Indian Bills and Bills of Interest
Referred to Other Committees
S.RES.239
(Campbell) A resolution designating November 7, 2003, as "National Native American Veterans Day" to honor the
service of Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces and the contribution of Native Americans to the
defense of the United States.
S.RES.240
(Campbell) A resolution designating November 2003 as "National American Indian Heritage Month".
S.210
(Bingaman) A bill to provide for the protection of archaeological sites in
the Galisteo Basin in New Mexico, and for other purposes.
S.246
(Domenici) A bill to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management
land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the
Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico.
S.293
(Murkowski) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide a charitable deduction for certain expenses incurred in
support of Native Alaskan subsistence whaling.
S.331
(Daschle) A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security
Act to provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services
for Indian children in tribal areas.
S.437
(Kyl) A bill to provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project
in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian Community water rights
settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights
Settlement Act of 1982, and for other purposes.
S.490
(Reid) A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain
land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary
of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and
California.
S.528
(Sen Bingaman) A bill to reauthorize funding for maintenance of public
roads used by school buses serving certain Indian reservations.
S.540
(Inhofe) A bill to authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of
Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign
conflicts in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century
in recognition of the service of those Native Americans to the United
States.
S.551
(Campbell) A bill to provide for the implementation of air quality
programs developed in accordance with an Intergovernmental Agreement
between the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the State of Colorado
concerning Air Quality Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation,
and for other purposes.
S.578
(Inouye) A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include
Indian tribes among the entities consulted with respect to activities
carried out by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other
purposes.
S.594
(Johnson) A bill to provide for the issuance of bonds to provide
funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and for other purposes.
S.627
(Kyl) A bill to prevent the use of certain payments instruments, credit
cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other
purposes.
S.663
(Inouye) A bill for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for
settlement of certain claims against the United States.
S.780
(Lott) A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Chief Phillip Martin
of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
S.921
(Lautenberg) A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make
grants to reimburse State and local governments and Indian tribes for certain
costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder
personnel of such governments or tribes.
S.924
(Murkowski) A bill to authorize the exchange of lands between an Alaska Native
Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior, and for other
purposes.
S.1126
(Johnson) A bill to establish the Office of Native American Affairs within
the Small Business Administration, to create the Native American Small
Business Development Program, and for other purposes.
S.1312
(Inouye) A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide
100 percent reimbursement for medical assistance provided to a Native
Hawaiian through a Federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian
health care system.
S.1354
(Murkowski) A bill to resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative
land selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related to
Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, and for other purposes.
S.1366
(Allard) A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants
to State and tribal governments to assist State and tribal efforts to manage
and control the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk herds,
and for other purposes.
S.1421
(Murkowski) A bill to authorize the subdivision and dedication of restricted
land owned by Alaska Natives.
S.1526
(Campbell) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for
the treatment of Indian tribal governments as State governments for purposes
of issuing tax-exempt governmental bonds, and for other purposes.
S.1542
(Johnson) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the
economic future of Native Americans.
S.1649
(Bingaman) A bill to designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take certain land into trust for
the Pueblo of Zia, and for other purposes.
S.1779
(Bingaman) A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fairness in the provision of
medicare services for Indians.
S.1793
(Kennedy) A bill to provide for college quality, affordability, and diversity, and for other purposes.
S.1801
(Murray) A bill to promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic and sexual violence, and for other purposes.
S.1809
(Edwards) A bill to provide grants for mental health and substance abuse services for women and children who have been victims of domestic or sexual violence.
S.1810
(Edwards) A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve treatment for the mental health abuse and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence.
S.1833
(Daschle) A bill to improve the health of minority individuals.
S.1907
(Daschle) A bill to promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement.
S.1926
(Stabenow) A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore the medicare program and for other purposes.
S.1940
(Gregg) An original bill to reauthorize the Head Start Act, and for other purposes.
S.1951
(Daschle) A bill to promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement.
S.1957
(Bingaman) A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States on the border with Mexico and other appropriate entities in conducting a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers, and for other purposes.
S.2049
(Specter) A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise the abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, authorize the Office of Surface Mining to collect the black lung excise tax, and make sundry other changes.
S.2086
(Thomas) A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve the reclamation of abandoned mines.
S.2091
(Frist) A bill to improve the health of health disparity population.
