Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here, with an updated short title.)

Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of an Indian general welfare benefit. Defines "Indian general welfare benefit" as any payment made or services provided to or on behalf of a member of an Indian tribe under an Indian tribal government program if: (1) such program is administered under specified guidelines and does not discriminate in favor of members of the governing body of the Indian tribe; and (2) the program benefits are available to any tribal member, are for the promotion of general welfare, are not lavish or extravagant, and are not compensation for services.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish a Tribal Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on the taxation of Indians, (2) establish and require training and education for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) field agents on federal Indian law and the implementation of this Act, and (3) suspend audits and examinations of Indian tribal governments and members of Indian tribes and waive any interest or tax penalties related to the exclusion from gross income of Indian general welfare benefits.

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Summary: Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, out of money not otherwise appropriated, unspecified sums to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan and to its tribal members pursuant to a judgment rendered by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft or clothing on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part. Makes such exemption inapplicable with respect to any handicraft or clothing containing any part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated amends migratory bird treaty act provide act prohibits possessing selling purchasing shipping transporting authentic alaskan native article handicraft clothing basis contains migratory bird makes exemption inapplicable respect handicraft clothing containing migratory bird taken wasteful manner


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Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2013 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to require that for each fiscal year, beginning with FY2015, discretionary new budget authority for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts of the Indian Health Service includes advance discretionary new budget authority for the following fiscal year.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to include in documents submitted to Congress in support of the President's budget for each of those fiscal years detailed estimates of the funds needed for such accounts for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted.

Requires the President's budget to include information on estimates of those advanced appropriations.

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Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take specified lands in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians if the Tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. (Placing that land into trust removes certain restrictions on the property under California law.)

Makes that land part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation.

Prohibits gambling on the land.

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Housing Native Heroes Act of 2013 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a rental assistance and supportive housing demonstration program, in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for the benefit of Indian veterans who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness and who are residing on or near Indian lands.

Requires rental assistance under such program to be: (1) made available through recipients eligible for housing assistance block grants under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; and (2) awarded based on need, administrative capacity, and any other funding criteria established by the HUD Secretary in a notice published in the Federal Register after consulting with the VA Secretary.

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New Mexico Native American Water Settlements Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to include among the uses of the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund the reconstruction, replacement, rehabilitation, or repair of water or wastewater infrastructure.

Eliminates fiscal year limits on the mandatory appropriation of funds for: (1) the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund, and (2) grants to eligible non-Pueblo entities for mutual-benefit projects.

Amends the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act to eliminate fiscal year limits on the mandatory appropriation of funds for: (1) the planning, design, and construction of a regional water system and the conduct of environmental compliance activities; and (2) the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund.

Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize appropriations for the planning and design of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico. (Currently, funds are authorized for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of those wells.)

Alters the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that may be made available for: (1) the survey, recovery, protection, preservation, and display of archaeological resources in the area of a Project facility or conjunctive use well; and (2) purchasing land and constructing and maintaining facilities to mitigate the loss of, and improve conditions for the propagation of, fish and wildlife.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Excludes funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from: (1) federal or state income taxes; or (2) use in denying or reducing a member's benefits under the Social Security Act or, except for payments in excess of $2,000, a federal or federally-assisted program.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated grand band capita adjustment act excludes funds paid minnesota members pursuant agreements band voluntarily restrict tribal rights hunt fish territory ceded treaty september federal state income taxes use denying reducing member benefits social security act payments excess federal federally assisted program


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act - (Sec. 3) Authorizes and ratifies the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe-Fish Springs Ranch 2013 Supplement to the 2007 Settlement Agreement, dated November 20, 2013, and entered into by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the Fish Springs Ranch (Agreement).

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Tribe, in return for the benefits set forth in the 2007 Settlement Agreement (Original Agreement), the Agreement, and this Act, to execute a waiver and release against Fish Springs of:

 all legal rights to challenge the validity, characteristics, or exercise of specified Fish Springs water rights or the project to pump up to 13,000 acre feet per year of such water rights from the Honey Lake Valley Basin for transfer outside of the basin (Project); all claims for damages, losses, or injuries to the Tribe's water rights or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking of the Tribe's water rights; all claims that would impair, prevent, or interfere with implementation of the Project pursuant to the Agreement or Original Agreement, deliveries of water by the Project pursuant to those Agreements or a Water Banking Trust Agreement between Washoe County and Fish Springs, or assignments of water credits pursuant to such Trust Agreement; and all claims against Fish Springs relating to the negotiation or adoption of the Agreement or the Original Agreement. Authorizes the Tribe, in return for the benefits set forth in the Original Agreement, the Agreement, and this Act, to execute a waiver and release of all claims against the United States that accrued at any time before and on the date that Fish Springs makes the payment to the Tribe as provided in the Agreement for damages, losses, or injuries that are related to:

 the Project or specified Fish Springs water rights; the Agreement, the Original Agreement, the final environmental impact statement for the North Valleys Rights-of-Way Projects, or the record of decision regarding that impact statement; claims the United States asserted or could have asserted in any past proceeding related to the Project; the negotiation, execution, or adoption of the Agreement, the Original Agreement, or this Act; the Tribe's use and expenditure of funds paid to the Tribe under the Agreement or the Original Agreement; the Tribe's acquisition and use of land under the Original Agreement; and the extinguishment of the claims, if any, that the Tribe waives and releases pursuant to this Act. Lists the claims and rights that the Tribe retains against Fish Springs and the United States.

Provides that the United States has no right or obligation to bring or assert, on behalf of the Tribe, the claims waived and released by the Tribe after Fish Springs makes the payment to the Tribe as provided in the Agreement.

 (Sec. 5) Makes this Act and the Agreement null and void if the Tribe fails to execute the waivers and releases authorized by this Act within 60 days.

(Sec. 6) Limits the Agreement's beneficiaries to its parties, certain purveyors of Project water, and any assignee of Water Rights Credits for Project water pursuant to a Water Banking Trust Agreement between Washoe County and Fish Springs.

 (Sec. 7) Vests jurisdiction over any civil action relating to the enforcement of the Agreement, the Original Agreement, or this Act in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

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Native American Seeds Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to, and enter into agreements with, Indian tribes and 1994 Institutions to conduct research and education and training programs concerning the purity of Native American seeds. (1994 Institutions are Native American tribally-controlled colleges and universities that were granted land-grant status in 1994.)

Requires grant applicants to certify that any research conducted will be performed under a cooperative agreement with at least one other entity that has the capacity and infrastructure necessary to carry out agricultural research projects.

