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Union Calendar No. 498 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 212 

[Report No. 116–605, Part I] 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 28, 2019 

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 

DECEMBER 2, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 2, 2020 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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AN ACT 

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. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1)(A) to bring industry and economic develop9 ment to Indian communities, Indian Tribes must 

10 overcome a number of barriers, including— 

11 (i) geographical location; 

12 (ii) lack of infrastructure or capacity; 

13 (iii) lack of sufficient collateral and capital; 

14 and 

15 (iv) regulatory bureaucracy relating to— 

16 (I) development; and 

17 (II) access to services provided by the 

18 Federal Government; and 

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

20 often add to the cost of doing business in Indian 

21 communities; 

22 (2) Indian Tribes— 

23 (A) enact laws and exercise sovereign gov24 ernmental powers; 


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1 (B) determine policy for the benefit of 

2 Tribal members; and 

3 (C) produce goods and services for con4 sumers; 

5 (3) the Federal Government has— 

6 (A) an important government-to-govern7 ment relationship with Indian Tribes; and 

8 (B) a role in facilitating healthy and sus9 tainable Tribal economies; 

10 (4) the input of Indian Tribes in developing 

11 Federal policy and programs leads to more meaning12 ful and effective measures to assist Indian Tribes 

13 and Indian entrepreneurs in building Tribal econo14 mies; 

15 (5)(A) many components of Tribal infrastruc16 ture need significant repair or replacement; and 

17 (B) access to private capital for projects in In18 dian communities— 

19 (i) may not be available; or 

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

21 access for other projects; 

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

23 such as those that facilitate tax-exempt bond financ24 ing and loan guarantees, are tools that help improve 

25 or replace crumbling infrastructure; 


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

2 Tribe as a governmental entity under Federal tax 

3 and certain other regulatory laws impedes, in part, 

4 the ability of Indian Tribes to raise capital through 

5 issuance of tax exempt debt, invest as an accredited 

6 investor, and benefit from other investment incen7 tives accorded to State and local governmental enti8 ties; and 

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

10 Indian Tribes described in subparagraph (B), inves11 tors may avoid financing, or demand a premium to 

12 finance, projects in Indian communities, making the 

13 projects more costly or inaccessible; 

14 (7) there are a number of Federal loan guar15 antee programs available to facilitate financing of 

16 business, energy, economic, housing, and community 

17 development projects in Indian communities, and 

18 those programs may support public-private partner19 ships for infrastructure development, but improve20 ments and support are needed for those programs 

21 specific to Indian communities to facilitate more ef22 fectively private financing for infrastructure and 

23 other urgent development needs; and 


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

2 is trust or restricted land that essentially cannot be 

3 held as collateral; and 

4 (B) while creative solutions, such as leasehold 

5 mortgages, have been developed in response to the 

6 problem identified in subparagraph (A), some solu7 tions remain subject to review and approval by the 

8 Bureau of Indian Affairs, adding additional costs 

9 and delay to Tribal projects. 

10 SEC. 3. NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, 

11 TRADE PROMOTION, AND TOURISM ACT OF 

12 2000. 

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

14 American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and 

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

16 adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY TO INDIAN-OWNED BUSI18 NESSES.—The findings and purposes in subsections (a) 

19 and (b) shall apply to any Indian-owned business gov20 erned— 

21 ‘‘(1) by Tribal laws regulating trade or com22 merce on Indian lands; or 

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

24 15, 1876 (19 Stat. 200, chapter 289; 25 U.S.C. 

25 261).’’. 


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

2 Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism 

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

4 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

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

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

7 respectively; 

8 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redes9 ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 

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

11 the Director of Native American Business Develop12 ment appointed pursuant to section 4(a)(2).’’; and 

13 (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as redesig14 nated by paragraph (1)) the following: 

15 ‘‘(8) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the Of16 fice of Native American Business Development es17 tablished by section 4(a)(1).’’. 

18 (c) OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS DEVEL19 OPMENT.—Section 4 of the Native American Business De20 velopment, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 

21 (25 U.S.C. 4303) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Department of Com2 merce’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of the Sec3 retary’’; and 

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

5 Act as the ‘Office’)’’; and 

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

7 by striking ‘‘(referred to in this Act as the ‘Di8 rector’)’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(c) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.— 

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

12 as— 

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

14 Secretary with respect to the trust and govern15 mental relationship between the United States 

16 and Indian Tribes; and 

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

18 Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Indians re19 garding— 

20 ‘‘(i) policies and programs of the De21 partment of Commerce; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) other matters relating to eco23 nomic development and doing business in 

24 Indian lands. 


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1 ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION.—The Di2 rector shall coordinate with all offices and agencies 

3 within the Department of Commerce to ensure that 

4 each office and agency has an accountable process to 

5 ensure— 

6 ‘‘(A) meaningful and timely coordination 

7 and assistance, as required by this Act; and 

8 ‘‘(B) consultation with Indian Tribes re9 garding the policies, programs, assistance, and 

10 activities of the offices and agencies. 

