Summary:
Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2014 - Amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to make revisions to the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs from federal funds.

Renames the Act as the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992.

 Revises the purpose of the Act.

 Revises provisions concerning the authority of Indian tribes to integrate employment, training, and related services programs and federal funds received by the Tribe.

 Lists the types of programs that may be integrated pursuant to an approved integration plan.

Makes block grants eligible to be integrated into the plan.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) assess the programs of specified departments of the federal government, and (2) develop an inventory of all programs of those departments that may be integrated.

Allows an Indian tribe to include in the plan: (1) any program identified by the Comptroller General in the inventory, and (2) any program not identified in the inventory at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.

 Sets forth requirements regarding the granting or denial of a waiver request. Considers a waiver request to be granted if the head of an affected agency does not make a decision on the request within 90 days.

Directs the Secretary to establish and initiate an interagency dispute resolution process if an affected federal agency denies such a request and the Secretary determines that the waiver would not be inconsistent with this Act's provisions or prevent the affected agency from fulfilling its obligations under this Act. Requires if, the dispute resolution process fails to resolve the dispute between a participating Indian tribe and an affected agency, the head of the affected agency shall have the final authority to resolve the dispute. Requires the Secretary, after the dispute is resolved, to provide the requesting tribe with: (1) the final decision on the waiver request; and (2) notice of the right to file an appeal in accordance with the applicable provisions specified in this Act.

 Gives the Secretary exclusive authority to approve or disapprove a plan submitted by an Indian tribe.

Sets forth requirements for the approval or denial of a plan, including giving the Secretary 90 days to approve or deny a plan.

Allows the Secretary to extend or otherwise alter the 90-day period for not more than 90 additional days if the Secretary obtains the express written consent of the Indian tribe.

 Provides for certain hearing and appeal rights for an Indian tribe if the Secretary denies its plan.

 Revises provisions allowing tribes to use funds available for a plan to place participants in training positions with employers. Expands the program to include non-private employers. Extends the training allowance period from 12 months to 24 months. Removes the requirement that the employer agree to provide permanent employment to participants.

 Revises the responsibilities of the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in carrying out this Act to include:

 the distribution of the funds to the respective Indian tribes by no later than 45 days after the receipt of the funds from the appropriate federal department or agency, the performance of the activities relating to agency waivers, and the establishment of an interagency dispute resolution process. Expands the number of federal departments required to enter into an interdepartmental memorandum of agreement providing for the implementation of this Act.

Prohibits the BIA from developing a reporting format that requires a participating tribe to report on the expenditure of funds transferred to the tribe under the Act.

 Provides that the inclusion of a program in a tribal plan under this Act shall not: (1) modify, limit, or otherwise affect the eligibility of the program for contracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; or (2) eliminate the applicability of any provision of such Act, as the provision relates to a specific program eligible for contracting under that Act.

 Sets forth provisions governing the transfer of funds to Indian tribes under the Act.

 Establishes rules governing the administration of funds received by Indian tribes under the Act.

Treats any funds transferred to an Indian tribe under the Act as non-federal funds for purposes of meeting matching requirements under any other federal law.

Applies civil liability limitations to plans approved under the Act.

Declares that an Indian tribe shall be entitled to retain interest earned on any funds transferred to the tribe under an approved plan and such interest shall not diminish the amount of funds the tribe is authorized to receive under the plan in the year the interest is earned or in any subsequent fiscal year.

 Revises reporting requirements under the Act.

 Declares that nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act: (1) affects any plan approved under the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (as so redesignated) before this Act's enactment date, (2) requires any Indian tribe or tribal organization to resubmit an approved plan, or (3) modifies the effective period of any such plan.

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Summary: Allows the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer all or any part of its interests in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the tribe.

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Western Oregon Indian Tribal Lands Act - Title I: Reservation of Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon - (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe.

States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition (off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition); (2) the real property taken into trust is not to be eligible, or used, for Class II or III gaming, except for real property within two miles of a specified gaming facility; and (3) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.

 Title II: Oregon Coastal Lands - Oregon Coastal Lands Act - (Sec. 203) Requires all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 14,408 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled "Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance," dated March 27, 2013 (Oregon Coastal land), to be held in trust for, and to be part of the reservation of, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians.

(Sec. 205) Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs harvested from such land. Prohibits gaming on such land. Requires commercial forestry activity on such land to be managed in accordance with applicable federal laws. Exempts such land from the land use planning requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 or the Act of August 28, 1937.

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

(Sec. 206) Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify any such land that is Oregon and California Railroad grant land, (2) identify public domain land in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition to, and located within the vicinity of, such Oregon and California Railroad grant land, and (3) reclassify such public domain land as Oregon and California Railroad grant land. Title III: Cow Creek Umpqua Land Conveyance - Cow Creek Umpqua Land Conveyance Act - (Sec. 303) Requires all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 17,519 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled "Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance," dated June 27, 2013 (Council Creek land), to be held in trust for, and to be part of the reservation of, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians.

(Sec. 305) Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from such land. Prohibits gaming on such land. Requires any forestry activity on such land to be managed in accordance with applicable federal laws.

(Sec. 306) Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify any such land that is Oregon and California Railroad grant land, (2) identify public domain land in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition to such Oregon and California Railroad grant land, and (3) reclassify such public domain land as Oregon and California Railroad grant land.

