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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1937 

To amend the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, 

and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, and the Native American 

Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic development 

opportunities to Indian communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Mrs. TORRES of California (for herself and Ms. HAALAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Native American Business Development, 

Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy 

Indian Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 

1974 to provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities. 

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 ‘‘Indian Community 

5 Economic Enhancement Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that— 

3 (1)(A) to bring industry and economic develop4 ment to Indian communities, Indian Tribes must 

5 overcome a number of barriers, including— 

6 (i) geographical location; 

7 (ii) lack of infrastructure or capacity; 

8 (iii) lack of sufficient collateral and capital; 

9 and 

10 (iv) regulatory bureaucracy relating to— 

11 (I) development; and 

12 (II) access to services provided by the 

13 Federal Government; and 

14 (B) the barriers described in subparagraph (A) 

15 often add to the cost of doing business in Indian 

16 communities; 

17 (2) Indian Tribes— 

18 (A) enact laws and exercise sovereign gov19 ernmental powers; 

20 (B) determine policy for the benefit of 

21 Tribal members; and 

22 (C) produce goods and services for con23 sumers; 

24 (3) the Federal Government has— 

25 (A) an important government-to-govern26 ment relationship with Indian Tribes; and 


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1 (B) a role in facilitating healthy and sus2 tainable Tribal economies; 

3 (4) the input of Indian Tribes in developing 

4 Federal policy and programs leads to more meaning5 ful and effective measures to assist Indian Tribes 

6 and Indian entrepreneurs in building Tribal econo7 mies; 

8 (5)(A) many components of Tribal infrastruc9 ture need significant repair or replacement; and 

10 (B) access to private capital for projects in In11 dian communities— 

12 (i) may not be available; or 

13 (ii) may come at a higher cost than such 

14 access for other projects; 

15 (6)(A) Federal capital improvement programs, 

16 such as those that facilitate tax-exempt bond financ17 ing and loan guarantees, are tools that help improve 

18 or replace crumbling infrastructure; 

19 (B) lack of parity in treatment of an Indian 

20 Tribe as a governmental entity under Federal tax 

21 and certain other regulatory laws impedes, in part, 

22 the ability of Indian Tribes to raise capital through 

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1 tives accorded to State and local governmental enti2 ties; and 

3 (C) as a result of the disparity in treatment of 

4 Indian Tribes described in subparagraph (B), inves5 tors may avoid financing, or demand a premium to 

6 finance, projects in Indian communities, making the 

7 projects more costly or inaccessible; 

8 (7) there are a number of Federal loan guar9 antee programs available to facilitate financing of 

10 business, energy, economic, housing, and community 

11 development projects in Indian communities, and 

12 those programs may support public-private partner13 ships for infrastructure development, but improve14 ments and support are needed for those programs 

15 specific to Indian communities to facilitate more ef16 fectively private financing for infrastructure and 

17 other urgent development needs; and 

18 (8)(A) most real property held by Indian Tribes 

19 is trust or restricted land that essentially cannot be 

20 held as collateral; and 

21 (B) while creative solutions, such as leasehold 

22 mortgages, have been developed in response to the 

23 problem identified in subparagraph (A), some solu24 tions remain subject to review and approval by the 


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1 Bureau of Indian Affairs, adding additional costs 

2 and delay to Tribal projects. 

3 SEC. 3. NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, 

4 TRADE PROMOTION, AND TOURISM ACT OF 

5 2000. 

6 (a) FINDINGS; PURPOSES.—Section 2 of the Native 

7 American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and 

8 Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4301) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY TO INDIAN-OWNED BUSI11 NESSES.—The findings and purposes in subsections (a) 

12 and (b) shall apply to any Indian-owned business gov13 erned— 

14 ‘‘(1) by Tribal laws regulating trade or com15 merce on Indian lands; or 

16 ‘‘(2) pursuant to section 5 of the Act of August 

17 15, 1876 (19 Stat. 200, chapter 289; 25 U.S.C. 

18 261).’’. 

