042 [26JY]

———modify purposes and operation of certain facilities to implement water rights compact among Montana, the Blackfeet Indian Tribe, and the U.S. (see S. 3290), S2803 [29AP] (see H.R. 5592), H4871 [24JN]

Census: recognize importance and significance of 2010 Census and encourage each Native American community to name an elder to be the first member of that community to answer the 2010 Census (see H. Res. 1086), H647 [22FE]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 6258), H7389 [29SE]

———determine extent to which reports of child abuse or neglect involving a potential combination of jurisdictions are screened out solely on the basis of cross-jurisdictional complications (see H.R. 6498), H8089 [7DE]

Corps of Engineers: determine the feasibility of carrying out a project to address water resource development and management needs of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indian Reservation (see H.R. 4882), H1656 [18MR]

Courts: provide funding for settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts (see S. 3754), S6884 [5AU]

Dept. of Education: pay Fort Lewis College an amount equal to the tuition charges for Indian students that are not residents of Colorado (see S. 3724), S6883 [5AU] (see H.R. 5974), H6405 (see H.R. 5974), H6456 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: provide funds to States for rebates, loans, and other incentives to eligible individuals or entities for the purchase and installation of solar energy systems (see H.R. 5821), H5983 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to local and tribal governments for hiring child protective services workers (see S. 4028), S10304 [15DE]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S945 [2MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project (see S. 3740), S6883 [5AU]

———further the mission of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee through recommendations for local, State, tribal, and Federal justice agencies (see S. 3176), S2115 [25MR] (see H.R. 4970), H2458 [25MR]

———improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 3224), S2423 [19AP] (see H.R. 5119), H2842 [22AP]

———make grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and other entities for prescription drug disposal units and for prescription drug abuse education (see H.R. 5925), H6402 (see H.R. 5925), H6454 [29JY]

Dept. of the Interior: approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement (H.R. 3254), consideration (see H. Res. 1017), H193 [19JA]

———authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (see S. 3235), S2477 [20AP]

———conduct a special resource study to evaluate significance of Newtown Battlefield and suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System (see S. 3392), S4082 [20MY] (see H.R. 4448), H139 [13JA]

———convey certain Federal land to Elko County, NV, and take land into trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (see S. 3185), S2115 [25MR] (see H.R. 5416), H3870 [26MY]

———expand Koshare Indian Museum storage facility in La Junta, CO, to house collection of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site and other National Park Service collections (see H.R. 6050), H6570 [30JY]

———settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho (see H.R. 4613), H602 [4FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (see S. 3246), S2587 [22AP]

Disasters: improve recovery and hazard mitigation activities relative to major disasters (see H.R. 6207), H6989 [23SE]

Drugs: prevent use of Indian reservations located on U.S. borders to facilitate cross-border drug trafficking (see H.R. 4747), H1103 [3MR]

Economy: improve access to capital, bonding authority, and job training and promote native community development financial institutions and small business opportunities (see S. 3471), S4745 [9JN]

Energy Policy Act: streamline Indian energy development, enhance programs to support Indian energy development and efficiency, and make technical corrections (see S. 3752), S6884 [5AU]

Federal-State relations: establish effective consultation and coordination procedures between Federal agencies and Indian tribes regarding government activities that impact tribal lands and interests (see H.R. 5023), H2578 [14AP]

Glacier National Park: anniversary (see S. Res. 520), S3473 [10MY]

Government regulations: determine blood quantum requirement for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe (see H.R. 4984), H2458 [25MR] (see H.R. 5811), H5920 [21JY]

Grand Ronde Reservation Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 6070), H6570 [30JY]

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. 3945), S7899 [15NO]

———express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (H.R. 2314), consideration (see H. Res. 1083), H646 [22FE]

Housing: develop the former Bennett Freeze area to contribute to rehabilitation of conditions of those affected by ban on development of tribal lands in Arizona (see H.R. 6525), H8519 [15DE]

