Summary: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop and implement an ongoing and sustainable national strategy for identifying and evaluating the health status and health care needs of NHOPI (Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders) populations living in the continental United States, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (2) conduct a preliminary health survey to identify the major regions of such areas in which NHOPI people reside, including data the Secretary determines to be useful in determining health status and health care needs or required for developing or implementing the national strategy. Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a study on: (1) the standards and definitions of health care applied to health care systems in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U,S. Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Palau, or the Marshall Islands; (2) the status and performance of health care systems in such areas; (3) the effectiveness of donor aid in addressing health care needs and priorities in such areas; and (4) progress toward implementing recommendations of the Institute's Committee on Health Care Services in the United States-Associated Pacific Basin that are set forth in the 1998 report, "Pacific Partnerships for Health; Charting a New Course for the 21st Century."

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Summary: Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. Deems, for purposes of the delivery of such services, Tribe members residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina to be residing on or near an Indian reservation. Allows land to be taken into trust for the Lumbee Tribe. Requires treating an application to take land located in Robeson County, North Carolina, into trust as an "on reservation" trust acquisition under regulations concerning land acquisitions. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

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Summary: Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009 - Title I: Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization and Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to maintain model diabetes projects in existence on October 29, 1992, and located in specified places. (Sec. 103) Replaces the Act's declaration of health objectives with a declaration of national Indian health policy. Subtitle A: Indian Health Manpower - (Sec. 111) Requires development and operation of a Community Health Aide Program in the state of Alaska. Allows establishment, through the Indian Health Service (Service), of a national Community Health Aide Program in accordance with the Alaskan program. Excludes dental health aide therapist services from the national program. (Sec. 112) Authorizes funding of demonstration programs for Indian health programs to address chronic shortages of health professionals. Subtitle B: Health Services - (Sec. 121) Revises provisions concerning the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund. (Sec. 122) Establishes an Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) to meet the extraordinary medical costs associated with the treatment of victims of disasters or catastrophic illnesses who are within the responsibility of the Service. (Sec. 123) Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine the incidence of, and the types of complications resulting from, diabetes among Indians and the measures each Service unit should take to reduce the incidence of, and prevent, treat, and control the complications resulting from, diabetes among Indian tribes; and (2) screen, when medically indicated and with informed consent, each Indian who receives services from the Service for diabetes and for conditions which indicate a high diabetes risk and establish a cost-effective monitoring approach. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide dialysis programs, including the purchase of dialysis equipment and the provision of necessary staffing; and (2) establish and maintain in each area office a position of diabetes control officer. (Sec. 124) Authorizes funding for hospice care and for assisted living, long-term care, home- and community-based, and convenient care services. Authorizes providing long-term care in a facility to Indians either directly or through contracts or compacts with Indian Tribes or Tribal Organizations. (Sec. 125) Gives tribes and tribal organizations (and in some circumstances, the United States) the right to recover from any responsible or liable third party (including, with limitation, a political subdivision of a state) the reasonable charges billed by the Secretary, a tribe, or a tribal organization in providing health services through the Service, a tribe, or a tribal organization to any individual to the same extent that such individual, or any nongovernmental provider of such services, would be eligible to receive damages, reimbursement, or indemnification for such charges or expenses if the services had been provided by a nongovernmental provider and the individual had been required to pay, and did pay, the charges or expenses. Prohibits state laws, contracts, or any health care plan or program entered into or renewed after enactment of the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1988 from hindering the right of recovery. (Sec. 126) Revises provisions concerning crediting of reimbursements. (Sec. 127) Directs the HHS Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to study and compile a list of the types of staff positions in elementary and secondary education, social services and family and child welfare, law enforcement and judicial services, and alcohol and substance abuse whose qualifications include, or should include, training in the identification, prevention, education, referral, or treatment of mental illness, or dysfunctional and self destructive behavior. Directs those Secretaries to provide training criteria and training appropriate to each such position. Requires the Service to develop and implement, on request, or assist in the development and implementation of, a program of community education on mental illness. Directs the HHS Secretary to develop a plan to increase the health care staff providing behavioral health services by at least 500 positions within five years after enactment, with at least 200 of those positions devoted to child, adolescent, and family services. (Sec. 129) Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds for certain transportation costs for patients and their escorts. (Sec. 130) Directs the Secretary to establish an epidemiology center in each Service area to carry out specified duties, including to: (1) the collect data relating to, and monitor progress made toward meeting, each of the health status objectives of the Service, the Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations in the Service area; (2) evaluate existing systems that impact Indian health improvement; (3) assist tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations in identifying highest-priority health status objectives; (4) make recommendations for service targeting and to improve health care delivery systems; (6) provide disease surveillance and requested technical assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Indian organizations, and eligible intertribal consortia to conduct epidemiological studies of Indian communities. (Sec. 132) Requires the Secretary to make grants of not more than $300,000 to each of nine colleges and universities (under current law, grants are authorized for at least three colleges and universities) for the purpose of developing and maintaining Indian psychology career recruitment programs as a means of encouraging Indians to enter the behavioral health field. Directs the Secretary to provide a grant to develop and maintain a program at the University of North Dakota to be known as the "Quentin N. Burdick American Indians Into Psychology Program." Requires such program, to the maximum extent feasible, to coordinate with the Quentin N. Burdick Indian health programs authorized under the Quentin N. Burdick American Indians Into Nursing Program and existing university research and communications networks. Sets forth requirements for receiving a grant and an active duty service requirement for graduates who received stipends under the grant program. (Sec. 133) Expands the current program for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis to authorize the Secretary, after consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants available to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the following: (1) projects for the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, hepatitis, HIV, respiratory syncytial virus, hanta virus, sexually transmitted diseases, and H. pylori; (2) public information and education programs for the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases; (3) education, training, and clinical skills improvement activities in the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases for health professionals, including allied health professionals; (4) demonstration projects for the screening, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV). (Sec. 134) Exempts licensed health professionals employed by a tribal health program, if licensed in any state, from the licensing requirements of the state in which the tribal health program performs the services described in the contract or compact of the tribal health program under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1)provide programs or allowances to transition into an Indian health program, including licensing, board or certification examination assistance, and technical assistance in fulfilling service obligations; and (2) provide programs or allowances to health professionals employed in an Indian health program to enable those professionals to take leave for professional consultation, management, leadership, and refresher training courses. (Sec. 136) Revises current provisions concerning the Office of Indian Women's Health Care to provide, in addition to such Office, for an Office of Indian Men's Health. (Sec. 137) Requires the Comptroller General of the United States (GAO) to submit to the Secretary, to Congress, and to make available to each Indian tribe, a report describing the results of the study of the Comptroller General regarding the funding of the contract health service program and the administration of the contract health service program. Requires the Secretary to consult with Indian tribes regarding the contract health service program, including the distribution of funds pursuant to the program. Subtitle C: Health Facilities - (Sec. 141) Requires the Secretary, acting through the Service, to maintain a health care facility priority system which: (1) shall be developed in consultation with Indian tribes and tribal organizations; (2) shall give Indian tribes' needs the highest priority; (3) may include a health care facilities list, must include the methodology adopted by the Service in establishing priorities under its health care facility priority system, and may include such health care facilities, and such renovation or expansion needs of any health care facility, as the Service may identify; (4) shall provide an opportunity for the nomination of