19 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Native American 

20 Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism 

21 Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4302) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

23 (6) and paragraphs (7) through (9), as paragraphs 

24 (2) through (7) and paragraphs (9) through (11), 

25 respectively; 


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1 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redes2 ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

4 the Director of Native American Business Develop5 ment appointed pursuant to section 4(a)(2).’’; and 

6 (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as redesig7 nated by paragraph (1)) the following: 

8 ‘‘(8) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the Of9 fice of Native American Business Development es10 tablished by section 4(a)(1).’’. 

11 (c) OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS DEVEL12 OPMENT.—Section 4 of the Native American Business De13 velopment, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 

14 (25 U.S.C. 4303) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘Department of Com18 merce’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of the Sec19 retary’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘(referred to in this 

21 Act as the ‘Office’)’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, 

23 by striking ‘‘(referred to in this Act as the ‘Di24 rector’)’’; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall serve 

3 as— 

4 ‘‘(A) the program and policy advisor to the 

5 Secretary with respect to the trust and govern6 mental relationship between the United States 

7 and Indian Tribes; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the point of contact for Indian 

9 Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Indians re10 garding— 

11 ‘‘(i) policies and programs of the De12 partment of Commerce; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) other matters relating to eco14 nomic development and doing business in 

15 Indian lands. 

16 ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION.—The Di17 rector shall coordinate with all offices and agencies 

18 within the Department of Commerce to ensure that 

19 each office and agency has an accountable process to 

20 ensure— 

21 ‘‘(A) meaningful and timely coordination 

22 and assistance, as required by this Act; and 

23 ‘‘(B) consultation with Indian Tribes re24 garding the policies, programs, assistance, and 

25 activities of the offices and agencies. 


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1 ‘‘(3) OFFICE OPERATIONS.—There are author2 ized to be appropriated to carry out this section not 

3 more than $2,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 

4 (d) INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIA5 TIVES.—The Native American Business Development, 

6 Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating section 8 (25 U.S.C. 4307) 

8 as section 10; and 

9 (2) by inserting after section 7 (25 U.S.C. 

10 4306) the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 8. INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. 

12 ‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—Not later than 

13 1 year after the enactment of this section, the Secretary, 

14 the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of the 

15 Treasury shall coordinate— 

16 ‘‘(1) to develop initiatives that— 

17 ‘‘(A) encourage, promote, and provide edu18 cation regarding investments in Indian commu19 nities through— 

20 ‘‘(i) the loan guarantee program of 

21 Bureau of Indian Affairs under section 

22 201 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 

23 (25 U.S.C. 1481); 

24 ‘‘(ii) programs carried out using 

25 amounts in the Community Development 


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1 Financial Institutions Fund established 

2 under section 104(a) of the Community 

3 Development Banking and Financial Insti4 tutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(a)); 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(iii) other capital development pro7 grams; 

8 ‘‘(B) examine and develop alternatives that 

9 would qualify as collateral for financing in In10 dian communities; and 

11 ‘‘(C) provide entrepreneur and other train12 ing relating to economic development through 

13 tribally controlled colleges and universities and 

14 other Indian organizations with experience in 

15 providing such training; 

16 ‘‘(2) to consult with Indian Tribes and with the 

17 Securities and Exchange Commission to study, and 

18 collaborate to establish, regulatory changes nec19 essary to qualify an Indian Tribe as an accredited 

20 investor for the purposes of sections 230.500 

21 through 230.508 of title 17, Code of Federal Regu22 lations (or successor regulations), consistent with the 

23 goals of promoting capital formation and ensuring 

24 qualifying Indian Tribes have the ability to with25 stand investment loss, on a basis comparable to 


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1 other legal entities that qualify as accredited inves2 tors who are not natural persons; 

3 ‘‘(3) to identify regulatory, legal, or other bar4 riers to increasing investment, business, and eco5 nomic development, including qualifying or approv6 ing collateral structures, measurements of economic 

