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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 952 

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

funds for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 21, 2007 

Mr. MCCAIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 

in National Environmental and Native American Public 

Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in 

tribal leadership, management, and policy, 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. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds that— 

5 (1) the Federal Government favors a policy of 

6 self-determination for Indian tribes; 


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1 (2) consistent with the policy described in para2 graph (1), Indian tribes continue to assume more 

3 control of the affairs of the Indian tribes in order 

4 to exercise the status provided to the Indian tribes 

5 in treaties, court decisions, and legislation; 

6 (3) as a result of that increased assumption of 

7 control, Indian tribes require enhanced leadership 

8 preparation and greater access to information— 

9 (A) relating to the research and analysis of 

10 successful models for tribal government and 

11 business operations; and 

12 (B) that is similar to the information regu13 larly available to Federal, State, and local gov14 ernments; 

15 (4) enabling Indian tribes to develop a strong 

16 leadership and governing policy— 

17 (A) is consistent with the policy of the 

18 Federal Government relating to the encourage19 ment and support of tribal self-determination; 

20 and 

21 (B) increases the likelihood that tribal gov22 ernments will achieve political and economic 

23 self-determination; and 

24 (5) in accordance with section 6(7) of the Mor25 ris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 


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1 Environmental and Native American Public Policy 

2 Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)), the Morris K. 

3 Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Envi4 ronmental Policy Foundation, in cooperation with 

5 the Native Nations Institute at the University of Ar6 izona, has provided to Indian tribes leadership and 

7 management training, policy analysis, and research 

8 of the quality and type required by Indian tribes for 

9 the achievement of self-determination. 

10 SEC. 2. NATIVE NATIONS LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND 

11 POLICY. 

12 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall 

13 Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 

14 and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 

15 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 

16 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

17 striking ‘‘For the purposes of this Act—’’ and in18 serting ‘‘In this Act—’’; 

19 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

20 (9) as paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively; 

21 and 

22 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(6) the terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribe’ have 

25 the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in section 


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1 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 

2 Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).’’. 

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

5 Excellence in National Environmental and Native Amer6 ican Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amend7 ed by striking subsection (c) and adding the following: 

8 ‘‘(c) TRAINING IN TRIBAL LEADERSHIP, MANAGE9 MENT, AND POLICY.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

11 appropriated to carry out section (6)(7)— 

12 ‘‘(A) $500,000 for each of fiscal years 

13 2008 and 2009; 

14 ‘‘(B) $750,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

15 ‘‘(C) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

16 2011 and 2012. 

17 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—An appropriation made 

18 under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to section 

19 7(c).’’. 

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