planning, design, and construction projects by the Service, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for consideration under the priority system at least once every three years, or more frequently as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (Sec. 142) Prohibits the priority of any project established under the construction priority system in effect on the date of enactment from being affected by any change in the construction priority system taking place after that date for certain projects. (Sec. 143) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Service, to carry out, or to enter into contracts or compacts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with Indian tribes or tribal organizations to carry out, health care delivery demonstration projects that test alternative means of delivering health care and services to Indians through facilities. Permits the use of funds for, among other things, contracts for the construction and renovation of hospitals, health centers, health stations, and other facilities to deliver health care services. Gives priority to projects located in any of the following Service units: (1) Cass Lake, Minnesota; (2) Mescalero, New Mexico; (3) Owyhee and Elko, Nevada; (4) Schurz, Nevada; and (5) Ft. Yuma, California. Sets forth project approval criteria. (Sec. 144) Permits a tribal health program that operates a hospital or other health facility and the federally owned quarters associated with such a facility pursuant to a contract or compact under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to establish the rental rates charged to the occupants of those quarters, on providing notice to the Secretary. (Sec. 145) Authorizes the head of any federal agency to which funds, equipment, or other supplies are made available for the planning, design, construction, or operation of a health care or sanitation facility to transfer the funds, equipment, or supplies to the Secretary for the planning, design, construction, or operation of a health care or sanitation facility to achieve: (1) the purposes of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act; and (2) the purposes for which the funds, equipment, or supplies were made available to the federal agency. (Sec. 146) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to establish a demonstration program under which the Secretary shall award no less than three grants for purchase, installation and maintenance of modular component health care facilities in Indian communities for provision of health care services. (Sec. 147) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to establish a demonstration program under which the Secretary shall provide at least three mobile health station projects. Subtitle D: Access to Health Services - (Sec. 151) Prohibits any payments received by an Indian health program or by an urban Indian organization under title XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or XXI (CHIP) of the Social Security Act for services provided to Indians eligible for benefits under such respective titles from being considered in determining appropriations for the provision of health care and services to Indians. Sets froth provisions concerning use of funds and direct billing. (Sec. 152) Permits Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to use amounts made available for health benefits to purchase health benefits coverage in any manner, including through: (1) a tribally owned and operated health care plan; (2) a State or locally authorized or licensed health care plan; (3) a health insurance provider or managed care organization; (4) a self-insured plan; or (5) a high deductible or health savings account plan. (Sec. 153) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to make grants to or enter into contracts with Indian tribes and tribal organizations to assist such tribes and tribal organizations in establishing and administering programs on or near reservations and trust lands, including programs to provide outreach and enrollment through video, electronic delivery methods, or telecommunication devices that allow real-time or time-delayed communication between individual Indians and the benefit program, to assist individual Indians: (1) to enroll for benefits under a program established under title XVIII, XIX, or XXI of the Social Security Act and other health benefits programs; and (2) with respect to such programs for which the charging of premiums and cost sharing is not prohibited under such programs, to pay premiums or cost sharing for coverage for such benefits, which may be based on financial need. Sets forth grant conditions. (Sec. 154) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into (or expand) arrangements for the sharing of medical facilities and services between the Service, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). (Sec. 155) Reaffirms, as specified, the goals stated in the document entitled "Memorandum of Understanding Between the VA/Veterans Health Administration And HHS/Indian Health Service" and dated February 25, 2003 (relating to cooperation and resource sharing between the Veterans Health Administration and Service). (Sec. 156) Requires a federal health care program to accept an entity operated by the Service, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization as a provider eligible to receive payment under the program for health care services furnished to an Indian on the same basis as any other provider qualified to participate as a provider of health care services under the program if the entity meets generally applicable State or other requirements for participation as a provider of health care services under the program. (Sec. 157) Entitles an Indian tribe or tribal organization carrying out programs under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act or an urban Indian organization carrying out programs under title V of this Act to purchase coverage, rights, and benefits for the employees of such Indian tribe or tribal organization, or urban Indian organization, under the federal employees health benefit plan and life insurance program if necessary employee deductions and agency contributions in payment for the coverage, rights, and benefits for the period of employment with such Indian tribe or tribal organization, or urban Indian organization, are currently deposited in the applicable employee's fund. (Sec. 159) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of treating the Navajo Nation as a state for Medicaid purposes to provide services to Indians living within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation through an entity established having the same authority and performing the same functions as single-state Medicaid agencies responsible for the administration of the Medicaid state plan. Subtitle E: Health Services for Urban Indians - (Sec. 161) Permits making funds available for the construction or expansion of facilities for urban Indians under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. (Sec. 162) Makes the Tulsa Clinic and Oklahoma City Clinic demonstration projects permanent within the Service's direct care program, continues treating them as Service units and operating units in the allocation of resources and coordination of care and as meeting the requirements and definitions of an urban Indian organization under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. (Sec. 163) Requires the Secretary to ensure that the Service confers, to the maximum extent practicable, with urban Indian organizations in carrying out the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Service, to enter into contracts with, or make grants to, urban Indian organizations to assist the urban Indian organizations in the establishment and administration, within urban centers, of approved programs. (Sec. 164) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Service, to establish programs, including programs for awarding grants, for urban Indian organizations that are identical to other Indian organizations' programs for: (1) the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases; (2) behavioral health and treatment; and (3) the multidrug abuse program for Indian youth. (Sec. 165) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Service, to enter into contracts with, and make grants to, urban Indian organizations for the employment of Indians trained as health service providers through the Community Health Representative Program in the provision of health care, health promotion, and disease prevention services to urban Indians. (Sec. 166) Authorizes the Secretary to permit an urban Indian organization that has entered into a contract or received an urban Indian grant, in carrying out the contract or grant, to use, in accordance with such terms and conditions for use and maintenance as are agreed on by the Secretary and the urban Indian organizations: (1) any existing facility under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; (2) all equipment contained in or pertaining to such an existing facility; and (3) any other personal property of the federal Government under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Service, to make grants to urban Indian organizations for the development, adoption, and implementation of health information technology, telemedicine services development, and related infrastructure. Subtitle F: Organizational Improvements - (Sec. 171) Rewrites provisions establishing the Indian Health Service and expands the duties of the Director. (Sec. 172) Establishes within the Service an office, to be known as the "Office of Direct Service Tribes" which shall be located in the Office of the Director. Makes the Office responsible for: (1) providing Service-wide leadership, guidance and support for direct service tribes to include strategic planning and program evaluation; (2) ensuring maximum flexibility to tribal health and related support systems for Indian beneficiaries; (3) serving as the focal point for consultation and participation between direct service tribes and organizations and the Service in the development of Service policy; (4) holding no less than biannual consultations with direct service tribes in appropriate locations to gather information and aid in the development of health policy; and (5) directing a national program and providing leadership and advocacy in the development of health policy, program management, budget formulation, resource allocation, and delegation support for direct service tribes. (Sec. 173) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan describing the manner and schedule by which an area office, separate and distinct from the Phoenix Area Office of the Service, can be established in the State of Nevada. Subtitle G: Behavioral Health Programs - (Sec. 181) Rewrites the current title VII (Substance Abuse Programs) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and entitles the new title VII "Behavioral Health Programs." Sets forth the purposes of title VII, including: (1) authorizing and directing the Secretary, acting through the Service, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, to develop a comprehensive behavioral health prevention and treatment program which emphasizes collaboration among alcohol and substance abuse, social services, and mental health programs; and (2) ensuring Indians, as citizens of the United States and of the States in which they reside, have the same access to behavioral health services to which all citizens have access. