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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1795 

To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 

Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 

in National Environmental and Native American Public 

Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF FOUNDATION. 

4 Section 7 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Ex5 cellence in National Environmental and Native American 

6 Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5605) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)(5)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub2 paragraph (C); 

3 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

4 subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

5 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(E) to conduct training, research, and 

8 other activities pursuant to section 6(7).’’; 

9 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS.—Recipients of scholarships, fel12 lowships, internships, and grants under this chapter shall 

13 be known as ‘Morris K. Udall Scholars’, ‘Morris K. Udall 

14 Fellows’, ‘Morris K. Udall Interns’, and ‘Morris K. Udall 

15 Grantees’, respectively.’’; 

16 (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—The Foundation shall 

19 determine the priority of the programs to be carried out 

20 under this chapter and the amount of funds to be allocated 

21 for such programs. However, not less than 50 percent 

22 shall be utilized for the programs set forth in subsection 

23 (a)(2), (a)(3), and (a)(4) of this section, and not less than 

24 20 percent shall be provided to the Center for subsection 

25 (a)(5), (a)(6), and (a)(7) of this section, conditioned on 


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1 a 25-percent match from other sources and further condi2 tioned on adequate space at the Center being made avail3 able for the Executive Director and other appropriate staff 

4 of the Foundation by the Center. Not less than 50 percent 

5 of the funds provided to the Center shall be expended for 

6 Native American education and policy activities, including 

7 those identified in subsection (a)(5)(E) of this section.’’. 

8 SEC. 2. EXPENDITURES AND AUDIT OF TRUST FUND. 

9 Section 9(a) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

10 Excellence in National Environmental and Native Amer11 ican Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5607(a)) is 

12 amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol13 lowing: ‘‘, including not to exceed $2,000 annually for offi14 cial reception and representation expenses’’. 

15 SEC. 3. USE OF INSTITUTE BY FEDERAL AGENCY. 

16 Section 11 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

17 Excellence in National Environmental and Native Amer18 ican Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5607b) is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following new sub20 section: 

21 ‘‘(f) AGENCY MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL.—Any 

22 committee or group organized by, or whose discussions are 

23 facilitated by, the Institute in connection with the services 

24 it provides pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject 

25 to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 


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1 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), provided that the committee or 

2 group is neither established by, nor actually managed or 

3 controlled by, another agency of the executive branch.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

5 Section 12(a)(1) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship 

6 and Excellence in National Environmental and Native 

7 American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 

8 5608(a)(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘this Act,’’ the 

9 following: ‘‘without regard to the provisions of title 5, 

10 United States Code, governing appointments in the com11 petitive service,’’. 

12 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

14 Excellence in National Environmental and Native Amer15 ican Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) in subsection (a), by striking 

18 ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000,000’’; and 

19 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(b) ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION

22 FUND.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

23 Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund established 


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1 under section 10 of this Act such sums as may be nec2 essary for operating costs of the Institute.’’. 

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