Authorizes the use of the grants to fund research to assess the impact of: (1) public law and policies on traditional ways of life and cultural practices relating to the harvesting and cultivating of Native American seeds, and (2) contaminants that compromise the integrity and purity of those seeds.

Authorizes the use of the grants to fund education and training programs on: (1) the methods necessary to conduct such research; and (2) the best methods to continuously test, monitor, and otherwise protect the purity of Native American seeds.

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the use of grants under the community facilities grant program to expand, construct, and develop seed storage facilities that are used to protect and preserve Native American seeds.

native american seeds protection act amends teaching policy act authorize secretary agriculture award grants enter agreements indian tribes institutions conduct research education training programs concerning purity native american seeds institutions native american tribally controlled colleges universities granted land grant status requires grant applicants certify research conducted performed cooperative agreement entity capacity infrastructure necessary carry agricultural research projects authorizes use grants fund research assess impact public law policies traditional ways life cultural practices relating harvesting cultivating native american seeds contaminants compromise integrity purity seeds authorizes use grants fund education training programs methods necessary conduct research best methods continuously test monitor protect purity native american seeds amends consolidated_farm rural development act authorize use grants community facilities grant program expand construct develop seed storage facilities protect preserve native american seeds


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Accepts the request of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to revoke the charter of incorporation issued to that tribe and ratified by its members on June 1, 1940.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated accepts request revoke charter incorporation issued tribe ratified members june


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Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take the Blackwater Trading Post lands in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation after the Community: (1) conveys such lands to the Secretary; (2) requests the Secretary to take such lands into trust for the Community; (3) if a survey is necessary, conducts one pursuant to this Act; and (4) pays the cost of any such survey.

Treats the lands that are taken into trust as a part of the Gila River Indian Reservation.

Prohibits the Community from conducting gaming on such lands.

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Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to schools and private or tribal nonprofit organizations to develop and maintain, or improve and expand, programs that support the use by schools, from the prekindergarten through postsecondary level, of Native American languages as their primary language of instruction.

Requires grant applicants to present the Secretary with specified assurances and demonstrations that the schools they will support have the capacity to provide education primarily through a Native American language.

Requires grantees to:

 support Native American language education and development; develop or refine instructional curricula for the schools they support, including distinctive teaching materials and activities; fund training opportunities for school staff that strengthen the overall language and academic goals of their schools; and engage in other activities that promote Native American language education and development.

act authorize secretary education award grants schools private tribal nonprofit organizations develop maintain improve expand programs support use schools prekindergarten postsecondary level native american languages primary language instruction requires grant applicants present secretary specified assurances demonstrations schools support capacity provide education primarily native american language requires grantees support native american language education development develop refine instructional curricula schools support including distinctive teaching materials activities fund training opportunities school staff strengthen overall language academic goals schools engage activities promote native american language education development


Summary: Amends the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General to take all necessary or appropriate steps to: (1) execute and implement on behalf of the United States the settlement agreement approved in principle by the city of Escondido, California, the Vista Irrigation District, the San Luis Rey River Indian Water Authority, and the La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians (California), dated April 23, 2012; and (2) secure the entry of stipulated judgments or other final dispositions in the proceedings among these parties presently pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

amends san indian water rights settlement act direct secretary interior attorney general necessary appropriate steps execute implement behalf united_states settlement agreement approved principle city california river california dated april secure entry stipulated judgments final dispositions proceedings parties presently pending california federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc


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Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (the Act) to give the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 60 days to act before the request of an Indian tribe for a waiver of certain local cooperation, housing plan, environmental review, or development cost requirements is deemed approved under the program providing tribes with block grants for affordable and self-determined housing activities.

Makes tribal prevailing wage laws applicable to the administration of all federal funding for projects funded in whole or part under the Act.

Deems an Indian tribe that is receiving a block grant for an affordable housing project under the Act and one or more other sources of federal funding for such project to have satisfied any environmental review requirements that accompany that funding if the tribe has assumed environmental review responsibilities under the Act and is in compliance with those review requirements.

Requires the Secretary to waive environmental review requirements if inadvertent error prevents satisfaction of such requirements and certain other conditions are met.

Makes low-income training and employment requirements under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 inapplicable to tribal housing activities under the Act.

Allows the use of Indian reserve accounts for affordable housing activities, not just the administration and planning of those activities.

Makes maximum rent and home buyer payment provisions for housing assisted under the Act inapplicable if the grant recipient has a written policy that does not include maximum rent and home buyer payment provisions.

Treats rental housing that is made available to a current tenant for purchase as a home buyer or lease-purchase unit as affordable housing if the unit is made available for occupancy by a low-income family at the time of initial occupancy.

Makes the requirement that housing assisted under the Act remain affordable throughout the remaining life of the property inapplicable to improvements of a privately owned home if the cost of those improvements does not exceed 10% of the maximum total development cost for such home.

Requires the owner or manager of rental housing assisted under the Act and one or more other federal funding sources to use only leases that require a lease termination notice period.

Allows recipients of funding under the Act to use funding from the Indian Health Service (IHS) of HUD for the construction of sanitation facilities for housing construction and renovation projects funded under the Act.

Reauthorizes appropriations for the block grant program through FY2019.

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary to implement a supportive housing and rental assistance program, in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for the benefit of Native American veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to allow grants under that Act to be used in public housing or other federally assisted low-income housing projects to remediate structures and related infrastructure damaged and rendered unfit for human habitation or other use due to the conduct of methamphetamine-related activities in such structures.

Amends the Act to prohibit provisions authorizing Indian owners to lease any trust or restricted Indian lands for housing development and residential purposes for a term of up to 50 years from being construed to affect any authority to lease those lands that is conferred pursuant to any law whether enacted before, on, or after the enactment of such Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to use such sums as may be necessary from the block grant program's appropriations to assist a national organization to provide training and technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally designated housing entities.

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to guarantee Indian and Native Hawaiian housing loans through FY2019. Authorizes appropriations for such guarantees. Sets the maximum aggregate outstanding principal amount for such loans.

Reauthorizes the Native Hawaiian Homeownership Act through FY2019.

Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a policy that promotes increased hiring and appointment of Indians and Native Hawaiians to vacancies within HUD's Office of Native American Programs.

Amends the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 to require the Lands Title Report Commission to be appointed no later than 90 days after this Act's enactment, without the current condition that sums be appropriated for that purpose in advance.

Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of funds under that Act for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation unless the order issued on September 21, 2011, by the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia remains in effect or there is a settlement agreement that ends litigation among the adverse parties.

