To amend the Buy Indian Act to include the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8484 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8484

 To amend the Buy Indian Act to include the Secretary of Agriculture, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2024

  Mrs. Peltola (for herself and Ms. Davids of Kansas) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Buy Indian Act to include the Secretary of Agriculture, 
                        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. BUY INDIAN ACT MODIFICATIONS.

    Section 23 of the Act of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 861, 
chapter 431; 25 U.S.C. 47; commonly known as the ``Buy Indian Act''), 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) the Secretary of Agriculture.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and the 
                Department of Health and Human Services'' and inserting 
                ``, the Department of Health and Human Services, and 
                the Department of Agriculture''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and the Indian 
                Health Service'' and inserting ``, the Indian Health 
                Service, and the Department of Agriculture''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``Committee on Indian 
        Affairs'' and all that follows through ``House of 
        Representatives'' and inserting ``Committees on Indian Affairs 
        and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the 
        Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture of the House of 
        Representatives''.
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