The bill title is listed with the author. The first date given in the next
line is the bills date of introduction, the next date is the date of last
activity. The date under the number of co-sponsors is the last date for a
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HOUSE BILLS
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H.J.RES.271 Rep Faleomavaega
A joint resolution designating November of each year as "National American
Indian Heritage Month".
Revised: 11/02/93 - Novembers of 1993 and 1994 only.
09/30/93 11/02/93 - Passed House (Amended) by voice vote
11/04/93 - Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to
the Committee on Judiciary.
Cosponsors: 235 10/28/93
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H.CON.RES.165 Rep Porter
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the
International Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
10/14/93 01/21/94 - Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs
Cosponsors: 2 10/14/93
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HR.230 Rep LaRocco
A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to enhance the authority
of States and Indian tribes to disapprove the provision by the Secretary of
Energy of interim storage capacity for civilian spent nuclear fuel.
01/05/93 01/28/93 Subcommittee on Energy and power
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HR.334 Rep Rose
A bill to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians
of North Carolina.
01/05/93 10/28/93 Passed House
11/02/93 Read the first time in Senate
Cosponsors: 18 04/22/93
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H.AMDT.374 Rep Thomas, C. (WY)
An Amendment in the nature of a substitute which would allow the Lumbee
Indian Tribe of North Carolina to apply for federal tribal recognition with
the Department of the Interior through expedited procedures. The amendment
would NOT grant federal tribal status to the Lumbee tribe legislatively, as
the bill would do.
10/28/93 - Amendment failed by recorded vote: 178 - 238 (Roll no. 537).
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H.RES.286 Rep Hall, T.
A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (HR.334) to provide for
the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians of North Carolina.
10/27/93 10/28/93 - Agreed to in House by voice vote
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HR.444 Rep LaRocco, et al.
A bill for the relief of the heirs and assigns of Hattie Davis Rogers of the
Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho.
01/05/93 02/10/93 - Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental
Relations.
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HR.478 Rep Richardson
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against
income tax for severance taxes and personal property taxes paid to an Indian
tribal government.
01/06/93 01/06/93 House Committee on Ways and Means.
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HR.510 Rep Gilman
A bill to protect indigenous people throught the world.
01/21/93 02/11/93 - Subcommittee on International Security, International
Organizations and Human Rights
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HR.564 Rep Hunter
A bill to authorize leases for 99-year terms on the Viejas Indian Reservation
01/25/93 02/18/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
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HR.722 Rep Kyl
A bill to provide Indian education assistance to carry out the purposes of
title IV of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988, Public Law 100-696,
and to provide for reimbursement to the Treasury by certain private parties.
02/02/93 02/19/93 - Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational
Education
Cosponsor: 1 02/02/93
See S.260
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HR.734 Rep Pastor
A bill to amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the extension of
certain Federal benefits, services, and assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians
of Arizona.
02/02/93 08/02/93 - Passed House by voice vode.
04/13/94 - Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, ordered to be reported
with an amendmen favorably.
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HR.878 Rep Upton
A bill to restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
02/04/93 11/08/93 - House Natural Resources
Cosponsors: 7 10/20/93
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HR.923 Rep Callahan
A bill to provide federal recognition of the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians
of Alabama.
02/17/93 03/02/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsors: 2 09/23/93
See S.282 and HR.3605
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HR.1028 Rep Torres
A Bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
02/23/93 03/18/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsors: 4 05/05/93
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HR.1261 Rep Machtley
A bill to prohibit any type of class III gaming on Indian lands within
a state except for the type of class III gaming specifically allowed by
that state.
03/09/93 03/18/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
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HR.1267 Rep Richardson
A bill to grant state status to Indian tribes for purposes of
enforcement of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
03/09/93 03/22/93 - Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials
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HR.1268 Rep Richardson
A bill to assist the development of tribal judicial systems Indian Tribal
Justice Act)
03/09/93 12/03/93 - Public Law 103-176
See S.521
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HR.1325 Rep Richardson
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for
Indian Investment and employment
03/11/93 06/22/93 - Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures hearings held
Cosponsors: 3 07/13/93
See S.211
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HR.1425 Rep Richardson
A bill to improve the management, productivity, and use of Indian agricultural
lands and resources.
