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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 669 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2017 

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs 

facilities that were constructed to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing 

grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities 

and structures to improve those conditions, and for other 

purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Columbia River In5 Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SANITATION AND SAFETY CONDITIONS AT CERTAIN 

7 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 

8 (a) ASSESSMENT OF CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of 

9 the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

10 in consultation with the affected Columbia River Treaty 

11 tribes, may assess current sanitation and safety conditions 

12 on lands held by the United States for the benefit of the 

13 affected Columbia River Treaty tribes, including all per14 manent Federal structures and improvements on those 

15 lands, that were set aside to provide affected Columbia 

16 River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds— 

17 (1) in accordance with the Act of March 2, 

18 1945 (59 Stat. 10, chapter 19) (commonly known as 

19 the ‘‘River and Harbor Act of 1945’’); or 

20 (2) in accordance with title IV of Public Law 

21 100–581 (102 Stat. 2944). 

22 (b) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZATION; CONTRACTS.—The 

23 Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 

24 Indian Affairs— 


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1 (1) subject to paragraph (2)(B), shall be the 

2 only Federal agency authorized to carry out the ac3 tivities described in this section; and 

4 (2) may delegate the authority to carry out ac5 tivities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub6 section (c)— 

7 (A) through one or more contracts entered 

8 into with an Indian tribe or tribal organization 

9 under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu10 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 

11 or 

12 (B) to include other Federal agencies that 

13 have relevant expertise. 

14 (c) DEFINITION OF AFFECTED COLUMBIA RIVER

15 TREATY TRIBES.—In this section, the term ‘‘affected Co16 lumbia River Treaty tribes’’ means the Nez Perce Tribe, 

17 the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, 

18 the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

19 of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

20 Yakama Nation. 

21 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 

23 Interior such sums as are necessary, to remain available 

24 until expended— 


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1 (1) for improvements to existing structures and 

2 infrastructure to improve sanitation and safety con3 ditions assessed under subsection (a); and 

4 (2) to improve access to electricity, sewer, and 

5 water infrastructure, where feasible, to reflect needs 

6 for sanitary and safe use of facilities referred to in 

7 subsection (a). 

8 SEC. 3. STUDY OF ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT AC9 TIVITIES. 

10 The Comptroller General of the United States, in 

11 consultation with the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 

12 Senate, shall— 

13 (1) conduct a study to evaluate whether the 

14 sanitation and safety conditions on lands held by the 

15 United States for the benefit of the affected Colum16 bia River Treaty tribes (as defined in section 2) have 

17 improved as a result of the activities authorized in 

18 section 2; and 

19 (2) prepare and submit to the Committee on 

20 Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 


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1 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

2 a report containing the results of that study. 

Passed the Senate November 29, 2017. 

Attest: JULIE E. ADAMS, 

Secretary. 


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