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, to encourage Indian tribes and tribal organizations to develop tribal plans, and urban Indian organizations to develop local plans, and for all such groups to participate in developing areawide plans for Indian Behavioral Health Services which shall include specified components. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Service, to provide, to the extent feasible and if funding is available, specified programs of comprehensive care, child care, adult care, family care, and elder care. Permits the governing body of any Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization to adopt a resolution for the establishment of a community behavioral health plan providing for the identification and coordination of available resources and programs. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, and the Secretary of the Interior to develop and enter into a memoranda of agreement, or review and update any existing memoranda of agreement, as required by the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to provide a program of comprehensive behavioral health, prevention, treatment, and aftercare. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a mental health technician program within the Service. Requires any individual employed as a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist for the purpose of providing mental health care services to Indians in a clinical setting to be licensed as a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, respectively. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to develop and implement a program for acute detoxification and treatment for Indian youths, including behavioral health services. Requires the program to include regional treatment centers designed to include detoxification and rehabilitation for both sexes on a referral basis and programs developed and implemented by Indian tribes or tribal organizations at the local level under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Service, to provide, in each area of the Service, not less than one inpatient mental health care facility, or the equivalent, for Indians with behavioral health problems. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, to develop and implement or assist Indian tribes and tribal organizations to develop and implement, within each Service unit or tribal program, a program of community education and involvement which shall be designed to provide concise and timely information to the community leadership of each tribal community. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to plan, develop, implement, and carry out programs to deliver innovative community-based behavioral health services to Indians. Authorizes grants. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Service, Indian Tribes, and Tribal Organizations, to establish and operate fetal alcohol spectrum disorders programs. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to establish, in every Service area, programs involving treatment for: (1) victims of sexual abuse who are Indian children or children in an Indian household; and (2) other members of the household or family of the victims. Authorizes the Secretary to establish in each Service area programs involving the prevention and treatment of: (1) Indian victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse; and (2) other members of the household or family of the victims. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate federal agencies, to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations or enter into contracts with, or make grants to appropriate institutions for, the conduct of research on the incidence and prevalence of behavioral health problems among Indians served by the Service, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations and among Indians in urban areas. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Service, to carry out a demonstration project to award up to five grants for the provision of telemental health services to Indian youth who: (1) have expressed suicidal ideas; (2) have attempted suicide; or (3) have behavioral health conditions that increase or could increase the risk of suicide. Permits an Indian tribe or tribal organization to use and promote the traditional health care practices of the Indian tribes of the youth to be served. Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administration, to carry out such measures as the Secretary determines to be necessary to maximize the time and workload efficiency of the process by which Indian tribes and tribal organizations apply for grants under any program administered by the Administration, including by providing methods other than electronic methods of submitting applications for those grants, if necessary. Sets forth provisions concerning priorities for making grants and requirements for states. Directs the Secretary to carry out such activities as the Secretary determines to be necessary to encourage Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and other mental health care providers to obtain the services of predoctoral psychology and psychiatry interns. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administration, to establish and carry out a demonstration grant program under which the Secretary shall: (1) identify a culturally compatible, school-based, life skills curriculum for the prevention of Indian and Alaska Native adolescent suicide; (2) identify the Indian tribes that are at greatest risk for adolescent suicide; (3) invite those Indian tribes to participate in the demonstration program; and (4) provide grants to the identified Indian tribes and eligible entities to implement the curriculum. Sets forth reporting requirements. Subtitle H: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 191) Provides for the confidentiality of medical records, subject to exceptions. (Sec. 192) Designates the state of Arizona as a contract health service delivery area by the Service for the purpose of providing contract health care services to members of Indian tribes in the State of Arizona. Designates the States of North Dakota and South Dakota as a contract health service delivery area by the Service for the purpose of providing contract health care services to members of Indian tribes in the States of North Dakota and South Dakota. Makes the following California Indians eligible for health services provided by the Service: (1) any member of a federally recognized Indian tribe; (2) any descendant of an Indian who was residing in California on June 1, 1852, if such descendant is a member of the Indian community served by a local program of the Service and is regarded as an Indian by the community in which such descendant lives; (3) any Indian who holds trust interests in public domain, national forest, or reservation allotments in California; and (4) any Indian of California who is listed on the plans for distribution of the assets of rancherias and reservations located within the State of California under the Act of August 18, 1958, and any descendant of such an Indian. (Sec. 193) Prohibits the Secretary from removing a member of the National Health Service Corps from an Indian health program or urban Indian organization or withdrawing funding used to support such a member, unless the Secretary, acting through the Service, has ensured that the Indians receiving services from the member will experience no reduction in services. Permits, at the request of an Indian health program, limiting the services of a member of the National Health Service Corps assigned to the Indian health program to the individuals who are eligible for services from that Indian health program. (Sec. 194) Revises provisions concerning health services for ineligible persons. (Sec. 195) Requires, effective beginning with the submission of the annual budget request to Congress for FY2011, the President to include, in the amount requested and the budget justification, amounts that reflect any changes in: (1) the cost of health care services, as indexed for United States dollar inflation; and (2) the size of the population served by the Service. (Sec. 196) Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General, to establish a prescription drug monitoring program, to be carried out at health care facilities of the Service, tribal health care facilities, and urban Indian health care facilities. Sets forth reporting requirements. (Sec. 197) Prohibits anything in this Act from limiting the ability of a tribal health program funded, in whole or part, by the Service through, or provided for in, a compact with the Service pursuant to provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to charge an Indian for services provided by the tribal health program. Prohibits authorizing the Service: (1) to charge an Indian for services; or (2) to require any tribal health program to charge an Indian for services. (Sec. 198) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a report describing: (1) all disease and injury prevention activities conducted by the Service, independently or in conjunction with other federal departments and agencies and Indian tribes; and (2) the effectiveness of those activities, including the reductions of injury or disease conditions achieved by the activities. (Sec. 199) Requires the The Comptroller General to conduct a study, and evaluate the effectiveness, of coordination of health care services provided to Indians: (1) through Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP; (2) by the Service; or (3) using funds provided by either state or local governments or Indian tribes. Requires a report to Congress. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study, and to report on, the use of health care furnished by health care providers under the contract health services program funded by the Service and operated by the Service, an Indian tribe, or a tribal organization. (Sec. 199A) States that, although the Secretary may promote traditional health care practices, consistent with the Service standards for the provision of health care, health promotion, and disease prevention, the United States is not liable for any provision of traditional health care practices that results in damage, injury, or death to a patient. (Sec. 199B) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to establish within the Service the position of the Director of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment. Sets forth the Director's duties and requires a recurring report to Congress. Title II: Amendments to Other Acts - (Sec. 201) Amends Medicare provisions concerning Indian health service facilities to state that payments made pursuant to such provisions shall not be reduced as a result of any beneficiary deductible, coinsurance, or other charge. (Sec. 202) Amends the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988 to reauthorize appropriation through FY2019. Permits identified private educational organization to continue to offer educational programs and services to Native Hawaiians first, and to others, only after the need for such programs and services by Native Hawaiians has been met.