Title IV: Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act - (Sec. 402) Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon.

Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.

Title V: Amendments to the Coquille Restoration Act - (Sec. 501) Amends the Coquille Restoration Act to require the Secretary to manage the Coquille Forest in accordance with the laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land. (Currently, the Secretary is also required to manage the Forest under applicable state and federal forestry and environmental protection laws, and subject to critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act and the standards and guidelines of Federal forest plans on adjacent or nearby Federal lands.)

Continues to apply: (1) federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from the Forest, and (2) competitive bidding requirements to sales of timber from the Forest.

Strikes a provision: (1) giving the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon jurisdiction over certain actions concerning the placement of lands in Coos County and Curry County, Oregon, into trust for the Coquille Tribe, and the management of the Coquille Forest; and (2) limiting available remedies to equitable relief, unless otherwise provided for by law.

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Summary:
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, Alaska, all interest of the United States in certain property (including all land and appurtenances) containing 22.98 acres, for use in connection with health and social services programs.

Shields the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation from being liable for soil, surface water, groundwater, or other contamination resulting from the disposal, release, or presence of environmental contamination, including oil or petroleum products, or hazardous substances on any of the property.

Accords to HHS any easement or access to the conveyed property as may be necessary to satisfy any retained obligations and liability.

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Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2019 and revise a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.

Decreases the required minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by the grant program from:

 10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests, and 15 to 10 enrollees in the Native American language survival schools. Changes the duration of grants provided under the program.

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Summary:
Southeast Alaska Native Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, specified federal land as partial fulfillment of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

Identifies the lands to be conveyed as 2 parcels of federal land comprising approximately 3,380 acres that are generally depicted on certain Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization maps.

Subjects that conveyance to valid existing rights and the Secretary's identification and reservation, within two years of this Act's enactment, of public easements under the ANCSA.

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

Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act - Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school trust or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for certain federal subsurface mineral lands north of that border.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reserve an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands conveyed to Utah. Delineates the extent of that interest.

Requires Utah to reserve, for the benefit of its school trust, an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands it relinquished to the federal government. Delineates the extent of that interest.

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Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to collect the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls up to two times a year at up to five locations within Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park.

Considers the collection of those eggs within the Park by the Association to be a use specifically permitted by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

Requires collection schedules and locations to be based on an annual plan prepared by the Secretary and the Association.

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

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2013 - 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.

Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of Blaine, Cascade, Glacier, and Hill Counties, Montana.

 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.

Authorizes the Secretary to acquire additional land for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act.

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Indian Trust Asset Reform Act - Reaffirms the federal government's fiduciary responsibilities to Indians.

States that: (1) the most exacting common law fiduciary standards governing private trustees also govern the federal government when it manages Indian Trust Assets, and (2) those standards are not limited to the express terms of statutes and regulations.

Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an eight-year Indian trust asset management demonstration project that allows Indian tribes to propose, for the Secretary's approval, Indian trust asset management plans.

Allows participating Indian tribes that contract or compact trust management functions or activities under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to develop and carry out trust asset management systems, practices, and procedures that differ from the Secretary's.

Requires each plan to: (1) be consistent with all tribal laws and all federal treaties, statutes, executive orders, and court decisions applicable to the trust assets and their management; (2) establish procedures for nonbinding mediation or resolution of any plan-related disputes between the Indian tribe and the federal government; (3) include an annual evaluation by the Indian tribe and affected federal agencies of the plan's implementation; and (4) identify any federal regulations that the plan will supersede.

Prohibits the approval of any plan that does not: (1) protect trust assets from loss, waste, and unlawful alienation; and (2) promote the interests of the trust asset's beneficial owner.

Establishes, in the Department of the Interior, an Under Secretary for Indian Affairs who is to report directly to the Secretary and assume the functions of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians.

Requires the Office of the Under Secretary to carry out additional duties relating to the management of Indian trust assets and resources through an Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight.

Requires the Under Secretary to give a hiring preference to Indians.

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Summary: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium specified property in Anchorage, Alaska, for use in connection with health and related programs.

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Better Health in the Arctic Act - Directs the Arctic Research Commission to examine the science base, gaps in knowledge, and strategies for the prevention and treatment of mental, behavioral, and physical health problems, including alcohol abuse, faced by populations in the Arctic, with a focus on Alaska.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a national Arctic health science policy, reviewing and taking into consideration the National Arctic Health Science Policy developed by the American Public Health Association Task Force in 1984.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a Desk for Arctic Health to: (1) work with the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee to ensure adequate health representation from federal agencies, (2) collaborate and consult with governmental entities and U.S. nongovernmental organizations involved in Arctic health issues, and (3) collaborate with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on indigenous Arctic people health issues.

Directs the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a program at the National Center of Environmental Health to foster advances and help provide technical support in the field of Arctic health impact assessments.