7 strength, and contributions of Indian economies in 

8 Indian communities through the Authority estab9 lished under section 4 of the Indian Tribal Regu10 latory Reform and Business Development Act of 

11 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4301 note); 

12 ‘‘(4) to ensure consultation with Indian Tribes 

13 regarding increasing investment in Indian commu14 nities and the development of the report required in 

15 paragraph (5); and 

16 ‘‘(5) not less than once every 2 years, to pro17 vide a report to Congress regarding— 

18 ‘‘(A) improvements to Indian communities 

19 resulting from such initiatives and rec20 ommendations for promoting sustained growth 

21 of the Tribal economies; 

22 ‘‘(B) results of the study and collaboration 

23 regarding the necessary changes referenced in 

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1 dian Tribes to qualify as an accredited investor; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(C) the identified regulatory, legal, and 

4 other barriers referenced in paragraph (3). 

5 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—For assistance provided pursuant to 

6 section 108 of the Community Development Banking and 

7 Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4707) to 

8 benefit Native Community Development Financial Institu9 tions, as defined by the Secretary of the Treasury, section 

10 108(e) of such Act shall not apply. 

11 ‘‘(c) INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY

12 STUDY.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Government Account14 ability Office shall conduct a study and, not later 

15 than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

16 subsection, submit to the Committee on Indian Af17 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 

18 Resources of the House of Representatives a report 

19 on the findings of the study and recommendations. 

20 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The study shall include an 

21 assessment of each of the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The study shall assess 

23 current Federal capitalization and related pro24 grams and services that are available to assist 

25 Indian communities with business and economic 


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1 development, including manufacturing, physical 

2 infrastructure (such as telecommunications and 

3 broadband), community development, and facili4 ties construction for such purposes. For each of 

5 the Federal programs and services identified, 

6 the study shall assess the current use and de7 mand by Indian Tribes, individuals, businesses, 

8 and communities of the programs, the capital 

9 needs of Indian Tribes, businesses, and commu10 nities related to economic development, and the 

11 extent that similar programs have been used to 

12 assist non-Indian communities compared to the 

13 extent used for Indian communities. 

14 ‘‘(B) FINANCING ASSISTANCE.—The study 

15 shall assess and quantify the extent of assist16 ance provided to non-Indian borrowers and to 

17 Indian (both Tribal and individual) borrowers 

18 (including information about such assistance as 

19 a percentage of need for Indian borrowers and 

20 for non-Indian borrowers, assistance to Indian 

21 borrowers and to non-Indian borrowers as a 

22 percentage of total applicants, and such assist23 ance to Indian borrowers as individuals as com24 pared to such assistance to Indian Tribes) 


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1 through the loan programs, the loan guarantee 

2 programs, or bond guarantee programs of the— 

3 ‘‘(i) Department of the Interior; 

4 ‘‘(ii) Department of Agriculture; 

5 ‘‘(iii) Department of Housing and 

6 Urban Development; 

7 ‘‘(iv) Department of Energy; 

8 ‘‘(v) Small Business Administration; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(vi) Community Development Finan11 cial Institutions Fund of the Department 

12 of the Treasury. 

13 ‘‘(C) TAX INCENTIVES.—The study shall 

14 assess and quantify the extent of the assistance 

15 and allocations afforded for non-Indian projects 

16 and for Indian projects pursuant to each of the 

17 following tax incentive programs: 

18 ‘‘(i) New market tax credit. 

19 ‘‘(ii) Low-income housing tax credit. 

20 ‘‘(iii) Investment tax credit. 

21 ‘‘(iv) Renewable energy tax incentives. 

22 ‘‘(v) Accelerated depreciation. 

23 ‘‘(D) TRIBAL INVESTMENT INCENTIVE.— 

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1 courage Tribal governments to invest in an In2 dian community development investment fund 

3 or bank.’’. 

