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.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 118-11 on 07/28/2023.
Title: Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment of 2023 / To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 118-32 on 12/26/2023.
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.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 118-33 on 12/26/2023.
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.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 118-48 on 4/19/2024.
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.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 118-68 on 7/12/2024.
Title: Native American Child Protection Act / To amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 118-160 on 12/23/2024.
Title: Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act / A bill to take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 118-199 on 12/23/2024.
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.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 118-209 on 12/23/2024.
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: A resolution designating November 4, 2023, as "National Bison Day".
Title: A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.
Title: A resolution designating the week beginning February 5, 2024, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".
Title: A resolution designating February 16, 2024, as "National Elizabeth Peratrovich Day".
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, 2024, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".
Title: A resolution designating November 2, 2024, as "National Bison Day".
Title: A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to 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: 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: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act / A bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
Title: PRIME Meat Processing in Indian Country Act / 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: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act / A bill to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act of 2023 / A bill to permanently authorize the Native Community Development Financial Institutions lending program of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Title: Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023 / A bill to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Conservation Priorities Inclusion Act / A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to include Indian Tribes in certain provisions relating to priority resource concerns.
Title: Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act / A bill 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: Native American Child Protection Act / A bill to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.
Title: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2023 / A bill to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
Title: Improving Agriculture, Research, Cultivation, Timber, and Indigenous Commodities (ARCTIC) Act / A bill to improve access to healthy foods, food processing, housing, forestry, agricultural research, and other agricultural programs, and Tribal self-determination relating to those programs, in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2023 / A bill to provide access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water on Tribal lands, and for other purposes.
Title: Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
Title: FDPIR Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2023 / 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 food distribution program on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Nutrition Program Administration Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve access to the food distribution program on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Nutrition Flexibility Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow for increased flexibility in the food distribution program on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Access to Nutrition Assistance Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow for dual enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and the food distribution program on Indian reservations.
Title: AANAPISI Opportunity Act / A bill to establish an integrated research, education, and extension competitive grant program and scholarship grant program for certain Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving agricultural institutions, and for other purposes.
Title: Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other purposes.
Title: Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act / A bill to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian communities, and for other purposes.
Title: Strengthening the Office of Tribal Relations Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Tribal Relations, and for other purposes.
Title: Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act / A bill to amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding, 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: Tribal Connect Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve access by Indian Tribes to support from universal service programs of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to accept the request to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of that Community, and for other purposes.
Title: Parity for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act / A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend education grant programs for Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, and for other purposes.
Title: Indian Buffalo Management Act / A bill to assist Tribal governments in the management of buffalo and buffalo habitat and the reestablishment of buffalo on Indian land.
Title: SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2023 / 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 Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out supplemental nutrition assistance programs.
Title: WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act / A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other purposes.
Title: Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2023 / An original bill to amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Indigenous Peoples' Day Act / A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday, to replace the term "Columbus Day" with the term "Indigenous Peoples' Day", and for other purposes.
Title: Native Histories and Cultures Education Act of 2023 / A bill to develop and disseminate accurate, relevant, and accessible resources to promote understanding about Native American and Tribal Histories.
Title: IHS Workforce Parity Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow Indian Health Service scholarship and loan recipients to fulfill service obligations through half-time clinical practice, and for other purposes.
Title: Mount Blue Sky Wilderness Act / A bill to redesignate the Mount Evans Wilderness as the "Mount Blue Sky Wilderness," and for other purposes.
Title: America’s College Promise Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish grants for tuition-free community colleges, student success grants, and grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.
Title: Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2023 / A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, improve health services, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act / A bill to improve the effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act / A bill to establish the Tribal Cultural Areas System, and for other purposes.
Title: Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act / A bill to protect Native cultural sites located on Federal land, to improve consultation with Indian Tribes, to bring parity to Indian Tribes with regard to Federal public land management laws, and for other purposes.
Title: Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2023 / A bill 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: Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College Affiliated Areas Establishment Act / A bill to establish the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated areas of the Natchez Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Title: Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act / A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: REACH Our Tribes Act / A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a budgetary Tribal Government consultation process at the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Title: Wy’east Tribal Resources Restoration Act / A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, and for other purposes.
Title: Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act / A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, to amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund, and for other purposes.
Title: GSA Disposal Process Tribal Parity Act of 2024 / A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to include Indian Tribes among entities that may receive Federal surplus real property for certain purposes, and for other purposes.