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Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act - Amends the Johnson-O'Malley Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with tribal organizations, Indian corporations, public school districts, or states to provide educational benefits to Indian students who attend public elementary or secondary schools.

Requires contract funds to be used for:

 remedial instruction, counseling, and cultural programs; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses; important needs, such as school supplies and items that enable students to participate in curricular and extra-curricular programs; program activities that were available to Indian students under contracts entered into under the Act before October 1, 2012; targeted and culturally sensitive dropout prevention activities; and equipment to facilitate training for professional trade skills and intensified college preparation programs. Determines the amount of funds each contractor is to receive by: (1) determining the number of Indian students who were in average daily attendance and receiving a free public education in the public schools of the school districts served by the contractor in the preceding school year, and (2) providing the contractor a minimum amount for each of those students.

Authorizes the Secretary to give a contracting preference to a consortium of tribal organizations.

direct secretary interior enter contracts tribal organizations indian corporations public school districts states provide educational benefits indian students attend public elementary secondary schools requires contract funds remedial instruction counseling cultural programs science technology engineering mathematics stem courses important needs school supplies items enable students participate curricular extra curricular programs program activities available indian students contracts entered act october targeted culturally sensitive dropout prevention activities equipment facilitate training professional trade skills college preparation programs determines funds contractor receive determining number indian students average daily attendance receiving free public education public schools school districts served contractor preceding school year providing contractor minimum students authorizes secretary contracting preference consortium tribal organizations


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Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Title I: Block Grants and Grant Requirements - (Sec. 101) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to act within 60 days upon a request by an Indian tribe for a waiver of certain local cooperation requirements and an exemption from taxation requirements under the program providing tribes with block grants for affordable and self-determined housing activities.

(Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary to recommend to Congress standards and procedures for: (1) the waiver of the requirement for an Indian tribe to submit Indian housing plans (IHPs); or (2) alternative IHP requirements, which may include multi-year housing plans. Requires recommendations to describe any legislative and regulatory changes necessary to implement them.

(Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to waive environmental review requirements if inadvertent error prevents satisfaction of such requirements and certain other conditions are met. Requires the Secretary to act within 60 days upon a request of an Indian tribe to waive such requirements.

Deems an Indian tribe that is receiving a block grant for an affordable housing project, and is using additional funding from other federal sources that does not exceed 49% of the total project cost, to have satisfied any environmental review requirements attached to those sources if the tribe has assumed environmental review, decisionmaking, and action responsibilities under NAHASDA and complied with its environmental review requirements.

(Sec. 104) Gives the Secretary 60 days to approve or deny a request to exceed the maximum total development cost for an affordable housing project.

Title II: Affordable Housing Activities - (Sec. 201) Makes low-income training and employment requirements under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 inapplicable to tribal housing activities under the Act.

(Sec. 202) Makes maximum rent and homebuyer payment requirements for housing assisted under NAHASDA inapplicable if the grant recipient has a written policy that includes maximum rent and homebuyer payment requirements.

(Sec. 203) Treats rental housing as affordable housing if it is made available only to a current rental family for purchase as a homebuyer or lease-purchase unit and that family was a low-income family at the time of their initial occupancy of the unit.

Makes the requirement that housing assisted under NAHASDA remain affordable throughout the remaining life of the property inapplicable to improvements of a privately owned home if the cost of those improvements do not exceed 10% of the maximum total development cost for such home.

(Sec. 204) Requires the owner or manager of rental housing assisted under NAHASDA and one or more other federal funding sources to only use leases that require a pre-lease termination notice period.

(Sec. 205) Allows recipients of funding under NAHASDA to use funding from the Indian Health Service (IHS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the construction of sanitation facilities for housing construction and renovation projects funded under the Act.

Title III: Allocation of Grant Amounts - (Sec. 301) Reauthorizes appropriations for the block grant program through FY2018.

(Sec. 302) Sets forth notice requirements when an Indian tribe has undisbursed block grants under the Act. Directs the Secretary to require a justification from any block grant recipient whose total amount of undisbursed block grants in the HUD line of credit control system is more than three times the formula allocation the recipient would otherwise receive, if that formula amount is $5 million or more. Requires HUD to allocate to the recipient, in this case, the initially calculated amount minus the difference between the total undisbursed amount and three times the initial formula amount.

Requires the reallocation of those unused grants proportionately to all other Indian tribes not subject to such an adjustment.

Title IV: Audits and Reports - (Sec. 401) Requires the Secretary to issue a final report on an audit or review within 60 days of receiving comments from a grant recipient.

(Sec. 402) Requires the Secretary to make its annual report to Congress publicly available to recipients.

Title V: Other Housing Assistance For Native Americans - (Sec. 501) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary to set aside certain funds to implement a supportive housing and rental assistance voucher program, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for the benefit of Native American veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Allows the Secretary to waive or specify alternative requirements for any requirement of any statute or regulation under such program as needed.

(Sec. 502) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to guarantee Indian housing loans through FY2018. Authorizes appropriations for such guarantees. Sets the maximum aggregate outstanding principal amount for such loans.

Title VI: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 601) Amends the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 to repeal the requirement that sums be appropriated in advance before the Lands Title Report Commission is appointed.

(Sec. 602) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of funds under that Act for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation unless the Order issued on September 21, 2011, by the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia remains in effect or there is a settlement agreement which ends litigation among the adverse parties.

(Sec. 603) Amends NAHASDA to extend from 50 years to 99 years the limit on the lease of trust or Indian restricted lands for housing purposes.

Title VII: Demonstration Program For Alternative Privatization Authority For Native American Housing - (Sec. 701) Amends NAHASDA to establish a demonstration program that requires a participating Indian tribe to select an investor partner and, with that partner, to develop and implement a HUD-approved plan to address the tribe's housing needs. Requires each participating tribe to obtain assistance from a qualified entity in assessing its housing needs.

Bars the Secretary from approving more than 20 tribes for participation in the demonstration program.

Makes the block grant amounts that would otherwise have been allocated to a participating tribe under NAHASDA available under the demonstration program to: (1) provide investor partners or other investors with a full return on their investment in the tribe's housing needs, (2) cover a tribe's administrative costs, and (3) cover housing infrastructure costs associated with providing affordable housing for the tribe.

Permits a participating tribe, in accordance with the tribe's final plan, to resell any affordable housing developed with assistance under NAHASDA for use other than as affordable housing, but only if the tribe makes certain assurances with respect to those needs.

