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Bill· SS. 1306 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement lands and other compensation pursuant to this Act.
Bill· SS. 1231 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2026
National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with respect to the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education (Foundation). Requires the Foundation Board to appoint a chief operating officer for the Foundation separate from the Secretary of the Interior (who currently acts as chief operating officer). Authorizes the Seceretary to provide funds to pay the operating expenses of the Foundation.
Bill· SS. 1483 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2026
Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 with respect to grants to tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions that are not receiving federal support under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 or the Navajo Community College Act to provide basic support for the education and training of Indian students. Revises the definition of "Indian student count" (essential to the formula for the determination of grant amounts).
Bill· SS. 1899 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to collect annually any information not otherwise reported relating to the number of child abuse allegations, investigations, prosecutions declined or deferred, and acquittals in Indian country. Directs the Secretary to study and identify any impediment to the reduction of child abuse in Indian country and on Indian reservations. Allows for forensic examinations without parental consent if local child protective services or local law enforcement officials have reason to believe that the child has been subject to abuse. Extends the authorization for the Indian child abuse treatment grant program. Revises requirements for Indian Child Resource and Family Services Centers. Extends the authorization for the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Program. Provides for the use of telemedicine to diagnose and treat child abuse.
Bill· SS. 1003 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026
Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Amendments of 2005 - Amends Federal Indian law with respect to the Navajo-Hopi land settlement, including: (1) division of land; (2) joint ownership of minerals; (3) actions in District Court; (4) Paiute Indian allottments; (5) partitioned and other designated land; (6) resettlement land for Navajo Tribe; (7) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (8) relocation of households and members; (9) relocation housing; (10) payment for use of land; (11) actions for accounting, fair value of grazing, and claims for damages to land; (12) religious ceremonies and access to religious shrines; (13) exclusion of payments from certain Federal determinations of income; (14) authorization of appropriations; (15) attorney fees and court costs; (16) lobbying; and (17) Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Amends federal civil service law concerning personnel of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation. Transfers to the Secretary of the Interior any function of the Office that has not been carried out by the Office on the enactment of this Act.
Law· SS. 1892 (109th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026
Amends federal law declaring that, for purposes of determining the date on which an Indian tribe received a certain reconciliation report for purposes of applying a statute of limitations, any such report provided to or received by an Indian tribe in response to specified requirements under the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 shall be deemed to have been received no earlier than December 31, 1999. (The required report is one by the Secretary of the Interior to specified congressional committees identifying for each tribal trust fund account for which the Secretary is responsible a balance reconciled as of September 30, 1995.) Extends from December 31, 1999, to December 31, 2005, the earliest date on which the Indian tribe shall be deemed to have received the reconciliation report. (This allows a longer statute of limitations for the filing of claims against the United States.)
Bill· SS. 1312 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026
Reducing Conflicts of Interests in the Representation of Indian Tribes Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with respect to certain additional employment rights of officers and employees of the United States assigned to an Indian tribe, and former U.S. officers and employees employed by Indian tribes, to act as agents or attorneys for or appear on behalf of such tribes in connection with any matter pending before any department, agency, court, or commission. Limits these additional employment rights of a former U.S. officer or employee employed by an Indian tribe to any former U.S. officer or employee who performs the same services, pursuant to a self-governance contract or compact under such Act, that the individual formerly performed for the United States. Repeals the specific authority of such current or former U.S. officers or employees to act as agents or attorneys for or to appear on behalf of such tribes in connection with any matter pending before any department, agency, court, or commission. Authorizes such individuals, however, to communicate with and appear before any such department, agency, court, or commission on behalf of the Indian tribe, but only with respect to any matter relating to the contract or compact (including, as currently, any matter in which the United States is a party or has direct and substantial interest).
Law· SS. 279 (109th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026
Amends the Pueblo Lands Act of 1924 to allocate jurisdiction over offenses committed anywhere within the exterior boundaries of any grant from a prior sovereign to a Pueblo Indian tribe of New Mexico to: (1) the Pueblo for any offense committed by a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe or by any other Indian-owned entity; (2) the United States for any specified federal offense that is committed by or against such a member or entity or that involves any Indian property or interest; and (3) the state of New Mexico for any offense committed by a person who is not a member of a federally recognized tribe, which offense is not subject to U.S. jurisdiction.