Title: Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2024 / A bill to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Title: Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension and Fulfillment Act of 2024 / A bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes.
Title: Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension and Fulfillment Act of 2024 / A bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes.
Title: Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act / A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to address liability for payment of charges or costs associated with provision of purchased/referred care services, and for other purposes.
Title: Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension and Fulfillment Act of 2024 / A bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes.
Title: Slip-on Tanks for Tribes Act of 2024 / A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand eligibility for certain financial assistance for the acquisition of slip-on tanker units for wildland firefighting.
Title: Tribal Rural Housing Access Act / A bill to set aside USDA rural housing funding for Indian Tribes.
Title: A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
Title: Contaminated Lands Reclamation Act of 2024 / A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to allow for brownfield revitalization funding eligibility for Alaska Native Tribes, and for other purposes.
Title: Native ELDER Act / Enhancing Native Elders' Longevity, Dignity, Empowerment, and Respect Act / A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to enhance the longevity, dignity, empowerment, and respect of older individuals who are Native Americans, and for other purposes.
Title: Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act / A bill to provide public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for rabies prevention, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024 / A bill to amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to improve that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Parity for Native Hawaiian Veterans Act of 2024 / A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of direct housing loans and medical care from the Department of Veterans Affairs for Native Hawaiians.
Title: National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024 / A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the longstanding use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.
Title: Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2024 / A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Crow Revenue Act / A bill to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, and for other purposes.
Title: Strengthening Tribal Families Act of 2024 / A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to support State implementation of Federal standards established under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
Title: Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / A bill to approve the settlement of water rights claims of Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System, to restore the Bosque on Pueblo Land in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act / A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the right of members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States and First Nations individuals in Canada to cross the borders of the United States.
Title: Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / A bill to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / A bill to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System in the State of New Mexico, to protect the Zuni Salt Lake, and for other purposes.
Title: Fire Management Assistance Grants for Tribal Governments Act / A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow Indian tribal governments to directly request fire management assistance declarations and grants, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Yavapai-Apache Nation in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act / A bill to amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction.
Title: Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act / A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, and for other purposes.
Title: Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act / A bill to amend the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to modify the program for Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native culture and arts development, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Employment and Training Support Act / A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act regarding Native American programs.
Title: Navajo Nation Rio San José Stream System Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / A bill to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Navajo Nation in the Rio San Jose Stream System in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Title: Sáttítla National Monument Establishment Act / A bill to establish the Sattitla National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Heritage and American Bison, Grizzly Bear, and Wolf Restoration and Coexistence Act / A bill to support Tribal co-stewardship, restore and protect bison, grizzly bear, and wolf populations, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationships of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan as a federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: ARTIST Act / Alaska’s Right To Ivory Sales and Tradition Act / A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Tonto Apache Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide Tribal courts and law enforcement with more tools to combat the opioid epidemic.
Title: A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the Quapaw Nation and certain members of the Quapaw Nation in accordance with the recommendation of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 with respect to the Department of Energy Tribal loan guarantee program, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to ensure progress toward the fulfillment by the Federal Government of its trust and treaty obligations to Native Americans and Tribal governments, 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: 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: 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: 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: Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act / To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to modify the treatment of revenue from timber sale contracts and certain payments made by counties to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior under good neighbor agreements, 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: 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 Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants for fiscal year 2024.
Title: To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Environmental 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 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: Mono Lake Kutzadikaa Tribe Recognition Act / 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 make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of title 25, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Title: Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023 / 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: To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes.
Title: Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023 / To amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal HUD–VASH Act of 2023 / To provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans, and for other purposes.
Title: WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act / To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other purposes.
Title: Energy Opportunities for All Act / To nullify Public Land Order No. 7923, withdrawing certain land in San Juan County, New Mexico, from mineral entry.
Title: American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Tribal Voter Identification Act / To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the District of Columbia to accept a current and valid photo identification of an individual which is issued by a Tribal Government for the purposes of registering to vote and voting in a District of Columbia election, and for other purposes.
Title: Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act / To amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian communities, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2023 / To provide access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water on Tribal lands, and for other purposes.
Title: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act / To provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2023 / To amend the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
Title: To extend Federal recognition to the Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians of South Carolina, and for other purposes.
Title: Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023 / To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes.
Title: Rural Economic-development Assistance and Consultation to Help Our Tribes Act / To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a budgetary Tribal Government consultation process at the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Title: Parity for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act / To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend education grant programs for Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, and for other purposes.
