To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.

Amends the Morris K.Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to: (1) require the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation to award grants to the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona to develop resources to train Native American and Alaska Native professionals in health care and public policy; (2) revise requirements regarding limitations on program priorities and require that at least 50% of the funds provided to the Center be spent for Native American education and policy activities; (3) provide for the Foundation to pay a limited amount for official reception and representation expenses; (4) prohibit any committee or group organized by the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution in connection with the services it provides pursuant to the Act from being subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, provided that the committee or group is neither established nor controlled by another agency of the executive branch; and (5) instruct the Foundation to carry out the Act's provisions without regard to federal law governing appointments in the competitive service.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1795 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1795

  To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
 Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

 Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
 Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF FOUNDATION.

    Section 7 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 
(20 U.S.C. 5605) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(5)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (C);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (D) and inserting ``; and'';
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 
                following:
                    ``(E) to conduct training, research, and other 
                activities pursuant to section 6(7).'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Recipients.--Recipients of scholarships, fellowships, 
internships, and grants under this chapter shall be known as `Morris K. 
Udall Scholars', `Morris K. Udall Fellows', `Morris K. Udall Interns', 
and `Morris K. Udall Grantees', respectively.'';
            (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Program Priorities.--The Foundation shall determine the 
priority of the programs to be carried out under this chapter and the 
amount of funds to be allocated for such programs. However, not less 
than 50 percent shall be utilized for the programs set forth in 
subsection (a)(2), (a)(3), and (a)(4) of this section, and not less 
than 20 percent shall be provided to the Center for subsection (a)(5), 
(a)(6), and (a)(7) of this section, conditioned on a 25-percent match 
from other sources and further conditioned on adequate space at the 
Center being made available for the Executive Director and other 
appropriate staff of the Foundation by the Center. Not less than 50 
percent of the funds provided to the Center shall be expended for 
Native American education and policy activities, including those 
identified in subsection (a)(5)(E) of this section.''.

SEC. 2. EXPENDITURES AND AUDIT OF TRUST FUND.

    Section 9(a) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 
(20 U.S.C. 5607(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ``, including not to exceed $2,000 annually for 
official reception and representation expenses''.

SEC. 3. USE OF INSTITUTE BY FEDERAL AGENCY.

    Section 11 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 
(20 U.S.C. 5607b) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) Agency Management or Control.--Any committee or group 
organized by, or whose discussions are facilitated by, the Institute in 
connection with the services it provides pursuant to this chapter shall 
not be subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. Appendix), provided that the committee or group is neither 
established by, nor actually managed or controlled by, another agency 
of the executive branch.''.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    Section 12(a)(1) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 
in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 
(20 U.S.C. 5608(a)(1)) is amended by inserting after ``this Act,'' the 
following: ``without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service,''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 
(20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``$40,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$60,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund 
established under section 10 of this Act such sums as may be necessary 
for operating costs of the Institute.''.
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