Bill· SS. 630 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Tribal Acknowledgment and Indian Bureau Enhancement Act of 2005 - Requires any Indian group in the continental United States that desires to be acknowledged as an Indian tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a letter of intent in advance of or with its documented petition to substantiate claims of continuous existence as an Indian tribe. Requires the Secretary to: (1) publish at least every three years a list of all Indian tribes entitled to receive services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (2) make guidelines available for, and provide advice on, the preparation of documented petitions; and (3) consider the criteria for acknowledgment to be met upon determining that it is more likely than not that the evidence presented demonstrates that the petitioner has met each mandatory criterion. Specifies the requirements of a petition for acknowledgment. Sets forth the mandatory criteria for Federal acknowledgment, including evidence that: (1) the group has been identified as an American Indian group on a substantially continuous basis since 1900; (2) a predominant portion of the group has composed a distinct community throughout the historical period; and (3) the petitioner has maintained political influence and authority over its members as an autonomous entity throughout the historical period.
Bill· SS. 437 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act - Provides for an expedited review of the petition of the Grand River Band of the Ottawa Indians of Michigan for recognition as a Federal Indian tribe.
Bill· SS. 475 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Native American Housing Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance Act of 1996 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from restricting access to a Native American affordable housing grant based solely on one of four specified factors. Amends title V (Farm Housing) of the Housing Act of 1949 to state that federally recognized Indian tribes who exercise powers of self-government (or their instrumentalities) shall comply with the Indian Civil Rights Act (title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) when receiving assistance under title V. States that title VI (Federally Assisted Programs) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and title VIII (Fair Housing) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 shall not apply to tribes: (1) covered by Federal law commonly known as the Indian Civil Rights Act; or (2) tribes acting under affordable housing provisions of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. Amends the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act to make Indian tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or other agencies primarily serving Indians eligible for Youthbuild grants.
Bill· SS. 1057 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2025
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise requirements for health care programs and services for Indians, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations. Provides for: (1) enrollment of qualified Indians in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as Medicare under SSA title XVIII and Medicaid under SSA title XIX (as under current law); and (2) related payments to Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations operating in the State. Replaces the Urban Health Programs Branch with an Office of Urban Indian Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Indian Health Service and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, to consolidate certain existing programs into a new program of comprehensive behavioral health, prevention, treatment, and aftercare for Indian tribes. Establishes the National Bi-Partisan Indian Health Care Commission to: (1) establish a Study Committee to study the extent of Indian health services needs; (2) review and analyze the Study Committee's report; and (3) make recommendations to Congress regarding the delivery of Federal health care services to Indians. Reauthorizes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act through FY 2015. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (SCHIP) to conform with this Act. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary to establish the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation.
Bill· SS. 1535 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2025
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to make member landowners eligible for the additional financial compensation provided to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for the acquisition by the federal government of 104,492 acres of land of the Tribe and member landowners for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project. Defines member landowner as a member of the Tribe (or an heir of such a member) that owned land on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation that was acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund an amount equal to 25% of the amount deposited into the Treasury from the power program during the preceding fiscal year for the period between October 1, 2004, and the last date of the fiscal year during which the total amount deposited into the Treasury from the power program equals a specified amount. Authorizes the plan prepared for the use of payments to the Tribe to provide for payment of additional compensation to member landowners. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to assist the Tribe in claims processing by providing any record requested to identify the heirs of member landowners within 60 days after receiving a request.
Bill· SS. 1439 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2025
Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005 - Establishes in the general fund of the Treasury the Individual Indian Accounting Claim Settlement Fund, administered by a Special Master appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the Special Master to distribute at least 80% of amounts in the Fund to individual claimants. Establishes the Indian Trust Asset Management Review Commission to assess federal laws and regulations, and the practices of the Department of the Interior, relating to the management and administration of Indian trust asseets. Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish an eight-year Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project. Requires a participating Indian tribe to submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed Indian trust asset management plan meeting certain requirements. Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to authorize the Secretary to: (1) include an incentive bonus of between $100 and $350 in the fair market value purchase price offered for an interest in any parcel of Indian land that includes undivided trust or restricted interests owned by not less than 20 separate individuals (fractionated Indian land); (2) extend the incentive bonus up to $2,000 if an individual agrees to sell to the Secretary all trust or restricted interests owned; and (3) offer up to quadruple the fair market value of a tract of land consisting of at least 200 separate undivided trust or restricted interests. Establishes in the Department of the Interior the position of Under Secretary for Indian Affairs, and transfers to the Under Secretary any function of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and of the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians (which has been terminated) that has not been carried out as of the effective date of this Act. Requires the new Under Secretary to develop an inventory of Indian trust assets and resources. Directs the Secretary to prepare financial statements for individual Indian, Indian tribal, and other Indian trust accounts in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the federal government, as well as an internal control report. Requires the Comptroller General to contract with an independent external auditor to audit the financial statements prepared under this Act.
