NATIVE AMERICANS

Amendments

Appropriations: making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), H6578 [14OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6251, H6253 [4OC]

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 687), H5856, H5857, H5860 [26SE]

Articles and editorials

For the Redskins, What’s in a Name? Plenty, H6352 [8OC]

Indian Tribe Pushes for Washington Redskins Name Change as NFL Owners Gather, H6352 [8OC]

NFL To Meet Tribe Over Redskins Name, H6353 [8OC]

Preferred Paths—Agency Recommends Against King Cove Road, S496 [7FE]

Stop the Waste; Let Nation Build Resort/Casino (excerpt), H5561 [17SE]

Tackling the Offensive, H6353 [8OC]

Washington Redskins Name—Washington Post Poll Finds Most D.C. Area Fans Support It, H4087 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: 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 S. 879), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 1272), H1630 [19MR]

Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 869), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 2254), H3095 [4JN]

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe: restore opportunity for tribal economic development on terms that are equal and fair (see H.R. 1144), H1396 [13MR]

Alaska: enter into intergovernmental agreements with Indian tribes relative to enforcement of certain State laws by Indian tribes, improve quality of life in rural Alaska, and reduce alcohol and drug abuse (see S. 1474), S6208 [1AU]

——— require oil produced from Federal leases in certain Arctic waters be transported onshore by pipeline and provide for sharing of certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in the Alaska Adjacent Zone (see S. 199), S438 [31JA]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the settlement of certain claims (see S. 14), S871 [26FE] (see S. 340), S772 [14FE] (see H.R. 740), H547 [14FE] (see H.R. 1306), H1719 [20MR]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (see H.R. 1103), H1357 [12MR]

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (see S. 235), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 623), H454 [12FE]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see H.R. 3400), H6952 [30OC]

Appropriations: making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (see H.J. Res. 80), H6223 [3OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H6223 [3OC]

Arizona: convey certain land inholdings owned by the U.S. to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (see H.R. 507), H370 [5FE]

——— facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (see S. 339), S772 [14FE] (see H.R. 687), H544 [14FE]

Armed Forces: honor service (see H. Con. Res. 63), H6954 [30OC]

BLM: convey parcels of national forest or public lands to private landowners, State, county, and local governments, or Indian tribes whose lands share a boundary with the national forest or public lands (see H.R. 1633), H2157 [18AP]

Budget: exempt Dept. of HUD public and Indian housing programs from sequestration (see H.R. 2695), H4522 [16JY]

——— restore Indian Health Service funding reduced under any order issued to carry out a sequestration (see H.R. 1371), H1824 [21MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize and implement water rights compact between Montana and the Blackfeet Indian Tribe (see S. 434), S1088 [4MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for activities associated with the ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Native American code talkers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S8000 [13NO]

Citizenship: render enrolled members of the Tohono O’odham Nation U.S. citizens and recognize valid membership credential of the Nation as legal equivalent of citizenship or birth certificates (see H.R. 1680), H2246 [23AP]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S7674 [30OC]

Crime: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable (see H.R. 757), H594 [15FE]

——— grant Indian tribes jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe (see H.R. 780), H595 [15FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: consult with Indian tribes to make grants and enter into agreements with eligible entities to conduct research and education and training programs to protect and preserve Native American seeds (see H.R. 3782), H8117 [16DE]

——— establish Office of Tribal Relations (see H.R. 1894), H2533 [8MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see S. 1570), S7386 [10OC] (see H.R. 3229), H6102 [1OC]

——— establish a grant program to recruit, train, deploy, and professionally support psychiatric physicians in Indian health programs (see H.R. 2037), H2717 [16MY]

——— prevent and treat diabetes, promote and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities, relative to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups (see H.R. 3322), H6768 [23OC]

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see H.R. 1599), H2123 [17AP]

Dept. of HUD: improve implementation and oversight of training and hiring requirements for public housing, Indian housing assistance, and housing and community development programs (see H.R. 1670), H2246 [23AP]

——— reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians (see S. 640), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 231), H84 [14JA]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 773), S2798 [18AP] (see H.R. 1645), H2158 [18AP]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see S. 1307), S5708 [16JY] (see H.R. 1318), H1821 [21MR]

——— provide grants to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in rapid recovery of missing individuals (see H.R. 3388), H6951 [30OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H701 [27FE] (see H.R. 1000), H1319 [6MR]

——— prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education (see H.R. 546), H411 [6FE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (see S. 1219), S5149 [25JN] (see H.R. 2508), H4078 [26JN]

——— 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. 1167), S4481 [13JN]

——— convey certain Federal land to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (see S. 1414), S6126 [31JY]

——— convey certain Federal land to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (see S. 1415), S6126 [31JY]

——— empower federally recognized Indian tribes to accept restricted fee tribal lands (see H.R. 2718), H4598 [17JY]

——— establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H29 [3JA]

——— place certain lands in Skagit and San Juan Counties, WA, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation (see H.R. 1225), H1548 [15MR]

——— provide for Indian trust asset management reform (see S. 165), S329 [28JA] (see H.R. 409), H281 [23JA]

——— provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see S. 919), S3326 [9MY]

——— reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 279), H169 [15JA] (see H.R. 666), H501 [13FE]

——— settle water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community (see S. 1394), S6071 [30JY]

——— take certain Federal lands located in El Dorado County, CA, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (see H.R. 2388), H3653 [14JN]

——— take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (see H.R. 3313), H6767 [23OC]

——— waive certain eligibility requirements relative to tribally controlled colleges and universities assistance (see H.R. 2069), H2838 [21MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: make certain payments to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (see H.R. 3068), H5434 [9SE]

——— make certain payments to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 3068), refer to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (see H. Res. 335), H5435 [9SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones and markers for certain deceased veterans buried in veterans’ cemeteries of Indian tribes (see H.R. 2039), H2717 [16MY]

——— make certain grants to assist nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands (see H.R. 2941), H5343 [1AU]

Education: improve (see S. 1131), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2367), H3591 [13JN]

——— provide relief to State education budgets during a recovering economy and help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (see S. 765), S2797 [18AP] (see H.R. 1658), H2158 [18AP]

Faber, Michael G.: relief (see S. 1605), S7615 [29OC]

Federal aid programs: facilitate ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse Federal sources (see S. 1574), S7536 [16OC]

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. 1600), H2123 [17AP]

Florida: extend Federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation (see H.R. 323), H177 [18JA]

Gambling: establish a program for licensing of Internet poker by States and federally recognized Indian tribes (see H.R. 2666), H4482 [11JY]

——— prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts (see H.R. 1410), H1856 [9AP]

——— require tribes to demonstrate a substantial direct modern and aboriginal connection to certain lands to allow for gaming on such lands (see S. 477), S1229 [6MR]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (see S. 156), S329 [28JA] (see H.R. 3110), H5587 [17SE]

Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee: develop information sharing and interoperability recommendations and pursue benefits for local, State, tribal, and Federal justice agencies (see H.R. 817), H627 [25FE]

Gold Butte National Conservation Area: establish and designate certain wilderness areas (see S. 1054), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2276), H3250 [6JN]

Grand Ronde Reservation Act: technical corrections (see S. 416), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 841), H659 [26FE]

Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: consent to certain amendments (see S.J. Res. 12), S2146 [21MR]

Indian Arts and Crafts Act: clarify definition of Indian and Indian organizations (see H.R. 1066), H1355 [12MR]

Indian Health Service: deem certain claims presented to a contracting officer pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act as timely presented (see S. 385), S871 [26FE]

Languages: reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 726), H546 [14FE]

Law enforcement: enhance training and cooperation to respond to and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in Indian country, bring perpetrators to justice, and commission a GAO study (see H.R. 1836), H2436 [6MY]