Kotzebue, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Maniilaq Association (see H.R. 5317), H3483 [13MY]

Mankiller, Wilma P.: tribute (see H. Res. 1237), H2503 [13AP]

Marine mammals: allow transport, purchase, sale, and export of Southcentral and Southeast Alaska northern sea otter pelts taken for subsistence purposes (see H.R. 6394), H7394 [29SE]

Medicaid: provide 100 percent reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians through a federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system (see H.R. 6489), H8030 [2DE]

Mono County, CA: take certain Federal land into trust for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony (see H.R. 5468), H4214 [28MY]

National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 689), S8128 [19NO]

Native American Economic Advisory Council: establish (see S. 3331), S3407 [7MY] (see H.R. 5452), H4022 (see H.R. 5452), H4084 [27MY]

Navajo Nation: facilitate business and agricultural leasing of lands (see H.R. 6210), H6989 [23SE]

New Mexico: authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (see S. 3903), S7788 [29SE]

———repeal a restriction on treating as Indian country certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos in New Mexico (see H.R. 4445), H139 [13JA]

Oklahoma: clarify role of Cherokee Nation in maintaining the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam (see H.R. 4948), H2456 [25MR] (see H.R. 6465), H7854 [1DE]

Oregon: authorize Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Coos, and Coquille, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, Klamath, and Burns Paiute Tribes to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land (see H.R. 4916), H2261 [23MR]

Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission for Comprehensive Resolution: establish (see S. 3648), S6245 [26JY] (see H.R. 6100), H6627 [10AU]

Public works: making supplemental appropriations for investments in clean water projects and transportation infrastructure (see H.R. 5935), H6403 (see H.R. 5935), H6455 [29JY]

Quileute Indian Tribe: provide with tsunami and flood protection (see H.R. 6527), H8597 [16DE]

Riverside County, CA: authorize water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (see S. 2956), S251 [26JA] (see H.R. 5413), H3870 [26MY]

SBA: eliminate preferences and special rules for Alaska Native Corporations relative to Government contracting (see S. 3959), S7968 [17NO] (see H.R. 6447), H7614 [18NO]

———establish a Native American entrepreneurial development program (see S. 3534), S5439 [24JN] (see H.R. 6233), H7154 (see H.R. 6233), H7211 [28SE]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects (see H.R. 4817), H1323 [10MR]

Taos, NM: congratulate Taos Pueblo, its leaders and its people, on the anniversary of the return of their sacred Blue Lake lands (see H. Res. 1634), H6804 [16SE]

Taxation: allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food (see H.R. 6263), H7389 [29SE]

———repeal limitation on issuance of new clean renewable energy bonds and terminate eligibility of governmental bodies to issue such bonds (see S. 3855), S7618 [28SE] (see H.R. 6117), H6681 [14SE]

Telecommunications: establish a position for a representative of Indian tribes on the Joint Board overseeing the implementation of universal communications service (see H.R. 6530), H8597 [16DE]

———improve broadband coverage and service, especially in rural and tribal areas, and spectrum coverage for public safety broadband communications services (see S. 3710), S6883 [5AU]

Descriptions

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (H.R. 2314): Abercrombie Substitute Amendment Provisions on Definitions, Governmental Authorities, and Indian Civil Rights Act, H707-H709 [23FE]

Histories

Tule River Indian Reservation: Gelya Frank, E76 [22JA]

Letters

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act: Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, H288 [21JA]

———David Ortiz, Pojoaque Valley Irrigation District, H288 [21JA]

———Harry B. Montoya, Santa Fe County, NM, Commissioners Office, H287 [21JA]

———Margo Cutler, Rio de Tesuque Acequia Association, H288 [21JA]

———Meade P. Martin, Rio Pojoaque Acequia and Water Well Users Association, H288 [21JA]