S.2112
(Voinovich) A bill to prohibit racial profiling by Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.
S.2132
(Feingold) A bill to prohibit racial profiling.
S.2162
(Crapo) A bill to implement the Inland Northwest Economic Adjustment Strategy, and for other purposes.
S.2173
(Campbell) A bill to further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000.
S.2211
(Rockefeller) A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, and for other purposes.
S.2217
(Frist) A bill to improve the health of health disparity populations.
S.2218
(Domenici) A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a rural water supply program in the Reclamation States for the purpose of providing a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural residents and for other purposes, to authorize the Secretary to conduct appraisal and feasibility studies for rural water projects, and to establish the guidelines for any projects authorized under this program.
S.2225
(Burns) A bill to authorize an exchange of mineral rights by the Secretary of the Interior in the State of Montana.
S.2253
(Feinstein) A bill to permit young adults to perform projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief, on public land through a Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps.
S.2272
(Bingaman) A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the pediatric vaccine distribution program to include coverage for children administered a vaccine at a public health clinic or Indian clinic, and for other purposes.
S.2325
(Edwards) A bill to strengthen telehealth programs.
S.2351
(Collins) A bill to establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services and a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, and for other purposes.
S.2388
(Johnson) A bill to make technical corrections to the Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act, and for other purposes.
S.2399
(Fitzgerald) A bill to provide for the improvement of physical activity and nutrition and the prevention of obesity for all Americans.
S.2421
(Kennedy) A bill to modernize the health care system through the use of information technology and to reduce costs, improve quality, and provide a new focus on prevention with respect to health care.
S.2456
(Baucus) A bill to provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers, and for other purposes.
H.CON.RES.236
(Pomeroy) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to
commemorate the unveiling of the statue of Sakakawea provided by the State
of North Dakota for display in Statuary Hall.
H.RES.167
(Baca) Recognizing and honoring the achievements and contributions of Native
Americans to the United States and urging the establishment and observation
of a paid legal public holiday in honor of Native Americans.
H.RES.258
(Hastings) Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 222) to approve the
settlement of the water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache
County, Arizona, and for other purposes, and for consideration of the
bill (S. 273) to provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition
of land owned by the State of Wyoming within the boundaries of Grand Teton
National Park, and for other purposes.
H.R.21
(Leach) To prevent the use of certain bank instruments for unlawful Internet
gambling, and for other purposes.
H.R.28
(Bereuter) To amend section 501 of the American Homeownership and
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 to provide for the establishment of
the Lands Title Report Commission for Indian trust lands.
H.R.39
(Young) To establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program
that will result in an environmentally sound and job creating program for
the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources
of the Coastal Plain, and for other purposes.
H.R.74
(Gibbons) To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in
the lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the
Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California.
H.R.151
(Nethercutt) To elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health
Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assist
Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes.
H.R.222
(Wilson) To establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area in the
Cibola National Forest, and for other purposes.
H.R.365
(Hooley) To recruit and retain more qualified individuals to teach in
Tribal Colleges or Universities.
H.R.386
(Shadegg) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for
the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Indian tribal governments, and for
other purposes.
H.R.388
(Shadegg) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax
credits for Indian investment and employment, and for other purposes.
H.R.409
(Carson) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently
extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for
property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.
H.R.410
(Carson) To provide for the issuance of bonds to construct and
modernize Indian schools and to provide a credit against Federal
income tax for holders of such bonds.
H.R.431
(Sullivan) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently
extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for
property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.
H.R.443
(Camp) To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to
provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for
Indian children in tribal areas.
H.R.458
(Hayworth) To provide for the use and distribution of certain funds
awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and for
other purposes.
H.R.477
(McDermott) To extend Federal recognition to the Duwamish Tribe, and
for other purposes.
H.R.495
(Renzi) To approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the
Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona, and for other purposes.
H.R.506
(Udall) To provide for the protection of archaeological sites in the
Galisteo Basin in New Mexico, and for other purposes.
H.R.507
(Udall) To declare that the United States holds certain public domain
lands in trust for the Pueblos of San Ildefonso and Santa Clara.
H.R.654
(Andrews) To require the head of each Federal agency in the Department
of the Interior to consider whether actions of the agency have any disparate
impact on any member of a racial, ethnic, or religious minority.