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service unit reduce incidence prevent treat control complications resulting diabetes indian tribes screen medically indicated informed consent indian receives services service diabetes conditions indicate high diabetes risk establish cost effective monitoring approach authorizes secretary provide dialysis programs including purchase dialysis equipment provision necessary staffing establish maintain area office position diabetes control officer sec authorizes funding hospice care assisted living long term care home- community based convenient care services authorizes providing long term care facility indians directly contracts compacts indian tribes tribal organizations sec gives tribes tribal organizations circumstances united_states right recover responsible liable party including limitation political subdivision state reasonable charges billed secretary tribe tribal organization providing health services service tribe tribal organization individual extent individual nongovernmental provider services eligible receive damages reimbursement indemnification charges expenses services provided nongovernmental provider individual required pay pay charges expenses prohibits state laws contracts health care plan program entered renewed enactment hindering right recovery sec revises provisions concerning crediting reimbursements sec directs hhs secretary secretary interior study compile list types staff positions elementary secondary education social services family child welfare law enforcement judicial services alcohol substance abuse qualifications include include training identification prevention education referral treatment mental illness self destructive behavior directs secretaries provide training criteria training appropriate position requires service develop implement request assist development implementation program community education mental illness directs hhs secretary develop plan increase health care staff providing behavioral health services positions years enactment positions devoted child adolescent family services sec authorizes secretary provide funds certain transportation costs patients escorts sec directs secretary establish epidemiology center service area carry specified duties including collect data relating monitor progress meeting health status objectives service indian tribes tribal organizations urban indian organizations service area evaluate existing systems impact indian health improvement assist tribes tribal organizations urban indian organizations identifying highest priority health status objectives recommendations service targeting improve health care delivery systems provide disease surveillance requested technical assistance authorizes secretary grants indian tribes tribal organizations indian organizations eligible intertribal consortia conduct epidemiological studies indian communities sec requires secretary grants colleges universities current law grants authorized colleges universities purpose developing maintaining indian psychology career recruitment programs means encouraging indians enter behavioral health field directs secretary provide grant develop maintain program known requires program maximum extent feasible coordinate health programs authorized nursing program existing university research communications networks sets forth requirements receiving grant active duty service requirement graduates received stipends grant program sec expands current program prevention control elimination tuberculosis authorize secretary consultation centers_for_disease_control_and_prevention cdc grants available indian tribes tribal organizations following projects prevention control elimination communicable infectious diseases including tuberculosis hepatitis hiv respiratory virus virus sexually transmitted diseases public information education programs prevention control elimination communicable infectious diseases education training clinical skills improvement activities prevention control elimination communicable infectious diseases health professionals including allied health professionals demonstration projects screening treatment prevention hepatitis virus hcv sec exempts licensed health professionals employed tribal health program licensed state licensing requirements state tribal health program performs services described contract compact tribal health program indian_self-determination_and_education assistance act authorizes secretary programs allowances transition indian health program including licensing board certification examination assistance technical assistance fulfilling service obligations provide programs allowances health professionals employed indian health program enable professionals leave professional consultation management leadership refresher training courses sec revises current provisions concerning provide addition office sec requires comptroller general united_states gao submit secretary congress available indian tribe report describing results study comptroller general funding contract health service program administration contract health service program requires secretary consult indian tribes contract health service program including distribution funds pursuant program subtitle health facilities sec requires secretary acting service maintain health care facility priority system shall developed consultation indian tribes tribal organizations shall indian tribes needs highest priority include health care facilities list include methodology adopted service establishing priorities health care facility priority system include health care facilities renovation expansion needs health care facility service identify shall provide opportunity nomination planning design construction projects service indian tribes tribal organizations consideration priority system years frequently secretary determines appropriate sec prohibits priority project established construction priority system effect date enactment affected change construction priority system taking place date certain projects sec authorizes secretary acting service carry enter contracts compacts indian self determination education assistance act indian tribes tribal organizations carry health care delivery demonstration projects test alternative means delivering health care services indians facilities permits use funds things contracts construction renovation hospitals health centers health stations facilities deliver health care services gives priority projects located following service units lake minnesota new_mexico owyhee elko nevada nevada yuma california sets forth project approval criteria sec permits tribal health program operates hospital health facility federally owned quarters associated facility pursuant contract compact indian_self-determination_and_education assistance act establish rental rates charged occupants quarters providing notice secretary sec authorizes head federal agency funds equipment supplies available planning design construction operation health care sanitation facility transfer funds equipment supplies secretary planning design construction operation health care sanitation facility achieve purposes indian_health_care_improvement_act purposes funds equipment supplies available federal agency sec directs secretary acting service establish demonstration program secretary shall award grants purchase installation maintenance modular component health care facilities indian communities provision health care services sec directs secretary acting service establish demonstration program secretary shall provide mobile health station projects subtitle access health services sec prohibits payments received indian health program urban indian organization title xviii medicare xix medicaid social security act services provided indians eligible benefits respective titles considered determining appropriations provision health care services indians sets provisions concerning use funds direct billing sec permits indian tribes tribal organizations urban indian organizations use amounts available health benefits purchase health benefits coverage manner including tribally owned operated health care plan state locally authorized licensed health care plan health insurance provider managed care organization self insured plan high deductible health savings account plan sec directs secretary acting service grants enter contracts indian tribes tribal organizations assist tribes tribal organizations establishing administering programs near reservations trust lands including programs provide outreach enrollment video electronic delivery methods telecommunication devices allow real time time delayed communication individual indians benefit program assist individual indians enroll benefits program established title xviii xix xxi social security act health benefits programs respect programs charging premiums cost sharing prohibited programs pay premiums cost sharing coverage benefits based financial need sets forth grant conditions sec authorizes secretary enter expand arrangements sharing medical facilities services service indian tribes tribal organizations department_of_veterans_affairs department_of_defense dod sec reaffirms specified goals stated document entitled memorandum understanding veterans health administration dated february relating cooperation resource sharing sec requires federal health care program accept entity operated service indian tribe tribal organization urban indian organization provider eligible receive payment program health care services furnished indian basis provider qualified participate provider health care services program entity meets generally applicable state requirements participation provider health care services program sec entitles indian tribe tribal organization carrying programs indian_self-determination_and_education assistance act urban indian organization carrying programs title act purchase coverage rights benefits employees indian tribe tribal organization urban indian organization federal employees health benefit plan life insurance program necessary employee deductions agency contributions payment coverage rights benefits period employment indian tribe tribal organization urban indian organization currently deposited applicable employee fund sec directs secretary conduct study determine feasibility treating navajo nation state medicaid purposes provide services indians living boundaries navajo nation entity established having authority performing functions single state medicaid agencies responsible administration medicaid state plan subtitle sec permits making funds available construction expansion facilities urban indians indian_health_care_improvement_act sec makes demonstration projects permanent service direct care program continues treating service units operating units allocation resources coordination care meeting requirements definitions urban indian organization indian_health_care_improvement_act sec requires secretary ensure service confers maximum extent practicable urban indian organizations carrying indian_health_care_improvement_act requires secretary acting service enter contracts grants urban indian organizations assist urban indian organizations establishment administration urban centers approved programs sec authorizes secretary acting service establish programs including programs awarding grants urban indian organizations identical indian organizations programs prevention control elimination communicable infectious diseases behavioral health treatment abuse program indian youth sec authorizes secretary acting service enter contracts grants urban indian organizations employment indians trained health service providers provision health care health promotion disease prevention services urban indians sec authorizes secretary permit urban indian organization entered contract received urban indian grant carrying contract grant use accordance terms conditions use maintenance agreed secretary urban indian organizations existing facility jurisdiction secretary equipment contained pertaining existing facility personal property federal government jurisdiction secretary authorizes secretary acting service grants urban indian organizations development adoption implementation health information technology telemedicine services development related infrastructure subtitle organizational improvements sec rewrites provisions establishing indian_health_service expands duties director sec establishes service office known tribes shall located office_of_the_director makes office responsible providing service wide leadership guidance support direct service tribes include strategic planning program evaluation ensuring maximum flexibility tribal health related support systems indian beneficiaries serving focal point consultation participation direct service tribes organizations service development service policy holding biannual consultations direct service tribes appropriate locations gather information aid development health policy directing national program providing leadership advocacy development health policy program management budget formulation resource allocation delegation support direct service tribes sec directs secretary submit congress plan describing manner schedule area office separate distinct established subtitle behavioral health programs sec rewrites current title vii substance abuse programs indian_health_care_improvement_act entitles new title vii behavioral health programs sets forth purposes title vii including authorizing directing secretary acting service indian tribes tribal organizations develop comprehensive behavioral health prevention treatment program emphasizes collaboration alcohol substance abuse social services mental health programs ensuring indians citizens united_states states reside access behavioral health services citizens access directs secretary acting service indian tribes tribal organizations encourage indian tribes tribal organizations develop tribal plans urban indian organizations develop local plans groups participate developing plans shall include specified components requires secretary acting service provide extent feasible funding available specified programs comprehensive care child care adult care family care elder care permits governing body indian tribe tribal organization urban indian organization adopt resolution establishment community behavioral health plan providing identification coordination available resources programs directs secretary acting service secretary interior develop enter memoranda agreement review update existing memoranda agreement required directs secretary acting service provide program comprehensive behavioral health prevention treatment aftercare directs secretary establish maintain mental health technician program service requires individual employed psychologist social worker marriage family therapist purpose providing mental health care services indians clinical setting licensed psychologist social worker marriage family therapist respectively directs secretary acting service develop implement program acute detoxification treatment indian youths including behavioral health services requires program include regional treatment centers designed include detoxification rehabilitation referral basis programs developed implemented indian tribes tribal organizations local level indian_self-determination_and_education assistance act authorizes secretary acting service provide area service inpatient mental health care facility equivalent indians behavioral health problems directs secretary cooperation secretary interior develop implement assist indian tribes tribal organizations develop implement service unit tribal program program community education involvement shall designed provide concise timely information community leadership tribal community directs secretary acting service plan develop implement carry programs deliver innovative community based behavioral health services indians authorizes grants authorizes secretary acting service indian tribes establish operate fetal alcohol spectrum disorders programs directs secretary acting service establish service area programs involving treatment victims sexual abuse indian children children indian household members household family victims authorizes secretary establish service area programs involving prevention treatment indian victims domestic violence sexual abuse members household family victims directs secretary consultation appropriate federal agencies grants enter contracts indian tribes tribal organizations urban indian organizations enter contracts grants appropriate institutions conduct research incidence prevalence behavioral health problems indians served service indian tribes tribal organizations indians urban areas authorizes secretary acting service carry demonstration project award grants provision telemental health services indian youth expressed suicidal ideas attempted suicide behavioral health conditions increase increase risk suicide permits indian tribe tribal organization use promote traditional health care practices indian tribes youth served sets forth reporting requirements directs secretary acting administration carry measures secretary determines necessary maximize time workload efficiency process indian tribes tribal organizations apply grants program administered administration including providing methods electronic methods submitting applications grants necessary sets forth provisions concerning priorities making grants requirements states directs secretary carry activities secretary determines necessary encourage indian tribes tribal organizations mental health care providers obtain services psychology psychiatry interns authorizes secretary acting administration establish carry demonstration grant program secretary shall identify culturally compatible school based life skills curriculum prevention indian alaska_native adolescent suicide identify indian tribes greatest risk adolescent suicide invite indian tribes participate demonstration program provide grants identified indian tribes eligible entities implement curriculum sets forth reporting requirements subtitle miscellaneous sec provides confidentiality medical records subject exceptions sec designates state arizona contract health service delivery area service purpose providing contract health care services members indian tribes state arizona designates south_dakota contract health service delivery area service purpose providing contract health care services members indian tribes states north_dakota south_dakota makes following california indians eligible health services provided service member federally recognized indian tribe descendant indian residing california june descendant member indian community served local program service regarded indian community descendant lives indian holds trust interests public domain national forest reservation allotments california indian california listed plans distribution assets reservations located act august descendant indian sec prohibits secretary removing member national_health_service_corps indian health program urban indian organization withdrawing funding support member secretary acting service indians receiving services member experience reduction services permits request indian health program limiting services member national_health_service_corps assigned indian health program individuals eligible services indian health program sec revises provisions concerning health services ineligible persons sec requires effective beginning submission annual budget request congress fy2011 president include requested budget justification amounts reflect changes cost health care services indexed united_states dollar inflation size population served service sec directs secretary coordination secretary interior attorney general establish prescription drug monitoring program carried health care facilities service tribal health care facilities urban indian health care facilities sets forth reporting requirements sec prohibits act limiting ability tribal health program funded service provided compact service pursuant provisions indian self determination education assistance act charge indian services provided tribal health program prohibits authorizing service charge indian services require tribal health program charge indian services sec directs secretary submit congress report describing disease injury prevention activities conducted service independently conjunction federal departments agencies indian tribes effectiveness activities including reductions injury disease conditions achieved activities sec requires comptroller general conduct study evaluate effectiveness coordination health care services provided indians medicare medicaid chip service funds provided state local governments indian tribes requires report congress requires comptroller general conduct study report use health care furnished health care providers contract health services program funded service operated service indian tribe tribal organization sec states secretary promote traditional health care practices consistent service standards provision health care health promotion disease prevention united_states liable provision traditional health care practices results damage injury death patient sec directs secretary acting service establish service position director hiv aids prevention treatment sets forth director duties requires recurring report congress title amendments acts sec amends medicare provisions concerning indian health service facilities state payments pursuant provisions shall reduced result beneficiary deductible coinsurance charge sec amends reauthorize appropriation fy2019 permits identified private educational organization continue offer educational programs services native hawaiians need programs services native_hawaiians 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Summary: Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2009 - Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Makes the Tribe and each member eligible for all services and benefits provided by the United States to Indians and federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near an Indian reservation. Directs the Tribe, as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits pursuant to this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll consisting of the name of each individual enrolled as a member of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to maintain such membership roll. Directs the Secretary to acquire, for the benefit of the Tribe, trust title to 200 acres of land within the Tribe's service area to be used for a tribal land base.