Ensure amounts appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for BIA remain available for a certain period: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S6853 [5AU]

Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act: Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4928 [29JN]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H4928 [29JN]

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act: Calvin K.Y. Say, E263 [26FE]

———Colleen Hanabusa, H724 [23FE]

———Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General and Ken Salazar, Sec. of the Interior, S10992 [22DE]

———Jacqueline Johnson Pata, National Congress of American Indians, H723 [23FE]

———Jim Gray, Osage Nation, H724 [23FE]

———Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, H723 [23FE]

———Kamaki Kanahele, Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly, H724 [23FE]

———Robin Puanani Danner, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, H724 [23FE]

———Thomas M. Susman, ABA, S10991 [22DE]

Settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts: Jefferson Keel, National Congress of American Indians, S4919 [15JN]

———Peter R. Orszag, OMB, H2304 [24MR]

———President Obama, H2304 [24MR]

Tribal Law and Order Act: Jefferson Keel, National Congress of American Indians, H5864 [21JY]

———Larry Cox and Charon Asetoyer, Amnesty International (organization), H5865 [21JY]

———several religious organizations, H5865 [21JY]

———Thomas B. Heffelfinger and Troy A. Eid, H5865 [21JY]

———Thomas M. Susman, ABA, H5866 [21JY]

Poems

``Ka Makua Bill Demmert,'' Larry L. Kimura, S374 [1FE]

Remarks in House

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: resolve land claims of the Bering Straits Native Corp. (H.R. 2340), H4929, H4930 [29JN]

Arizona: resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (H.R. 1065), H276-H279, H285, H290-H297 [21JA]

———resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (H.R. 1065), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H206-H211 [20JA]

Arts and humanities: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), H152-H154 [19JA], E89 [26JA], E133 [2FE], E1418 [26JY], E1457 [28JY]

———protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), Senate amendment, H5852-H5868 [21JY]

———protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 304), H6024 [26JY]

———develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque tribes (H.R. 3342), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H206-H211 [20JA]

Cherokee, NC: anniversary of ``Unto These Hills'' outdoor historical drama depicting the Cherokee people, E1031 [8JN]

———Eastern Band of Cherokee AdvantageWest Economic Development Group Certified Entrepreneurial Community designee, E798 [11MY]

———Eastern Band of Cherokee designation as a Certified Entrepreneurial Community by AdvantageWest Economic Development Group, E1609 [14SE]

Computers: study Federal cybersecurity workforce needs, address minority employment disparities in the cybersecurity industry, and include minority-serving institutions on the Cybersecurity University-Industry Task Force, H503, H504 [3FE]

Courts: provide funding for settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts, H7652-H7657, H7685-H7695 [30NO], E2017, E2020, E2022 [1DE], E2058 [2DE]

———settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts, H2304, H2306 [24MR], H4091 [28MY]

Crime: improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country, H5862-H5868 [21JY]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians (H.R. 709), H5407 [1JY]

Dept. of Justice: certify that settling out of court is preferable to going to court before implementing any Native American water settlement agreements, H277 [21JA]

———exempt transportation, shipment, receipt, or importation of explosive materials for delivery to a federally recognized Indian tribe from certain prohibitions relating to explosives, H5862 [21JY]

———improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (H.R. 5119), E661 [26AP]

Dept. of State: allow Iroquois lacrosse team to utilize Iroquois passports issued by Iroquois Confederacy rather than U.S. passports for international travel, H5553, H5595 [14JY]

Dept. of the Interior: approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement (H.R. 3254), H272-H279, H285 [21JA]

———approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement (H.R. 3254), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H206-H211 [20JA]

———characterization that provision to allow receipt of land into trust for all Indian tribes will result in expansion of Indian gaming, H8205-H8207 [8DE]

———provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (H.R. 4347), H6814-H6821 [22SE], E1725 [23SE]

———reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (H.R. 3742), H6026 [26JY]