Mining and mineral resources: clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs (see S. 222), S469 [4FE] (see H.R. 488), H342 [4FE]

Minnesota: allow Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe to lease or transfer certain land (see S. 920), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 2650), H4369 [10JY]

——— amend legislation concerning taxable income to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 3608), H7354 [21NO]

Montana: extend Federal recognition to Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see S. 161), S329 [28JA] (see H.R. 2991), H5396 [2AU]

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1785), H2391 [26AP]

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 254), S6753 [24SE]

National Labor Relations Act: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands (see S. 1477), S6208 [1AU] (see H.R. 1226), H1548 [15MR]

National Minority Health Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 145), S3569 [16MY]

National Native American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 305), S8361 [20NO]

National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S8000 [13NO]

Native American Heritage Day: observance (see S. Res. 305), S8361 [20NO]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 1352), S5907 [24JY]

Native American Veterans’ Memorial Establishment Act: clarify certain provisions relative to fundraising and location of the memorial (see S. 1046), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2319), H3287 [11JN]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (see S. 1107), S3987 [6JN] (see H.R. 2287), H3250 [6JN]

Nevada: provide for sale or transfer of certain Federal lands (see H.R. 2455), H3988 [20JN]

New Mexico: authorize the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease adjudicated water rights (see H.R. 1377), H1824 [21MR]

——— make technical corrections to certain Native American water rights settlements (see S. 1447), S6207 [1AU] (see H.R. 3564), H7310 [20NO]

North Carolina: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe (see S. 1132), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 1803), H2392 [26AP]

Oklahoma: clarify role of Cherokee Nation in maintaining the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam (see S. 513), S1592 [11MR]

Oregon: anniversary of restoration of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community (see S. Res. 304), S8361 [20NO]

——— provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe (see S. 402), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 931), H815 [28FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: correct inconsistencies in definitions relative to Native Americans (see S. 1575), S7536 [16OC]

Power resources: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (see H.R. 1548), H1992 [12AP]

Public lands: reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians (see S. 1603), S7615 [29OC]

SBA: provide conformity in Native small business opportunities and promote job creation, manufacturing, and American economic recovery (see S. 1607), S7615 [29OC]

South Dakota: facilitate completion of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System (see S. 684), S2501 [9AP]

Taxation: allow Indian tribal governments to transfer the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources (see H.R. 1602), H2123 [17AP]

——— allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food (see S. 910), S3256 [8MY]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see S. 1507), S6518 [17SE] (see H.R. 3043), H5398 [2AU]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3391), H6951 [30OC]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1859), S9051 [19DE]

——— permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see S. 1834), S8913 [17DE]

——— recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs (see H.R. 2332), H3356 [12JN]

——— treat Indian tribal governments in the same manner as State governments for certain Federal tax purposes (see H.R. 3030), H5397 [2AU]

Trademarks: cancel existing and prohibit future trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans (see H.R. 1278), H1717 [20MR]

Treaties and agreements: ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (see S. 1818), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 3716), H8107 [12DE]

T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act: amend (see S. 611), S1950 [19MR] (see H.R. 3605), H7354 [21NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (see S. 1650), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 3109), H5587 [17SE]

Utah: authorize a land exchange between the Ute Indian Tribe and the State Institutional Trust Land Administration (see H.R. 356), H278 [23JA]

——— clarify authority under legislation defining the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (see S. 27), S42 [22JA]

Veterans: establish a demonstration program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see H.R. 3418), H6953 [30OC]

Virginia: extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (see S. 1074), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2190), H2954 [23MY]

Washington: settle claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see S. 1448), S6207 [1AU]

Washington (State): extend Federal recognition of Duwamish Tribe (see H.R. 2442), H3928 [19JN]

Letters

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H6853 [29OC]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6852 [29OC]

Decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable: Brian Patterson, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., S585 [11FE]

——— Juana Majel Dixon and Terri Henry, National Congress of American Indians, S584 [11FE]