03/18/93 12/03/93 - Public Law 103-177
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HR.1426 Rep Richardson
A bill to provide for the maintenance of dams located on Indian lands by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs or through contracts with Indian Tribes.
03/18/93 09/22/93 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote
House Committee on Natural Resources
See S.442
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HR.1624 Rep Hoagland
A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
04/01/93 04/27/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsors: 10 08/05/93
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HR.1789 Rep McDermott
A bill to provide for the tax treatment of certain distributions made by
Alaska Native Corporations.
04/21/93 04/21/93 - House Committee on Ways and Means
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HR.1846 Rep Synar
A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to pay interest on Indian
funds invested, to authorize demonstrations of new approaches for the
management of Indian trust funds, to clarify the trust responsibility of the
United States with respect to Indians in the management of trust funds,
to account for daily and annual balances on and to require periodic statements
for Indian trust funds, and for other purposes.
04/22/93 06/02/93 Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
See S.925
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HR.1953 Rep Machtley
A bill to prohibit any type of class III gaming on Indian lands within a
state except for the type of class III gaming specifically allowed by the
state.
05/03/93 06/15/93 Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
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HR.2135 Rep Thomas, C.
A bill to provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial.
05/17/93 04/13/94 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee
(House Administration) by voice vote.
Cosponsors: 100 03/23/94
See S.293
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HR.2277 Rep Miller, G.
A bill to provide grants to States and Indian tribes to provide payments for
labor and related costs associated with the repair and rehabilitation of
elementary school, secondary school, and Indian tribal school facilities.
05/26/93 06/15/93 - Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational
Education
Cosponsors: 21 02/03/94
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HR.2287 Rep Torricelli
A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
05/26/93 07/06/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsors: 17 01/26/94
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HR.2366 Rep Baker, R.
A bill to confirm the Federal relationship with the Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians of Louisiana.
06/10/93 11/08/93 - House Natural Resources
Cosponsors: 5 06/15/93
See S.1078
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HR.2376 Rep Kildee
A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationships of the Little Traverse
Bay Bands of Odawa Indians the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians as distinct
federally recognized Indian tribes.
06/10/93 11/08/93 - House Natural Resources
Cosponsors: 3 09/29/93
See S.1357
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HR.2399 Rep Derrick
A bill to provide for the settlement of land claims of the Catawba Tribe of
Indians in the State of South Carolina and the restoration of the Federal
trust relationship with the Tribe.
06/10/93 10/27/93 - Public Law No: 103-116
See S.1156
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HR.2435 Rep Johnson, T.
A bill to authorize the establishment of the Wounded Knee National Memorial
Park and the Wounded Knee National Memorial in the State of South Dakota.
06/16/93 07/06/93 - Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
See S.278
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HR.2489 Rep Skeen
A bill to confer jurisdiction on the United States Claim Court with respect
to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.
06/22/93 06/22/93 - House Committee on Judiciary
Cosponsor: 1 06/22/93
See S.1422
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HR.2514 Rep Stump
A bill to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona.
06/23/93 11/18/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
See S.1146
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HR.2549 Rep Faleomavaega
A bill to establish administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition
to certain Indian groups.
06/29/93 08/06/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsor: 1 06/29/93
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HR.2638 Rep Maloney
A bill to designate certain public lands in the States of Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers,
national park and preserve and study areas, wild land recovery areas, and
biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes.
07/14/93 08/06/93 - Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
04/12/94 - Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cosponsors: 53 03/17/94
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HR.2678 Rep Thomas, C.
A bill to restrict the implementation of proposals of the Task Force on
Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization.
07/20/93 09/16/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsors: 3 07/20/93
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HR.2768 Rep Coleman, R.
A bill to ratify the transfer of a parcel of land by the Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo of Texas.
