WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Indigenous peoples

H.R. 5680, To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and for others purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.06

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5680 would amend certain laws relating to Native Americans....

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H.R. 642, The College Fire Prevention Act - Cost per Average Family: $3.19

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 642 would establish a demonstration incentive program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories....

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S. 3669, The Harmonizing America's Energy, Economy, Environment, and National Security Act of 2008

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3669 would reduce gas prices by promoting domestic energy production, alternative energy, and conservation....

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S. 3651, The Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3651 would provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act....

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S. 3650, The Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3650 would resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and it would provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act....

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H.R. 7172, The Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7172 would resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land in partial satisfaction of its land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act....

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S. 3574, The Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3574 would establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories....

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P.L. 110-315, The College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1304.36

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4137 would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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S. 199, A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska - Cost per Average Family: $0.81

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 199 would amend the Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska....

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S. 3410, The Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act of 2008

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3410 would authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions....

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H.R. 6624, The Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6624 would amend the Whaling Convention Act so that it expressly applies to aboriginal subsistence whaling, and in particular, authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to set bowhead whale catch limits in the event that the IWC fails to adopt such limits....

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S. 3333, The Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3333 would amend the Whaling Convention Act so that it expressly applies to aboriginal subsistence whaling, and in particular, authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to set bowhead whale catch limits in the event that the IWC fails to adopt such limits....

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H.R. 6307, The Fostering Connections to Success Act

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6307 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to assist children in foster care in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school....

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H.R. 6161, The American Energy Independence Act

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6161 would provide for American energy independence by July 4, 2015....

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H.R. 6107, The American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6107 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska....

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H.R. 6057, The Polar Bear Seas Protection Act

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6057 would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met....

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S. 2983, The Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2983 would amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities....

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H.R. 5971, The American Elections Act of 2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5971 would require that ballots used in Federal elections be generally printed only in English and to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to modify the requirement that certain jurisdictions provide ballots and other voting materials in languages other than English....

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S. 2758, The American Energy Independence and Security Act of 2008

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2758 would authorize the exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain in Alaska....

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S. 2747, A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2747 would grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated....

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H.R. 5530, The Tribal Government Homeland Security Coordination and Integration Act

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5530 would ensure the coordination and integration of Indian tribes in the National Homeland Security strategy and it would establish an Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security within the Department of Homeland Security....

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H.R. 5437, The American-Made Energy Act of 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5437 would promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, to increase American energy independence....

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H.R. 5429, The Marine Mammal Cooperative Agreements in Alaska Amendments Act of 2008

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5429 would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for marine mammal cooperative management agreements in Alaska....

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H.R. 5403, The 13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Act

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5403 would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide an equitable distribution of land to the 13th Alaska Native Regional Corporation....

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P.L. 110-181, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $4925.89

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4986 would provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgements against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services....

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