To establish an Office of Tribal Relations in the Department of Agriculture.

Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Office of Tribal Relations within the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to advise the Secretary on policies related to Indian tribes.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1894 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1894

    To establish an Office of Tribal Relations in the Department of 
                              Agriculture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2013

  Mrs. Noem introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish an Office of Tribal Relations in the Department of 
                              Agriculture.

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

SECTION 1. OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by adding after section 308 (7 
U.S.C. 3125a note; Public Law 103-354) the following new section:

``SEC. 309. OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS.

    ``The Secretary shall establish in the Office of the Secretary an 
Office of Tribal Relations to advise the Secretary on policies related 
to Indian tribes.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 296(b) of the Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) the authority of the Secretary to establish in the 
        Office of the Secretary the Office of Tribal Relations in 
        accordance with section 309.''.
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