Title VIII: Housing for Native Hawaiians- (Sec 801) Amends the Act to reauthorize the block grant program for affordable housing for Native Hawaiians through FY2019.

(Sec. 802) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to guarantee Native Hawaiian housing loans through FY2019. Authorizes appropriations to the Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund for the costs of such guarantees. Sets the maximum aggregate outstanding principal amount of such loans for each fiscal year at $41.504 million.

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project additional funding federal sources exceed total project cost satisfied environmental review requirements attached sources tribe assumed environmental review decisionmaking action responsibilities nahasda complied environmental review requirements sec gives secretary days approve deny request exceed maximum total development cost affordable housing project title affordable housing activities sec makes low income training employment requirements housing_and_urban_development_act inapplicable tribal housing activities act sec makes maximum rent homebuyer payment requirements housing assisted nahasda inapplicable grant recipient written policy includes maximum rent homebuyer payment requirements sec treats rental housing affordable housing available current rental family purchase homebuyer lease purchase unit family low income family time initial occupancy unit makes requirement housing assisted nahasda remain affordable remaining life property inapplicable improvements privately owned home cost improvements exceed maximum total development cost home sec requires owner manager rental housing assisted nahasda federal funding sources use leases require pre lease termination notice period sec allows recipients funding nahasda use funding indian_health_service ihs department_of_health_and_human_services hhs construction sanitation facilities housing construction renovation projects funded act title iii allocation grant amounts sec reauthorizes appropriations block grant program fy2018 sec sets forth notice requirements indian tribe undisbursed block grants act directs secretary require justification block grant recipient total undisbursed block grants hud line credit control system times formula allocation recipient receive formula million requires hud allocate recipient case initially calculated minus difference total undisbursed times initial formula requires reallocation unused grants proportionately indian tribes subject adjustment title audits reports sec requires secretary issue final report audit review days receiving comments grant recipient sec requires secretary annual report congress publicly available recipients title housing assistance native americans sec amends united_states housing act require secretary set aside certain funds implement supportive housing rental assistance voucher program conjunction department_of_veterans_affairs benefit native american veterans homeless risk homelessness allows secretary waive specify alternative requirements requirement statute regulation program needed sec amends housing_and_community_development_act authorize secretary guarantee indian housing loans fy2018 authorizes appropriations guarantees sets maximum aggregate outstanding principal loans title miscellaneous sec amends repeal requirement sums appropriated advance appointed sec amends native_american_housing_assistance self determination reauthorization act prohibit use funds act benefit cherokee nation order issued september district_of_columbia remains effect settlement agreement ends litigation adverse parties sec amends nahasda extend years years limit lease trust indian restricted lands housing purposes title vii amends nahasda establish demonstration program requires participating indian tribe select investor partner partner develop implement hud approved plan address tribe housing needs requires participating tribe obtain assistance qualified entity assessing housing needs bars secretary approving tribes participation demonstration program makes block grant amounts allocated participating tribe nahasda available demonstration program provide investor partners investors return investment tribe housing needs cover tribe administrative costs cover housing infrastructure costs associated providing affordable housing tribe permits participating tribe accordance tribe final plan resell affordable housing developed assistance nahasda use affordable housing tribe makes certain assurances respect needs title viii housing native amends act reauthorize block grant program affordable housing native hawaiians fy2019 sec amends housing_and_community_development_act authorize secretary guarantee native hawaiian housing loans fy2019 authorizes appropriations costs guarantees sets maximum aggregate outstanding principal loans fiscal year million


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Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 1,568 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.

Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mineral interests underlying the land on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in exchange for U.S. coal mineral interests underlying the land referred to as Bull Mountains and East Fork. Sets forth conditions on the conveyance to Great Northern Properties.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that the deed for those federal coal mineral interests includes a covenant that precludes surface mining of the coal unless certain conditions are met.

Prohibits Montana from taxing the mineral interests this Act conveys to the Tribe.

Sets forth conditions regarding waiver of claims by the Tribe and Great Northern Properties.

Requires the Northern Cheyenne Trust Fund to be transferred to the Tribe in exchange for the Tribe waiving all of its claims arising from U.S. management of the Fund.

northern cheyenne lands act directs secretary interior approximately acres land montana trust requires great northern properties convey tribe coal iron ore mineral interests underlying land exchange coal mineral interests underlying land referred east_fork sets forth conditions conveyance great_northern_properties directs secretary ensure deed federal coal mineral interests includes covenant precludes surface mining coal certain conditions met prohibits montana taxing mineral interests act conveys tribe sets forth conditions waiver claims tribe great northern properties requires transferred tribe exchange tribe waiving claims arising management fund


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American Indian Trust Responsibility Review Act of 2014 - Establishes the American Indian Trust Review Commission to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the unique trust relationship between the United States and federally recognized Indian tribes, and (2) report to Congress within two years of this Act's enactment.

Requires the study to analyze:

 the attributes of that relationship; the policies, practices, structure, and effectiveness of the federal agencies that have trust responsibilities toward Indian tribes; the feasibility of authorizing willing Indian tribes to assume duties currently performed by the federal government; the data necessary for the Commission to get a better understanding of tribal needs; the feasibility of creating high-level federal positions to increase tribal participation in policy formation and program development; the viability of a mechanism to ensure the continuation of critical programs for Indian tribes; the appropriate role of state and local governments in federal activities affecting Indian tribes; and modifications to laws, procedures, regulations, policies, and practices that might further the federal government's trust relationship with Indian tribes.

establishes american indian trust review commission conduct comprehensive review unique trust relationship united_states federally recognized indian tribes report congress years act enactment requires study analyze attributes relationship policies practices structure effectiveness federal agencies trust responsibilities indian tribes feasibility authorizing willing indian tribes assume duties currently performed federal government data necessary commission better understanding tribal needs feasibility creating high level federal positions increase tribal participation policy formation program development viability mechanism ensure continuation critical programs indian tribes appropriate role state local governments federal activities affecting indian tribes modifications laws procedures regulations policies practices federal government trust relationship indian tribes


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Native American Children's Safety Act - Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (Act) to prohibit the final approval of any foster care placement by a tribal social services agency until the agency: (1) completes a criminal records check of each covered individual who resides in the household or is employed at the institution in which the foster care placement will be made, and (2) concludes that each of those individuals meets the standards the tribe is required to establish.

Defines a "covered individual" as an adult and any other individual the tribe determines is subject to a criminal records check.

Requires the tribal social services agency, as part of those investigations, to: (1) perform criminal records checks, including fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases; (2) check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by the state, and any tribal abuse registries maintained in the state, in which the individual resides; and (3) request any other state in which the individual resided during the preceding five years to allow the agency to check its registry.

