Passed Legislation (by date)
Title: A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.
Summary: This bill extends the deadline, from three years to five years, for the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children to submit its report to the President and Congress. The commission was established to conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children and to develop plans for federal policy related to Native children.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No. 117-41 on 9/24/2021.
Title: A bill to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.
Summary: This bill allows the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer its real property that is not held in trust by the United States.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-65 on 11/23/2021.
Title: STANDUP Act of 2021 / Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention Act of 2021
Summary: This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), when awarding certain grants for priority mental-health needs, to give preference to state, tribal, and local educational agencies that plan to implement evidence-based suicide awareness and prevention training policies. HHS may also consider suicide rates in the applicable jurisdiction and other factors when awarding the grants. In addition, HHS must coordinate with the Department of Education and the Department of the Interior to provide educational agencies with best practices for these training policies.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-100 on 3/15/2022.
Title: Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act
Summary: This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to purchase certain private land in Hemet, California, at fair market value and then construct a paved road on that land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center. The IHS shall maintain the road or enter an agreement with Riverside County, California, to maintain the road.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-161 on 7/29/2022.
Title: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021
Summary: This act prohibits the exportation of Native American cultural items and archaeological resources that were illegally obtained; provides for the return of such items, including voluntary returns; and establishes and increases related criminal penalties.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-258 on 12/21/2022.
Title: Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act
Summary: This act repeals the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act, which sets forth how funds credited to the Klamath Tribe must be distributed. The Department of the Interior must disburse to the tribe the balance of funds that were appropriated or deposited into per capita trust accounts and trust accounts for remaining legal fees and administration.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-261 on 12/21/2022.
Title: Don Young Alaska Native Health Care Land Transfers Act of 2022
Summary: This act directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey specified property in Alaska to certain nonprofit entities that support Alaska Native communities.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-266 on 12/27/2022.
Title: Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
Summary: This act directs the Department of the Interior to take the approximately 55.3 acres of land of the Blackwater Trading Post in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, if the community conveys to Interior all of its interest in the land. The land is made part of the community's reservation. Further, the act prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-267 on 12/27/2022.
Title: Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act
Summary: This act directs the Department of the Interior to take tribally owned lands in Pima County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Lands taken into trust shall be part of the Pascua Yaqui Reservation. The act allows gaming on the land taken into trust.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-275 on 12/27/2022.
Title: VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022 / A bill to make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
Summary: This act allows formula grants for tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions to be used to support women in Native Hawaiian communities in addition to women in tribal communities.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-315 on 12/27/2022.
Title: RESPECT Act / Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act
Summary: This act repeals certain provisions related to the treatment of Indians, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-317 on 12/27/2022.
Title: Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act / To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.
Summary: This act takes approximately 2,560 acres of specified lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Lands taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation. Further, the act prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-329 on 1/05/2023.
Title: Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2022 / A bill to establish a Native American language resource center in furtherance of the policy set forth in the Native American Languages Act.
Summary: This act authorizes the Department of Education to make a grant to or enter into a contract with an eligible entity (e.g., an institution of higher education) to establish, operate, and staff a Native American language resource center. The center must serve as a resource to improve the capacity to teach and learn Native American languages, further Native American language use and acquisition, and support the revitalization and reclamation of Native American languages.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-335 on 1/05/2023.
Title: Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022 / A bill to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes.
Summary: This act directs the President to review whether federal agencies are in compliance with requirements to promote the use of Native American languages and make recommendations to improve interagency coordination to support the use of these languages. It also requires the Administration for Native Americans to survey the use of Native American languages in the United States.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-337 on 1/05/2023.
Title: A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.
Summary: This act revises the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010, including by extending certain deadlines and establishing reporting requirements. (The quantification act approved the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Agreement, settling the tribe's water rights in Arizona. It authorized the design and construction of a rural water system to address the water infrastructure needs on the tribe's reservation.)
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-342 on 1/05/2023.
Title: Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act of 2022 / A bill to authorize the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into lease or exchange agreements and storage agreements relating to water of the Colorado River allocated to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Summary: This bill authorizes the Colorado River Indian tribes (CRIT) to enter into an agreement or option to lease or exchange a portion of the consumptive use of water to be used off the tribe's reservation if the use off the reservation is located in the Lower Basin of the Colorado River, Colorado.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-343 on 1/05/2023.
