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No legislation related to Indian law has been passed this session.
Title: A resolution designating the week beginning February 5, 2023, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".
Title: A resolution designating February 16, 2023, as "National Elizabeth Peratrovich Day".
Title: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the late James George Abourezk.
Title: A resolution recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.
Title: A resolution designating May 5, 2023, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".
Title: A resolution recognizing the significance of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.
Title: Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023 / A bill to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Direct Loan Improvement Act of 2023 / A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the program for direct housing loans made to Native American veterans, and for other purposes.
Title: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023 / A bill to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854, and for other purposes.
Title: Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023 / A bill to take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023 / A bill to approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023 / A bill to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.
Title: Urban Indian Health Confer Act / A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Title: BADGES for Native Communities Act / Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act / A bill to require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: Lumbee Fairness Act / A bill to amend the Lumbee Act of 1956.
Title: A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Title: Rio San José and Rio Jemez Water Settlements Act of 2023 / A bill to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San Jose Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Title: Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Technical Corrections Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act to provide for the transfer of additional Federal land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.
Title: NACIE Improvement Act / National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act / A bill 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 and to require the Secretaries of Education and Interior to consider the National Advisory Council on Indian Education's reports in the preparation of budget materials.
Title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of pay for certain law enforcement employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Firearm Access Act / A bill to allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Title: A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Adoption Parity Act / A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs.
Title: North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2023 / A bill to authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Entrepreneurial and Opportunity Act of 2023 / A bill to establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering activities of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering activities of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to extend the deadline for the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations implementing title IV of that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify the authorized purposes and term period of tribal leases, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2023 / A bill to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.
Title: Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2023 / A bill to provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Title: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2023 / A bill to provide for the settlement of claims relating to the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation in Illinois, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act / A bill to ensure that all federally recognized Indian Tribes that are eligible for gaming in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.
Title: National American Indian Veterans Charter Act / A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.
Title: Tribal Police Department Parity Act / A bill to ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies.
Title: A bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts with Tribal organizations to carry out the authority of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Education Opportunity Act / To expand opportunity for Native American children through additional options in education, and for other purposes.
Title: IHS Contract Support Cost Amendment Act / To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to secure existing Tribal contract support cost reimbursements, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Healthcare Careers Act / To provide a set-aside of funds for Indian populations under the health profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023 / To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act / To take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Title: Urban Indian Health Confer Act / To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Title: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023 / To provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854.
Title: Native American Child Protection Act / To amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.
Title: Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023 / To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2023 / To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.
Title: Lumbee Fairness Act / To amend the Lumbee Act of 1956.
Title: To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Title: Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2023 / To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Title: BADGES for Native Communities Act / Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act / To require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: Rio San José and Rio Jemez Water Settlements Act of 2023 / To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San José Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property to which that Indian Tribe holds fee title without the consent of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Title: Kansas Indian Country Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2023 / To amend title 18, United States Code, to require affirmative consent from the governing body of certain Indian Tribes for jurisdiction to be conferred on the State of Kansas over offenses committed on the reservations of such Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2023 / To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve nutrition in tribal areas, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Firearm Access Act / To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Title: Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment of 2023 / To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023 / To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes.
Title: To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for U.S. Department of Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants for fiscal year 2024.
Title: To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Enironmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants for fiscal year 2024.
Title: To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Enironmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants, Environmental Information Exchange Network for fiscal year 2024.
Title: To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for US Department of Agriculture, Native Americans Institutions Endowment Fund for fiscal year 2024.
Title: To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and title 5 of the United States Code to facilitate participation in Federal benefits programs, and for other purposes.
Title: North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2023 / To authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.
Title: San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Homelands Act of 2023 / To ratify a Treaty between the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Navajo Nation, to provide for the creation of a reservation for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation Federal Recognition Act / To extend Federal recognition to the Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation, and for other purposes.
Title: NEST Act / Native Educator Support and Training Act / To support the education of Indian children.
Title: Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2023 / To elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes.
Title: Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2023 / To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to extend funding for special diabetes programs for Indians.
Title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Family Fairness Act / To remove administrative barriers to participation of Indian tribes in Federal child welfare programs, and increase Federal funding for tribal child welfare programs, and for other purposes.
Title: AANAPISI Opportunity Act / To establish an integrated research, education, and extension competitive grant program and scholarship grant program for certain Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving agricultural institutions, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act / To ensure all federally recognized Tribes that are eligible for gaming in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2023 / To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2012 to remove the restriction on class II gaming on certain land in California.
Title: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2023 / To provide for the settlement of claims relating to the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation in Illinois, and for other purposes.
Title: To grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.
Title: Tribal Police Department Parity Act / To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies.
Title: Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2023 / To facilitate the expansion of broadband service to rural and Tribal communities through improved permitting efficiency, and for other purposes.
Title: Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act / To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Strengthening Tribal Families Act of 2023 / To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to comply with Federal standards established under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
Title: To extend Federal recognition to the Mono Lake Kutzadikaa Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Strengthening Tribal Families Act of 2023 / To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to comply with Federal standards established under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
Title: To require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines, and for other purposes.
Title: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Title: A resolution designating February 2023 as "Hawaiian Language Month" or "'Olelo Hawai'i Month".
Title: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.
Title: Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole Protecting Family Legacies Act / To consent to the amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, made by Act 080 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 2017.
Title: Recognizing the importance of Tribal colleges and universities to the United States and expressing support for designating the week beginning February 5, 2023, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".
Title: Supporting the designation of February 2023 as "Hawaiian Language Month" or "'Olelo Hawai'i Month".
Title: Recognizing the significance of the 1973 New Mexico Bilingual Multicultural Education Act on its 50th anniversary and the importance of cultivating education in both the mother tongue as well as English for the preservation of culture, identity, and Indigenous knowledge.
Title: Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2023, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".
Title: Recognizing the significance of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.
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