Prohibits a foster care placement from being ordered if the investigation reveals that the covered individual has been found guilty by a federal, state, or tribal court of a felony involving child abuse or neglect, spousal abuse, a crime against a child, violence, or drugs.

Excepts emergency foster care placements from such requirements.

Requires each Indian tribe to establish procedures, within two years after this Act's enactment, to recertify homes or institutions in which foster care placements are made. Requires those procedures to include, at a minimum, periodic intervals at which the home or institution is subject to recertification to ensure: (1) the safety of the home or institution for the Indian child, and (2) that each covered individual who resides in the home or is employed at the institution is subject to a criminal records check in accordance with this Act's requirements.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate guidance, within one year after this Act's enactment, regarding: (1) procedures for a criminal records check of any covered individual who resides in the home or is employed at the institution in which the child is placed after the investigations that preceded that placement occurred, (2) self-reporting requirements for foster care homes or institutions that have knowledge that a covered individual residing on their premises would fail the criminal records check, (3) procedures and guidelines for emergency foster care placements, and (4) procedures for certifying compliance with the Act.

safety act amends indian child protection family violence prevention act act prohibit final approval foster care placement tribal social services agency agency completes criminal records check covered individual resides household employed institution foster care placement concludes individuals meets standards tribe required establish defines covered individual adult individual tribe determines subject criminal records check requires tribal social services agency investigations perform criminal records checks including fingerprint based checks national crime information databases check child abuse neglect registry maintained state tribal abuse registries maintained state individual resides request state individual resided preceding years allow agency check registry prohibits foster care placement ordered investigation reveals covered individual found guilty federal state tribal court felony involving child abuse neglect spousal abuse crime child violence drugs excepts emergency foster care placements requirements requires indian tribe establish procedures years act enactment recertify homes institutions foster care placements requires procedures include minimum periodic intervals home institution subject recertification ensure safety home institution indian child covered individual resides home employed institution subject criminal records check accordance act requirements directs secretary interior promulgate guidance year act enactment procedures criminal records check covered individual resides home employed institution child placed investigations preceded placement occurred self reporting requirements foster care homes institutions knowledge covered individual residing premises fail criminal records check procedures guidelines emergency foster care placements procedures certifying compliance act


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Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2014 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Tribal Self-Governance Program. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office of Self-Governance, to select up to 50 new Indian tribes per year from those eligible to participate in self-governance.

department interior tribal self governance act amends indian self determination education assistance act revise tribal self governance requirements directs secretary interior carry authorizes secretary acting director select new indian tribes year eligible participate self governance


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Point Spencer Coast Guard and Public-Private Sector Infrastructure Development Facilitation and Land Conveyance Act - Designates certain land at Point Spencer in Alaska (a parcel of land on which a decommissioned long range radio navigation station was located) to be: (1) retained by the Coast Guard; (2) conveyed to, or leased by, the state of Alaska; and (3) conveyed to the Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) (a corporation authorized to represent and manage land and resources from the settlement of aboriginal claims of indigenous Alaska Natives in the Bering Strait region).

Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to retain an easement authorizing public aircraft to use all existing and future airstrips, runways, and taxiways on a specified tract of such land at no cost.

Defines "public aircraft" as any aircraft owned by, operated by, or chartered by the United States or by a contractor of the United States for the performance of a federal contract on or from Point Spencer.

 Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) conveyed lands that are leased back to the Coast Guard upon the Secretary's request, (2) airspace easements, and (3) rights-of-way on roads to and from airstrips.

Requires the United States to retain the authority to enforce archaeological and historic preservation laws on certain land.

Directs the Secretary, the state of Alaska, and the BSNC to develop a joint management plan for the use and management of the lands retained, conveyed, or leased under this Act.

land conveyance act designates certain land point spencer alaska parcel land decommissioned long range radio navigation station located retained coast_guard conveyed leased state alaska conveyed bering_straits_native_corporation corporation authorized represent manage land resources settlement aboriginal claims indigenous alaska_natives region requires secretary department coast_guard operating retain easement authorizing public aircraft use existing future specified tract land cost defines public aircraft aircraft owned operated chartered united_states contractor united_states performance federal contract sets forth requirements concerning conveyed lands leased coast_guard secretary request airspace easements rights way roads requires united_states retain authority enforce archaeological historic preservation laws certain land directs secretary state alaska develop joint management plan use management lands retained conveyed leased act


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Amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to enter into contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with eligible Indian tribes to carry out activities under the Land Consolidation Program.

Requires the Secretary to invest the amounts remaining in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund into public debt securities with maturities suitable to the needs of the Fund.

Deems invested funds to have been used to conduct the Land Consolidation Program and for other costs associated with the Class Action Settlement Agreement.

Makes the Secretary responsible for ensuring that all payments are made to beneficiaries within one year.

amends claims resolution act authorize secretary interior secretary enter contracts indian_self-determination_and_education assistance act eligible indian tribes carry activities requires secretary invest amounts remaining public debt securities maturities suitable needs fund deems invested funds conduct costs associated class action settlement agreement makes secretary responsible ensuring payments beneficiaries year


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Indian Country Economic Revitalization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, within one year of this Act's enactment and every three years thereafter, to submit a report and recommendations for promoting the sustained growth of the economies of Indian tribes and lands.

Requires each report to include:

 data on Indian business development and employment during the preceding 3-year period, except for the first report which is to include data from the preceding 10 years; an assessment of existing structural advantages and barriers to the economic development of Indian tribes and lands; an analysis of Indian access to adequate infrastructure, affordable energy, educational opportunities, and investment capital; and recommendations on legislation to strengthen the economies of Indian tribes and lands in areas that include regulatory, tax, and trust reform. Directs the Secretary to consider appropriate information contained in previous studies and reports in conducting this Act's studies.

amends tourism act direct secretary commerce year act enactment years submit report recommendations promoting sustained growth economies indian tribes lands requires report include data indian business development employment preceding year period report include data preceding years assessment existing structural advantages barriers economic development indian tribes lands analysis indian access adequate infrastructure affordable energy educational opportunities investment capital recommendations legislation strengthen economies indian tribes lands areas include regulatory tax trust reform directs secretary consider appropriate information contained previous studies reports conducting act studies


Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Alaska Native Corporations an increased tax deduction for donations of conservation easements related to lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Permits a 15-year carryover of contribution amounts that exceed annual limitations on the amount of such tax deduction.

