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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 118–209: To ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education includes at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University.</dc:title>
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<citableAs>Public Law 118–209</citableAs><citableAs>138 Stat. 2705</citableAs>
<approvedDate>2024-12-23</approvedDate>
<dc:date>2024-12-23</dc:date>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 118–209—DEC. 23, 2024</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/138/2705">138 STAT. 2705</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>118–209</docNumber>
<congress value="118">118th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">To ensure that the National Advisory Council on <sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x27c0d3da-e80e-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2024-12-23">Dec. 23, 2024</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x27c0d3db-e80e-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/118/s/5355">S. 5355</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote>Indian Education includes at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University.</officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x27c0d3dc-e80e-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x27c0d3dd-e80e-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7471">20 USC 7471 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<section id="d36289e93" identifier="/us/pl/118/209/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act</shortTitle>” or the “<shortTitle role="act">NACIE Improvement Act</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d36289e106" identifier="/us/pl/118/209/s2" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x27c0d3de-e80e-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x27c0d3df-e80e-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><heading>NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDUCATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  By not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision of section 6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7471">20 U.S.C. 7471</ref>), the President shall ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education established under such section includes at least one member who is a president of a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1059c/b">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</ref>).</content></section>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2024-12-23">December 23, 2024</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/118/s/5355">S. 5355</ref>:</heading>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x27c0faf0-e80e-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 3, considered and passed Senate.</p><p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x27c0faf1-e80e-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 17, considered and passed House.</p></note>
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