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Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - (Sec. 3) Gives Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, 90 days following this Act's enactment to agree to accept the conveyance of specified federal land, subject to certain conditions and restrictions, as full and final satisfaction of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

Provides that if Sealaska fails to agree to that conveyance: (1) this Act's provisions cease to be effective; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior shall complete, within five years of this Act's enactment, the interim conveyance of Sealaska's remaining land entitlement under the ANCSA from prioritized selections on file with the Secretary on the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 4) Identifies the lands to be conveyed upon Sealaska's agreement as: (1) the 18 parcels of federal land comprising approximately 69,585 acres that are generally depicted as "Sealaska Selections" on certain Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization maps, and (2) up to 76 cemetery sites and historical places that Sealaska must apply for and that comprise up to 490 acres of federal land located outside conservation system units.

Includes with those conveyances: (1) public easements under the ANCSA, (2) conservation easements to protect the aquatic and riparian habitat extending 100 feet on each side of certain anadromous water bodies, (3) a ten-year easement for Forest System research activities on study plots, and (4) an easement on Koscuisko Island providing access to and use by Sealaska of the sort yard and all other upland facilities at the sort yard that are associated with the transfer of logs to the marine environment.

Keeps any part of those 18 parcels of conveyed lands that are outside ANCSA withdrawal areas open for subsistence and noncommercial recreational uses by the public.

Sets forth prohibitions on Sealaska's transfer or loss of the conveyed cemetery sites and historical places.

Allows Sealaska to impose reasonable restrictions on public access to and across the conveyed lands.

(Sec. 6) Requires Sealaska to allow existing guiding or outfitting special use permit holders to continue to operate on the conveyed lands for the remainder of the permit term and a subsequent ten-year renewal period.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Sealaska, within one year of this Act's enactment, to enter into negotiations for an agreement regarding the use of: (1) National Forest System roads and related transportation facilities by Sealaska, and (2) Sealaska roads and related transportation facilities by the Forest Service.

Renames certain culturally and historically significant trade and migration routes and keeps them open for travel by Sealaska and the public.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow the harvest of trees prior to the culmination of their mean annual increment of growth (young trees) in areas that are available for commercial timber harvest under the Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan to facilitate the transition of old growth stands from commercial timber harvest. Sets limitations on the sale of trees pursuant to that authority.

Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to designate as conservation areas certain lands identified as the Bay of Pillars, Kushneahin Creek, Northern Prince of Wales, Western Kosciusko, Eastern Kosciusko, Sarkar Lakes, Honker Divide, and Eek Lake and Sukkwan Island LUD II Management Areas--Proposed. Conditions those designations on Sealaska's acceptance of this Act's conveyances.

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Summary: Deems a claim submitted to an Indian Health Service contracting officer pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act on or before October 31, 2005, involving a claim that accrued after October 1, 1995, and on or before September 30, 1999, to have been timely submitted.

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Summary:
Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon.

Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.)

Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.

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Summary:
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe.

States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition, and (2) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.

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Summary:
Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2013 - Requires the Blackfeet Tribe (Tribe) of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana to work with the Fort Belknap Indian Community on resolving any conflict concerning Milk River water rights. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to resolve such conflict if the Tribe and Community are unable to do so within a specified period.

Requires the Secretary to enter into contracts with the Tribe for the delivery of: (1) 5,000 acre-feet per year of the St. Mary River water right through Milk River Project facilities to the Tribe or an entity specified by the Tribe, and (2) any additional available St. Mary water.

Lists Milk River Project purposes as irrigation, flood control, fish and wildlife protection, recreation, hydroelectric power generation, and municipal, rural, and industrial water supply.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to:

 evaluate alternatives for the rehabilitation of the St. Mary Storage Unit of the Milk River Project, identify alternatives to provide additional St. Mary River and Milk River water to the Tribe, evaluate the feasibility of increased storage in Fresno Reservoir, allocate costs based on specified Milk River Project purposes, and plan the management and development of water supplies in the St. Mary River and Milk River basins. Requires the Secretary to implement the Swift Current Creek Bank Stabilization Project and offer to enter into an agreement with the Tribe to establish a process for resolving issues regarding federal Milk River Project property interests that are located on tribal lands.

Gives the Tribe the exclusive right to develop and market hydroelectric power from the St. Mary Storage Unit of the Milk River Project.

Directs the Secretary to allocate to the Tribe 56,000 acre-feet per year of water stored in Lake Elwell for use by the Tribe for any beneficial purpose on or off the Reservation. Authorizes the Tribe to enter into leases or other agreements for the use of that water, provided its use occurs within the Missouri River Basin and the agreement does not permanently alienate the allocation.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to:

 carry out deferred maintenance and Four Horns Dam safety improvements relating to the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; carry out the Birch Creek Mitigation Project to provide water from Four Horns Reservoir to state water rights users on Birch Creek; plan, design, and construct the MR&I System (involving water intake, treatment, pumping, storage, and pipeline facilities); and construct the Blackfeet Water, Storage, and Development Projects. Establishes the Birch Creek Mitigation Fund to mitigate the impacts of development of the Birch Creek tribal water right on the Birch Creek water supplies of the Pondera County Canal and Reservoir Company Project.

Directs the Secretary, at the Tribe's request, to convey title to the Blackfeet Irrigation Project, Birch Creek Mitigation Project, the MR&I System, and Blackfeet Water, Storage, and Development Projects to the Tribe.

Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Blackfeet-Montana water rights compact (Compact) to the extent it does not conflict with this Act.

Requires the tribal water rights to be held in trust by the United States for the Tribe and its allottees.