——— Mark Mitchell, Pueblo of Tesuque, S489 [7FE], H750 [28FE]

——— Michael Nash, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, S490 [7FE], H751 [28FE]

——— National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S584 [11FE]

——— Representative Cole, H772 [28FE]

——— Stacy Dixon, Susanville Indian Rancheria, S490 [7FE], H751, H785 [28FE]

——— Tex (Red Tipped Arrow) Hall, Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association, S490 [7FE], H749 [28FE]

——— Tom Wooten, Samish Indian Nation, S489 [7FE], H752 [28FE]

Keep the Promise Act: Francine Romesburg, Grassroots Tea Party Activists—Glendale (organization), H5559 [17SE]

——— Ian Hugh, Glendale, AZ, City Council, H5559 [17SE]

——— Norma Alvarez, Glendale, AZ, City Council, H5558 [17SE]

Native Hawaiian Education Act reauthorization: Camille Rockett, H4693 [18JY]

——— Dee Jay Mailer, Kamehameha Schools, H4691 [18JY]

——— Jane R. Best, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (organization) Pacific Center for Changing the Odds, H4691 [18JY]

——— Joe Fraser, Kaho‘wai—Center for Adult Teaching and Learning, H4692 [18JY]

——— Ka‘iulani Pahi’o̅, Na̅ Lei Na’ auao Native Hawaiian Charter School Alliance, H4692 [18JY]

——— Lisá Boyce, Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care & Education, H4693 [18JY]

——— Momi Akana, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers (organization), H4691 [18JY]

——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina Learning ’Ohana (organization), H4692 [18JY]

——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina New Century Public Charter School, H4692 [18JY]

——— Wendy Roylo Hee, Native Hawaiian Education Council, H4692 [18JY]

Non-Disparagement of Native American Persons or Peoples in Trademark Registration Act: Jefferson Keel, National Congress of American Indians, H3261 [11JN], H6351 [8OC]

Violence Against Women Act reauthorization: National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, H773 [28FE]

——— Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H781 [28FE]

Water system construction in Alaskan native villages: Representative Don Young, E1225 [2AU]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), E1225 [2AU]

Lists

Friends of VAWA Coalition members, H781 [28FE]

National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women members, H773–H780 [28FE]

Native American tribes and organizations opposed to H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H5858 [26SE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 1318, Youth Prison Reduction Through Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education (Youth PROMISE) Act, E354 [21MR]

Motions

Appropriations: making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), H6576, H6577 [14OC]

Presentations

Block Cave Mining: Resolution Copper Mining (company), H5859 [26SE]

Press releases

Civil and Human Rights Coalition Calls Republican VAWA Proposal ‘‘Nothing Less Than Shameful’’: Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H781 [28FE]

Friends of VAWA Coalition Calls on the House To Defeat the Substitute to S. 47 and Pass the Bipartisan Senate Bill: Friends of VAWA Coalition, H780 [28FE]

Government Shutdown Impact on Native Americans: Oglala Sioux Tribe, H6551 [12OC]

House of Representatives’s Introduction of the Violence Against Women Act: Sharon Stapel, New York City Anti-Violence Project (organization), H781 [28FE]

NARF Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Legislation To Curtail Offensive ‘‘Redskin’’ Trademark: Native American Rights Fund (organization), H3260 [11JN]

Navajo President Shelly Urges Lawmakers To Pass a Clean Spending Bill: Navajo Nation, H6552 [12OC]

Remarks in House

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (H.R. 623), H6852, H6853 [29OC]

Appropriations: making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), H6548–H6552, H6559 [12OC], H6574–H6579 [14OC], E1505, E1507 [14OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), motion to instruct conferees, H6576–H6578 [14OC]

Arizona: convey certain land inholdings owned by the U.S. to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (H.R. 507), H2411 [6MY]

——— exclude Native American sacred and cultural sites from a Federal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) for a mining project, H5852, H5857–H5860 [26SE]

——— facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 687), H5530 [12SE], H5792 [20SE], H5848–H5863 [26SE], E1393 [27SE]

——— facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 687), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5669–H5684 [19SE]

Arizona State Museum: anniversary, E448 [12AP]

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: anniversary of restoration as a federally recognized tribe, H7196 [19NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts, H7267 [20NO], E1770 [3DE]

Crime: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H677–H681 [27FE], H736–H750, H772–H799, H805 [28FE], E217 [28FE]

——— grant tribal courts the right to try non-Indians for domestic violence provided that non-Indians are given their full constitutional rights and be allowed to appeal in the Federal court system, H794–H796 [28FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Hunger-Free Communities Grant program funding, H3877 [19JN], E941 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: clarify regulations governing awarding of sole-source contracts, H3545 [13JN]

Dept. of Education: ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4690–H4693, H4695 [18JY], H4813 [19JY]

——— require States receiving insufficient grants to prioritize funding for schools serving neglected, delinquent, migrant students, English learners, at-risk students, and Native Americans, H4696, H4697 [18JY], E1099 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS: prevent and treat diabetes, promote and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities, relative to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups (H.R. 3322), E1722 [20NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Operation Stonegarden funding, H3207, H3208 [5JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (H.R. 1318), E353 [21MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 870), E206 [27FE]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 1000), E301 [14MR]

——— increase State allotments for workforce training programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, H1472, H1473 [15MR]

——— make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs, H5430 [9SE]

Dept. of the Interior: ensure no new energy deveoplment will impact negatively on any public land identified as a Native American sacred or cultural site, H7278 [20NO]

——— take certain Federal lands located in El Dorado County, CA, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (H.R. 2388), H7420, H7421 [3DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, H5374 [2AU]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H2167 [23AP]

Forsman, Leonard: nomination to President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, E1824 [10DE]

Gambling: prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts (H.R. 1410), H5556–H5562 [17SE]

Gun, Vance H.: Aspen Institute Center for Native American Youth Champion of Change award recipient, H7008 [13NO]

Johnstone, Ed: Presidential Champion of Change award recipient, E421 [11AP]

Minnesota: allow Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe to lease or transfer certain land (H.R. 2650), H7425, H7426 [3DE]

Minorities: emergency mortality rate of minority individuals, H4853 [22JY]

——— improve health of minority individuals, H2416–H2424 [6MY], E548 [25AP]

National Native American Heritage Month: observance, H7267 [20NO]

Native American Veterans’ Memorial Establishment Act: clarify certain provisions relative to fundraising and location of the memorial (H.R. 2319), H7639, H7640 [11DE]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (H.R. 2287), H4321 [10JY]

NIH: renew Special Diabetes Program, H7636 [11DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on Native Americans, H6551, H6559 [12OC]

Power resources: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands, H7212, H7213 [19NO]

Quinault Indian Nation: tribute to ‘‘Paddle to Quinault’’ Canoe Journey, E1212 [2AU]

Trademarks: cancel existing and prohibit future trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans (H.R. 1278), H3259 [11JN], H3657 [17JN], H4087 [27JN], H4316 [10JY], H5095 [30JY], H6350 [8OC], E363 [21MR], E1469 [9OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: permit King Cove Native Corp., land conveyance in exchange for construction of single-lane gravel emergency road access through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, H514 [14FE]

Utah: authorize a land exchange between the Ute Indian Tribe and the State Institutional Trust Land Administration (H.R. 356), H2631, H2632 [15MY]

Virginia: extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (H.R. 2190), E754 [23MY]

Washington Redskins (football team): call for name change, H3259 [11JN], H4087 [27JN], H4316, H4321 [10JY], H5095 [30JY], H6350 [8OC], H6559 [12OC], H6573 [14OC], H7193 [19NO], E930 [20JN], E1469 [9OC], E1505 [14OC]