07/28/93 09/16/93 - subsommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
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HR.2874 Rep Richardson
A bill to improve the management of Indian fish and wildlife resources on
Indian lands.
08/04/93 11/08/93 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs hearings held.
Cosponsor: 1 10/13/93
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HR.3051 Rep Brewster
A bill to provide that certain property located in the State of Oklahoma
owned by an Indian housing authority for the purpose of providing low-income
housing shall be treated as Federal property under the Act of September 30,1950
(Public Law 874, 81st Congress).
09/13/93 10/08/93 - Public Law 103-102
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HR.3187 Rep Young, D.
A bill to amend the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act to increase
authorization for appropriation to compensate Aleut villages for church
property lost, damaged, or destroyed during World War II.
09/29/93 12/08/93 - Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental
Relations.
See S.1457
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HR.3189 Rep Young, D.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a charitable
contribution deduction for certain expenses incurred by whaling captains in
support of Native Alaskan subsistence whaling.
09/29/93 09/29/93 - House Committee on Ways and Means
See S.1561
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HR.3204 Rep Richardson
A bill to transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.
09/30/93 11/15/93 - Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
01/31/94 - Executive Comment Requested from Interior
See S.1509
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HR.3384 Rep Kyl
A bill to repeal certain provisions of law relating to trading with Indians.
10/27/93 12/08/93 - Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental
Relations.
Cosponsor: 1 10/27/93
See S.1501
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HR.3437 Rep Thomas, C.
A bill to prohibit agreements negotiated between Indian tribes and States to
settle disputes involving lands or water rights which require the appropriation
of funds by the United States Congress from taking effect unless
representatives of the Secretary of the Interior participate in the
negotiations and the United States is represented.
11/03/93 01/21/94 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsors: 5 11/03/93
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HR.3469 Rep Thomas, C.
A bill to provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition
of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties.
11/08/93 01/21/94 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsors: 2 11/08/93
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HR.3508 Rep Richardson
A bill to provide for tribal self-governance
11/15/93 04/26/94 - Forwarded (amended) to House Natural Resources
Cosponsors: 4 04/13/94
See S.1618
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HR.3605 A bill to provide Federal recognition of the Mowa Band of Choctaw
Indians of Alabama.
11/21/93 01/21/94 - Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsor: 1 02/24/94
See HR.923 S.282
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HR.3613 Rep Young, D.
A bill entitled "The Kenai Natives Assiciation Equity Act."
11/21/93 01/21/94 - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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HR.3710 Rep Vento
A bill to strengthen the protections afforded to units of the National Park
System and certain other nationally significant historic and natural places.
11/22/93 01/21/94 - Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
01/31/94 - Executive Comment requested from Interior
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HR.3783 Rep Richardson
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a comprehensive
program for the prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
02/02/94 02/24/94 - Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
Cosponsors: 18 03/24/94
See S.1821
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HR.3869 Rep Waxman
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs
relating to the health of individuals who are members of minority groups.
(Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act)
02/11/94 02/11/94 - House Committee on Energy and Commerce
02/23/94 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cosponsors: 18 03/23/94
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HR.3888 A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to improve the
programs for public and Indian Housing.
02/23/94 03/02/94 - Subcommittee on Housingand Community Development.
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HR.3954 Rep Johnson, T
A bill to expand the Mini Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project.
03/03/94 03/03/94 - House Committee on Natural Resources.
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HR.3969 Rep Boehner
A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to
provide State, Federal, and Tribal agencies with sufficient time to implement
certain pesticide safety training programs.
03/08/94 03/10/94 - Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition
Executive Comment requested from USDA
Cosponsors: 63 03/17/94
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HR.4025 Rep Scott
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the cohort default
rate exemption for historically Black Colleges, tribally controlled community
colleges, and Navajo community colleges.
03/11/94 03/23/94 - House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education and Training
Cosponsors: 47 04/12/94
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HR.4119 Rep Kopetski
A bill to declare that certain public domain lands are held in trust for the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon.