Requires the Tribe to amend its tribal water code in accordance with the Compact and this Act. Requires the Secretary's approval of the tribal water code for it to be valid.

Establishes the Blackfeet Settlement Trust Fund. Makes appropriations to specified accounts that the Secretary is to establish within the Fund. Authorizes the Tribe to withdraw amounts from the Fund upon the Secretary's approval of a tribal management plan and an expenditure plan that requires the Tribe to spend the withdrawn amounts in accordance with this Act.

Gives the Tribe specified water rights in the Lewis and Clark National Forest.

Provides for the waiver and release by the Tribe of water rights claims against Montana and the United States in return for recognition of the tribal water rights and other benefits provided under the Compact and this Act.

Absolves the United States from liability for any failure to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this Act if adequate appropriations are not provided expressly by Congress to carry out the purposes of this Act in the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund or the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health.

blackfeet_water_rights_settlement_act requires blackfeet tribe tribe montana work fort_belknap_indian_community resolving conflict concerning milk_river water rights directs secretary interior resolve conflict unable specified period requires secretary enter contracts tribe delivery acre feet year mary_river water right milk_river_project facilities tribe entity specified tribe additional available water purposes irrigation flood control fish wildlife protection recreation hydroelectric power generation municipal rural industrial water supply directs secretary conduct study evaluate alternatives rehabilitation identify alternatives provide additional milk_river water tribe evaluate feasibility increased storage allocate costs based specified milk_river_project purposes plan management development water supplies milk_river basins requires secretary implement offer enter agreement tribe establish process resolving issues federal milk_river_project property interests located tribal lands gives tribe exclusive right develop market hydroelectric power directs secretary allocate tribe acre feet year water stored lake elwell use tribe beneficial purpose reservation authorizes tribe enter leases agreements use water provided use occurs missouri_river_basin agreement permanently alienate allocation requires secretary acting commissioner reclamation carry deferred maintenance dam safety improvements relating blackfeet_irrigation_project carry provide water state water rights users plan design construct system involving water intake treatment pumping storage pipeline facilities construct storage establishes mitigate impacts development tribal water right water supplies directs secretary tribe request convey title system storage tribe authorizes ratifies confirms blackfeet montana water rights compact compact extent conflict act requires tribal water rights held trust united_states tribe allottees requires tribe amend tribal water code accordance compact act requires secretary approval tribal water code valid makes appropriations specified accounts secretary establish fund authorizes tribe withdraw amounts fund secretary approval tribal management plan expenditure plan requires tribe spend withdrawn amounts accordance act gives tribe specified water rights lewis clark_national_forest provides waiver release tribe water rights claims montana united_states return recognition tribal water rights benefits provided compact act absolves united_states liability failure carry obligation activity authorized act adequate appropriations provided expressly congress carry purposes act emergency_fund_for_indian_safety_and_health


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Tribal Gaming Eligibility Act - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to place restrictions on the conduct of gaming on lands taken into trust for an Indian tribe after October 17, 1988, as part of the settlement of a land claim, initial reservation of a newly recognized tribe, or restoration of lands for a tribe that has its federal recognition restored.

Prohibits gaming on such lands, with specified exceptions, unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that the land is eligible for gaming and the tribe demonstrates: (1) a substantial, direct, modern connection to the land as of October 17, 1988; and (2) a substantial, direct, aboriginal connection to the land. (The Secretary and the state in which the gaming is proposed can still allow gaming on lands acquired for a tribe after October 17, 1988, if they concur that it is in the best interest of the tribe and its members.)

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on January 28, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act - Amends the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), at the request of the Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior, to transfer certain National Forest land to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo, if a land exchange with the Pueblo required by that Act is not completed within 30 days of this Act's enactment.

Requires such National Forest land to remain undeveloped in its natural state.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the Pueblo and after the transfer of the National Forest land is complete, to: (1) transfer to the Secretary the Pueblo's La Luz tract and a conservation easement on its Piedra Lisa tract, and (2) grant to the Secretary a right-of-way for the Piedra Lisa Trail within the Piedra Lisa tract.

measure amended reported senate january summary version repeated act amends preservation trust area act require secretary agriculture secretary request secretary interior transfer certain national_forest land secretary interior held trust pueblo land exchange pueblo required act completed days act enactment requires national_forest land remain undeveloped natural state directs secretary interior consent pueblo transfer national_forest land complete transfer secretary pueblo tract conservation easement tract grant secretary right way tract


Summary: Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY2017 the authorization of appropriations for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians and loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing.

hawaiian homeownership opportunity act amends native american housing assistance self determination act housing_and_community_development_act extend fy2017 authorization appropriations housing assistance native_hawaiians loan guarantees native hawaiian housing


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Withdraws 5,100 acres of land near White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Reserves the land for use by the Army for military purposes. Requires the Secretary of the Army to reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs in implementing this Act with respect to this land.

Withdraws 37,600 acres of land near Fort Bliss in Texas and New Mexico. Allows the issuance of oil and gas pipeline rights of way on part of this land.