4 (e) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

5 The Native American Business Development, Trade Pro6 motion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in section 3— 

9 (A) in each of paragraphs (1), (4), and 

10 (8), by striking ‘‘tribe’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribe’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘The 

13 term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning given that 

14 term’’ and inserting ‘‘The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

15 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ ’’; 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘tribes’’ each place the term ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribes’’; and 

18 (3) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ each place the term ap19 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’. 

20 SEC. 4. BUY INDIAN ACT. 

21 Section 23 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (commonly 

22 known as the ‘‘Buy Indian Act’’) (36 Stat. 861, chapter 

23 431; 25 U.S.C. 47), is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 23. EMPLOYMENT OF INDIAN LABOR AND PURCHASE 

2 OF PRODUCTS OF INDIAN INDUSTRY; PAR3 TICIPATION IN MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM. 

4 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) INDIAN ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE.—The 

6 term ‘Indian economic enterprise’ has the meaning 

7 given the term in section 1480.201 of title 48, Code 

8 of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 

9 ‘‘(2) MENTOR FIRM; PROTEGE FIRM.—The 

10 terms ‘mentor firm’ and ‘protege firm’ have the 

11 meanings given those terms in section 831(c) of the 

12 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

13 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note; Public Law 101–510). 

14 ‘‘(3) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘Secretaries’ 

15 means— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Interior; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of Health and Human 

18 Services. 

19 ‘‘(b) ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Unless determined by one 

21 of the Secretaries to be impracticable and unreason22 able— 

23 ‘‘(A) Indian labor shall be employed; and 

24 ‘‘(B) purchases of Indian industry prod25 ucts (including printing and facilities construc26 tion, notwithstanding any other provision of 


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1 law) may be made in open market by the Secre2 taries. 

3 ‘‘(2) MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Participation in the 

5 Mentor-Protege Program established under sec6 tion 831(a) of the National Defense Authoriza7 tion Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 

8 note; Public Law 101–510) or receipt of assist9 ance under a developmental assistance agree10 ment under that program shall not render any 

11 individual or entity involved in the provision of 

12 Indian labor or an Indian industry product in13 eligible to receive assistance under this section. 

14 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT.—For purposes of this 

15 section, no determination of affiliation or con16 trol (whether direct or indirect) may be found 

17 between a protege firm and a mentor firm on 

18 the basis that the mentor firm has provided, or 

19 agreed to provide, to the protege firm, pursuant 

20 to a mentor-protege agreement, any form of de21 velopmental assistance described in section 

22 831(f) of the National Defense Authorization 

23 Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note; 

24 Public Law 101–510). 


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1 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this sec2 tion, the Secretaries shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) conduct outreach to Indian industrial enti4 ties; 

5 ‘‘(2) provide training; 

6 ‘‘(3) promulgate regulations in accordance with 

7 this section and with the regulations under part 

8 1480 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

9 successor regulations), to harmonize the procure10 ment procedures of the Department of the Interior 

11 and the Department of Health and Human Services, 

12 to the maximum extent practicable; 

13 ‘‘(4) require regional offices of the Bureau of 

14 Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service to ag15 gregate data regarding compliance with this section; 

16 ‘‘(5) require procurement management reviews 

17 by their respective Departments to include a review 

18 of the implementation of this section; and 

19 ‘‘(6) consult with Indian Tribes, Indian indus20 trial entities, and other stakeholders regarding meth21 ods to facilitate compliance with— 

22 ‘‘(A) this section; and 

23 ‘‘(B) other small business or procurement 

24 goals. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of this section, and not less 

3 frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, each 

4 of the Secretaries shall submit to the Committee on 

5 Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

6 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

7 a report describing, during the period covered by the 

8 report, the implementation of this section by each of 

9 the respective Secretaries. 