Title: To authorize the leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.
Summary: This act authorizes the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years. The tribe is located in western Washington State.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-346 on 1/05/2023.
Title: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022 / A bill to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes.
Summary: This act authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement negotiated between the tribe, the United States, Arizona, and others, thus satisfying the tribe's claims for groundwater and surface water rights to water in Arizona, including the Verde River, the Bill Williams River, and the Colorado River.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-349 on 1/05/2023.
Title: Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act / A bill to take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other purposes.
Summary: This act takes approximately 1,031 acres of specified lands in Siskiyou and Humboldt Counties, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe. Land taken into trust may be used for traditional and customary uses for the benefit of the tribe...Further, the act prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-353 on 1/05/2023.
Title: A bill to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes.
Summary: This act makes changes to the Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, which was established to increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians..
Latest Action: Became Public Law No: 117-359 on 1/05/2023.
Agreed To Resolutions
Title: A resolution designating the week beginning February 28, 2021, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".
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, 2021, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".
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 recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the lasting impact of that Act on the State of Alaska and Alaska Native people.
Title: A resolution designating the week beginning March 13, 2022, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".
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, 2022, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".
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 relating to the death of the Alan R. Parker, former Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.
Proposed Legislation (by topic)
Business & Economics
Title: Native American Entrepreneurial and Opportunity Act of 2021
Title: Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act of 2021
Title: Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021
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: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act
Title: Native American Direct Loan Improvement Act
Title: Tribal Energy Investment Act of 2022
Title: Tribal Connect Act of 2022
Title: A bill 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: Native CHamoru Equity Act / To provide for contracting with Native CHamoru Organizations, and for other purposes.
Title: State Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2021
Title: Tribal Economic Development Act of 2021
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: Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act of 2021
Title: Native Pacific Islanders of America Equity Act / To require the Governor of Guam to establish a database for verifying Native CHamoru ancestry, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Burial Sites and Cultural Resources Protection Act
Title: Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act
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Community Development
Title: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021
Title: State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021
Title: Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2021
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Education
Title: America’s College Promise Act of 2021
Title: NACIE Improvement Act / A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the National Advisory Council on Indian Education to include 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: Native American Education Opportunity Act
Title: Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act
Title: Diné College Act of 2022 / This bill authorizes Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona, to receive all federal funding and resources for its operation, improvement, and growth. Diné College serves the higher education needs of the Navajo people.
Title: NEST Act (Previously: To support the education of Indian children)
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Federal Indian Relations
Title: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Title: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
Title: Tribal Transportation Equity and Transparency Improvement Act of 2021
Title:
A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Assuring Regular Consultation To Have Indigenous Voices Effectively Solicited Act
Title: Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act of 2021
Title: A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.
Title: Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act
Title: Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act
Title: Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act of 2021
Title: A bill to amend title VI of the Social Security Act to extend the coverage of Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to Tribal Governments.
Title: SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2021
Title:
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2021
Title:
Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2021
Title: Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2021
Title: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act
Title: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act
Title: A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State and Tribal courts in order to allow the electronic service of certain court orders, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Adoption Parity Act
Title: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2022
Title: A bill to reaffirm actions taken by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of Indian Tribes, and for other purposes
Title: Secure Rural and Tribal Lands Act
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, to ensure funding for programs for Native Americans and Tribal governments, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to preserve Indian Tribes' and Native Hawaiian organizations' autonomy of access to spectrum over Tribal lands and expedite immediate deployment of telecommunications services for critical government services, including national emergencies, natural disasters, public health and bio-hazard threats, safety, education, opportunity to participate in the broadband economy, self-governance, access to Federal, State, and Tribal voting and elections, and the Federal census count, for the protection of life and property in furtherance of the Federal trust responsibility, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill amend title VI of the Social Security Act to allow States and local governments to use coronavirus relief funds provided under the American Rescue Plan Act for infrastructure projects, improve the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund, provide Tribal governments with more time to use Coronavirus Relief Fund payments, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Adoption Parity Act
Title: Native American Child Protection Act
Title: Green New Deals for Cities Act of 2021
Title: Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2021
Title: Cherokee Nation and Chickasaw Nation Criminal Jurisdiction Compacting Act of 2021
Title: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act
Title: Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Effective Consultation with Tribes Act
Title: Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2021
Title: Tribal Transportation Equity and Transparency Improvement Act of 2021
Title: Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act
Title: Removing Federal Barriers to Offering of Mobile Wagers on Indian Lands Act
Title:
Tax Fairness for Tribal Youth Act of 2021
Title: To sever United States Government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until such time as the Creek Nation of Oklahoma restores full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised in the October 6, 1979, Creek Nation vote and fulfills all its treaty obligations with the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Title: Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act of 2021
Title: Quapaw Tribal Landowner Settlement Act of 2021
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain tribal benefits and Alaska Permanent Fund dividends as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax.
