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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 749 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 9, 2023 

Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. TESTER, Ms. SMITH, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

LUJA ́N, Mr. MORAN, and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Advisory 

3 Council on Indian Education Improvement Act’’ or the 

4 ‘‘NACIE Improvement Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDU6 CATION. 

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

8 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and not9 withstanding any other provision of section 6141 of the 

10 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

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

12 Advisory Council on Indian Education established under 

13 such section includes at least one member who is a presi14 dent of a Tribal College or University (as defined in sec15 tion 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

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

17 (b) CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.— 

18 (1) SHARING OF REPORT WITH SECRETARIES

19 OF EDUCATION AND INTERIOR.—By not later than 

20 June 30 of each year, the National Advisory Council 

21 on Indian Education shall provide the NACIE an22 nual report submitted to Congress under section 

23 6141(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7471(b)(3)) for such 

25 year to the Secretary of Education and the Sec26 retary of the Interior. 


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1 (2) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—The Sec2 retary of Education, in preparing the budget mate3 rials submitted to Congress by the Secretary in sup4 port of the budget of the United States Government 

5 that is submitted under section 1105 of title 31, 

6 United States Code, shall consider the most recent 

7 NACIE annual report. 

8 (3) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—The 

9 Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 

10 Education Subcommittee of the Tribal-Interior 

11 Budget Council, in preparing the budget materials 

12 submitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Inte13 rior in support of the budget of the United States 

14 Government that is submitted under section 1105 of 

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

16 recent NACIE annual report. 

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

18 annual report’’ means the report prepared under section 

19 6141(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

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

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