03/23/94 03/23/94 - House Committee on Natural Resources.
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HR.4155 Rep Richardson
A bill to provide for the management of Federal lands in a manner that does
not undermine or frustrate traditional Native American religions or religious
practices.
03/24/94 03/24/94 - House Committee on Natural Resources
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HR.4162 Rep Richardson
A bill to grant authority to provide social services block grants directly to
Indian tribes.
03/24/94 03/24/94 - House Committee on Ways and Means
Cosponsors: 3 03/24/94
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HR.4180 Rep Thomas, C.
A bill to prohibit the withdrawal of acknowledgement or recognition of an
Indian tribe or Alaska Native group or of the leaders of an Indian tribe or
Alaska Native group, absent an Act of Congress.
04/12/94 04/12/94 - House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cosponsors: 3 04/12/94
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HR.4228 Rep Miller, G.
A bill to extend Federal recognition to the United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California.
04/14/94 04/14/94 - House Committee on Natural Resources
Cosponsors: 2 04/14/94
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HR.4229 Rep Richardson
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to enable Indian tribes to
enforce provisions of the Act relating to leaking underground storage tanks on
Indian lands.
04/14/94 04/14/94 - House Committee on Ways & Means
House Committee on energy & Commerce
Cosponsor: 1 04/14/94
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HR.4230 Rep Richardson
A bill to amend the American Indian Religious Freedom Act to provide for the
traditional use of peyote by Indians for religious purposes.
04/14/94 04/14/94 - House Committee on Natural Resources
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HR.4231 Rep Richardson
A bill to prohibit regulations that classify, enhance, or diminish the
privileges and immunities of an Indian tribe relative to other federally
recognized Indian tribes.
04/14/94 04/26/94 - Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held and
Forwarded to Full Committee by Voice Vote Prior to
Referral by the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs.
Cosponsor: 1 04/14/94
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HR.4232 Rep Stupak
A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band
as a distince federally recognized Indian Tribe
04/14/94 04/14/94 - House Committee on Natural Resources
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SENATE BILLS
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S.AMDT.875 Sen Reid
Amendment to S.1298 (Appropriations) to prohibit military activities in
airspace of the Duck Valley Reservation of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes,
Nevada/Idaho, and to prohibit the establishment of the Idaho Training
Range, Mountain Air Force Base Idaho.
09/13/93 09/13/93 - Agreed to in Senate by voice vote
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S.AMDT.876 Sen Kempthorne
Amendment to S.1298 to provide for a study of the effects of Air Force
activities on the Duck Valley Reservation of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes.
09/13/93 09/13/93 - Agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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S.AMDT.1569 Sen Binbaman
Amendment to S.CON.RES.63 to express the sense of Congress regarding health
service delivery and water infrastructure in the Indian Health Service.
03/24/94 03/24/94 - Agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote
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S.AMDT.1621 Sen Inouye
Amendment to S.21 to protect Indian tribal lands
04/12/94 04/12/94 - Agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote
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S.CON.RES.44 Sen Akaka
A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress concerning the
International Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
09/24/93 11/20/93 - Resolution agrees to in Senate with amendments and with
a preamble by Voice Vote.
11/23/93 - Resolution Agreed to in House by voice vote.
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S.162 Sen Daschle
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to
receive charitable contributions of inventory.
01/21/93 01/21/93 - Committee on Finance
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S.211 Sen McCain
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for
Indian investment and employment.
01/26/93 01/26/93 - Committee on Finance
Cosponsors: 15 01/26/93
See HR.1325
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S.260 Sen McCain
A bill to provide Indian education assistance to carry out the purposes of
title IV of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988, Public Law 100-696,
to provide for reimbursement to the Treasury by certain private parties.
01/28/93 01/28/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs
See HR.722
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S.278 Sen Daschle
A bill to authorize the establishment of the Chief Big Foot National Memorial
Park and the Wounded Knee National Memorial in the State of South Dakota.
02/02/93 07/29/93 - Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Hearings held.