H.R.665
(Abercrombie) To express the policy of the United States regarding the
United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a
process for the recognition by the United States of the Native
Hawaiian governing entity, and for other purposes.
H.R.674
(Carson) To authorize the President to present a gold medal on behalf
of the Congress to the Choctaw Code Talkers in recognition of their
contributions to the Nation, and for other purposes.
H.R.698
(Moore) To provide for and approve settlement of certain land claims
of the Wyandotte Nation, and for other purposes.
H.R.731
(Grijalva) To render all enrolled members of the Tohono O'odham Nation
citizens of the United States as of the date of their enrollment and
to recognize the valid membership credential of the Tohono O'odham
Nation as the legal equivalent of a certificate of citizenship or a
State-issued birth certificate for all Federal purposes.
H.R.789
(Christensen) To expand the eligibility of individuals to qualify for loan
forgiveness for teachers in order to provide additional incentives for
teachers currently employed or seeking employment in economically
depressed rural areas, Territories, and Indian Reservations.
H.R.831
(Miller) To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land
claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community.
H.R.884
(Gibbons) To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded
to the Western Shoshone identifiable group under Indian Claims
Commission Docket Numbers 326-A-1, 326-A-3, and 326-K, and for other
purposes.
H.R.885
(Hayworth) To provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project
in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian Community water rights
settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights
Settlement Act of 1982, and for other purposes.
H.R.898
(McIntyre) To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North
Carolina, and for other purposes.
H.R.918
(Menendez) To authorize the Health Resources and Services
Administration, the National Cancer Institute, and the Indian Health
Service to make grants for model programs to provide to individuals of
health disparity populations prevention, early detection, treatment,
and appropriate follow-up care services for cancer and chronic
diseases, and to make grants regarding patient navigators to assist
individuals of health disparity populations in receiving such services.
H.R.950
(Young) To expand Alaska Native contracting of Federal land management
functions and activities and to promote hiring of Alaska Natives by
the Federal Government within the State of Alaska, and for other
purposes.
H.R.951
(Young) To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide
for equitable allotment of lands to Alaska Native veterans.
H.R.952
(Young) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a charitable
contribution deduction for certain expenses incurred by whaling captains in
support of Native Alaskan subsistence whaling.
H.R.954
(Souder) To confirm Federal recognition of the Miami Nation of
Indiana.
H.R.1093
(Granger) To authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of Congress
to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in
which the United States was involved during the 20th Century in recognition
of their service to the Nation.
H.R.1107
(Udall) To reauthorize funding for maintenance of public roads used by school
buses serving certain Indian reservations.
H.R.1166
(Udall) To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the
assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian
tribe members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians.
H.R.1190
(Faleomavaega) To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the
eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs under the Native American Housing Loan Pilot Program to veterans
who are married to Native Americans.
H.R.1223
(Conyers) To create a commission on Internet gambling licensing and
regulation.
H.R.1246
(Pallone) To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to eligible
schools to assist such schools to discontinue use of a derogatory or
discriminatory name or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname, and
for other purposes.
H.R.1277
(Hayworth) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction
for ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence of a taxpayer
is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned land.
H.R.1333
(Pallone) To clarify the citizenship eligibility for certain members of the
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona, and for other purposes.
H.R.1408
(Taylor) To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal
Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties, and for
other purposes.
H.R.1409
(Taylor) To provide for a Federal land exchange for the environmental,
educational, and cultural benefit of the American public and the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R.1421
(Camp) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the
treatment of Indian tribal governments as State governments for purposes
of issuing tax-exempt governmental bonds, and for other purposes.
H.R.1426
(Hayworth) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction
for ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence of a taxpayer
is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned land.
H.R.1484
(McInnis) To provide for the implementation of air quality programs
developed in accordance with an Intergovernmental Agreement between the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the State of Colorado concerning Air Quality
Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, and for other
purposes.
H.R.1486
(Millender-McDonald) To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study
of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American
Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary schools
in the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R.1628
(Pickering) To award a congressional gold medal to Chief Phillip Martin of
the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
H.R.1753
(Nethercutt) To provide for equitable compensation of the Spokane Tribe of
Indians of the Spokane Reservation in settlement of claims of the Tribe
concerning the contribution of the Tribe to the production of hydropower
by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes.