Revokes the withdrawal of 2,050 acres of land (part of Fillmore Canyon located in New Mexico) that was reserved for the Army's use. Gives the Secretary of the Interior authority for managing this land.

withdraws acres land near white sands missile range new_mexico reserves land use army military purposes requires secretary army reimburse secretary interior costs implementing act respect land withdraws acres land near texas new_mexico allows issuance oil gas pipeline rights way land revokes withdrawal acres land canyon located new_mexico reserved army use gives secretary interior authority managing land


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Native American Indian Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to pay institutions of higher education the out-of-state tuition of their Indian students if the schools are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American Indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government.

Limits that payment each fiscal year to the institution's total out-of-state tuition for Native American Indian students in academic year 2012-2013.

Treats such payments as reimbursements to such institutions from their states.

Rescinds unobligated discretionary appropriations to offset the costs of this program.

native american indian education act amends higher education act direct secretary education pay institutions higher education state tuition indian students schools required provide tuition free education support state native american indian students fulfillment condition college state received original grant land facilities federal government limits payment fiscal year institution total state tuition native american indian students academic year treats payments reimbursements institutions states rescinds unobligated discretionary appropriations offset costs program


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Maple Tapping Access Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to states and tribal governments to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through: (1) promotion of research and education, (2) promotion of natural resource sustainability, (3) market promotion, and (4) encouragement of owners and operators of privately held land to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities or to voluntarily make the land available to the public for maple-sugaring activities.

Defines "maple-sugaring" as the collection of sap from any species of tree in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.

act authorizes secretary agriculture usda grants states tribal governments promote domestic maple syrup industry promotion research education promotion natural resource sustainability market promotion encouragement owners operators privately held land initiate expand maple sugaring activities voluntarily land available public maple sugaring activities defines maple sugaring collection sap species tree genus acer purpose produce food


Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax administration requirements for foreign-source income and assets, to repeal:  (1) withholding requirements for payments to foreign financial institutions and other foreign entities, (2) information reporting for foreign financial assets, (3) penalties for underpayments of tax attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets, (4) reporting requirements for shareholders of a passive foreign investment company and U.S. owners of foreign trusts, and (5) the additional penalty for failure to file required notices and information returns for certain foreign trusts.

amends internal revenue code respect tax administration requirements foreign source income assets repeal withholding requirements payments foreign financial institutions foreign entities information reporting foreign financial assets penalties underpayments tax attributable undisclosed foreign financial assets reporting requirements shareholders passive foreign investment company owners foreign trusts additional penalty failure file required notices information returns certain foreign trusts


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Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2014 - Title I: Indian Self-Determination - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (the Act) to change the Department of the Interior's process for approving self-governance compacts and annual funding agreements with Indian tribes. Modifies Interior's process to make it similar to processes used by the Department of Health and Human Service's Indian Health Service.

(Sec. 101) Revises the definition of "self-determination contract" to state that no contract shall be considered to be a procurement contract or subject to federal procurement law, except for specified construction contracts.

(Sec. 102) Directs Interior to negotiate contracts and funding agreements in good faith to maximize implementation of the self-determination policy. Requires provisions of contracts or funding agreements to be liberally construed for the benefit of the Indian tribe.

(Sec. 103) Directs Interior to interpret all federal laws, regulations, and executive orders in a manner that facilitates: (1) inclusion in self-determination contracts and funding agreements of applicable programs, services, and related funds; (2) implementation of self-determination contracts and funding agreements; and (3) achievement of tribal health objectives.

(Sec. 104) Adds administrative or other expenses incurred by the governing body of the Indian tribe or tribal organization to the contract support costs eligible to receive funding under the Act. Specifies that no less than 50% of the expenses incurred by the governing body of a tribe or tribal organization relating to a program, function, service, or activity pursuant to the contract shall be considered to be reasonable and allowable.

(Sec. 105) Provides that provisions in the model statutory agreement allowing the parties to agree to additional contract and funding agreement terms do not make inapplicable the provisions in Section 102 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act requiring proposals and declinations.

Title II: Tribal Self Governance - (Sec. 201) Establishes the Tribal Self-Governance Program and sets forth eligibility requirements. Authorizes Interior to select up to 50 new Indian tribes per year to participate in self-governance.

Permits a tribe that withdraws from participation in a tribal organization to participate in self-governance if the tribe is eligible. Sets forth procedures for a tribe to withdraw from a tribal organization and requirements for distributing funds to a withdrawing tribe.

Requires a tribe, in order to be eligible to participate in self-governance, to: (1) complete a planning phase, (2) request participation in self-governance by resolution or other official action by the tribal governing body, and (3) demonstrate financial stability and management capability for the three fiscal years preceding the date on which the tribe requests participation.

Makes tribes eligible to receive grants for planning to participate in the program or for negotiating the terms of participation.

Provides that funding agreements that Interior is required to negotiate and enter into with the governing body of each participating tribe must be consistent with the trust responsibility of the federal government, treaty obligations, and the government-to-government relationship between Indian tribes and the United States.

States that a funding agreement authorizes a tribe to plan, conduct, consolidate, administer and receive full tribal share funding for all programs, functions, services, or activities provided through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and the Office of the Special Trustee; and any other program administered by Interior that is otherwise available to tribes or Indians under the Act.

Prohibits a funding agreement from authorizing a tribe to plan, conduct, administer or receive tribal share funding under any program that is provided under the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 or is provided for elementary and secondary schools under the formula developed under the Education Amendments of 1978.