Cosponsors: 3 02/02/93
See HR.2435
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S.282 Sen Shelby
A bill to provide Federal recognition of the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of
Alabama.
02/03/93 03/10/94 - Passed Senate without Amendment by voice vote.
See HR.923 HR.3605
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S.284 Sen Pressler
An Act to extend the suspended implementation of certain requirements of the
food stamp program on Indian reservations.
02/03/93 04/01/93 - Public Law 103-11
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S.293 Sen McCain
A bill to provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial.
02/03/93 11/23/93 - Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Calendar No. 336.
Cosponsors: 9 04/02/93
See HR.2135
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S.310 Sen Domenici
A bill to amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture
Archaelogical Protection Sites.
02/04/93 07/21/93 - Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
09/30/93 - Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior
Cosponsor: 1 02/04/93
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S.353 Sen Stevens
A bill to provide Alaska Native Corporations, through an election process,
standing to contest the disallowance of certain tax losses by the Internal
Revenue Service if the purchasers of the losses agree; and to offset any
associated revenue losses by increasing the interest rate on certain related
tax deficiencies.
02/04/93 02/04/93 - Committee on Finance
Cosponsor: 1 10/05/93
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S.391 Sen McCain
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat for unemployment
compensation purposes Indian tribal governments the same as State or local
units of government or as nonprofit organizations.
02/18/93 02/18/93 - Committee on Finance
Cosponsor: 2 03/10/93
See HR.1382
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S.410 Sen Daschle
A bill to establish within the Bureau of Indian Affairs a program to improve
the management of rangelands and farmlands and the production of agricultural
resources on Indian lands.
02/18/93 02/18/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs
Cosponsors: 7 06/09/93
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S.442 Sen Bingaman
A bill to provide for the maintenance of dams located on Indian lands by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs or through contracts with Indian tribes.
02/25/93 07/20/93 - Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote
See HR.1426
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S.521 Sen McCain
A bill to assist the development of tribal judicial systems.
03/05/93 11/20/93 - White House.
See HR.1268
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S.576 Sen Daschle
A bill to provide that a portion of the income derived from trust or
restricted land held by an individual Indian shall not be considered as a
resource or imcome in determining eligibility for assistance under any Federal
or federally assisted program.
03/11/93 03/11/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs
Cosponsors: 8 03/11/93
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S.615 Sen McCain
A bill to enable Indian tribal governments to provide facilities necessary to
carry out essential governmental functions.
03/18/93 03/18/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs
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S.654 Sen McCain
A bill to amend the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of
1992 to extend the authorization of appropriations.
03/25/93 11/24/93 - Public Law 103-155
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S.720 Sen McCain
A bill to clean up open dumps on Indian lands.
04/01/93 04/25/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs, reported to Senate by
Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute. With written report No. 103-253.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Calendar No 417.
Cosponsors: 3 11/05/93
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S.853 Sen Baucus
A bill entitled the "Badger-Two Medicine Protection Act".
04/29/93 04/30/93 - Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
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S.925 Sen Inouye
A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to pay interest on Indian
funds invested, to authorize demonstrations of new approaches for the
management of Indian trust funds, to clarify the trust responsibility of the
United States with respect to Indians, to establish a program for the training
and recruitment of Indians in the management of trust funds, to account for
daily and annual balances on and to require periodic statements for Indian
trust funds.
05/07/93 07/22/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Cosponsors: 8 06/23/93
See HR.1846
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S.982 Sen McCain
A bill to extend the purposes of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
to include American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives.
05/18/93 05/18/93 - Committee on Foreign Relations
Cosponsors: 3 07/21/93
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S.1021 Sen Inouye
A bill to assure religious freedom to Native Americans.
Native American Free Exercise of Religion Act of 1993 (NAFERA).
05/25/93 03/23/94 - committee on Indian Affairs hearings held.
Cosponsors: 10 03/24/903/24/94
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S.1035 Sen Reid
A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
05/26/93 05/26/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs
Cosponsors: 3 05/26/93
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S.1059 Sen Stevens
A bill to include Alaska Natives in a program for Native culture and arts
development.
