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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.

Source: Congress.gov · 359 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill changes the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to let multiple federal agencies give money to Indian tribes, tribal organizations and Native Hawaiian organizations. These groups can use the grants to carry out the purposes already described in the original law.

Who It Affects

Indian tribes, tribal organizations and Native Hawaiian organizations that apply for grants. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations and other federal agencies including the Departments of Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services and Labor that give out the grants.

Key Provisions

• The Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs can give grants and make agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations to carry out the law's purposes (Sec. 6(a)) • The Director of the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations can give grants and make agreements with Native Hawaiian organizations to carry out the law's purposes (Sec. 6(b)) • The heads of other federal agencies including the Secretaries of Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services and Labor can give grants and make agreements with Indian tribes, tribal organizations and Native Hawaiian organizations to carry out the law's purposes (Sec. 6(c)) • Congress approves funding for these grants (Sec. 6(d))

What Changes

A new section 6 is added to the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act. The old section 6 becomes section 7. The bill expands who can give out grants from just the Bureau of Indian Affairs to include multiple other federal agencies.

Important Definitions

None defined in the bill text.

118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 385 AN ACT To amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Vis- itor 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 † S 385 ES SECTION 1. NATIVE AMERICAN TOURISM GRANT PRO- 1 GRAMS. 2 The Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor 3 Experience Act (25 U.S.C. 4351 et seq.) is amended— 4 (1) by redesignating section 6 (25 U.S.C. 4355) 5 as section 7; and 6 (2) by inserting after section 5 (25 U.S.C. 7 4354) the following: 8 ‘‘SEC. 6. NATIVE AMERICAN TOURISM GRANT PROGRAMS. 9 ‘‘(a) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAM.—The 10 Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs may make grants 11 to and enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal 12 organizations to carry out the purposes of this Act, as de- 13 scribed in section 2. 14 ‘‘(b) OFFICE OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN RELATIONS.— 15 The Director of the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations 16 may make grants to and enter into agreements with Na- 17 tive Hawaiian organizations to carry out the purposes of 18 this Act, as described in section 2. 19 ‘‘(c) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The heads of 20 other Federal agencies, including the Secretaries of Com- 21 merce, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human 22 Services, and Labor, may make grants under this author- 23 ity to and enter into agreements with Indian tribes, tribal 24 organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to carry 25 out the purposes of this Act, as described in section 2. 26 3 † S 385 ES ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 1 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 2 $35,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 3 2027.’’. 4 Passed the Senate November 21, 2024. Attest: Secretary. 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 385 AN ACT To amend the Native American Tourism and Im- proving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.

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