Bill· SS. 374 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2025
Tribal Parity Act - Amends the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act to increase from $39.3 million to $186,822,140 the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to provide compensation to the Lower Brule Tribe of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River. Amends the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996 to increase from $27.5 million to $105,917,853 the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary to provide compensation to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for such damage.
Bill· SS. 881 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2025
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund. Requires the payment of compensation to the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam. Requires the use of such funds, in part, for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center concerning the culture and history of the Spokane Tribe. Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe. Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane Tribe to be used or invested by the Business Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over certain land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation and certain other land located on the south bank of the Spokane River. Provides that payments by the Secretary and the Administrator and restoration of ownership of land in trust constitute full satisfaction of the claim of the Spokane Tribe to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use of land of the Spokane Tribe for the production of hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.
Bill· SS. 598 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2025
Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for FY2006-FY2009 for grants for housing assistance to Native Hawaiian families eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands, including rental assistance for low-income housing.
Bill· SS. 1480 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 2025
Provides that any actual rental proceeds certified by the Secretary of the Interior from the lease of land acquired with a Farmers Home Administration Direct Loan by an Indian tribe or tribal corporation shall be deemed to: (1) constitute the rental value of that land; and (2) satisfy the requirement for appraisal of that land.
Bill· SS. 1980 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide funds to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to make grants or loans to a school district located within a qualified community for: (1) construction of new housing units within the community, and the purchase and rehabilitation of existing structures to be used as such; (2) rehabilitation or leasing of housing units within a qualified community and the purchase or lease of real property on which such housing units will be constructed, purchased, or rehabilitated; and (3) repayment of a loan used for such purposes or any other activities normally associated with them. Defines qualified community as a home rule or general law city incorporated under the laws of Alaska, or an unincorporated community situated outside the city limits, which: (1) has a population of 6,500 or fewer individuals; (2) is situated within or near a Native Village that includes the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve; and (3) is not connected by road (except the Alaska Marine Highway System or a road through Canada) or railroad to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Requires occupants of such housing units, with certain exceptions, to be teachers, administrators, other school staff, and members of their households.
Bill· SS. 1501 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop a program to provide funds to the Crow Tribe of the State of Montana to acquire land and interests in land from eligible individuals within the Crow Reservation in the state; and (2) accept from eligible individuals the donation of land or an interest in land, to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to manage such land and interests. Authorizes the Secretary to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury any obligations necessary to fund the purchasing program established by this Act.
Bill· SS. 474 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2005 - Establishes as an independent entity of the executive branch the Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Foundation, to be located in Portland, Oregon. Requires the Foundation to: (1) develop resources to train Native American and Alaska Native tribal council members properly in self-government and related fields; (2) foster greater recognition and understanding of the role of tribal self-government in the development of the United States; (3) identify critical issues facing tribal governments in the Nation; (4) establish a program for tribal governance research at the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University; and (5) provide educational outreach regarding tribal self-government. Authorizes the Foundation to award scholarships, fellowships, internships, and grants to eligible individuals who meet the minimum criteria established by the Foundation for study in fields relating to tribal governance. Authorizes the Foundation to award scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers relating to tribal goverance, and Native Americans and Alaska Natives intending to pursue careers in tribal public policy. Authorizes the Foundation to award fellowships to: (1) outstanding graduate students who intend to pursue advanced degrees in fields relating to tribal governance, and Native Americans and Alaska Natives intending to pursue advanced degrees in tribal public policy, law, or medicine; and (2) faculty from a variety of disciplines to bring their expertise to the Foundation. Authorizes the Foundation to award internships to deserving and qualified: (1) individuals to work in Federal, State, and local agencies or in offices of major tribal governance organizations; and (2) Native American and Alaska Native individuals to work in Federal, State, and local agencies or in offices of major public health or public policy organizations. Directs the Foundation to award grants to the Institute to: (1) provide for an annual panel of experts to discuss contemporary tribal governance issues; (2) conduct research in tribal governance policy and on Native American and Alaska Native tribal public policy issues; and (3) invite visiting policymakers to share practical experiences with the Foundation. Establishes in the Treasury the Mark O. Hatfield- Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Trust Fund to be administered by the Foundation.
