Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants to: (1) assist local governments in participating (including through administrative and judicial appeals) in decisions related to specified actions if they are likely to significantly affect the people represented by such governments; and (2) reimburse such governments for participation costs incurred.
Specifies among such actions ones in which: (1) an Indian group is seeking Federal recognition and is likely to assert trust status over land within the government's jurisdiction; (2) an acknowledged Indian tribe is requesting such trust status; and (3) an Indian group or tribe is claiming interest in land based on a law specifically applicable to land or natural resource transfers from, by, or on behalf of Indians.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3838 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3838
To provide grants to local governments to assist such local governments
in participating in certain decisions related to certain Indian groups
and Indian tribes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2004
Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Simmons, and
Mr. Johnson of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Resources
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A BILL
To provide grants to local governments to assist such local governments
in participating in certain decisions related to certain Indian groups
and Indian tribes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--To the extent funds are made available by
appropriations and acceptable requests are submitted, the Secretary of
the Interior shall provide grants to local governments to assist those
local governments in participating (including, but not limited to,
through administrative and judicial appeals) in the decisionmaking
process related to actions described in subsection (b), if the
Secretary determines that such actions are likely to significantly
affect the people represented by the local governments and to reimburse
local governments for the costs of such participation that were
incurred after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Actions for Which Grants May Be Available.--The Secretary may
make grants under this section for participation assistance related to
the following actions:
(1) Acknowledgement.--An Indian group is seeking Federal
acknowledgement or recognition (or reacknowledgement or
rerecognition) and the Secretary determines that the Indian
group seeking such acknowledgement or recognition (or
reacknowledgement or rerecognition) has asserted or is likely
to assert trust status with respect to land within boundaries
of the area over which the local government has jurisdiction.
(2) Trust land.--An acknowledged Indian tribe is requesting
that land within the boundaries of the area over which the
local government has jurisdiction be put into trust status for
that tribe.
(3) Land claims.--An Indian group or an acknowledged Indian
tribe is claiming interest in land based upon a treaty or a law
specifically applicable to transfers of land or natural
resources from, by, or on behalf of any Indian, Indian nation,
or group, tribe, or band of Indians (including the Acts
commonly known as the Trade and Intercourse Acts (1 Stat. 137;
2 Stat. 139; and 4 Stat. 729)).
(4) Other actions.--Any other action or proposed action
relating to an Indian group or acknowledged Indian tribe if the
Secretary determines that the action or proposed action is
likely to significantly affect the people represented by that
local government.
(c) Amount of Grants.--Grants awarded under this section to a local
government for any one action may not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal
year.
(d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
(1) the term ``acknowledged Indian tribe'' means any Indian
tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or
community which is recognized as eligible for the special
programs and services provided by the United States to Indians
because of their status as Indians; and
(2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $8,000,000 for each fiscal year
that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
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