A bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.

This bill authorizes grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations for activities related to recreational travel and tourism.

Specifically, the bill authorizes (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs to make these grants to and enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations; (2) the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to make these grants to and enter into agreements with Native Hawaiian organizations; and (3) other federal agencies to make these grants to and enter into agreements with tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 612 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 612

 To amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience 
  Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and 
         Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 18, 2025

  Mr. Schatz (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience 
  Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and 
         Native Hawaiian organizations, 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. NATIVE AMERICAN TOURISM GRANT PROGRAMS.

    The Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act 
(25 U.S.C. 4351 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 6 (25 U.S.C. 4355) as section 
        7; and
            (2) by inserting after section 5 (25 U.S.C. 4354) the 
        following:

``SEC. 6. NATIVE AMERICAN TOURISM GRANT PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Bureau of Indian Affairs Program.--The Director of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs may make grants to and enter into agreements with 
Indian tribes and tribal organizations to carry out the purposes of 
this Act, as described in section 2.
    ``(b) Office of Native Hawaiian Relations.--The Director of the 
Office of Native Hawaiian Relations may make grants to and enter into 
agreements with Native Hawaiian organizations to carry out the purposes 
of this Act, as described in section 2.
    ``(c) Other Federal Agencies.--The heads of other Federal agencies, 
including the Secretaries of Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, 
Health and Human Services, and Labor, may make grants under this 
authority to and enter into agreements with Indian tribes, tribal 
organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to carry out the 
purposes of this Act, as described in section 2.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $35,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2025 through 2029.''.
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