H.R.1760
(Thompson) To establish water conservation and habitat restoration programs
in the Klamath River basin and to provide emergency disaster assistance to
fishermen, Indian tribes, small businesses, and others that suffer economic
harm from the devastating effects of the Klamath River basin fish kill
of 2002.
H.R.1803
(Menendez) To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants
to reimburse State and local governments and Indian tribes for certain
costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder
personnel of such governments or tribes.
H.R.1872
(Otter) Private Bill; For the relief of the heirs and assigns of Hattie
Davis Rogers of the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho.
H.R.1899
(Young) To resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land
selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related to Cape
Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, and for other purposes.
H.R.1916
(DeGette) To prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the
care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities
within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American,
Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American
Indian and Alaskan Native communities.
H.R.1938
(Moran) To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe,
the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe,
the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond
Indian Tribe.
H.R.2242
(Kennedy) To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include Indian
tribes among the entities consulted with respect to activities carried
out by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
H.R.2331
(Matheson) To amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to
provide from the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian
reservation roads, and for other purposes.
H.R.2362
(Case) To amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the
support of Native American language survival schools, and for other
purposes.
H.R.2388
(Thompson) To authorize leases for terms not to exceed 99 years on
lands held in trust for the Yurok Tribe and the Hopland Band of Pomo
Indians.
H.R.2419
(Rahall) To protect sacred Native American Federal land from significant
damage.
H.R.2425
(Dicks) To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to
the Quinault Indian Nation under United States Claims Court Dockets
772-71, 773-71, 774-71, and 775-71, and for other purposes.
H.R.2440
(Young) To improve the implementation of the Federal responsibility for
the care and education of Indian people by improving the services and
facilities of Federal health programs for Indians and encouraging maximum
participation of Indians in such programs, and for other purposes.
H.R.2484
(McIntyre) To establish a program to provide assistance to institutions
of higher education serving members of Indian tribes.
H.R.2489
(Baird) To provide for the distribution of judgment funds to the Cowlitz
Indian Tribe.
H.R.2495
(Reyes) To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta
Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the requisite blood
quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe.
H.R.2548
(Sessions) To amend chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States
Code, to enhance Federal asset management, and for other purposes.
H.R.2595
(Smith) To restore the operation of the Native American Veteran Housing
Loan Program during fiscal year 2003 to the scope of that program as in
effect on September 30, 2002.
H.R.2597
(Abercrombie) To amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to
revise and extend that Act.
H.R.2603
(Pearce) To impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the
Interior to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction
of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use
of any quantity of water.
H.R.2636
(Green) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to State
and tribal governments to assist State and tribal efforts to manage and
control the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk herds, and
for other purposes.
H.R.2656
(Woolsey) To amend the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act to give the
Secretary of the Interior discretion regarding taking land into trust.
H.R.2690
(Wilson) To amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the
support of Native American language survival schools, and for other
purposes.
H.R.2750
(Young) To make technical amendments to the Indian Child Welfare
Act of 1978.
H.R.2793
(Dingell) To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land
claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
H.R.2912
(Lucas) To reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to
determine its membership and form of government.
H.R.2941
(Grijalva) To correct the south boundary of the Colorado River Indian
Reservation in Arizona, and for other purposes.
H.R.2976
(Stupak) To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain
land within the Ottawa National Forest to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R.2981
(Udall) To provide for reform of management of Indian trust funds and
assets under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, and
for other purposes.
H.R.2983
(Udall) To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the
eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants for the establishment
of veterans cemeteries on trust lands.
H.R.2996
(Peterson) To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to require
that certain technical medical employees of the Indian Health Service be
compensated for time during which they are required to be on-call.
H.R.3133
(Udall) To preserve the ability of States, Indian tribes, municipalities, and air pollution control agencies to
protect the public health and the environment by affording them discretion as to whether or not to implement new
source review revisions promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency on August 27, 2003.
H.R.3152
(Payne) To enhance the global competitiveness of the United States by increasing the participation of African
Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and other underrepresented minorities in the international
service, including private international voluntary organizations, the foreign commercial service, and the foreign
service of the United States.
H.R.3176
(Udall) To designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take certain land into trust for the
Pueblo of Zia, and for other purposes.
H.R.3342
(Berry) To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study originally
prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments for
such trail, and for other purposes.