Bill· SS. 1260 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act with respect to: (1) consultation with state, local, and tribal governments; (2) tribal gaming ordinances; (3) investigation and approval of the involvement in a gaming activity; and (4) changing use of Indian land.
Bill· SS. 987 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Restoring Safety to Indian Women Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to cover domestic assault by a habitual offender in Indian country. Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to cover a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence involving Indians, including domestic assault against unmarried intimate partners. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make pilot project grants for the development of tribal criminal history databases; and (2) study and report to Congress on the incidents of domestic violence in Indian country.
Bill· SS. 690 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
American Indian Reservation Transportation Improvement Program Act - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to authorize appropriations for Indian reservation roads under the Federal Lands Highways Program through FY 2009. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the planning, design, engineering, preconstruction, construction, and inspection of certain projects concerning deficient Indian reservation road bridges through FY 2009. Directs the Secretary to issue grants to Indian tribes to establish rural transit programs on reservations or other land under the jurisdiction of the tribes. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain: (1) intra-agency cooperation between the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in administering tribal transit programs funded by the FHA, and exploring options for the transfer of funds from the FHA to the FTA for the direct funding of tribal transit programs; and (2) working relationships with representatives of regional tribal technical assistance programs to ensure proper administration of ongoing and future tribal transit programs carried out using Federal funds.
Bill· SS. 1375 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to authorize any federal law enforcement officer (not just, as currently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), including an officer with authority under the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act acting in coordination with a federal law enforcement agency on violations outside Indian country, to investigate offenses involving the sale of arts and crafts misrepresented as Indian products. Revises requirements for the initiation of civil actions for misrepresentation of Indian produced goods.
Bill· SS. 1239 (109th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
American Indian Elderly and Disabled Access to Health Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization to pay the monthly premium of an Indian who is a Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) eligible individual enrolled in a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under Medicare part D.
Bill· SS. 535 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Native American Connectivity Act - Establishes within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration a Native American telecommunications block grant program to provide grants on a competitive basis to an Indian tribe or organization, tribal college or university, or institution of higher education acting jointly with an Indian tribe to carry out activities for the development of telecommunications capacities in Indian country. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and technical assistance grants to: (1) facilitate local use and maintenance of new telecommunications technologies; (2) develop and implement telecommunications and information technology (TCIT) work study programs and related education, development, planning, and management programs; (3) develop a training program for telecommunications employees; or (4) provide assistance to students who participate in TCIT programs. Provides for: (1) fiscal year block grant set-asides for the training and technical assistance grants; (2) Comptroller General audits of grant fund uses; (3) environmental compliance in the development of telecommunications facilities; and (4) remedies for noncompliance with block grant requirements.
Bill· SS. 972 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Albuquerque Indian Health Center Act of 2005 - Designates the Albuquerque Indian Health Center as a critical access facility. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide funds made available under this Act to the Center to carry out its operations.
Bill· SS. 1505 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Shawnee Tribe Status Act Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000 to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Interior take into trust for the benefit of the Shawnee Tribe any land within the boundaries of the State of Oklahoma that the Tribe transfers to the Secretary.
Bill· SS. 147 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 - Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Relations within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Coordinating Group. Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to reorganize the Native Hawaiian governing entity to provide for their common welfare and to adopt appropriate organic governing documents. Establishes a Commission to: (1) prepare and maintain a roll of the adult members of the Native Hawaiian community who elect to participate in such reorganization; and (2) certify that the adult members of the Native Hawaiian community proposed for inclusion on the roll meet the definition of Native Hawaiian. Outlines the process for the reorganization, which includes forming a Native Hawaiian Governing Council. Reaffirms the political and legal relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian governing entity upon certification required by the Secretary regarding the organic governing documents and the election of the entity's officers. Extends Federal recognition to the governing entity as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people. Authorizes the United States, upon the reaffirmation of such political and legal relationship, to enter into negotiations with the governing entity to lead to an agreement addressing specified matters, including the transfer of lands, natural resources, and other assets, and the protection of existing rights related to such lands or resources.
Bill· SS. 480 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2005 - Extends Federal recognition to: (1) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe; (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern Division; (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe; (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc.; (5) the Monacan Indian Nation; and (6) the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Sets forth the service areas of the various Tribes and requirements for the Tribes with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon certain land transfers, to take specified lands into trust for the various Tribes' benefit.