10 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under this sub11 section shall include, for each fiscal year during the 

12 period covered by the report— 

13 ‘‘(A) the names of each agency under the 

14 respective jurisdiction of each of the Secretaries 

15 to which this section has been applied, and ef16 forts made by additional agencies within the 

17 Secretaries’ respective Departments to use the 

18 procurement procedures under this Act; 

19 ‘‘(B) a summary of the types of purchases 

20 made from, and contracts (including any rel21 evant modifications, extensions, or renewals) 

22 awarded to, Indian economic enterprises, ex23 pressed by agency region; 

24 ‘‘(C) a description of the percentage in25 crease or decrease in total dollar value and 


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1 number of purchases and awards made within 

2 each agency region, as compared to the totals 

3 of the region for the preceding fiscal year; 

4 ‘‘(D) a description of the methods used by 

5 applicable contracting officers and employees to 

6 conduct market searches to identify qualified 

7 Indian economic enterprises; 

8 ‘‘(E) a summary of all deviations granted 

9 under section 1480.403 of title 48, Code of 

10 Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), 

11 including a description of— 

12 ‘‘(i) the types of alternative procure13 ment methods used, including any Indian 

14 owned businesses reported under other 

15 procurement goals; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the dollar value of any awards 

17 made pursuant to those deviations; 

18 ‘‘(F) a summary of all determinations 

19 made to provide awards to Indian economic en20 terprises, including a description of the dollar 

21 value of the awards; 

22 ‘‘(G) a description or summary of the total 

23 number and value of all purchases of, and con24 tracts awarded for, supplies, services, and con25 struction (including the percentage increase or 


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1 decrease, as compared to the preceding fiscal 

2 year) from— 

3 ‘‘(i) Indian economic enterprises; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) non-Indian economic enterprises; 

5 ‘‘(H) any administrative, procedural, legal, 

6 or other barriers to achieving the purposes of 

7 this section, together with recommendations for 

8 legislative or administrative actions to address 

9 those barriers; and 

10 ‘‘(I) for each agency region— 

11 ‘‘(i) the total amount spent on pur12 chases made from, and contracts awarded 

13 to, Indian economic enterprises; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) a comparison of the amount de15 scribed in clause (i) to the total amount 

16 that the agency region would likely have 

17 spent on the same purchases made from a 

18 non-Indian economic enterprise or con19 tracts awarded to a non-Indian economic 

20 enterprise. 

21 ‘‘(e) GOALS.—Each agency shall establish an annual 

22 minimum percentage goal for procurement in compliance 

23 with this section.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS ACT OF 1974. 

2 (a) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN

3 PROJECTS.—Section 803 of the Native American Pro4 grams Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991b) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 

6 as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(b) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner may 

11 provide assistance under subsection (a) for projects 

12 relating to the purposes of this title to a Native com13 munity development financial institution, as defined 

14 by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

15 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—With regard to not less than 

16 50 percent of the total amount available for assist17 ance under this section, the Commissioner shall give 

18 priority to any application seeking assistance for— 

19 ‘‘(A) the development of a Tribal code or 

20 court system for purposes of economic develop21 ment, including commercial codes, training for 

22 court personnel, regulation pursuant to section 

23 5 of the Act of August 15, 1876 (19 Stat. 200, 

24 chapter 289; 25 U.S.C. 261), and the develop25 ment of nonprofit subsidiaries or other Tribal 

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1 ‘‘(B) the development of a community de2 velopment financial institution, including train3 ing and administrative expenses; or 

4 ‘‘(C) the development of a Tribal master 

5 plan for community and economic development 

6 and infrastructure.’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—Sec8 tion 804 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 

9 (42 U.S.C. 2991c) is amended— 

10 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

11 striking ‘‘The Commissioner’’ and inserting the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance under sub16 section (a), the Commissioner shall give priority to any 

17 application described in section 803(b)(2).’’. 

18 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

19 816 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 

20 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘803(d)’’ each place it appears 

22 and inserting ‘‘803(e)’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (a)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘such sums as may be nec25 essary’’ and inserting ‘‘$34,000,000’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘1999, 2000, 2001, and 

2 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

3 (d) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

4 The Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

5 2991 et seq.) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘tribe’’ each place the term ap7 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribe’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘tribes’’ each place the term ap9 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribes’’; and 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ each place the term ap11 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’. 

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