Diseases: prevent, treat, and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups relative to diabetes (H.R. 1995), H7192 [28SE]

Government regulations: determine blood quantum requirement for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe (H.R. 5811), H6821, H6822 [22SE]

Hawaii: ensure compliance of Native Hawaiian governing authority with the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, H727, H728 [23FE]

———express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (H.R. 2314), H700-H731 [23FE], E240 [25FE], E263 [26FE], E274-E277, E287 [2MR], E296 [3MR]

———require a statewide vote of approval before instituting the change of Federal policy toward Native Hawaiians, H725, H726 [23FE]

Hoh Indian Tribe: transfer certain land to the U.S. to be held in trust (H.R. 1061), H4223-H4225 [8JN], E1049 [9JN]

———transfer certain land to the U.S. to be held in trust (H.R. 1061), Senate amendments, H8300-H8302 [14DE]

Mankiller, Wilma P.: tribute (H. Res. 1237), H2535-H2537 [14AP], E546 [14AP]

McIntosh County, OK: take certain property into trust for the benefit of Muscogee (Creek) Nation (H.R. 1554), H4927, H4928 [29JN]

Navajo Nation: facilitate business and agricultural leasing of lands (H.R. 6210), E1732 [23SE]

New Mexico: authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (S. 3903), H8980 [22DE]

———repeal a restriction on treating as Indian country certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos in New Mexico (H.R. 4445), H4928, H4929 [29JN], H5261 [30JN], E1270 [1JY]

Public lands: enter into arrangements with tribal governments to provide temporary housing with Public Lands Service Corps volunteers, H1757 [20MR]

Quileute Indian Tribe: provide with tsunami and flood protection (H.R. 6527), E2158 [16DE]

Seattle Indian Health Board: anniversary, E1736 [23SE]

Taos, NM: congratulate Taos Pueblo, its leaders and its people, on the anniversary of the return of their sacred Blue Lake lands (H. Res. 1634), E1667 [16SE]

Taxation: repeal limitation on issuance of new clean renewable energy bonds and terminate eligibility of governmental bodies to issue such bonds (H.R. 6117), E1603 [14SE]

Washington (State): modify certain Indian land leases (S. 2906), H8299, H8300 [14DE]

———tribute to Frenchtown Historic Site designation, E2069 [7DE]

Water: authorize tribal water rights settlements, H7685-H7695 [30NO]

Remarks in Senate

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: ensure amounts appropriated for BIA remain available for a certain period (S. 3761), S6853 [5AU]

———ensure amounts appropriated for BIA remain available for a certain period (S. 3761), unanimous-consent request, S6852, S6853 [5AU]

Arts and humanities: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), S5306 [23JN], S5410-S5412 [24JN]

———protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 304), S6263 [27JY]

———modify purposes and operation of certain facilities to implement water rights compact among Montana, the Blackfeet Indian Tribe, and the U.S. (S. 3290), S2807 [29AP]

Courts: provide funding for settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts, S7703 [29SE], S8172-S8202 [19NO], S8294 [30NO]

———provide funding for settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts (S. 3754), unanimous-consent request, S6851, S6852 [5AU]

———settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts, S999 [3MR], S1648 [17MR], S2282 [14AP], S4918 [15JN], S4959, S4960 [16JN], S5097 [17JN], S6179 [22JY], S6799-S6803, S6851 [5AU]

Crime: allow Federal Government to reassume criminal jurisdiction over certain Native American reservations, S5412 [24JN]

———improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country, S5410-S5412 [24JN]

———improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (S. 797), S6179 [22JY]

———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S6831, S6832 [5AU]

Crow Tribe of Indians: authorize water rights settlement, S8174 [19NO], S8294 [30NO]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (S. 3058), S7412 [23SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project (S. 3740), S6897 [5AU]

———improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 3224), S2426 [19AP]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to Elko County, NV, and take land into trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (S. 3185), S2127 [25MR]

———exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (S. 3246), S2588 [22AP]

Glacier National Park: anniversary (S. Res. 520), S3485 [10MY]

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 (H.R. 2314), S1563 [15MR], S1565 [16MR]

———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. 3945), S10990, S10991 [22DE]

Health: reduce health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, S685 [23FE]

Hoh Indian Tribe: transfer certain land to the U.S. to be held in trust (H.R. 1061), S7763 [29SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend, S6179 [22JY]

Kotzebue, AK: Maniilaq Association funding, S10288 [15DE]

National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: observance (S. Res. 689), S8206 [19NO]

Native American Economic Advisory Council: establish (S. 3331), S3408 [7MY]

New Mexico: authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (S. 3903), S10934 [21DE]

———repeal a restriction on treating as Indian country certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos in New Mexico (H.R. 4445), S10933, S10934 [21DE]

North Carolina: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe (H.R. 31) (S. 1735), S7391 [23SE]

Pendleton, OR: anniversary of Pendleton Round-Up, S7027 [13SE]

Riverside County, CA: authorize water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (S. 2956), S255 [26JA]

SBA: establish a Native American entrepreneurial development program (S. 3534), S5442 [24JN]

Taxation: encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native corporations, S1013 [3MR]

———encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native corporations (S. 1673), S11027 [22DE]

———repeal limitation on issuance of new clean renewable energy bonds and terminate eligibility of governmental bodies to issue such bonds (S. 3855), S7632 [28SE]

University of Hawaii at Manoa: tribute to Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene graduates, S3355 [6MY]

Washington (State): modify certain Indian land leases (S. 2906), S7364 [22SE]

Reports

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund—State and Tribal Use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Funds: Gene Falk, Congressional Research Service, H2288 [24MR]

Reports filed

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1105) (S. Rept. 111-115), S51 [20JA]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3342) (H. Rept. 111-390), H39 [12JA]

AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1078), S9021 [14DE]

Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2802), S8348 [1DE]

———Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2802) (S. Rept. 111-356), S8396 [2DE]

Clarification That Uncertified States and Indian Tribes Have Authority To Use Certain Payments for Certain Noncoal Reclamation Projects: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2830) (S. Rept. 111-264), S6881 [5AU]

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Coos, and Coquille, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, Klamath, and Burns Paiute Tribes 99-Year Lease Authority for Trust Land: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1448) (S. Rept. 111-245), S6647 [3AU]

Consideration of H.R. 1065, White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1017) (H. Rept. 111-399), H193 [19JA]

Consideration of H.R. 2314, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1083) (H. Rept. 111-413), H646 [22FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3254, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1017) (H. Rept. 111-399), H193 [19JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3342, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1017) (H. Rept. 111-399), H193 [19JA]

Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 375) (S. Rept. 111-118), S122 [21JA]

Dept. of the Interior Authority Reaffirmation To Take Land Into Trust for Indian Tribes: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1703) (S. Rept. 111-247), S6881 [5AU]

Dept. of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4347) (H. Rept. 111-603), H6802 [16SE]

Determine Blood Quantum Requirement for Membership in the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 5811) (S. Rept. 111-359), S8712 [9DE]

Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1554) (H. Rept. 111-513), H4904 [28JN]

Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership (HEARTH) Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 3235), S10814 [20DE]

Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 443) (S. Rept. 111-161), S1358 [10MR]

Indian Land Leases in Washington (State) Modification: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2906) (S. Rept. 111-246), S6647 [3AU]

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Clarification Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 4445) (S. Rept. 111-379), S10814 [20DE]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4445) (H. Rept. 111-515), H4904 [28JN]

Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3553) (S. Rept. 111-299), S7351 [22SE]

Lumbee Recognition Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1735) (S. Rept. 111-116), S51 [20JA]