Title: Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe of North Carolina Act / To extend the full measure of the Federal government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Haliwa Saponi Tribe of North Carolina.
Title: Strengthening the Office of Tribal Relations Act of 2023 / To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Tribal Relations, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Connect Act of 2023 / To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve access by Indian Tribes to support from universal service programs of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Conservation Priorities Inclusion Act / To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to include Indian Tribes in certain provisions relating to priority resource concerns.
Title: Native American Health Savings Improvement Act / To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts.
Title: Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act / To extend Federal recognition to the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia, and for other purposes.
Title: Chuckwalla National Monument Establishment and Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2023 / To provide for the protection of natural and cultural resources, Tribal collaborative management, sustainable economic development, enhanced recreation, and equitable access on Federal lands in eastern Imperial and Riverside counties, California, and for other purposes.
Title: Parity for Tribal Educators Act / To provide that employees of tribally controlled schools are eligible to receive a pension under the Federal Employees Retirement System and to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other purposes.
Title: Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians Restoration Act of 2023 / To reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationships of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan as a federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act / To designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday and replace the term "Columbus Day" with the term "Indigenous Peoples' Day", and for other purposes.
Title: To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Burial Sites and Cultural Resources Protection Act / To require the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to protect Native American burial sites, village sites, and cultural resources discovered at Corps of Engineers civil works projects in the Sacramento River watershed, and for other purposes.
Title: Mount Blue Sky Wilderness Act / To redesignate the Mount Evans Wilderness as the "Mount Blue Sky Wilderness", and for other purposes.
Title: SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2023 / To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out supplemental nutrition assistance programs.
Title: America’s College Promise Act of 2023 / To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish grants for tuition-free community colleges, student success grants, and grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act / To establish the Tribal Cultural Areas System, and for other purposes.
Title: Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act / To protect Native cultural sites located on Federal land, to improve consultation with Indian Tribes, to bring parity to Indian Tribes with regard to Federal public land management laws, and for other purposes.
Title: Poarch Band of Creek Indians Lands Act / To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and for other purposes.
Title: Indian Buffalo Management Act / To assist Tribal governments in the management of buffalo and buffalo habitat and the reestablishment of buffalo on Indian land.
Title: Wy’East Tribal Resources Restoration Act / To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, and for other purposes.
Title: Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act / To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023 / To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other purposes.
Title: Urban Indian Health Parity Act / To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require a Federal medical assistance percentage of 100 percent for urban Indian organizations, and for other purposes.
Title: Tigertail Historical Tree Island Repatriation Act of 2023 / To realign L-29 at full Federal expense for the Miccosukee Tribe to expand the area for the Tigertail camp, which is a residential area.
Title: Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act / To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, to amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund, and for other purposes.
Title: To reaffirm the applicability of the Act of June 18, 1934, to the Samish Indian Nation, and for other purposes.
Title: Gabrielino/Tongva Nation Recognition Act of 2023 / To extend the Federal recognition to the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2024 / To reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
Title: To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act / To establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Title: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024 / To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
Title: NACIE Improvement Act / National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act / 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: Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / To achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights in the State of Montana for the Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to allow an Indian Tribe to request CFIUS review of certain transactions between the Indian Tribe and foreign persons, and for other purposes.
Title: Protecting Native Americans’ Credit Act of 2024 / To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of Native Americans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.
Title: Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2024 / To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to address liability for payment of charges or costs associated with provision of purchased/referred care services, and for other purposes.
Title: United Houma Recognition Act of 2024 / To extend Federal recognition to the United Houma Nation, and for other purposes.
Title: GSA Disposal Process Tribal Parity Act of 2024 / To amend title 40, United States Code, to include Indian Tribes among entities that may receive Federal surplus real property for certain purposes, and for other purposes.
Title: Udall Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2024 / To reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
Title: Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension and Fulfillment Act of 2024 / To make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act / To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the right of members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States and First Nations individuals in Canada to cross the borders of the United States and to be considered lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
Title: Tribal Community Protection Act of 2024 / To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to certain grants authorized for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
Title: TERRA Act / Tribal Environmental Resiliency Resources Act / To authorize the integration and administrative streamlining of Federal funding for Indian Tribes that have reservations, other Tribal lands, or ways of life at risk due to environmental impacts and natural disasters, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2024 / To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat Indian Tribal Governments in the same manner as State governments for certain Federal tax purposes, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Adoption Parity Act / 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: To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 with respect to cost sharing provisions for the territories and Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Buy Indian Act to include the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Title: CSFP Tribal Nutrition Sovereignty Act / To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a demonstration project to allow Tribal entities to purchase agricultural commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Climate Health Assurance Act of 2024 / To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to implement the Climate Ready Tribes Initiative
Title: National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024 / To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.