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Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for producing electricity from an Indian coal production facility, to eliminate: (1) the requirement that such a facility be placed in service before January 1, 2009, and (2) the limitation on the period during which such coal is required to be produced and sold.

amends internal revenue code respect tax credit producing electricity indian coal production facility eliminate requirement facility placed service january limitation period coal required produced sold


Summary: Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act - Requires the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over specified federal property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, within the boundary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (the Tribe), from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall take such land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe.

property land transfer act requires transfer administrative jurisdiction specified federal property mcintosh_county oklahoma boundary muscogee creek nation tribe secretary army secretary interior shall land trust benefit tribe


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 19, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act - Provides for the disposition of four parcels of land in California.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey approximately 41.15 acres designated as Morongo lands to Lloyd L. Fields in exchange for 41.15 acres owned by Fields to be held in trust for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.

Grants an easement to the city of Banning for a public right-of-way in exchange for 1.21 acres of land to be held in trust for the Tribe.

measure amended reported house september summary version repeated economic development tribal land exchange act provides disposition parcels land california directs secretary interior convey approximately acres designated morongo lands exchange acres owned fields held trust morongo_band_of_mission_indians grants easement city banning public right way exchange acres land held trust tribe


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Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act - Establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Requires the President and Congress to appoint to the Commission individuals who have significant experience and expertise in Indian affairs and the matters to be studied by the Commission.

Requires the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children, including an evaluation of:

 the impact of concurrent jurisdiction on child welfare systems, barriers Indian tribes and Native Hawaiians face related to grant resources, obstacles to nongovernmental financial support for programs benefitting Native children, issues relating to the validity and statistical significance of data on Native children, programs designed to assist high-risk Native children and their families, and barriers to interagency coordination on programs benefitting Native children. Directs the Commission to use the results of the study and analyses of existing federal data relating to Native children to:

 develop plans and goals for federal policy relating to Native children informed by accurate child well-being measures; recommend modifications and improvements to programs that serve Native children at the federal, state, and tribal level; recommend improvements to the collection of data regarding Native children and the programs that serve them; and identify models of successful federal, state, and tribal programs in the areas studied by the Commission. Requires the Commission to report to the President, Congress, and the White House Council on Native American Affairs on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for appropriate legislative and administrative action.

native children act establishes spotted bear office_of_tribal_justice department_of_justice doj requires president congress appoint commission individuals significant experience expertise indian affairs matters studied commission requires commission conduct comprehensive study federal state local tribal programs serve native children including evaluation impact concurrent jurisdiction child welfare systems barriers indian tribes native hawaiians face related grant resources obstacles nongovernmental financial support programs benefitting native children issues relating validity statistical significance data native children programs designed assist high risk native children families barriers interagency coordination programs benefitting native children directs commission use results study analyses existing federal data relating native children develop plans goals federal policy relating native children informed accurate child measures recommend modifications improvements programs serve native children federal state tribal level recommend improvements collection data native children programs serve identify models successful federal state tribal programs areas studied commission requires commission report president congress findings conclusions recommendations appropriate legislative administrative action


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it passed the House on December 1, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms: (1) the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement (Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement) entered into by the Hualapai Tribe (Tribe), its members and allottees, the United States as trustee for the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), the Arizona Department of Water Resources, the Freeport Minerals Corporation (Corporation), and the Arizona Game and Fish Commission; and (2) any amendment to that Agreement that is executed to make it consistent with this Act.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement and any amendment to that Agreement that is necessary to make it consistent with this Act.

Requires the Secretary to also execute a conditional withdrawal of the Department of the Interior's objections to specified applications by the Corporation to sever and transfer certain water rights from: (1) Lincoln Ranch and Planet Ranch to the Wikieop Wellfield for use at the Bagdad Mine Complex and Bagdad Townsite, and (2) portions of Planet Ranch to new locations within that Ranch.

 (Sec. 5) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms: (1) the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement (Hualapai Tribe Agreement) entered into by the Tribe, its members and allottees, the United States as trustee for the Tribe, and the Corporation; and (2) any amendment to that Agreement that is executed to make it consistent with this Act.

Directs the Secretary to execute the Hualapai Tribe Agreement and any amendment to that Agreement that is necessary to make it consistent with this Act.

Authorizes the Corporation's contribution to the economic development fund of the Tribe, as provided for in the Hualapai Tribe Agreement, to be used by the Tribe for the limited purpose of facilitating settlement of the Tribe's claims for Colorado River water rights by enabling the Tribe to: (1) acquire Colorado River water rights to increase the security of the Tribe's water rights, and (2) otherwise facilitate the use of water on the Hualapai Reservation.

Requires the Tribe to use those acquired water rights only: (1) to irrigate acquired appurtenant land or for storage in accordance with federal and state law in a permitted recharge facility in Arizona, subject to specified conditions. Terminates these use limitations on the earlier of: (1) the date the Hualapai Tribe Agreement becomes enforceable, or (2) December 31, 2039.

Provides that if the Hualapai Tribe Agreement does not become enforceable by December 31, 2039, any Colorado River water rights acquired by the Tribe with the Corporation's contribution to its economic development fund is to be counted toward the Tribe's clams for Colorado River water rights in any subsequent settlement or adjudication of those claims.

(Sec. 6) Provides for the waiver, release, and retention of specified water rights claims under both Agreements.

Authorizes the waiver and release of specified claims by the United States and the Tribe against the Corporation, pursuant to the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement, for:

 Indian allottees' water rights in excess of 82 acre-feet per year on a specified Parcel; Indian allottees' water rights in excess of 312 acre-feet per year on a specified Parcel 2; tribal water rights in excess of 300 acre-feet per year on a specified Parcel 3; and injuries to federal or Indian water rights resulting from the diversion of water by the Corporation from the Wikieup Wellfield or the Freeport Groundwater Wells, provided such a diversion occurring after the enforceability date of the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch and Hualapai Tribe Agreements does not violate those Agreements. Authorizes the Tribe and the United States as trustee for the Tribe to waive and release their claims against the Corporation, pursuant to the Hualapai Tribe Agreement, for past, present, and future injuries to water rights resulting from the Corporation's diversion of water from the Bill Williams River watershed, provided such a diversion occurring after the enforceability date of the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch and Hualapai Tribe Agreements does not violate those Agreements.