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1011) (S. Rept. 111-162), S1458 [11MR]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2314) (H. Rept. 111-412), H646 [22FE]

Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Leases of Up to 99 Years for Lands Held in Trust: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 3903) (S. Rept. 111-371), S10410 [16DE]

Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 3648) (S. Rept. 111-357), S8641 [8DE]

Protect Indian Arts and Crafts Through the Improvement of Applicable Criminal Proceedings: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 725) (H. Rept. 111-397), H146 [15JA]

Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 522) (S. Rept. 111-130), S944 [2MR]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2340) (H. Rept. 111-514), H4904 [28JN]

7th Generation Promise—Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1635) (S. Rept. 111-166), S2115 [25MR]

Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1388) (S. Rept. 111-204), S4849 [10JN]

Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 965) (S. Rept. 111-117), S51 [20JA]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3254) (H. Rept. 111-395), H39 [12JA]

Tule River Tribe Water Development Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1945) (S. Rept. 111-153), S944 [2MR]

White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 313) (S. Rept. 111-119), S122 [21JA]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1065) (H. Rept. 111-391), H39 [12JA]

Youth Prison Reduction Through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education (Youth PROMISE) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1064) (H. Rept. 111-688), H8597 [16DE]

Resolutions by organizations

Indian water rights settlements: Colorado River Water Users Association, H286 [21JA]

———National Congress of American Indians, H286 [21JA]

———Western States Water Council, H286 [21JA]

Tribute to William G. Demmert, Jr.: College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawaii at Hilo, S374 [1FE]

Statements

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act: Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawaii, H721 [23FE]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1554, Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act, H4971, H5200 [29JN]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2340, Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act, H4971, H5200 [29JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 304, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 725, Tribal Law and Order Act, H6024 [26JY]

H. Res. 1017, consideration of H.R. 3254, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, H.R. 3342, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, and H.R. 1065, White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act, H206 [20JA]

H. Res. 1083, consideration of H.R. 2314, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, H693 [23FE]

H. Res. 1086, recognize importance and significance of 2010 Census and encourage each Native American community to name an elder to be the first member of that community to answer the 2010 Census, H1109 [4MR]

H. Res. 1237, tribute to Wilma P. Mankiller, H2535 [14AP]

H.R. 725, protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, H152 [19JA]

H.R. 1061, Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act, H4223 [8JN]

H.R. 1065, White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act, H290-H296 [21JA]

H.R. 1554, Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act, H4927 [29JN]

H.R. 1995, Diabetes in Minority Populations Evaluation Act, H7192 [28SE]

H.R. 2314, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, H700-H704 [23FE]

H.R. 2340, Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act, H4929 [29JN]

H.R. 3254, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, H272-H275 [21JA]

H.R. 3342, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, H279-H284 [21JA]

H.R. 3553, Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act, H2654 [20AP]

H.R. 4347, Dept. of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act, H6814-H6820 [22SE]

H.R. 4445, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Clarification Act, H4928 [29JN]

S. 1448, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Coos, and Coquille, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, Klamath, and Burns Paiute Tribes authorization to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land, S7364 [22SE]

S. 1448, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Coos, and Coquille, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, Klamath, and Burns Paiute Tribes to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land, H8298 [14DE]

S. 2906, Indian land leases in Washington (State) modification, S7364 [22SE], H8299 [14DE]

S. 3176, further the mission of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee through recommendations for local, State, tribal, and Federal justice agencies, S2120 [25MR]

S. 3185, Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act, S2128 [25MR]

S. 3246, Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act, S2589 [22AP]

S. 3331, Native American Economic Advisory Council Act, S3408 [7MY]

S. 3534, Native American Small Business Assistance and Entrepreneurial Growth Act, S5442-S5444 [24JN]

S. 3903, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust, S10934 [21DE], H8980 [22DE]

S. Res. 520, Glacier National Park anniversary, S3475, S3485 [10MY]

S. Res. 689, National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, S8130, S8206 [19NO]