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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1066 

To amend the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to clarify the definition of Indian 

and Indian organization for the purposes of that Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2013 

Mr. RAHALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the 

Judiciary, 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 Indian Arts and Crafts Act to clarify the 

definition of Indian and Indian organization for the purposes of that Act. 

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

3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Section 6(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to promote 

5 the development of Indian arts and crafts and to create 

6 a board to assist therein, and for other purposes’’ (25 

7 U.S.C. 305e(a)) is amended as follows: 


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1 (1) By striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(1) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means an in4 dividual that— 

5 ‘‘(A) is a member of an Indian tribe; 

6 ‘‘(B) is certified as an Indian artisan by an 

7 Indian tribe; 

8 ‘‘(C) is a member of an Indian organiza9 tion and who— 

10 ‘‘(i) resides in the State in which the 

11 Indian organization is chartered and head12 quartered; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) is a direct lineal descendant of a 

14 person listed on the base roll of an Indian 

15 tribe, whether or not such individual quali16 fies for membership in the Indian tribe; or 

17 ‘‘(D) is a member of an Indian organiza18 tion and who— 

19 ‘‘(i) resides in the State in which the 

20 Indian organization is chartered and head21 quartered; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) is a direct lineal descendant of a 

23 person listed on a judgment fund distribu24 tion list, roll, or census of Indians or other 

25 document prepared and approved by the 


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1 Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary’s 

2 authorized representative, whether or not 

3 such judgment fund distribution list, roll, 

4 census or document is used by an Indian 

5 tribe to determine membership.’’. 

6 (2) By adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) INDIAN ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Indian 

8 organization’ means a nonprofit organization that— 

9 ‘‘(A) is chartered as a section 501(c)(3) or10 ganization with the State in which the organiza11 tion is headquartered; 

12 ‘‘(B) is recognized by a State legislative 

13 body as an Indian organization or group, in 

14 which a majority of its members are recognized 

15 as Indians, whether or not such organization is 

16 recognized as a State or federally recognized 

17 tribe; 

18 ‘‘(C) is dedicated to preserving Native 

19 American principles, traditions, culture, history, 

20 language, and arts; 

21 ‘‘(D) performs free genealogical informa22 tion on its members to verify that an individual 

23 meets the definition of ‘Indian’ as defined in 

24 this Act; and 


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1 ‘‘(E) retains genealogical information col2 lected on its members for verification.’’. 

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