Title: Parity for Native Hawaiian Veterans Act of 2024 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of direct housing loans and medical care from the Department of Veterans Affairs for Native Hawaiians.
Title: Strengthening Tribal Families Act of 2024 / To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to support State implementation of Federal standards established under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
Title: Fix Our Forests Act / To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.
Title: Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Courts Support Act / To expedite new Tribal court assessments and base support funding, and for other purposes.
Title: Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / To approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Child Welfare Support Act / To set aside funds for payments to Indian tribes and tribal consortia under subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act.
Title: To establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund to satisfy the obligations of the United States with respect to certain Indian water rights settlements, and for other purposes.
Title: Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Improving Tribal Cultural Training for Providers Act of 2024 / To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to ensure that certain employees, providers, and volunteers associated with the Indian Health Service receive educational training in the history and culture of the Tribes served by such persons, and for other purposes.
Title: Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 / To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System in the State of New Mexico, to protect the Zuni Salt Lake, and for other purposes.
Title: Crow Revenue Act / To take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, and for other purposes.
Title: Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2024 / To amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: IHS Provider Integrity Act / To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to ensure that, whenever the Indian Health Service undertakes an investigation into the professional conduct of a licensee of a State, the Service notifies the relevant State medical board, and for other purposes.
Title: Uniform Credentials for IHS Providers Act of 2024 / To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act for the development and implementation of a centralized system to credential licensed health professionals who seek to provide health care services at any Indian Health Service unit.
Title: Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2024 / To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, improve health services, and for other purposes.
Title: Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act / To amend the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act.
Title: Fire Management Assistance Grants for Tribal Governments Act / To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow Indian Tribal Governments to directly request fire management assistance declarations and grants, and for other purposes.
Title: Telehealth Access for Tribal Communities Act of 2024 / To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program for telehealth services furnished by Indian health programs.
Title: PROTECT Act of 2024 / To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide Tribal courts and law enforcement with more tools to combat the opioid epidemic.
Title: Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act / To take certain lands in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, and for other purposes.
Title: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act / To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act / To extend Federal recognition to the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Virginia, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Heritage and American Bison, Grizzly Bear, and Wolf Restoration and Coexistence Act / To support Tribal co-stewardship, restore and protect bison, grizzly bear, and wolf populations, and for other purposes.
Title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the benefit of the San Felipe Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Seeds Act of 2024 / To assist Indian Tribes in protecting Native American seeds.
Title: To permanently extend the first right of refusal for the purchase of Tribal assets, and for other purposes.
Title: IHS Provider Expansion Act / To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish within the Indian Health Service an Office of Graduate Medical Education Programs, and for other purposes.
Title: Oregon Owyhee Wilderness and Community Protection Act / To provide for the establishment of a grazing management program on Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize the Bay Mills Indian Community of the State of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.
Title: Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act / To extend Federal recognition to the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, and for other purposes.
Title: To provide Members of Congress lawful access to certain Indian land to assess the security of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico located on that Indian land, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to administratively transfer covered parcels of National Forest System land to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the benefit of Indian Tribes.
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: A resolution recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and affirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access.
Title: A resolution commemorating the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.
Title: A resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Boldt decision of 1974.
Title: Designating Northwest Coast Art as a rare and valuable national treasure.
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.
Title: Calling on the Secretary of Education to work with stakeholders to immediately eliminate race-based Native logos, mascots, and names from State educational institutions, and calling on State educational institutions and national sports franchises to cease the unsanctioned use of such logos, mascots, and names.
Title: Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.
Title: Recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.
Title: Recognizing the importance of Tribal colleges and universities to the United States and expressing support for designating the week beginning February 5, 2024, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".
Title: Supporting the designation of February 2024 as "Hawaiian Language Month" or "'Olelo Hawai'i Month".
Title: Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2024, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".
Title: Recognizing the week of September 30th as "National Orange Shirt Week" or "National Week of Remembrance", which aims to honor those who were forced to attend Indian boarding schools, and to recognize the experience of Indian boarding school victims and survivors.
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