118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 749 

AN ACT 

To ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education includes at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University and to require 

the Secretaries of Education and Interior to consider 

the National Advisory Council on Indian Education’s 

reports in the preparation of budget materials. 
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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 ‘‘National Advisory 

5 Council on Indian Education Improvement Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘NACIE Improvement Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDU8 CATION. 

9 (a) MEMBERSHIP OF NACIE.—By not later than 

10 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and not11 withstanding any other provision of section 6141 of the 

12 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

13 U.S.C. 7471), the President shall ensure that the National 

14 Advisory Council on Indian Education established under 

15 such section includes at least one member who is a presi16 dent of a Tribal College or University (as defined in sec17 tion 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

18 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 

19 (b) CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.— 

20 (1) SHARING OF REPORT WITH SECRETARIES

21 OF EDUCATION AND INTERIOR.—By not later than 

22 June 30 of each year, the National Advisory Council 

23 on Indian Education shall provide the NACIE an24 nual report submitted to Congress under section 

25 6141(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
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1 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7471(b)(3)) for such 

2 year to the Secretary of Education and the Sec3 retary of the Interior. 

4 (2) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—The Sec5 retary of Education, in preparing the budget mate6 rials submitted to Congress by the Secretary in sup7 port of the budget of the United States Government 

8 that is submitted under section 1105 of title 31, 

9 United States Code, shall consider the most recent 

10 NACIE annual report. 

11 (3) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—The 

12 Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 

13 Education Subcommittee of the Tribal-Interior 

14 Budget Council, in preparing the budget materials 

15 submitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Inte16 rior in support of the budget of the United States 

17 Government that is submitted under section 1105 of 

18 title 31, United States Code, shall consider the most 

19 recent NACIE annual report. 

20 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘NACIE 

21 annual report’’ means the report prepared under section 
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1 6141(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

2 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7471(b)(3)). 

Passed the Senate November 8, 2023. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 749 

AN ACT 

To ensure that the National Advisory Council on 

the preparation of budget materials. visory Council on Indian Education’s reports in cation and Interior to consider the National Adversity and to require the Secretaries of Eduwho is the president of a Tribal College or UniIndian Education includes at least 1 member