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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2093 

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 

DECEMBER 13, 2005 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. DORGAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed 

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. NATIVE NATIONS LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, 

4 AND POLICY. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

6 (1) the policy of the United States favors self7 determination for Indian tribes; 
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1 (2) consistent with the policy described in para2 graph (1), Indian tribes are increasingly taking con3 trol of the affairs of the tribes in order to realize in 

4 practice most of the status afforded the tribes in 

5 treaties, court decisions, and legislation; 

6 (3) as a result of the increasing control of the 

7 tribes, tribes require enhanced leadership prepara8 tion and greater access to information relating to re9 search and analysis of successful models for tribal 

10 government and business operations, similar to the 

11 information regularly available to Federal, State, 

12 and local government agencies; 

13 (4) enabling Indian tribes to develop strong 

14 leadership and governing policy is consistent with 

15 Federal policy supporting tribal self-determination 

16 and increases the likelihood that tribal governments 

17 will achieve political and economic self-determina18 tion; and 

19 (5) during the last 5 years, the Morris K. Udall 

20 Scholarship and Excellence in National Environ21 mental Policy Foundation, in cooperation with the 

22 Native Nations Institute at the University of Ari23 zona, pursuant to section 6(7) of the Morris K. 

24 Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Envi25 ronmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 
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1 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)), has provided to Indian 

2 tribes the leadership and management training, pol3 icy analysis, and research of the quality and type re4 quired to assist Indian tribes to achieve self-deter5 mination. 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall 

7 Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 

8 and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 

9 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

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

12 and 

13 (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol14 lowing: 

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

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

17 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 

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

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

20 13 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 

21 National Environmental and Native American Public Pol22 icy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended by striking 

23 subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(c) TRAINING IN TRIBAL LEADERSHIP, MANAGE25 MENT, AND POLICY.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

2 appropriated to carry out section 6(7)— 

3 ‘‘(A) $2,500,000 for the period of fiscal 

4 years 2007 and 2008; 

5 ‘‘(B) $4,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

6 years 2009 and 2010; and 

7 ‘‘(C) $13,500,000 for the period of fiscal 

8 years 2011 through 2016. 

9 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—An appropriation made 

10 pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to 

11 section 7(c).’’. 

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