Requires funding agreements to specify services to be provided, functions to be performed, and the responsibilities of the Indian tribe and Interior. Permits a funding agreement, at the request of a tribe, to provide for a base budget specifying recurring funds to be transferred to the tribe.

Prohibits Interior from waiving the trust responsibility of the United States to tribes or altering the terms of a funding agreement without tribal consent.

Permits tribes participating in self-governance on the date of enactment of this bill to retain existing funding agreements or renegotiate a new funding agreement, including a multiyear funding agreement.

Directs Interior to negotiate and enter into a compact with each Indian tribe participating in self-governance in a manner consistent with the trust responsibility of the federal government, treaty obligations, and the government-to-government relationship between tribes and the United States. Requires the compact to: (1) specify and affirm the general terms of the government-to-government relationship between the Indian tribe and Interior; and (2) include terms the parties intend to control during the term of the compact.

Permits tribes participating in self-governance on the date of enactment of this bill to retain negotiated compacts that are not directly contrary to this title, or renegotiate a new compact in a manner that is consistent with this title.

Specifies requirements for tribes participating in self-governance with respect to conflicts of interest, audits, redesign and consolidation of programs, retrocession of programs under a compact or funding agreement, non-duplication of funding, and records.

Requires a funding agreement to include provisions for Interior to monitor the performance of trust functions by the tribe through the annual trust evaluation and to reassume a program and associated funding if there is a finding of: (1) imminent jeopardy to a trust asset, natural resource, or public health and safety that is caused by the tribe and arises out of a failure to carry out the compact or funding agreement, or (2) gross mismanagement of funds.

Sets forth procedures that apply when Interior and a tribe are unable to agree on compact or funding agreement.

Authorizes a tribe participating in tribal self-governance to carry out construction projects, including certain related federal environmental activities. Specifies requirements for the projects.

Directs Interior, upon request of the tribe's governing body, to provide the tribe with financial assistance to carry out the funding agreement. Authorizes a funding agreement to provide for multiyear funding. Directs Interior to transfer all tribal shares and resources to a tribe in a timely fashion. Prohibits Interior from reducing funding from year to year unless specified exceptions apply.

Permits a tribe to retain interest or income earned on funds paid under a compact or funding agreement to carry out governmental purposes without diminishing its future payments.

Prohibits a tribe from being obligated to continue performance of a compact or funding agreement with insufficient funds and permits a tribe to suspend performance until funds are adequate.

Directs Interior to interpret federal law in a manner that facilitates the implementation of funding agreements and the inclusion of programs in funding agreements.

Permits tribes to submit to Interior a written request to waive regulations. Permits Interior to deny the request only if it is prohibited by federal law or inconsistent with a funding agreement.

Sets forth reporting requirements.

Requires negotiated rulemaking and sets forth membership criteria for the negotiated rulemaking committee. Authorizes Interior to repeal regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this bill.

Provides that in any administrative action, appeal, or civil action for judicial review of any decision made under this title, Interior has the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence the validity of the grounds for the decision.

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objectives sec adds administrative expenses incurred governing body indian tribe tribal organization contract support costs eligible receive funding act specifies expenses incurred governing body tribe tribal organization relating program function service activity pursuant contract shall considered reasonable allowable sec provides provisions model statutory agreement allowing parties agree additional contract funding agreement terms inapplicable provisions section indian self determination education assistance act requiring proposals title sec establishes sets forth eligibility requirements authorizes interior select new indian tribes year participate self governance permits tribe withdraws participation tribal organization participate self governance tribe eligible sets forth procedures tribe withdraw tribal organization requirements distributing funds withdrawing tribe requires tribe order eligible participate self governance complete planning phase request participation self 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developed education_amendments requires funding agreements specify services provided functions performed responsibilities indian tribe interior permits funding agreement request tribe provide base budget specifying recurring funds transferred tribe prohibits interior waiving trust responsibility united_states tribes altering terms funding agreement tribal consent permits tribes participating self governance date enactment bill retain existing funding agreements renegotiate new funding agreement including multiyear funding agreement directs interior negotiate enter compact indian tribe participating self governance manner consistent trust responsibility federal government treaty obligations government government relationship tribes united_states requires compact specify affirm general terms government government relationship indian tribe interior include terms parties intend control term compact permits tribes participating self governance date enactment bill retain negotiated compacts directly contrary title renegotiate new compact manner consistent title specifies requirements tribes participating self governance respect conflicts interest audits redesign consolidation programs retrocession programs compact funding agreement non duplication funding records requires funding agreement include provisions interior monitor performance trust functions tribe annual trust evaluation reassume program associated funding finding imminent jeopardy trust asset natural resource public health safety caused tribe arises failure carry compact funding agreement gross mismanagement funds sets forth procedures apply interior tribe unable agree compact funding agreement authorizes tribe participating tribal self governance carry construction projects including certain related federal environmental activities specifies requirements projects directs interior request tribe governing body provide tribe financial assistance carry funding agreement authorizes funding agreement provide multiyear funding directs interior transfer tribal shares resources tribe timely fashion prohibits interior reducing funding year year specified exceptions apply permits tribe retain interest income earned funds paid compact funding agreement carry governmental purposes diminishing future payments prohibits tribe obligated continue performance compact funding agreement insufficient funds permits tribe suspend performance funds adequate directs interior interpret federal law manner facilitates implementation funding agreements inclusion programs funding agreements permits tribes submit interior written request waive regulations permits interior deny request prohibited federal law inconsistent funding agreement sets forth reporting requirements requires negotiated rulemaking sets forth membership criteria negotiated rulemaking committee authorizes interior repeal regulations inconsistent provisions bill provides administrative action appeal civil action judicial review decision title interior burden prove preponderance evidence validity grounds decision