11 ‘‘(3) OFFICE OPERATIONS.—There are author12 ized to be appropriated to carry out this section not 

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

14 (d) INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIA15 TIVES.—The Native American Business Development, 

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

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

18 as section 10; and 

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

20 4306) the following: 

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

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

23 1 year after the enactment of this section, the Secretary, 

24 the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of the 

25 Treasury shall coordinate— 


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1 ‘‘(1) to develop initiatives that— 

2 ‘‘(A) encourage, promote, and provide edu3 cation regarding investments in Indian commu4 nities through— 

5 ‘‘(i) the loan guarantee program of 

6 Bureau of Indian Affairs under section 

7 201 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 

8 (25 U.S.C. 1481); 

9 ‘‘(ii) programs carried out using 

10 amounts in the Community Development 

11 Financial Institutions Fund established 

12 under section 104(a) of the Community 

13 Development Banking and Financial Insti14 tutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(a)); 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(iii) other capital development pro17 grams; 

18 ‘‘(B) examine and develop alternatives that 

19 would qualify as collateral for financing in In20 dian communities; and 

21 ‘‘(C) provide entrepreneur and other train22 ing relating to economic development through 

23 tribally controlled colleges and universities and 

24 other Indian organizations with experience in 

25 providing such training; 


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

2 Securities and Exchange Commission to study, and 

3 collaborate to establish, regulatory changes nec4 essary to qualify an Indian Tribe as an accredited 

5 investor for the purposes of sections 230.500 

6 through 230.508 of title 17, Code of Federal Regu7 lations (or successor regulations), consistent with the 

8 goals of promoting capital formation and ensuring 

9 qualifying Indian Tribes have the ability to with10 stand investment loss, on a basis comparable to 

11 other legal entities that qualify as accredited inves12 tors who are not natural persons; 

13 ‘‘(3) to identify regulatory, legal, or other bar14 riers to increasing investment, business, and eco15 nomic development, including qualifying or approv16 ing collateral structures, measurements of economic 

17 strength, and contributions of Indian economies in 

18 Indian communities through the Authority estab19 lished under section 4 of the Indian Tribal Regu20 latory Reform and Business Development Act of 

21 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4301 note); 

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

23 regarding increasing investment in Indian commu24 nities and the development of the report required in 

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1 ‘‘(5) not less than once every 2 years, to pro2 vide a report to Congress regarding— 

3 ‘‘(A) improvements to Indian communities 

4 resulting from such initiatives and rec5 ommendations for promoting sustained growth 

6 of the Tribal economies; 

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

8 regarding the necessary changes referenced in 

9 paragraph (2) and the impact of allowing In10 dian Tribes to qualify as an accredited investor; 

11 and 

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

13 other barriers referenced in paragraph (3). 

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

15 section 108 of the Community Development Banking and 

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

17 benefit Native Community Development Financial Institu18 tions, as defined by the Secretary of the Treasury, section 

19 108(e) of such Act shall not apply. 

20 ‘‘(c) INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY

21 STUDY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Government Account23 ability Office shall conduct a study and, not later 

24 than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

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1 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 

2 Resources of the House of Representatives a report 

3 on the findings of the study and recommendations. 

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

5 assessment of each of the following: 

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

7 current Federal capitalization and related pro8 grams and services that are available to assist 

9 Indian communities with business and economic 

10 development, including manufacturing, physical 

11 infrastructure (such as telecommunications and 

12 broadband), community development, and facili13 ties construction for such purposes. For each of 

14 the Federal programs and services identified, 

15 the study shall assess the current use and de16 mand by Indian Tribes, individuals, businesses, 

17 and communities of the programs, the capital 

18 needs of Indian Tribes, businesses, and commu19 nities related to economic development, the ex20 tent to which the programs and services overlap 

21 or are duplicative, and the extent that similar 

22 programs have been used to assist non-Indian 

23 communities compared to the extent used for 

24 Indian communities. 


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

2 shall assess and quantify the extent of assist3 ance provided to non-Indian borrowers and to 

4 Indian (both Tribal and individual) borrowers 

5 (including information about such assistance as 

6 a percentage of need for Indian borrowers and 

7 for non-Indian borrowers, assistance to Indian 

8 borrowers and to non-Indian borrowers as a 

9 percentage of total applicants, and such assist10 ance to Indian borrowers as individuals as com11 pared to such assistance to Indian Tribes) 

12 through the loan programs, the loan guarantee 

13 programs, or bond guarantee programs of the— 

14 ‘‘(i) Department of the Interior; 

15 ‘‘(ii) Department of Agriculture; 

16 ‘‘(iii) Department of Housing and 

17 Urban Development; 

18 ‘‘(iv) Department of Energy; 

19 ‘‘(v) Small Business Administration; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(vi) Community Development Finan22 cial Institutions Fund of the Department 

23 of the Treasury. 