Washington (State): extend Federal recognition of Duwamish Tribe (H.R. 2442), E919 [19JN]

Wisconsin: anniversary of Ho-Chunk Nation, E925 [20JN]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: observance of Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, S648 [12FE]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the settlement of certain claims (S. 14), S872 [26FE]

——— provide for the settlement of certain claims (S. 340), S775 [14FE]

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (H.R. 623), S9068 [19DE]

Appropriations: making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), S7501 [15OC], S7559 [16OC]

BIA: tribal school construction funding, S1944, S1945 [19MR]

Business and industry: include tribal governments in provisions to empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, S3154 [7MY]

Commission on Native Children: establish (S. 1622), S7678–S7680 [30OC]

Courts: reaffirm inalienable rights of every U.S. citizen as guaranteed by the Constitution relative to trial in Native American tribal courts for sexual assault, abuse, and other crimes, S575, S579, S582, S583 [11FE], S614 [12FE]

Crime: clarify that all Alaskan tribes with the exception of Metlakatla retain all current authority to issue domestic violence protection orders, S581 [11FE]

——— decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, S480, S482, S487–S491, S502–S510 [7FE], S580, S595 [11FE], S808 [25FE], S7996 [13NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow Indian tribes to participate in certain soil and water conservation programs, S3636 [21MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (S. 1570), S7534 [16OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow risk-based allocation of Operation Stonegarden funding, S4570 [18JN]

——— include tribal government officials on the Border Oversight Task Force, S4450 [13JN], S4559 [18JN]

——— work with the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture, and State, local, and tribal governments to mitigate negative environmental impacts of border security, S4855 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project, S487 [7FE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (S. 1414), S6130 [31JY]

——— convey certain Federal land to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (S. 1415), S6130 [31JY]

Faber, Michael G.: relief (S. 1605), S7632 [29OC]

Gambling: require tribes to demonstrate a substantial direct modern and aboriginal connection to certain lands to allow for gaming on such lands (S. 477), S1233 [6MR]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (S. 156), S330 [28JA]

Gold Butte National Conservation Area: establish and designate certain wilderness areas (S. 1054), S3852 [23MY]

Government: impact of shutdown, S7527 [16OC]

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, S4071–S4073 [11JN]

National Bison Day: designate (S. Res. 254), S6759 [24SE], S7634 [29OC]

National Minority Health Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 145), S3585 [16MY]

National Native American Heritage Month: observance, S7996 [13NO], S8454 [21NO]

——— observance (S. Res. 305), S8410 [20NO]

National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 293), S8010 [13NO]

Native American Heritage Day: observance (S. Res. 305), S8410 [20NO]

Native American Veterans’ Memorial Establishment Act: clarify certain provisions relative to fundraising and location of the memorial (H.R. 2319), S9068 [19DE], S9090 [20DE]

North Dakota: impact of Government shutdown on reservations, S7401 [11OC]

Oregon: anniversary of restoration of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community (S. Res. 304), S8410 [20NO]

——— provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe (S. 402), S1013 [28FE]

South Dakota: facilitate completion of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System (S. 684), S2506 [9AP]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), S8988–S8993, S9069 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), unanimous-consent request, S8987 [19DE]

——— permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (S. 1834), S8915 [17DE]

Violence Against Women Act: impact of Government shutdown on programs, S7421 [12OC]

Virginia: extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (S. 1074), S3858 [23MY]

Reports filed

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 623) (H. Rept. 113–248), H6674 [22OC]

Clarify That Uncertified States and Indian Tribes Have Authority To Use Certain Payments for Noncoal Reclamation Projects and Acid Mine Remediation Programs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 222) (S. Rept. 113–20), S2844 [22AP]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, Various Federal Agencies and Programs Continuing Appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 371) (H. Rept. 113–242), H6223 [3OC]

Fond du Lac of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2650) (H. Rept. 113–194), H5475 [10SE]