Bill· SS. 477 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Tribal Government Amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (sic) - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, to include the participation of Indian tribes with respect to specified activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security. Amends the Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act), and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to include Indian tribes among the participating entities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for funds made available under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 directly to any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community located in the continental United States that is recognized as being eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
Bill· SS. 692 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2025
Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, if any of specified coal preference right lease applications are withdrawn by the holder or holders of those applications, to issue to each such holder a certificate of bidding rights that constitutes the combined fair market value of the coal reserves for each coal preference right lease application withdrawn by the holder. Provides that such withdrawals and issuances shall occur without any further adjudication of coal preference right lease applications. Directs the Secretary to establish a panel to determine the fair market value of the coal reserves of any coal preference right applications withdrawn under this Act. Instructs the Secretary to contract with a qualified coal reserve appraiser to assist the panel. Directs the Secretary, after the withdrawal of a coal preference right lease application, to: (1) accept the relinquishment of the rights associated with such application; and (2) issue a certificate of bidding rights in the amount of the fair market value of the coal reserves of such application. Provides that the Secretary's duties in issuing such patents and certificates shall be considered nondiscretionary and enforceable in a mandamus proceeding. Sets forth provisions regarding the use of exchange bidding rights.
Bill· SS. 2078 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act with respect to: (1) vacancies on the National Indian Gaming Commission; (2) powers of the Commission and its Chairman; (3) Commission staffing; (4) tribal gaming ordinances; (5) gaming-related contracts; (6) civil penalties; and (7) gaming on later-acquired land.
Bill· SS. 2245 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a demonstration project to award up to five grants, of up to four years each, for the provision of telemental health services to Indian youth who have expressed suicidal ideas, have attempted suicide, or have mental health conditions that increase or could increase the risk of suicide. Makes eligible for such grants any Indian tribes and tribal organizations that operate one or more facilities: (1) located in Alaska and part of the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network; (2) reporting active clinical telehealth capabilities; or (3) offering school-based telemental health services relating to psychiatry to Indian youth.
Bill· SS. 2174 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Permits certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit (South Dakota) of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, through September 30, 2006. Requires Indian tribes served by the Unit to pay for any expenses incurred in excess of those funds.
Law· SS. 1773 (109th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005 - Ratifies: (1) the Settlement Agreement between the United States and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso to Resolve All of the Pueblo's Land Title and Trespass Claims, dated June 7, 2005 (Settlement Agreement); and (2) the Los Alamos Agreement among Los Alamos County, New Mexico, the Pueblo, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, dated January, 22, 2004. Extinguishes all claims of the Pueblo against the United States in consideration of the Settlement Agreement benefits. Exempts from this Act certain land titles, water rights, and other rights relating to religious or cultural access to, and use of, federal land. Establishes in the Treasury the Pueblo de San Ildefonso Land Claims Settlement Fund. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to sell, and the Pueblo to buy, the Settlement Area Land, Water System Land, and Los Alamos Townsite Land. Reserves to the United States free and unrestricted rights to specified Forest Development Roads. Requires the United States and the Pueblo to allow the COPAR Pumice Mine to continue to operate. Requires continuing jurisdiction of the United States over the contract for the sale of mineral materials. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, including reservations in the United States, to sell the Northern Tier Land, with the Pueblo of Santa Clara granted an exclusive option to purchase it within 90 days after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso to demarcate a boundary between their respective tribal land within a specified township.
Bill· SS. 1518 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit class III gaming activity on Indian land to states that expressly permit gaming for any commercial purpose (currently, for any purpose). Requires such gaming to be conducted in accordance with the applicable laws of the state in which it is located, including restrictions on the timing or frequency of the gaming activity.
Bill· SS. 1291 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with the Attorney General and with the consent of the state of Arizona, to acquire all subsurface rights, title, and interests (including subsurface mineral interests) held by the state in specified tribally-owned parcels and in specified parcels held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Secretary to pay the state, as consideration for the acquisition of subsurface mineral interests, an amount equal to their market value. Directs the Secretary to take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe the subsurface rights, title, and interests, formerly reserved to the United States, to other specified parcels. Requires the Tribe to pay to the Secretary only the transaction costs relating to the assessment, review, and transfer of the subsurface rights, title, and interests taken into trust.
Bill· SS. 1295 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
National Indian Gaming Commission Accountability Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) to subject the National Indian Gaming Commission to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). Requires the Commission to submit a plan to provide technical assistance to tribal gaming operations in accordance with GPRA. Revises the $8 million maximum total amount of all fees the Commission may impose during any fiscal year under the established schedule of fees. Replaces $8 million with a maximum of 0.080% of the gross gaming revenues of all gaming operations subject to regulation under IGRA.