Summary: Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the Band's benefit.

band lake superior authorizes band lake superior chippewa minnesota lease sell convey warrant transfer portion interest real property held trust united_states band benefit


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

Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) States that nothing in this Act affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 regarding agreements between states and Indian tribes.

Title I: Chickahominy Indian Tribe - (Sec. 103) Extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Tribe.

Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.

Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of New Kent, James City, Charles City, and Henrico Counties, Virginia.

(Sec. 104) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) before the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 105) States that the governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body in place on the date of this Act's enactment, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.

(Sec. 106) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007, and that is located within New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within those counties. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.

Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law.

(Sec. 107) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.

Title II: Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division - (Sec. 203) Extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division.

Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.

Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of New Kent, James City, Charles City, and Henrico Counties, Virginia.

(Sec. 204) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 205) States that the governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body in place on the date of this Act's enactment, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.

(Sec. 206) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007, and that is located within New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within those counties. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.

Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law.

(Sec. 207) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.

Title III: Upper Mattaponi Tribe - (Sec. 303) Extends federal recognition to the Upper Mattaponi Tribe.

Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.

Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area within 25 miles of the Sharon Indian School at 13383 King William Road, King William County, Virginia.

(Sec. 304) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 305) States that the governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body in place on the date of this Act's enactment, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.

(Sec. 306) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007, and that is located within King William County, Caroline County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, or New Kent County, Virginia; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within those counties. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.

Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law.

(Sec. 307) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.

Title IV: Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. - (Sec. 403) Extends federal recognition to the organization possessing the legal name Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. (Excludes from the Tribe any other Indian tribe, subtribe, band, or splinter group the members of which represent themselves as Rappahannock Indians.)

Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.

Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of King and Queen, Caroline, Essex, and King William Counties, Virginia.

(Sec. 404) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 405) States that the governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body in place on the date of this Act's enactment, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.

(Sec. 406) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007, and that is located within King and Queen County, Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, Richmond County, Essex County, or Caroline County, Virginia; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within King and Queen County, Richmond County, Lancaster County, King George County, Essex County, Caroline County, New Kent County, King William County, or James City County, Virginia. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.

Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law.

(Sec. 407) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.

Title V: Monacan Indian Nation - (Sec. 503) Extends federal recognition to the Monacan Indian Nation.

Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.

Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area within 25 miles from the center of Amherst, Virginia.

(Sec. 504) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 505) States that the governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body in place on the date of this Act's enactment, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.

(Sec. 506) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007, and that is located within Amherst County, Virginia; and (2) may take into trust land held by the Tribe in fee that is located within Amherst County, Virginia, and certain parcels of land in Rockbridge County, Virginia, owned by Mr. J. Poole. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.

Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law.

(Sec. 507) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.

Title VI: Nansemond Indian Tribe - (Sec. 603) Extends federal recognition to the Nansemond Tribe.

Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians applicable to the Tribe and tribal members; and (2) the Tribe and tribal members eligible for all federal services and benefits provided to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.

Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

(Sec. 604) States that the membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 605) States that the governing body of the Tribe shall be: (1) the governing body in place on the date of this Act's enactment, or (2) any subsequent duly elected governing body.

(Sec. 606) Provides, upon tribal request, that the Secretary: (1) shall take into trust any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired on or before January 1, 2007, and that is located within the city of Suffolk or Chesapeake, or within Isle of Wight County, Virginia; and (2) may take into trust lands held by the Tribe in fee that are located within those jurisdictions. Directs the Secretary to make a final determination of any such request within three years.

Considers, upon tribal request, any land taken into trust to be a part of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or pursuant to federal law.

(Sec. 607) States that nothing in this title changes any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.

Title VII: Eminent Domain - (Sec. 701) Prohibits the use of Eminent domain in acquiring lands in fee or in trust for the Indian tribes this Act recognizes.

