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Calendar No. 143

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 748

[Report No. 106–72]

To improve Native hiring and contracting by the Federal Government within

the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 25, 1999

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

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

JUNE 9, 1999

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To improve Native hiring and contracting by the Federal

Government within the State of Alaska, 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. REPORT.

4 (a) Within six months after the enactment of this Act

5 the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as
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1 the ‘‘Secretary’’ shall submit a report detailing the

2 progress the Department has made in the implementation

3 of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 of the Alaska

4 National Interest Lands Conservation Act and section 638

5 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu6 cation Assistance Act. The report shall include a detailed

7 action plan on the future implementation of the provisions

8 of sections 1307 and 1308 of the Alaska National Interest

9 Lands Conservation Act and section 638 provisions of the

10 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

11 The report shall describe, in detail, the measures and ac12 tions that will be taken, along with a description of the

13 anticipated results to be achieved during the next three

14 fiscal years. The report shall focus on lands under the ju15 risdiction of the Department of the Interior in Alaska and

16 shall also address any laws, rules, regulations and policies

17 which act as a deterrent to hiring Native Alaskans or con18 tracting with Native Alaskans to perform and conduct ac19 tivities and programs of those agencies and bureaus under

20 the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior.

21 (b) The report shall be completed within existing ap22 propriations and shall be transmitted to the Committee

23 on Resources of the United States Senate; and the Com24 mittee on Resources of the United States House of Rep25 resentatives.
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1 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM.

2 (a) In furtherance of the goals of sections 1307 and

3 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation

4 Act and the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination

5 and Education Assistance Act, the Secretary shall—

6 (1) implement pilot programs to employ resi7 dents of local communities at the following units of

8 the National Park System located in northwest Alas9 ka:

10 (A) Bering Land Bridge National Pre11 serve,

12 (B) Cape Krusenstern National Monu13 ment,

14 (C) Kobuk Valley National Park, and

15 (D) Noatak National Preserve; and

16 (2) report on the results of the programs within

17 one year to the Committee on Energy and Natural

18 Resources of the United States and the Committee

19 on Resources of the House of Representatives.

20 (b) In implementing the programs, the Secretary

21 shall consult with the Native Corporations, non-profit or22 ganizations, and Tribal entities in the immediate vicinity

23 of such units and shall also, to the extent practicable, in24 volve such groups in the development of interpretive mate25 rials and the pilot programs relating to such units.
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1 (c) The objective of such programs shall be, to the

2 extent possible, to establish cooperative arrangements,

3 through contracts or other means, that will allow local

4 communities and residents to assume administrative and

5 management responsibilities for those units, or portions

6 of those units, of the National Park System in a manner

7 that will accomplish the purposes for which the units were

8 established and consistent with policies set forth in the

9 Act of August 23, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, 16 U.S.C. 1).

10 (d) PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—(1) Any career em11 ployee of the National Park Service, employed at one of

12 the Alaska northwest parks at the time of the transfer

13 of an operation or program to a local Native entity by

14 contract, shall not be separated from the Service by reason

15 of such transfer.

16 (2) Any career employee of he National Park Service

17 employed at any one of the parks in northwest Alaska at

18 the time of the transfer of an operation or program to

19 a local Native entity shall be given priority placement for

20 any available position within the National Park Service

21 System notwithstanding any priority reemployment lists,

22 directives, rules, regulations or other orders from the De23 partment of the Interior, the Office of Management and

24 Budget, or other Federal agencies.

Calendar No. 143

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 748

[Report No. 106–72]

A BILL

To improve Native hiring and contracting by the

and for other purposes.Federal Government within the State of Alaska,

JUNE 9, 1999

Reported with amendments