H.R.3394
(Boehlert) To clarify the lands over which Indian tribes shall have jurisdiction or exercise governmental
power.
H.R.3504
(Renzi) To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to redesignate the American Indian
Education Foundation as the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education.
H.R.3605
(Hayworth) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to
clarify that federally recognized Indian tribal governments are to be regulated under the same government
employer rules and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and other local government employers with regard
to the establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans.
H.R.3698
(Udall) To assure that development of certain Federal oil and gas resources will occur in ways that protect water resources and surface owner rights, and for other purposes.
H.R.3745
(Shays) To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to require State legislature approval of new gambling facilities, to provide for minimum requirements for Federal regulation of Indian gaming, to set up a commission to report to Congress on current living and health standards in Indian country, and for other purposes.
H.R.3747
(Walden) To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon, and for other purposes.
H.R.3749
(Weiner) To revise and reform the Act commonly called the Jenkins Act, and for other purposes.
H.R.3778
(Peterson) To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise the abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, authorize the Office of Surface Mining to collect the black lung excise tax, and make sundry other changes.
H.R.3780
(Woolsey) To improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces.
H.R.3783
(Young) To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
H.R.3795
(Terry) To amend the Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian land school districts.
H.R.3796
(Cubin) To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, and for other purposes.
H.R.3838
(Johnson) To provide grants to local governments to assist such local governments in participating in certain decisions related to certain Indian groups and Indian tribes.
H.R.3846
(Pombo) To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land.
H.R.3847
(Conyers) To prohibit racial profiling.
H.R.3850
(Young) To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
H.R.3873
(Castle) To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with access to food and nutrition assistance, to simplify program operations, to improve children's nutritional health, and to restore the integrity of child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.
H.R.3982
(Cannon) To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, and for other purposes.
H.R.3983
(Becerra) To assist low income taxpayers in preparing and filing their tax returns and to protect taxpayers from unscrupulous refund anticipation loan providers, and for other purposes.
H.R.3994
(Young) To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
H.R.4017
(Udall) To assure that development of certain Federal oil and gas resources will occur in ways that protect water resources and respect the rights of the surface owners, and for other purposes.
H.R.4115
(Hayworth) To amend the Act of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting the land within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation.
H.R.4170
(Pombo) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to recruit volunteers to assist with, or facilitate, the activities of various agencies and offices of the Department of the Interior.
H.R.4204
(Conyers) To provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
H.R.4213
(Simmons) To provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
H.R.4219
(Petri) To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
H.R.4254
(Boswell) To authorize the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of gold medals to the Meskwaki Code Talkers in recognition of their contributions to the Nation during World War II, and for other purposes.
H.R.4272
(Smith) To amend the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 to modify the terms and scope of a land exchange involving Fort Lewis, Washington, authorized between the Secretary of the Army and the Nisqually Tribe and affecting the interests of the Bonneville Power Administration.
H.R.4282
(Abercrombie) To express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity, and for other purposes.
H.R.4283
(Boehner) To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
H.R.4310
(LaHood) To direct the Secretary of Commerce to make noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments solely for the purpose of funding capital projects, and for other purposes.
H.R.4316
(Schakowsky) To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.
H.R.4325
(Baldwin) To guarantee for all Americans quality, affordable, and comprehensive health insurance coverage.
H.R.4362
(Smith) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept a parcel of Federal land in the State of Washington in trust for the Nisqually Tribe, to ensure that the acceptance of such land does not adversely affect the Bonneville Power Administration, and for other purposes.
H.R.4371
(LaHood) To direct the Secretary of Commerce to make noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments solely for the purpose of funding capital projects, and for other purposes.
H.R.4392
(Weller) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income for certain education and training expenses, and for other purposes.
H.R.4409
(Gingrey) To reauthorize title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
H.R.4460
(Renzi) To fulfill the United States Government's trust responsibility to serve the educational needs of the Navajo people.
H.R.4471
(Renzi) To clarify the loan guarantee authority under title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
H.R.4490
(Grijalva) To provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe, and for other purposes.
H.R.4493
(Roybal-Allard) To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, and for other purposes.
H.R.4496
(Castle) To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to strengthen and improve programs under that Act.
H.R.4514
(Pombo) To provide for exploration, development, and production of oil and gas resources on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.
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