WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: State government-Indian relations

S. 3355, The Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3355 would authorize the Crow Tribe of Indians water rights settlement....

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H.R. 65, The Lumbee Recognition Act - Cost per Average Family: $7.15

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 65 would provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina....

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H.R. 2176, To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2176 would provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community....

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H.R. 4115, To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4115 would provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians....

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H.R. 3048, To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3048 would provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians....

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H.R. 2837, The Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2837 would provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups....

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H.R. 2562, The Limitation of Tribal Gambling to Existing Tribal Lands Act of 2007

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2562 would amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit casino expansion....

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H.R. 2284, To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians - Cost per Average Family: $0.17

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2284 would amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians....

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S. J. Res. 4, A joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. J. Res. 4 would acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States....

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S. 310, The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.09

Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 310 would express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity....

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H.R. 2022, To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties, and for other purposes

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2022 would provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties....

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H.R. 1654, To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to require that the Secretary of the Interior determine that a gaming establishment on certain newly acquired Indian lands would be in the best interests of certain Indian tribes and not detrimental to the surrounding community before such lands would be eligible for certain exceptions to the general prohibition on gaming on such lands

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1654 would amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to require that the Secretary of the Interior determine that a gaming establishment on certain newly acquired Indian lands would be in the best interests of certain Indian tribes and not detrimental to the surrounding community before such lands would be eligible for certain exceptions to the general prohibition on gaming on such lands....

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H.R. 1555, To impose a two year moratorium on the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1555 would impose a two year moratorium on the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act....

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S. 608, The Risk-Based Homeland Security Grants Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 608 would improve the allocation of grants through the Department of Homeland Security....

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P.L. 110-53, The Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $225.40

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1 would provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States....

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H.R. 724, The Marriage Protection Act of 2007

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 724 would amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act....

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S. 333, The Lumbee Recognition Act

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 333 would provide for the acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina....

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H.R. 505, The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 505 would express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity....

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H.R. 304, The Communities Leading Everyone Away From Narcotics Through Online Warning Notification Act 0f 2007 or the CLEAN TOWN Act of 2007

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 304 would establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish criminal drug dealer registries and to require the Attorney General to establish a national criminal drug dealer registry and notification program....

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S. 660, The Lumbee Recognition Act - Cost per Average Family: $4.43

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT

S. 660 would provide federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina....

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H.R. 4777, The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.38

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4777 would broaden the coverage of the current laws against Internet gambling and would increase penalties for such offenses. The bill would authorize the appropriation of funds for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010 for the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute violators of the bill's provisions....

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H.R. 2981, A bill to amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by the Small Business Development Centers to Indian Tribe Members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians - Cost per Average Family: $0.17

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2981 would authorize the appropriation of $21 million for fiscal years 2006 through 2008 for outreach to small businesses owned by Indian tribe members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians. Under the bill, the Small Business Administration would make grants to eligible Small Business Development Centers for assisting these groups with start-up and expansions of small businesses....

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S. 21, The Homeland Security Grant Enhancement Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.15

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT

S. 21 would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to change the criteria used to distribute funding for three existing first-responder grant programs established after September 11, 2001¿the State Homeland Security, the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention, and the Urban Area Security Initiative grant programs. Under the bill, these three grant programs would be governed by the provisions of a new initiative known as the Threat-Based Homeland Security Gr...

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S. 732, The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $1255.49

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST

S. 732 would extend the authority for the Federal-Aid Highway program. The bill also would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to complete certain studies and regulations concerning highway construction, safety, planning, and environmental quality....

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S. 667, The Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone Act - Cost per Average Family: $1145.64

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

S. 667, the Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone (PRIDE) Act would: Reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program at current funding levels (it would increase funding for some grants and establish several new grants, but also would eliminate funding for other related grants); Increase funding for child care programs and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), and continue funding abstinence education programs; Make several changes to eligibilit...

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