05/28/93 11/20/93 - Passed Senate with an amendment by voice vote.
12/22/93 - House Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
Cosponsor: 1 05/28/93
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S.1066 Sen Riegle
A bill to restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.
05/28/93 04/13/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs ordered to be reported without
amendment favorably.
Cosponsor: 1 05/28/93
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S.1078 Sen Johnston
A bill to confirm the Federal relationship with the Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians of Louisiana.
06/07/93 08/05/93 - Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
See HR.2366
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S.1121 Sen Inouye
A bill to establish the National Indian Research Institute
06/16/93 08/24/93 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General
Orders. Calendar No. 186.
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S.1146 Sen McCain
A bill to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona.
06/23/93 03/22/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs report 103-239. Placed on
Senate legislative calendar no 392.
See HR.2514
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S.1149 Sen Domenici
A bill to establish in the Department of the Interior the Office of Indian
Women and Families.
06/23/93 06/23/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs
Cosponsor: 5 04/26/94
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S.1156 Sen Hollings
A bill to provide for the settlement of land claims of the Catawba Tribe of
Indians in the State of South Carolina and the restoration of Federal trust
relationship with the tribe.
06/24/93 08/06/93 - Passed Senate with an amendment by voice vote
Cosponsor: 1 06/24/93
See HR.2399
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S.1121 Sen Inouye
A bill to establish the National Indian Research Institute
06/16/93 08/24/93 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General
Orders. Calendar No. 186.
Cosponsors: 5 06/16/93
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S.1216 Sen Baucus
A bill to resolve the 107th Meridian boundry dispute between the Crow Indian
Tribe, the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe, and the United States and various
other issues pertaining to the Crow Indian Reservation.
07/13/93 04/13/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs date of scheduled consideration
SR-485 9:30am
Cosponsor: 1 07/13/93
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S.1235 Sen McCain
A bill to provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments under
section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
07/15/93 07/15/93 - Committee on Finance
Cosponsors: 3 07/15/93
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S.1335 Sen Kohl, et al.
A bill for the relief of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
07/30/93 08/06/93 - Passed Senate without amentment by Voice Vote
09/20/93 - Senate vitiated (reversed) previous passage -
Senate Judiciary Committee
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S.1345 Sen Bingaman
A bill to provide land-grant status for tribally controlled community
colleges, tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions, the
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute, and Haskell Indian Junior College.
08/03/93 11/19/93 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders
Calendar No. 321.
Cosponsors: 11 03/01/94
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S.1357 Sen Levin
A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationships of the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians as distinct federally recognized Indian Tribes.
08/04/93 04/13/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs, ordered to be reported
without amendment favorably.
Cosponsor: 1 08/04/93
See HR.2376
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S.1410 Sen Inouye (by req.)
A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
08/06/93 08/06/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs
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S.1422 Sen Bingaman
A bill to confer jurisdiction on the United States Claims Court with respect
to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.
08/06/93 08/16/93 - Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.
Cosponsor: 1 08/06/93
See HR.2489
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S.1457 Sen Stevens
A bill to amend the Aleutian and Pribilof Restitution Act to increase
authorization for appropriation to compensate Aleut villages for church
property lost, damaged, or destroyed during World War II.
09/14/93 11/20/93 - Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
See HR.3187
Cosponsor: 1 08/06/93
See HR.2489
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S.1501 Sen McCain
A bill to repeal certain provisions of law relating to trading with Indians.
09/29/93 11/20/93 - Passed Senate by Voice Vote
Cosponsors: 2 11/08/93
See HR.3384
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S.1509 Sen Domenici
A bill to transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.
09/30/93 04/21/94 - Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks hearings held
Cosponsor: 1 09/30/93
See HR.3204
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S.1526 Sen Inouye
A bill to improve the management of Indian fish and wildlife and gathering
resources.