Authorizes the Tribe, in consideration of the benefits provided to it under both Agreements, to waive and release its claims against the United States for:

 all past, present, and future Parcel 3 water rights in excess of 300 acre-feet per year that the United States asserted or could have asserted against any party to either Agreement; all past, present, and future water rights associated with Parcel 3 arising from the withdrawal of a protest against the Corporation's application to sever and transfer certain water rights referenced in the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement; and injuries to water rights arising after the enforceability date associated with Parcel 3 resulting from the Corporation's diversion of water from the Bill Williams River watershed in a manner that does not violate the Hualapai Tribe Agreement. (Sec. 7) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to allow any party to the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement to commence a civil action relating only and directly to the interpretation or enforcement of: (1) the Bill Williams River water rights Settlement Act of 2014, or (2) the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement. Requires those actions to be brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona or in a state court where a pending action has been brought to adjudicate the water rights associated with the Bill Williams River system and source.

Waives the sovereign immunity of the Tribe and the United States acting as trustee for the Tribe, but only for the purpose of interpreting or enforcing the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement, or the Hualapai Tribe Agreement.

(Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary to comply with all applicable federal environmental laws in implementing the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement, the Hualapai Tribe Agreement, and this Act.

Provides that the Secretary's execution of those Agreements shall not constitute a major federal action for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

(Sec. 9) Sets the enforceability date for such Agreements as the date the Secretary publishes specified findings in the Federal Register that certain actions have been taken in compliance with the terms of such Agreements and this Act.

Provides for the repeal of this Act if the Secretary does not publish such findings by: (1) December 31, 2015; or (2) 14 days after a later date agreed to by the Tribe, the Secretary, and the Corporation, after providing reasonable notice to Arizona.

measure amended passed house december summary version repeated river water rights settlement act sec authorizes ratifies confirms big sandy river ranch water rights settlement agreement big sandy river ranch agreement entered tribe members allottees united_states trustee tribe secretary interior secretary arizona_game amendment agreement executed consistent act directs secretary interior execute amendment agreement necessary consistent act requires secretary execute conditional withdrawal department_of_the_interior objections specified applications corporation sever transfer certain water rights ranch use complex portions new locations ranch sec authorizes ratifies confirms tribe river water rights settlement agreement tribe agreement entered tribe members allottees united_states trustee tribe corporation amendment agreement executed consistent act directs secretary execute tribe agreement amendment agreement necessary consistent act authorizes corporation contribution economic development fund tribe provided tribe agreement tribe limited purpose facilitating settlement tribe claims colorado_river water rights enabling tribe acquire colorado_river water rights increase security tribe water rights facilitate use water requires tribe use acquired water rights irrigate acquired appurtenant land storage accordance federal state law permitted recharge facility arizona subject specified conditions terminates use limitations earlier date tribe agreement enforceable december provides tribe agreement enforceable december colorado_river water rights acquired tribe corporation contribution economic development fund counted tribe colorado_river water rights subsequent settlement adjudication claims sec provides waiver release retention specified water rights claims agreements authorizes waiver release specified claims united_states tribe corporation pursuant indian allottees water rights excess acre feet year specified parcel indian allottees water rights excess acre feet year specified parcel tribal water rights excess acre feet year specified parcel injuries federal indian water rights resulting diversion water corporation groundwater wells provided diversion occurring enforceability date violate agreements authorizes tribe united_states trustee tribe waive release claims corporation pursuant tribe agreement past present future injuries water rights resulting corporation diversion water watershed provided diversion occurring enforceability date violate agreements authorizes tribe consideration benefits provided agreements waive release claims united_states past present future parcel water rights excess acre feet year united_states asserted asserted party agreement past present future water rights associated parcel arising withdrawal protest corporation application sever transfer certain water rights referenced injuries water rights arising enforceability date associated parcel resulting corporation diversion water watershed manner violate tribe agreement sec amends omnibus_public_land_management_act allow party commence civil action relating directly interpretation enforcement river water rights settlement act big sandy river ranch agreement requires actions brought district arizona state court pending action brought adjudicate water rights associated bill williams river system source waives sovereign immunity tribe united_states acting trustee tribe purpose interpreting enforcing omnibus_public_land_management_act tribe agreement sec requires secretary comply applicable federal environmental laws implementing tribe agreement act provides secretary execution agreements shall constitute major federal action purposes national_environmental_policy_act sec sets enforceability date agreements date secretary publishes specified findings federal_register certain actions taken compliance terms agreements act provides repeal act secretary publish findings december days later date agreed tribe secretary corporation providing reasonable notice arizona


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Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014 - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to require the Secretary of the Interior: (1) at the request of a tribal government, to enter into agreements to allow the tribal government to carry out some or all of the Secretary's fractional interest acquisition program; and (2) to make payments to carry out the agreements and authorize the use of interest earned to acquire a fractional interest or permanent improvements on land that already has trust or restricted fractional interests.

Amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make amounts in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund available to Interior during a 15-year period (under current law, a 10-year period).

Requires annual reports to Congress that assess the implementation of the Trust Land Consolidation Fund.

indian amends indian land consolidation act require secretary interior request tribal government enter agreements allow tribal government carry secretary fractional interest acquisition program payments carry agreements authorize use interest earned acquire fractional interest permanent improvements land trust restricted fractional interests amends claims resolution act amounts available interior year period current law year period requires annual reports congress assess implementation


Summary:
Requires a border of any parcel of land that is transferred to or acquired by the Navajo Reservation to be within 18 miles of the trust lands of the Navajo Tribe, including the bands of the Tribe, as of January 2014.

Allows the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands anywhere within Arizona and New Mexico to be exchanged for lands within 18 miles of those trust lands.

Gives the Navajo Tribe the right to deselect not more than 757 acres of the land selected as of January 2014, whether or not such land has already been taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior. Gives the Tribe the right to reselect land up to the amount it deselected.

Directs the Secretary to report on annual rents owed by the Navajo Tribe to the Hopi Tribe for each of the years 2001-2013.

Authorizes the Navajo Tribe to designate up to 150,000 acres within specified lands to be designated as Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones. Makes inapplicable specified laws within such Zones.

Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 to set forth the rights of Navajo heads of household or their successors to relinquish an Accommodation Agreement they have entered into with the Hopi Tribe regarding their residence on Hopi lands.

Reauthorizes and revises the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Allows for its use for the development of Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones.

requires border parcel land transferred acquired miles trust lands navajo tribe including bands tribe january blm lands arizona new_mexico exchanged lands miles trust lands gives navajo tribe right acres land selected january land taken trust secretary interior gives tribe right reselect land directs secretary report annual rents owed navajo tribe hopi tribe years authorizes navajo tribe designate acres specified lands designated makes inapplicable specified laws zones amends navajo hopi land dispute settlement act set forth rights navajo heads household successors relinquish accommodation agreement entered hopi tribe residence hopi lands reauthorizes revises allows use development


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in specified Indian and non-Indian land as part of the settlement of disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribes in Idaho resulting from the realignment of the Blackfoot River by the Corps of Engineers in 1964.

