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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 91 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and safety 

conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities that were constructed 

to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional 

fishing grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities and structures to improve those conditions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2019 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Ms. BONAMICI) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs 

facilities that were constructed to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing 

grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities 

and structures to improve those conditions, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Columbia River In5 Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SANITATION AND SAFETY CONDITIONS AT CERTAIN 

2 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 

3 (a) ASSESSMENT OF CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of 

4 the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

5 in consultation with the affected Columbia River Treaty 

6 tribes, may assess current sanitation and safety conditions 

7 on lands held by the United States for the benefit of the 

8 affected Columbia River Treaty tribes, including all per9 manent Federal structures and improvements on those 

10 lands, that were set aside to provide affected Columbia 

11 River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds— 

12 (1) in accordance with the Act of March 2, 

13 1945 (59 Stat. 10, chapter 19) (commonly known as 

14 the ‘‘River and Harbor Act of 1945’’); or 

15 (2) in accordance with title IV of Public Law 

16 100–581 (102 Stat. 2944). 

17 (b) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZATION; CONTRACTS.—The 

18 Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 

19 Indian Affairs— 

20 (1) subject to paragraph (2)(B), shall be the 

21 only Federal agency authorized to carry out the ac22 tivities described in this section; and 

23 (2) may delegate the authority to carry out ac24 tivities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub25 section (d)— 


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1 (A) through one or more contracts entered 

2 into with an Indian Tribe or Tribal organiza3 tion under the Indian Self-Determination and 

4 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 

5 seq.); or 

6 (B) to include other Federal agencies that 

7 have relevant expertise. 

8 (c) DEFINITION OF AFFECTED COLUMBIA RIVER

9 TREATY TRIBES.—In this section, the term ‘‘affected Co10 lumbia River Treaty tribes’’ means the Nez Perce Tribe, 

11 the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, 

12 the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

13 of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

14 Yakama Nation. 

15 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 

17 Interior such sums as are necessary, to remain available 

18 until expended— 

19 (1) for improvements to existing structures and 

20 infrastructure to improve sanitation and safety con21 ditions assessed under subsection (a); and 

22 (2) to improve access to electricity, sewer, and 

23 water infrastructure, where feasible, to reflect needs 

24 for sanitary and safe use of facilities referred to in 

25 subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 3. STUDY OF ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT AC2 TIVITIES. 

3 The Comptroller General of the United States, in 

4 consultation with the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 

5 Senate, shall— 

6 (1) conduct a study to evaluate whether the 

7 sanitation and safety conditions on lands held by the 

8 United States for the benefit of the affected Colum9 bia River Treaty tribes (as defined in section 2(c)) 

10 have improved as a result of the activities authorized 

11 in section 2; and 

12 (2) prepare and submit to the Committee on 

13 Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

14 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

15 a report containing the results of that study. 

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