10/07/93 04/26/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs ordered to be reported with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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S.1561 Sen Stevens
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a charitable
contribution deduction for certain expenses incurred by whaling capatins in
support of Native Alaskan subsistence whaling.
10/18/93 10/18/93 - Committee on Finance
Cosponsor: 1 10/18/93
See HR.3189
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S.1613 Sen Conrad
A bill to amend the Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Equitable Compensation Act.
11/02/93 11/03/93 - Passed without ammendment by Voice Vote
01/21/94 - House Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
Cosponsor: 1 11/02/93
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S.1618 Sen McCain
A bill to establish Tribal Self-Governance
11/04/93 11/24/93 - Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote
02/25/94 - House Subcommittee on Native American Affairs hearings
held with Executive Comment from Interior on 02/10/94.
Cosponsors: 8 11/23/93
See HR.3508
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S.1654 Sen Inouye
A bill to make certain technical corrections, water and land rights.
11/10/93 11/24/93 - Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
04/19/94 - Reported to House (amended) by House Committee on Natural
Resources, H. Rept. 103-479, Part I.
Called up by House under suspension of the rules.
Passed House (amended) by Yea-Nay vote 414-2 (Roll No 116).
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S.1686 Sen Murkowski
A bill to amend the Alaska Claims Settlement Act to settle claims
arising from the contamination of transferred lands.
11/19/93 11/19/93 - Committee on Indian Affairs
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S.1720 Sen Simon
A bill to establish the Gambling Impact Study Commission
11/19/93 11/19/93 - Committee on Governmental Affairs
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S.1757 Sen Mitchell (by req)
Clinton's Health Care Bill
11/20/93 11/20/93 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the
First Time.
Cosponsors: 29 11/20/93
See HR.3600
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S.1768 Sen Murkowski
A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
11/20/93 11/20/93 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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S.1784 Sen Murkowski
To restore the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska to
the Department of the Interior list of Indian entities recognized and eligible
to receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.
11/24/93 11/24/93 - Passed without amendment by voice vote.
02/25/94 - House Subcommittee on Native American Affairs hearings
held.
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S.1821 Sen Daschle
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a comprehensive
program for the prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
02/02/94 02/02/94 - Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Cosponsors: 13 02/02/94
See HR.3783
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S.1844 Sen McCain
A bill to transfer administrative consideration of applications for Federal
recognition of an Indian tribe to an independant commission.
02/10/94 02/10/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs.
Cosponsors: 2 02/10/94
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S.1876 Sen Inouye
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to grant State status to Indian
tribes for purposes of the enforcement of such Act.
02/25/94 02/25/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs
Cosponsor: 1 02/25/94
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S.1903 Sen Baucus
A bill to ratify a compact between the Assiniboine and Sioux Indian Tribes
of the Fort Peck Reservation and the State of Montana.
03/08/94 03/08/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs
Cosponsors: 2 03/08/94
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S.1936 Sen McCain
A bill to provide for the integrated management of Indian resources.
03/16/93 03/16/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs
Cosponsor: 1 03/16/94
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S.1946 Sen Inouye
A bill to provide for the repurchase of land taken by eminent domain, by
Native American organizations.
03/17/94 03/17/94 - Committee on Governmental Affairs.
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S.1958 Sen Murkowski
A bill to amend title 38 United States Code, to exclude certain payments
received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act from the determination
of annual income for purposes of eligibility for veterans pension.
03/22/94 03/22/94 - Committee on Veterans
Cosponsors: 2 03/22/94
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S.1960 Sen McCain
A bill to increase housing opportunities for Indians.
03/22/94 03/22/94 - Committee on Indian Affairs
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S.2004 Sen Bumpers
A bill to extend until July 1, 1998, the exemption from ineligibility based
on a high default rate for certain institutions of higher education.
03/25/94 04/19/94 - Presented to President Clinton.
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S.2036 Sen McCain
A bill to specify the terms of contracts entered into by the United States and
Indian tribal organizations unter the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act.
04/20/94 04/20/94 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
Cosponsor: 1 04/20/94
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