(Sec. 5) Requires the non-Indian land to be held in trust by the United States for the Tribes.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer the Indian land to the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for use or sale. Requires any proceeds from the sale of the land to be used to compensate: (1) each non-Indian landowner at fair market value for his or her loss of land resulting from this Act's implementation, and (2) the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for any expenses it incurs in carrying out this Act.

Authorizes the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 to dispose of the land or proceeds that remain in any manner it determines to be appropriate.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure blackfoot river land exchange act sec extinguishes claims right title interest specified indian non indian land settlement disputes fort hall indian reservation shoshone indian tribes idaho resulting realignment blackfoot_river corps_of_engineers sec requires non indian land held trust united_states tribes sec directs secretary interior transfer indian land blackfoot river flood control district use sale requires proceeds sale land compensate non indian landowner fair market value loss land resulting act implementation expenses incurs carrying act authorizes blackfoot river flood control district dispose land proceeds remain manner determines appropriate


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act - Repeals the 1918 Act (authorizing the establishment of a town site on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho). Grants the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation the exclusive right of first refusal to purchase at fair market value any land offered for sale within the Fort Hall Townsite.

Requires the United States to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribes or a member of the Tribes, as applicable, any land owned or acquired by the Tribes or a member of the Tribes within the Fort Hall Townsite before, on, or after this Act's enactment.

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Summary: United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2013 [sic] - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the struggle for civil rights in the United States, including alternatives for potential addition of some or all of the sites to the National Trails System. Requires submission of a report to Congress that contains the results of such study and recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the route.

sic directs secretary interior conduct special resource study evaluate range alternatives protection interpretation sites associated civil rights united_states including alternatives potential addition sites national_trails_system requires submission report congress contains results study recommendations secretary respect route


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Fair and Accountable IHS Recompense Act of 2014 or the FAIR Act - Requires the annual report on the implementation of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to be made available to the public.

Amends the Act to presume that in any civil action, claim, or related appeal brought under the Act the deficiency amounts reported to Congress accurately reflect the minimum damages due to any Indian tribe or tribal organization upon whose behalf such civil action, claim, or appeal was filed absent fraud or mathematical error.

Bars any of the funds awarded in such a case from being allocated for or used to pay attorney fees until: (1) the fees are documented and charged at reasonable hourly rates, and (2) the required documentation has been made available to specified congressional committees and the public.

fair act fair act requires annual report implementation indian self determination education assistance act available public amends act presume civil action claim related appeal brought act deficiency amounts reported congress accurately reflect minimum damages indian tribe tribal organization behalf civil action claim appeal filed absent fraud mathematical error bars funds awarded case allocated pay attorney fees fees documented charged reasonable hourly rates required documentation available specified congressional committees public


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on November 12, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Olgoonik Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation, approximately 1,518 acres of real property and improvements that comprise a former Distant Early Warning Line site in the National Petroleum Reserve near Wainwright, Alaska.

Requires the Corporation to pay the fair market value of the property.

Permits the Secretary to authorize the Corporation to enter the property at no charge for pre-construction and construction activities.

Exempts this conveyance from certain provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

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Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act - Extends federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon.

Restores all rights and privileges of the Tribe and the members of the Tribe under any federal treaty, Executive order, agreement, statute, or other federal authority that may have been diminished or lost under the Act approved August 13, 1954. Makes the provisions of such Act inapplicable to the Tribe and its members.

Makes the Tribe and its members eligible to receive all federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe. Deems members of the Tribe residing in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties in Oregon as residing on or near a reservation.

Declares that no hunting, fishing, or trapping rights of the Tribe or of any member are granted or restored.

Establishes and opens the membership roll of the Tribe.

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Summary: American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program who: (1) are a member of an Indian tribe, and (2) have been employed as a full-time teacher for five consecutive complete school years in an Indian school or in a local educational agency that serves at least 10 Indian students or whose schools have an enrollment of students at least 25% of which are Indians.

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Oregon Coastal Lands Act - Requires all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 14,408 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled "Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance," dated March 27, 2013 (Oregon Coastal land) to be held in trust for, and to be part of the reservation of, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (Tribes).

Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs harvested from such land. Prohibits gaming on such land. Requires commercial forestry activity on such land to be managed in accordance with applicable federal laws. Exempts such land from the land use planning requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

Directs the Tribes to consult with the Secretary of the Interior and other parties to develop agreements to provide for access to such land that provide for: (1) honoring existing reciprocal right-of-way agreements, (2) administrative access by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and (3) management of any such land acquired or developed under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 in accordance with such Act.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify any such land that is Oregon and California Railroad grant land, (2) identify public domain land in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition to such Oregon and California Railroad grant land, and (3) reclassify such public domain land as Oregon and California Railroad grant land.

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Cow Creek Umpqua Land Conveyance Act - Requires all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 17,519 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled "Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance," dated June 27, 2013 (Council Creek land), to be held in trust for, and to be part of the reservation of, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians.

Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from such land. Prohibits gaming on such land. Requires any forestry activity on such land to be managed in accordance with applicable federal laws.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) identify any such land that is Oregon and California Railroad grant land, (2) identify public domain land in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition to such Oregon and California Railroad grant land, and (3) reclassify such public domain land as Oregon and California Railroad grant land.

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Duckwater Shoshone Land Conveyance Act - Requires that approximately 25,977 acres of land in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) be held in trust for the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe as part of the Tribe's reservation.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust.

Prohibits class II or class III gaming on such land.

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Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 tracts of federal land in New Mexico, the combined acreage of which is approximately 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School for the benefit of 19 specified pueblos immediately after the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) have been satisfied regarding the trust acquisition of such federal land.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) take such action as determined to be necessary to document such transfer, and (2) appropriately assign each applicable private and municipal utility and service right or agreement.

Requires the federal lands taken into trust to be used for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 pueblos.

Requires the federal lands taken into trust to remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service agreement in effect on this Act's enactment date.

Requires the 19 pueblos to allow the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to continue to use the federal lands taken into trust for the facilities and purposes as in existence on this Act's enactment date.

Prohibits any class I, class II, or class III gaming from being carried out on the federal lands taken into trust under this Act.

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