Bill· SS. 731 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Tribal Colleges and Universities Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a specified percentage of the total amount of any Federal Perkins loan, Federal Family Education loan, or direct student loan for each year of employment (up to five) as a full-time teacher at a tribal college or university if the borrower is not in default on such loan. Prohibits a borrower from receiving, for the same service, both a benefit from this Act and a benefit from the National Community Service Act of 1990. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for repayment by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of educational loans for nurse training costs on behalf of nursing instructors at tribal colleges or universities, or any land-grant institution listed in the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. Provides that the amount of any loan forgiven under this Act shall not be treated as gross income for federal tax purposes.
Bill· SS. 660 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Lumbee Recognition Act - Amends federal law relating to the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
Bill· SS. 706 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Prairie Island Land Conveyance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey all U.S. right, title, and interest in and to described land to the Secretary of the Interior, to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota, and included in the Prairie Island Indian Community Reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Prohibits the use of such land for: (1) human habitation; (2) construction of any structure without the written approval of the District Engineer; or (3) gaming.
Bill· SS. 631 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if necessary to protect the interests of the Government, an eligible Indian group, or an eligible local government, and it would promote the interest of just administration in the Bureau of Indian affairs, to provide grants of up to $500,000 to such Indian groups or local governments to assist them in participating in the decision-making process relating to a pending action with respect to federally acknowledged tribal status or related land claims.
Law· SS. 449 (109th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make Settlement Common Stock under such Act available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons born after December 18, 1971.
Bill· SS. 536 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Native American Omnibus Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to make technical amendments with respect to: (1) loan guarantees and insurance; (2) loan approval; and (3) sale or assignment of loans and underlying security. Amends the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act with respect to reauthorization of training and technical assistance, civil and criminal legal assistance grants, and grants to Indian tribes to enable such tribes to carry out programs to support the development, enhancement, and continuing operation of tribal justice systems. Amends the Indian Tribal Justice Act with respect to reauthorization of tribal justice systems. Amends the Indian Pueblo Land Act with respect to criminal jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey all U.S. right, title, and interest in and to certain described land, subject to specified conditions, to the Secretary, to be: (1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota; and (2) included in the Prairie Island Community Reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Revises provisions concerning binding arbitration for Gila River Indian Community reservation contracts. Directs the Secretary to: (1) accept the conveyance of described parcels of land within the Puyallup Reservation; and (2) hold the land in trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Indian Tribe. Amends the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act with respect to the definition of Native American. Amends the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 with respect to settlement fund involved in the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes settlement. Revises provisions concerning a Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California land conveyance. Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 with respect to criminal proceedings and civil actions. Provides for the Colorado River Indian Reservation boundary correction. Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 with respect to: (1) the Intra-Departmental Council on Native American Affairs; (2) authorization of appropriations; and (3) reports. Amends the Native Hawaiian Education Act with respect to research and educational activities. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 with respect to the definition of Indian student count. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 with respect to border preparedness on Indian land. Makes other amendments to laws relating to Native Americans and Indian land leasing, Navajo health contracting, and probate law.
Bill· SS. 412 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to make the Commissioner for Native American Programs (the current chairperson) and the Director of the Indian Health Service (the current vice-chairperson) both co-chairpersons of the Intra-Departmental Council on Native American Affairs. Authorizes appropriations under such Act. Changes from annual to every five years the Secretary of the Interior's periodic report to Congress on the social and economic conditions of American Indians, Native Hawaiians, other Native American Pacific Islanders (including American Samoan Natives), and Alaska Natives. Amends the Native Hawaiian Education Act to authorize grants for research and educational activities relating to Native Hawaiian law.
Bill· SS. 113 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Amends the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to repeal the declaration that specified lands accepted by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria in California shall be deemed to have been held in trust and part of the reservation before October 17, 1988. (The date on the recorded deed is October 16, 2000.)
Law· SS. 1382 (109th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept the conveyance of certain parcels of land within the Puyallup Reservation and hold them in trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Indian tribe.
Law· SS. 1481 (109th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Indian Land Probate Reform Technical Corrections Act of 2005 - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to make technical amendments with regard to: (1) partition of highly fractionated Indian land; (2) tribal probate codes; (3) descent and distribution; (4) the fractional interest acquisition program; (5) establishment of fair market value; and (6) land ownership information.