little shell_tribe chippewa indians restoration act extends federal recognition little_shell_tribe chippewa_indians montana makes tribe member eligible services benefits provided united_states indians federally recognized indian tribes regard existence reservation tribe location residence member near indian reservation directs tribe condition receiving recognition services benefits pursuant act submit secretary interior membership roll consisting individual enrolled member tribe requires tribe maintain membership roll directs secretary acquire benefit tribe trust title acres land tribe service area tribal land base


Summary: Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in and to specified Indian and non-Indian land with respect to resolution of the disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribes located 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 for the Tribes. (Sec. 6) Transfers the Indian land to Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for conveyance to the non-Indians acquiring Indian land. (Sec. 7) Establishes a tribal trust fund account from which amounts shall be distributed to the Tribes, which they may use for activities related to: (1) construction of a natural resources facility; (2) water resources needs; (3) economic development; (4) land acquisition; and (5) such other purposes they deem to be appropriate. Establishes an allottee trust account into which amounts shall be deposited into individual Indian money accounts for the allottees. (Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the Tribes and the non-Indian landowners such attorneys fees as are approved by them. Limits the total amount of such fees to be paid to 2% of the amounts distributed to the Tribes, allottees, and the non-Indian landowners. (Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations, of which, after the payment of attorneys fees: (1) 28% is for deposit into the tribal trust fund account; (2) 25% is for deposit into the allottee trust account; and (3) 47% is to be provided to Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 for distribution to non-Indian landowners and for associated administrative expenses. Prohibits funds received by the Tribes under this Act from being distributed to tribal members on a per capita basis.

blackfoot river land settlement act sec extinguishes claims right title interest specified indian non indian land respect resolution disputes fort hall indian reservation shoshone indian tribes located idaho resulting realignment blackfoot_river corps_of_engineers sec requires non indian land held trust tribes sec transfers indian land blackfoot river flood control district conveyance non indians acquiring indian land sec establishes tribal trust fund account amounts shall distributed tribes use activities related construction natural resources facility water resources needs economic development land acquisition purposes deem appropriate establishes allottee trust account amounts shall deposited individual indian money accounts allottees sec requires secretary interior pay tribes non indian landowners attorneys fees approved limits total fees paid amounts distributed tribes allottees non indian landowners sec authorizes appropriations payment attorneys fees deposit tribal trust fund account deposit allottee trust account provided blackfoot river flood control district distribution non indian landowners associated administrative expenses prohibits funds received tribes act distributed tribal members capita basis