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fee located counties directs secretary final determination request years considers tribal request land taken trust tribe reservation prohibits tribe conducting gaming activities matter claimed inherent authority pursuant federal law sec states title changes hunting fishing trapping gathering water rights tribe members tribe title chickahominy indian tribe eastern division sec extends federal recognition chickahominy_indian_tribe--eastern_division makes laws general applicability indians nations indian tribes bands indians applicable tribe tribal members tribe tribal members eligible federal services benefits provided federally recognized indian tribes regard existence reservation tribe considers federal service area tribe area comprised virginia sec states membership roll governing documents tribe shall recent membership roll governing documents submitted tribe secretary date act enactment sec states governing body tribe shall governing body place date act enactment subsequent duly elected governing body sec provides tribal request secretary shall trust land held fee tribe acquired january located virginia trust lands held tribe fee located counties directs secretary final determination request years considers tribal request land taken trust tribe reservation prohibits tribe conducting gaming activities matter claimed inherent authority pursuant federal law sec states title changes hunting fishing trapping gathering water rights tribe members tribe title iii upper mattaponi tribe sec extends federal recognition upper mattaponi tribe makes laws general applicability indians nations indian tribes bands indians applicable tribe tribal members tribe tribal members eligible federal services benefits provided federally recognized indian tribes regard existence reservation tribe considers federal service area tribe area miles king king virginia sec states membership roll governing documents tribe shall recent membership roll governing documents submitted tribe secretary 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members tribe tribal members eligible federal services benefits provided federally recognized indian tribes regard existence reservation tribe considers federal service area tribe area miles center virginia sec states membership roll governing documents tribe shall recent membership roll governing documents submitted tribe secretary date act enactment sec states governing body tribe shall governing body place date act enactment subsequent duly elected governing body sec provides tribal request secretary shall trust land held fee tribe acquired january located virginia trust land held tribe fee located virginia certain parcels land virginia owned directs secretary final determination request years considers tribal request land taken trust tribe reservation prohibits tribe conducting gaming activities matter claimed inherent authority pursuant federal law sec states title changes hunting fishing trapping gathering water rights tribe members tribe title sec extends federal recognition 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Summary:
Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an in-school facility innovation program contest to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to solve the problem of how to improve Indian school facilities for problem-based learning.

Requires the Secretary of Education (Secretary) and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Department of the Interior and Department of Education Joint Oversight Board to coordinate Indian education policies and assistance.

Amends part A (Indian Education) of title VII (Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a program awarding grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to create or expand teacher and administrator pipelines for teachers and administrators of Native American students.

Amends the school improvement program, under part A of title I of the ESEA, to require states to develop standards-based assessments and classroom lessons that accommodate diverse learning styles.

Directs: (1) the Secretary to expand programs for Native American school children to support learning in the children's Native language and culture and provide English language instruction, and (2) the Comptroller General to conduct research on culture- and language-based education to identify the factors that improve education and health outcomes.

Excepts Native language teachers from the requirement that teachers be highly qualified. Requires states, in collaboration with Indian tribes or Tribal Colleges and Universities, to develop an alternative licensure or certification process for those teachers.

Directs the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program providing grants to public and nonprofit private agencies to assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.

Requires Department of Education assistance programs for elementary and secondary schools or early learning programs to reserve at least 0.5% of their funding for Indian elementary and secondary schools or early learning programs.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to improve school environments and student skill development for healthy choices for Native American students, (2) establish a program for school dropout prevention for Native American students, and (3) collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish tribal-school specific school gardens and nutrition programs that are within the tribal cultural context.

Authorizes and appropriates additional funds for the Impact Aid program, under title VIII of the ESEA, through FY2016. (The Impact Aid program compensates LEAs for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts.)

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014, for use through FY2015, for: (1) the tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions program under the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978; (2) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (3) institutional operations grants for the Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute under the Snyder Act; and (4) scholarships and adult education and special higher education scholarships under the Snyder Act.

building unique indian learning development act directs secretary interior establish school facility innovation program contest encourage institutions higher education ihes solve problem improve indian school facilities problem based learning requires secretary education secretary secretary interior establish department_of_the_interior_and_department_of_education_joint_oversight_board coordinate indian education policies assistance amends indian education title vii indian native hawaiian alaska_native_education elementary secondary education act esea establish program awarding grants local educational agencies leas ihes nonprofit organizations create expand teacher administrator pipelines teachers administrators native american students amends school improvement program title esea require states develop standards based assessments classroom lessons accommodate diverse learning styles directs secretary expand programs native american school children support learning children native language culture provide english language instruction comptroller general conduct research culture- language based education identify factors improve education health outcomes excepts native language teachers requirement teachers highly qualified requires states collaboration indian tribes tribal_colleges universities develop alternative licensure certification process teachers directs commissioner administration native americans department_of_health_and_human_services hhs establish program providing grants public nonprofit private agencies assist native americans ensuring survival continuing vitality native american languages requires department education assistance programs elementary secondary schools early learning programs reserve funding indian elementary secondary schools early learning programs requires secretary establish program improve school environments student skill development healthy choices native american students establish program school dropout prevention native american students collaborate secretary agriculture usda establish tribal school specific school gardens nutrition programs tribal cultural context authorizes appropriates additional funds impact aid program title viii esea fy2016 impact aid program compensates leas financial burden federal activities affecting school districts authorizes appropriations fy2014 use fy2015 tribally controlled postsecondary career technical institutions program tribally_controlled_colleges universities assistance act alaska native culture arts development institutional operations grants snyder act scholarships adult education special higher education scholarships snyder act


Summary:
Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe.

Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe.

Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.

Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.

lumbee recognition act extends federal recognition lumbee tribe north carolina makes members eligible services benefits provided indians status members federally recognized tribe deems members tribe residing robeson cumberland hoke scotland_counties north_carolina delivery area services authorizes secretary interior land trust tribe prohibits tribe conducting gaming activities requires north_carolina exercise jurisdiction criminal offenses committed civil actions arise north_carolina lands owned held trust lumbee tribe dependent indian community tribe