Grand Ronde Reservation Act Technical Corrections: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 841) (H. Rept. 113–168), H4856 [22JY]

Hawaiian Homes Commission Act Amendments Consent: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S.J. Res. 12) (S. Rept. 113–76), S5687 [15JY]

Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 27) (S. Rept. 113–49), S5497 [27JN]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 356) (H. Rept. 113–57), H2602 [14MY]

Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 156) (S. Rept. 113–51), S5497 [27JN]

Keep the Promise Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1410) (H. Rept. 113–210), H5587 [17SE]

Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System Completion Facilitation: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 684) (S. Rept. 113–74), S5687 [15JY]

Native American Energy Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1548) (H. Rept. 113–263), H6996 [12NO]

Native American Veterans’ Memorial Establishment Act Provisions Clarification Relative to Fundraising and Location of the Memorial: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2319) (H. Rept. 113–287), H7686 [11DE]

Nomination of Vincent G. Logan To Be Dept. of the Interior Special Trustee for American Indians: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S8975 [18DE]

Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 507) (H. Rept. 113–27), H1855 [9AP]

Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 340) (S. Rept. 113–98), S6327 [10SE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 740) (H. Rept. 113–203), H5475 [10SE]

Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 687) (H. Rept. 113–167), H4856 [22JY]

Take Certain Federal Lands Located in El Dorado County, CA, Into Trust for the Benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2388) (H. Rept. 113–195), H5475 [10SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), H6577 [14OC]

Statements

Tribute to Dept. of the Interior Deputy Sec. David J. Hayes: Several Government Officials and Colleagues, S5616–S5618 [10JY]

Testimonies

Keep the Promise Act: Samuel U. Chavira, Glendale, AZ, City Council, H5559 [17SE]

Why Section 904 of S.47 Is Constitutional Under the Supreme Court’s Precedent in U.S. v. Lara: Thomas J. Perrelli, Dept. of Justice, H737–H739 [28FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 351, consideration of H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, and H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5669 [19SE]

H. Res. 371, consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, various Federal agencies and programs continuing appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H6244 [4OC]

H.J. Res. 80, BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service continuing appropriations, H6548 [12OC]

H.R. 356, Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act, H2631 [15MY]

H.R. 507, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act, H2411 [6MY]

H.R. 623, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act, H6852 [29OC]

H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H5854–H5856 [26SE]

H.R. 1410, Keep the Promise Act, H5556 [17SE]

H.R. 2319, Native American Veterans’ Memorial Establishment Act provisions clarification relative to fundraising and location of the memorial, H7639 [11DE]

H.R. 2388, take certain Federal lands located in El Dorado County, CA, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, H7420 [3DE]

H.R. 2650, Fond du Lac of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act, H7425 [3DE]

S. 199, Alaska Adjacent Zone Safe Oil Transport and Revenue Sharing Act, S442 [31JA]

S. 402, provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in Oregon, S1014 [28FE]

S. 1046, Native American Veterans’ Memorial Establishment Act provisions clarification relative to fundraising and location of the memorial, S3851 [23MY]

S. 1054, Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act, S3853–S3857 [23MY]

S. 1414, Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance Act, S6130 [31JY]

S. 1415, Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act, S6131 [31JY]

S. 1607, Native Small Business Conformity Act, S7633 [29OC]

S. 1834, permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation, S8916 [17DE]

S. 1859, Tax Extenders Act, S9054–S9058 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 25, use of Capitol Emancipation Hall for activities associated with the ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Native American code talkers, S8008 [13NO], H7164 [18NO]

S. Res. 145, support goals and ideals of National Minority Health Awareness Month, S3582 [16MY]

S. Res. 254, National Bison Day, S6759 [24SE]

S. Res. 293, National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week, S8007 [13NO]

S. Res. 304, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon restoration of Federal recognition anniversary, S8368 [20NO]

S. Res. 305, National Native American Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Day, S8368 [20NO]

S.J. Res. 12, consent to certain amendments of Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, S2162 [21MR]