Summary: Permits land held in trust for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians to be leased for a term of greater than 25 years. Includes the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, or the Kalispel Tribe of Indians among those tribes and tribal organizations permitted to lease restricted lands under specified conditions without the Secretary of the Interior's approval.

permits land held trust indians leased term greater years includes indian tribal community tribes tribal organizations permitted lease restricted lands specified conditions secretary interior approval


Summary: Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement. Directs the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to execute the Extension of Service Area Agreement, the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement, and the ESAA Capacity Agreement within 60 days of enactment of this Act. Ratifies, confirms, and declares valid the Tribal Water Right which shall be held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the Band and allottees. States that the Band shall: (1) have authority to use, allocate, and lease the Tribal Water Right; and (2) enact a Pechanga Water Code. Waives certain water rights and land claims of the Band and the United States with respect to the Santa Margarita River Watershed. Directs the Secretary to provide specified funds: (1) to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement and the ESAA Capacity Agreement; (2) for the Storage Pond and the Demineralization and Brine Disposal Project; (3) to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement for the Storage Pond's design and construction; and (4) for Interim Capacity and Permanent Capacity. Establishes in the Treasury the Pechanga Settlement Fund. Repeals this Act and voids any related agreements effective January 1, 2016, if the Secretary does not publish a statement of findings required under this Act by December 31, 2015. Returns any appropriations and unobligated amounts to the general fund of the Treasury.

pechanga band luiseno mission indians water rights settlement act authorizes ratifies confirms pechanga settlement agreement directs secretary department_of_the_interior execute recycled_water_infrastructure_agreement esaa capacity agreement days enactment act ratifies confirms declares valid tribal_water_right shall held trust united_states use benefit band allottees states band shall authority use allocate lease tribal_water_right enact pechanga water code waives certain water rights land claims band united_states respect santa_margarita_river_watershed directs secretary provide specified funds fulfill band obligations recycled_water_infrastructure_agreement esaa capacity agreement storage pond demineralization brine disposal project fulfill band obligations design construction establishes treasury pechanga_settlement_fund repeals act voids related agreements effective january secretary publish statement findings required act december returns appropriations unobligated amounts general fund treasury


Summary: Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2016 for: (1) type I diabetes research; and (2) diabetes prevention and treatment through Indian health facilities.

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Summary: Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Elko County, Nevada, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 300 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District, Nevada, as depicted on the map as "Elko Motocross Park." Requires the land conveyed to be used only: (1) as a motocross, off-highway vehicle, and stock car racing area; or (2) for any other public purpose consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Holds in trust by the United States for the benefit and use of the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada and makes a part of the Tribe's reservation approximately 373 acres of BLM administered land identified on a specified map as "Lands to be Held in Trust." Prohibits class II or III gaming on such land. Limits the use of such land to: (1) traditional and customary uses; (2) stewardship conservation for the benefit of the Tribe; and (3) residential or recreational development, or commercial use.

elko motocross tribal conveyance act directs secretary interior convey elko_county nevada consideration right title interest united_states approximately acres land managed bureau_of_land_management blm elko_district nevada depicted map elko motocross park requires land conveyed motocross highway vehicle stock car racing area public purpose consistent recreation_and_public_purposes_act holds trust united_states benefit use moak tribe western shoshone indians nevada makes tribe reservation approximately acres blm administered land identified specified map lands held trust prohibits class iii gaming land limits use land traditional customary uses stewardship conservation benefit tribe residential recreational development commercial use


Summary: Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 2010 or HEARTH Act of 2010 - Extends to any Indian tribe the discretion granted under current law only to the Navajo Nation to lease restricted lands for business, agricultural, public, religious, educational, recreational, or residential purposes without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. (The Secretary must still approve the tribal regulations under which those leases are executed and mining leases still require the Secretary's approval.) Sets forth the environmental review process required under tribal lease regulations before those regulations obtain the Secretary's approval. Requires the process to identify and evaluate any significant effects a proposed lease may have on the environment and allow public comment on those effects. Allows tribes to rely on a federal environmental review process rather than the tribal environmental review process if the project under review is federally funded. Directs the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to report to Congress on the history and experience of Indian tribes that have chosen to assume the BIA's responsibility for operating the Indian Land Title and Records Office.

helping expedite advance responsible tribal homeownership act hearth act extends indian tribe discretion granted current law navajo nation lease restricted lands business agricultural public religious educational recreational residential purposes approval secretary interior secretary approve tribal regulations leases executed mining leases require secretary approval sets forth environmental review process required tribal lease regulations regulations obtain secretary approval requires process identify evaluate significant effects proposed lease environment allow public comment effects allows tribes rely federal environmental review process tribal environmental review process project review federally funded directs bureau_of_indian_affairs bia report congress history experience indian tribes chosen assume bia responsibility operating


Summary: Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to reserve specified Innovation Fund and state incentive funds for payments to the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior for Indian children.

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Summary: Native American Economic Advisory Council Act of 2010 - Establishes the Native American Economic Advisory Council to assist the Executive Office of the President and federal agencies to ensure that Native Americans have: (1) the means and capacity to benefit from economic stimulus and growth; and (2) opportunities to participate in federal economic development and job growth programs. Directs the Council to: (1) prepare a compilation of successful business enterprises and joint ventures conducted by Native American organizations, including ventures of Native Corporations in Alaska; and (2) periodically sponsor and arrange conferences and training workshops on Native American business activities. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the head of a federal agency, in preparing the President's comments and recommendations to Congress about proposed legislation, to include an assessment of the legislation's economic impact on Native Americans.

act establishes assist executive_office president federal agencies ensure native americans means capacity benefit economic stimulus growth opportunities participate federal economic development job growth programs directs council prepare compilation successful business enterprises joint ventures conducted native american organizations including ventures alaska periodically sponsor arrange conferences training workshops native american business activities requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb head federal agency preparing president comments recommendations congress proposed legislation include assessment legislation economic impact native americans


Summary: Native American Employment Act of 2010 - Amends the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a tier system of guaranteed or insured loans to Indian tribes for energy development or manufacturing jobs carried out on Indian lands. Allows the Secretary to guarantee up to 100% of surety bonds issued to cover construction, renovation, or demolition work performed by an Indian individual or Indian economic enterprise. Amends the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to revise requirements regarding Indian tribe or tribal organization plans to integrate employment, training, and related services programs. Requires their integration into a single, coordinated, comprehensive program. Amends the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to require the Administrator of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to establish the Native Initiatives as a component of the Fund. Declares the purposes of the Native Initiatives are to assist Native community development financial institutions to provide access to credit, capital, and financial services in Native communities. Amends the Buy Indian Act to direct the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, to require that: (1) Indian labor be employed; and (2) any contract to fulfill requirements for goods or services, manufacturing, or construction, renovation, or demolition work be awarded competitively to an Indian organization or economic enterprise. Requires the Secretary to establish an Indian Economic Enterprise Data Center. Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Native American Affairs. Directs the SBA Administrator to appoint an Associate Administrator of the Office to administer the Native American small business development program. Requires the SBA, acting through the Associate Administrator, to establish Native American business centers to overcome obstacles impeding the establishment, development, and expansion of Native American small businesses and other underserved small businesses located on or near tribal land. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to require either the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of the Interior, or both, to establish a qualified school construction bond escrow account to which shall be allocated specified funds derived from qualified school construction bonds for construction, rehabilitation, and repair of schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