Title: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2021
Title: Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act of 2021
Title: To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to extend the coverage of Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to Tribal Governments.
Title: Just Transition for Energy Communities Act
Title: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2021
Title: Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2021
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.
Title: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act
Title: SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2021
Title: To amend Section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, to include Tribal Governments and quasi-governmental entities, and for other purposes.
Title: To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to States and Indian tribes to support local resiliency offices, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other purposes.
Title: IHS Contract Support Cost Amendment Act
Title: Tribal Firearm Access Act.
Title: Kansas Indian Country Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2022.
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Health & Welfare
Title: A resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2022, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.
Title: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act
Title: Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2021
Title: Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act
Title: AI/AN CAPTA
Title: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to provide grants to States, territories, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and eligible Tribal entities to promote access to affordable, high-speed broadband and digital equity.
Title: Native Behavioral Health Access Improvement Act of 2021
Title: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2021
Title: Native American Child Protection Act of 2021
Title: National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act
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 or certain programs, and for other purposes.
Title: Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act
Title: CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act
Title: Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2022
Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to award grants to State, local, and Tribal governments to purchase and distribute anti-blood loss supplies for use in a medical emergency, and for other purposes.
Title: Urban Indian Health Confer Act
Title: Protecting Social Workers and Health Professionals from Workplace Violence Act
Title: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve nutrition in tribal areas, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to reauthorize and expand a grant program for State and Tribal response to opioid and stimulant use and misuse, and for other purposes
Title: 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: BADGES for Native Communities Act
Title: VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022
Title: A bill to provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans, and for other purposes.
Title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain improvements relating to mental health and suicide prevention outreach to minority veterans and American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, and for other purposes.
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to recognize the crisis of violence against Native women.
Title: Recognizing the maternal health crisis among Indigenous women in the United States, which includes American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women, recognizing the importance of reducing mortality and morbidity among Indigenous women, and calling for urgent Federal funding changes to ensure comprehensive, high-quality, and culturally competent maternal health and family planning services are available.
Title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.
Title: Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act
Title: Stopping the Mental Health Pandemic Act
Title: Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act
Title: American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act
Title: Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2021
Title: Urban Indian Health Parity Act
Title: Tribal Internet Expansion Act of 2021
Title: Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021
Title: Tribal Health Care Protection Fund Act
Title: Emergency Tribal Housing Assistance Act of 2021
Title: To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize additional funding for planning, design, construction, modernization, and renovation of hospitals and outpatient health care facilities.
Title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award grants to States, territories, political subdivisions of States and territories, Tribal governments, and consortia of Tribal governments to establish an unarmed 911 response program, and for other purposes.
Title: Improving Access to Indian Health Services Act
Title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.
Title: SURVIVE Act (Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act)
Title: Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act
Title: Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2021
Title: Native Behavioral Health Access Improvement Act of 2021
Title: Native Health and Wellness Act of 2021
Title: Tribal Healthcare Careers Act
Title: Tribal Family Fairness Act
Title: To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to expand the Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area for the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana to include Brazoria County and Harris County in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.
Title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to provide technical assistance to States and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes for the development of veteran suicide prevention activities, and for other purposes.