amends indian financing act direct secretary interior establish tier system guaranteed insured loans indian tribes energy development manufacturing jobs carried indian lands allows secretary guarantee surety bonds issued cover construction renovation demolition work performed indian individual indian economic enterprise amends indian_employment training related services demonstration act revise requirements indian tribe tribal organization plans integrate employment training related services programs requires integration single coordinated comprehensive program amends require administrator community_development_financial_institutions_fund establish component fund declares purposes native initiatives assist native community development financial institutions provide access credit capital financial services native communities amends buy indian act direct secretary maximum extent practicable require indian labor employed contract fulfill requirements goods services manufacturing construction renovation demolition work awarded competitively indian organization economic enterprise requires secretary establish amends small_business_act establish small_business_administration sba office_of_native_american_affairs directs sba administrator appoint associate administrator office administer native american small business development program requires sba acting associate_administrator establish native american business centers overcome obstacles impeding establishment development expansion native american small businesses underserved small businesses located near tribal land amends indian_self-determination_and_education assistance act require secretary health_and_human_services secretary interior establish qualified school construction bond escrow account shall allocated specified funds derived qualified school construction bonds construction rehabilitation repair schools funded bureau_of_indian_affairs


Summary: Native American Small Business Assistance and Entrepreneurial Growth Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Native American Affairs, headed by an Associate Administrator, to implement SBA programs for the development of business enterprises by Native Americans. Requires the Office to assist Native American entrepreneurs to: (1) develop small businesses; (2) develop management and technical skills; (3) seek federal procurement opportunities; (4) increase Native American employment opportunities; and (5) increase Native American access to capital markets. Requires: (1) SBA to provide financial assistance to tribal colleges, certain nonprofit organizations, and small business development or women's business centers to create Native American business centers; (2) each business center to conduct five-year projects for business education aid to such entities; and (3) each assistance applicant to submit a five-year plan on proposed assistance and training activities.

amends small business act establish small_business_administration sba office_of_native_american_affairs headed associate administrator implement sba programs development business enterprises native americans requires office assist native american entrepreneurs develop small businesses develop management technical skills seek federal procurement opportunities increase native american employment opportunities increase native american access capital markets requires sba provide financial assistance tribal colleges certain nonprofit organizations small business development women business centers create native american business centers business center conduct year projects business education aid entities assistance applicant submit year plan proposed assistance training activities


Summary: Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission Act of 2010 - Establishes the Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission for Comprehensive Resolution to consult with Indian tribes affected by the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program and study: (1) the Program's impact on those tribes and federal measures taken to address that impact; (2) other proposed measures addressing that impact; (3) the results of any other studies regarding that impact and potential solutions, including any related studies conducted by the Joint Tribal Advisory Committee; and (4) comparisons involving other situations in which federal or federally licensed hydroelectric projects have resulted in the taking or occupation of Indian land and the compensation or other measures Indian tribes have been or are being provided in those situations. Authorizes the Commission also to study the Program's impact on lands owned by members of an affected Indian tribe on the reservation of such tribe. Lists the affected Indian tribes as: (1) the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; (2) the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe; (3) the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe; (4) the Santee Sioux Tribe; (5) the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; (6) the Three Affiliated Tribes; and (7) the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Requires the seven member Commission to include at least three members of federally recognized Indian tribes and at least: (1) one Indian law and policy expert; (2) one expert on the operation and history of federal water projects; (3) one environmental justice expert; (4) one economist; and (5) one authority on cultural preservation. Directs the Commission to: (1) maintain an information website beginning on the date of its first meeting; (2) hold at least three hearings; (3) develop a proposal that comprehensively resolves the Program's impact on, and provides for full and final compensation to, the affected Indian tribes; and (4) issue a report.

pick sloan tribal commission act establishes pick sloan tribal commission comprehensive resolution consult indian tribes affected pick sloan missouri river basin program study program impact tribes federal measures taken address impact proposed measures addressing impact results studies impact potential solutions including related studies conducted comparisons involving situations federal federally licensed hydroelectric projects resulted taking occupation indian land compensation measures indian tribes provided situations authorizes commission study program impact lands owned members affected indian tribe reservation tribe lists affected indian tribes cheyenne river sioux tribe lower_brule_sioux_tribe sioux tribe standing rock sioux tribe affiliated tribes sioux tribe requires seven member commission include members federally recognized indian tribes indian law policy expert expert operation history federal water projects environmental justice expert economist authority cultural preservation directs commission maintain information website beginning date meeting hold hearings develop proposal comprehensively resolves program impact provides final compensation affected indian tribes issue report


Summary: Requires the Secretary of Education, beginning in FY2011, to pay to Fort Lewis College in Colorado an amount equal to the charges for tuition for Indian students who are not residents of Colorado and who are enrolled in the College. Limits the amount paid to Fort Lewis College per fiscal year to an amount equal to the charges for tuition for Indian students who were Colorado non-residents and who were enrolled for the academic year 2009-2010. Treats amounts received under this Act as a reimbursement from Colorado to Fort Lewis College for complying with federal law requiring the admission of Indian students at the College free of charge of tuition. Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as relieving Colorado from reimbursing Fort Lewis College for each academic year: (1) with respect to Indian students who are not Colorado residents and who are enrolled in Fort Lewis College, any amount of the charges for tuition for such enrolled Indian students which exceeds the amount received under this Act; and (2) with respect to Indian students who are Colorado residents and who are enrolled in Fort Lewis College, an amount equal to the charges for tuition for such enrolled Indian students.

requires secretary education beginning fy2011 pay colorado equal charges tuition indian students residents colorado enrolled college limits paid fiscal year equal charges tuition indian students colorado non residents enrolled academic year treats amounts received act reimbursement colorado complying federal law requiring admission indian students college free charge tuition prohibits act construed relieving colorado reimbursing academic year respect indian students colorado residents enrolled charges tuition enrolled indian students exceeds received act respect indian students colorado residents enrolled equal charges tuition enrolled indian students


Summary: Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act of 2010 - Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to carry out, with up to nine Indian tribes in Alaska, the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project. Requires each Indian tribe selected from among those tribes applying for Project participation to complete a specified planning phase. Provides that upon certification of the planning phase by the Office of Tribal Justice an Indian tribe shall exercise jurisdiction, concurrent with the civil jurisdiction of Alaska, over: (1) the drug, alcohol, or related matters within the project area of the Indian tribe; and (2) persons of Indian or Alaska Native descent or other persons with consensual relationships with the Indian tribe or a member of the Indian tribe. Permits a participating tribe to impose specified sanctions, including incarceration. Requires the Office of Justice Services of the Department of the Interior to carry out a specified contract program for the employment by Indian tribes of Village Peace Officers in Alaska Native villages. Authorizes Alaska, its political subdivisions, Indian tribes in Alaska, and the United States to enter into intergovernmental agreements, including agreements concerning: (1) the employment of law enforcement officers, probation, and parole officers; (2) cross-appointment and cross-deputization of tribal, state, municipal, or federal officials; (3) the detention or incarceration of offenders; and (4) jurisdictional or financial matters.

villages act directs office justice programs department_of_justice doj carry indian tribes alaska requires indian tribe selected tribes applying project participation complete specified planning phase provides certification planning phase office_of_tribal_justice indian tribe shall exercise jurisdiction concurrent civil jurisdiction alaska drug alcohol related matters project area indian tribe persons indian alaska_native descent persons consensual relationships indian tribe member indian tribe permits participating tribe impose specified sanctions including incarceration requires carry specified contract program employment indian tribes village peace officers alaska native villages political subdivisions indian tribes alaska united_states enter intergovernmental agreements including agreements concerning employment law enforcement officers probation parole officers cross appointment cross tribal state municipal federal officials detention incarceration offenders jurisdictional financial matters


Summary: Indian Energy Parity Act of 2010 - Authorizes an Indian tribe or tribal energy development organization to submit to the Secretary of the Interior, and to applicable federal agencies, a plan to fully integrate into a single, coordinated, comprehensive program federally funded energy-related activities and programs, including programs for employment training, energy planning, financing, construction, and related physical infrastructure and equipment. Requires a plan to meet specified requirements and prohibits an agency from imposing additional requirements. Prohibits any other federal funding from being reduced, denied, or withheld as a result of plan participation by an Indian tribe or tribal energy development organization. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 with respect to: (1) Indian tribal energy resource development, including to direct the Secretary to provide assistance to interested Indian tribes or tribal energy resource development organizations in developing an energy resource development program; and (2) tribal energy resource agreements. Amends the Federal Power Act to include Indian tribes, along with states and municipalities, as having preference for the receipt of preliminary hydroelectric licenses. Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act: (1) to revise the definition of "parcel of highly fractionated Indian land"; (2) with respect the purchase of trust, restricted, or controlled lands at no less than fair market value and the partition of highly fractioned Indian lands; (3) with respect to tribal authority to apply revenue against liens; and (4) to revise provisions concerning owner-managed interests. Amends the Indian Financing Act of 1974 concerning loan guarantees and insurance to direct the Secretary to consider more favorable equity terms or allow an increase in loan guarantees from 90% up to 95% of the unpaid principal and interest due on any loan made for energy development or manufacturing carried out on Indian land or within a tribal service area recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Amends provisions concerning leases on Indian land with respect to: (1) access, including access under the Indian Mineral leasing Act of 1938; (2) the Long-Term Leasing Act; and (3) leases on restricted land, including concerning tribal approval of leases. Amends provisions concerning oil and gas leases on Indian land, including to prohibit the collection of any oil or gas inspection fees. Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to conduct at least 10 distributed energy demonstration projects to increase the energy resources available to Indian tribes for use in homes and community or government buildings. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for: (1) a competitive process for making grants for an Indian energy efficiency program; and (2) direct grants to Indian tribes for the weatherization of Indian homes. Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to provide for at least four demonstration projects to promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities.

parity act authorizes indian tribe tribal energy development organization submit secretary interior applicable federal agencies plan fully integrate single coordinated comprehensive program federally funded energy related activities programs including programs employment training energy planning financing construction related physical infrastructure equipment requires plan meet specified requirements prohibits agency imposing additional requirements prohibits federal funding reduced denied withheld result plan participation indian tribe tribal energy development organization amends energy policy act respect indian tribal energy resource development including direct secretary provide assistance interested indian tribes tribal energy resource development organizations developing energy resource development program tribal energy resource agreements amends federal power act include indian tribes states municipalities having preference receipt preliminary hydroelectric licenses amends revise definition parcel highly indian land respect purchase trust restricted controlled lands fair market value partition highly indian lands respect tribal authority apply revenue liens revise provisions concerning owner managed interests amends indian financing act concerning loan guarantees insurance direct secretary consider favorable equity terms allow increase loan guarantees unpaid principal interest loan energy development manufacturing carried indian land tribal service area recognized bureau_of_indian_affairs bia amends provisions concerning leases indian land respect access including access indian mineral leasing act long-term_leasing_act leases restricted land including concerning tribal approval leases amends provisions concerning oil gas leases indian land including prohibit collection oil gas inspection fees directs secretary energy doe conduct distributed energy demonstration projects increase energy resources available indian tribes use homes community government buildings amends energy_policy_and_conservation_act provide competitive process making grants indian energy efficiency program direct grants indian tribes weatherization indian homes amends tribal_forest_protection act provide demonstration projects promote biomass energy production indian forest land nearby communities


Summary: Permits land held in trust for the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (New Mexico) to be leased for a term of up to 99 years.

permits land held trust pueblo new mexico leased term years


Summary: Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010 - Establishes the U.S. Office of Hawaiian Relations within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Coordinating Group. Recognizes the right of the qualified Native Hawaiian constituents to reorganize the single Native Hawaiian governing entity to provide for their common welfare and to adopt appropriate organic governing documents. Establishes a Commission to: (1) prepare and maintain a roll of such constituents; and (2) certify that individuals on the roll meet the definition of qualified Native Hawaiian. Outlines the process for the reorganization, which includes forming a Native Hawaiian Interim Governing Council. Reaffirms the special political and legal relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian people upon the Secretary's approval of the organic governing documents and the installation of officers elected to the Native Hawaiian governing entity. Extends federal recognition to the governing entity as the representative sovereign governing body of the Native Hawaiian people. Authorizes the United States, upon the reaffirmation of such political and legal relationship, together with the state of Hawaii, to enter into negotiations with the governing entity to lead to an agreement addressing specified matters, including the transfer of lands, natural resources, and other assets, and the protection of existing rights related to such lands or resources.

native hawaiian government reorganization act establishes office_of_the_secretary interior establishes native hawaiian interagency coordinating group recognizes right qualified native hawaiian constituents reorganize single native hawaiian governing entity provide common welfare adopt appropriate organic governing documents prepare maintain roll constituents certify individuals roll meet definition qualified native hawaiian outlines process reorganization includes forming native hawaiian interim governing council reaffirms special political legal relationship united_states native hawaiian people secretary approval organic governing documents installation officers elected native hawaiian governing entity extends federal recognition governing entity representative sovereign governing body native hawaiian people authorizes united_states reaffirmation political legal relationship state hawaii enter negotiations governing entity lead agreement addressing specified matters including transfer lands natural resources assets protection existing rights related lands resources


Summary: Amends the Small Business Act to exclude from the definition of "Indian tribe" any Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) or Alaska Native Village (ANV). Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that, for purposes of eligibility for procurement contracts provided through the Small Business Administration (SBA), whether an ANC or ANV is socially or economically disadvantaged shall be determined by the SBA Administrator according to eligibility standards for SBA 8(a) general small business loans. Makes members of socially and economically disadvantaged ANCs or ANVs eligible for such loans. Directs the Administrator to apply to small businesses owned by an ANC or ANV the competitive thresholds for awarding SBA sole source contracts that are applicable to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Prohibits the Administrator from extending or waiving, for small businesses owned by an ANC or ANV, the time limitations applicable to participants in the small business capital ownership development program. Outlines annual report requirements for program participants who are ANCs or ANVs. Requires the Administrator to amend SBA regulations to incorporate amendments made by this Act.

amends small_business_act exclude definition indian tribe alaska_native_corporation anc amends alaska native claims settlement act provide purposes eligibility procurement contracts provided small_business_administration sba anc socially economically disadvantaged shall determined sba administrator according eligibility standards sba general small business loans makes members socially economically disadvantaged eligible loans directs administrator apply small businesses owned anc competitive thresholds awarding sba sole source contracts applicable small businesses owned controlled socially economically disadvantaged individuals prohibits administrator extending waiving small businesses owned anc time limitations applicable participants small business capital ownership development program outlines annual report requirements program participants requires administrator amend sba regulations incorporate amendments act


Summary: Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize appropriations, through FY2016, for programs that: (1) promote the economic and social self-sufficiency of Native Americans; (2) improve the capability of their governing bodies to regulate environmental quality pursuant to federal and tribal environmental laws; and (3) assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of their languages.

amends native american programs act reauthorize appropriations fy2016 programs promote economic social self sufficiency native americans improve capability governing bodies regulate environmental quality pursuant federal tribal environmental laws assist native americans ensuring survival continuing vitality languages