Title: Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act
Title: Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2022
Title: Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2022
Title: CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act
Title: Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act
Title: Strengthening Tribal Families Act - 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: Tribal COPS Act / To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to increase the capabilities of Tribal law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes
Title: To provide for the conveyance to the University of Alaska of certain public land in the State of Alaska, 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, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chilkoot National Historic Trail and to provide for a study of the Alaska Long Trail, and for other purposes.
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Lands & Natural Resources
Title: A resolution recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and Alaska Natives and confirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access.
Title: To authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Title: Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
Title: Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2021
Title:
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2021
Title: A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Title: Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2021
Title: Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2021
Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.
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: Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2021
Title: Alaska Native Vietnam Veteran Land Allotment Fulfillment Act of 2021
Title: Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act
Title:
Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2021
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: Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2021
Title: Indian Buffalo Management Act
Title: A bill 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: A bill 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: North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act
Title: Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act
Title: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2021
Title: Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
Title: Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act
Title: Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act
Title: Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act
Title: 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: Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022
Title: Pueblos of Jemez and Zia Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022
Title: Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022
Title: Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2022
Title: Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2022
Title: Pueblo Pintado Protection Act / A bill to correct the boundary of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Title: Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2022.
Title: Recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and Alaska Natives and confirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access.
Title: To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.
Title: Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act
Title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act
Title:
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act
Title: To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Title:
Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act
Title: Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act
Title: Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2021
Title: To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021
Title: Indian Buffalo Management Act
Title: Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act
Title: Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2021
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:
Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021
Title: Resilient Federal Forests Act
Title: Tribal Tourism Sovereignty Act
Title: Promoting Sustainable Energy Projects for Tribal Communities Act of 2021
Title: A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.
Title: Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act / To take certain Federal lands located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, 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: To make technical amendments to Public Law 93-531 relating to lands of the Navajo Nation, and for other purposes.
Title: Samish Indian Nation Land Reaffirmation Act
Title: WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
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: To authorize the leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.
Title: Yurok Lands Act of 2022 / To recognize tribal cooperation in the environmental review of proposed actions affecting the revised Yurok Reservation, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2022
Title: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022
Title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, to establish a program to facilitate coal mine reclamation and award grants to certain States and Indian Tribes to carry out coal mine reclamation, and for other purposes.
Title: Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act
Title: To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.
Title: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2022
Title: To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend the Claims Resolution Act to make a technical correction to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund, and for other purposes.
Title: Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2022.
Title: 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: Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation Act / To amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, to reduce the minimum blood quantum for successor lessees and applicants on the Application Waiting List, and for other purposes.
Title: Arizona Tribes Water Marketing Act of 2022 / To authorize Arizona Tribes to enter into lease or exchange agreements and storage agreements relating to their decreed water entitlements as a long-term source of water supply, and for other purposes.
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Tribal Recognition
Title: A resolution recognizing the commemorating Native Hawaiian Delegate Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole's lifelong advocacy on behalf of Hawai'i and the Native Hawaiian people on the 100th anniversary of his paramount congressional achievement-the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920.
Title: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act
Title: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act
Title: A bill to permit the Miami Nation of Indiana to apply for acknowledgement as a federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes
Title: MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act
Title: A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Incorporated, is recognized as a Village Corporation under that Act, and for other purposes.
Title: Waccamaw Indian Acknowledgement Act
Title: Pee Dee Indian Acknowledgement Act
Title: Lumbee Recognition Act
Title: Mono Lake Kutzadikaa Tribe Recognition Act
Title: To extend Federal recognition to the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina, and for other purposes.
Title: Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act
Title: To extend Federal recognition to the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
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General Native American Affairs
Title: Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act
Title: Native Histories and Cultures Education Act of 2022
Title: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that September 30 should be observed as a national day of remembrance for the Native American children who died while attending a United States Indian boarding school and recognizing, honoring, and supporting the survivors of Indian boarding schools, their families, and their communities.
Title: Expressing the Sense of Congress that the Eagle Staff shall be recognized as the first flag of the sovereign Native American Tribal nations and the first flag of the Americas, and to encourage programs promoting the cultural significance of the Eagle Staff.
Title: Recognizing that the land that is now known as the United States of America was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples known as Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives.
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: Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act
Title: Indigenous Peoples Exchange and Economic Cooperation Act
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