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

25 assess and quantify the extent of the assistance 


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1 and allocations afforded for non-Indian projects 

2 and for Indian projects pursuant to each of the 

3 following tax incentive programs: 

4 ‘‘(i) New market tax credit. 

5 ‘‘(ii) Low income housing tax credit. 

6 ‘‘(iii) Investment tax credit. 

7 ‘‘(iv) Renewable energy tax incentives. 

8 ‘‘(v) Accelerated depreciation. 

9 ‘‘(D) TRIBAL INVESTMENT INCENTIVE.— 

10 The study shall assess various alternative incen11 tives that could be provided to enable and en12 courage Tribal governments to invest in an In13 dian community development investment fund 

14 or bank.’’. 

15 (e) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

16 The Native American Business Development, Trade Pro17 motion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) 

18 is amended— 

19 (1) in section 3— 

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

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

22 and 

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

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

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

3 (2) by striking ‘‘tribes’’ each place the term ap4 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribes’’; and 

5 (3) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ each place the term ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’. 

7 SEC. 4. BUY INDIAN ACT. 

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

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

10 431; 25 U.S.C. 47), is amended to read as follows: 

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

12 OF PRODUCTS OF INDIAN INDUSTRY; PAR13 TICIPATION IN MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM. 

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

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

16 term ‘Indian economic enterprise’ has the meaning 

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

18 of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 

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

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

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

22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

23 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note; Public Law 101–510). 

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

25 means— 


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

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

3 Services. 

4 ‘‘(b) ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT.— 

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

6 of the Secretaries to be impracticable and unreason7 able— 

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

9 ‘‘(B) purchases of Indian industry prod10 ucts (including printing and facilities construc11 tion, notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law) may be made in open market by the Secre13 taries. 

14 ‘‘(2) MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM.— 

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

16 Mentor-Protege Program established under sec17 tion 831(a) of the National Defense Authoriza18 tion Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 

19 note; Public Law 101–510) or receipt of assist20 ance under a developmental assistance agree21 ment under that program shall not render any 

22 individual or entity involved in the provision of 

23 Indian labor or an Indian industry product in24 eligible to receive assistance under this section. 


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

2 section, no determination of affiliation or con3 trol (whether direct or indirect) may be found 

4 between a protege firm and a mentor firm on 

5 the basis that the mentor firm has provided, or 

6 agreed to provide, to the protege firm, pursuant 

7 to a mentor-protege agreement, any form of de8 velopmental assistance described in section 

9 831(f) of the National Defense Authorization 

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

11 Public Law 101–510). 

12 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this sec13 tion, the Secretaries shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) conduct outreach to Indian industrial enti15 ties; 

16 ‘‘(2) provide training; 

17 ‘‘(3) promulgate regulations in accordance with 

18 this section and with the regulations under part 

19 1480 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

20 successor regulations), to harmonize the procure21 ment procedures of the Department of the Interior 

22 and the Department of Health and Human Services, 

23 to the maximum extent practicable; 


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

2 Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service to ag3 gregate data regarding compliance with this section; 

4 ‘‘(5) require procurement management reviews 

5 by their respective Departments to include a review 

6 of the implementation of this section; and 

7 ‘‘(6) consult with Indian Tribes, Indian indus8 trial entities, and other stakeholders regarding meth9 ods to facilitate compliance with— 

10 ‘‘(A) this section; and 

11 ‘‘(B) other small business or procurement 

12 goals. 

13 ‘‘(d) REPORT.— 

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

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

16 frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, each 

17 of the Secretaries shall submit to the Committee on 

18 Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

19 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

20 a report describing, during the period covered by the 

21 report, the implementation of this section by each of 

22 the respective Secretaries. 

23 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under this sub24 section shall include, for each fiscal year during the 

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

2 respective jurisdiction of each of the Secretaries 

3 to which this section has been applied, and ef4 forts made by additional agencies within the 

5 Secretaries’ respective Departments to use the 

6 procurement procedures under this Act; 

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

8 made from, and contracts (including any rel9 evant modifications, extensions, or renewals) 

10 awarded to, Indian economic enterprises, ex11 pressed by agency region; 

12 ‘‘(C) a description of the percentage in13 crease or decrease in total dollar value and 

14 number of purchases and awards made within 

15 each agency region, as compared to the totals 

16 of the region for the preceding fiscal year; 

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

18 applicable contracting officers and employees to 

19 conduct market searches to identify qualified 

20 Indian economic enterprises; 

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

22 under section 1480.403 of title 48, Code of 

23 Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), 

24 including a description of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the types of alternative procure2 ment methods used, including any Indian 

3 owned businesses reported under other 

4 procurement goals; and 

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

6 made pursuant to those deviations; 

7 ‘‘(F) a summary of all determinations 

8 made to provide awards to Indian economic en9 terprises, including a description of the dollar 

10 value of the awards; 

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

12 number and value of all purchases of, and con13 tracts awarded for, supplies, services, and con14 struction (including the percentage increase or 

15 decrease, as compared to the preceding fiscal 

16 year) from— 

17 ‘‘(i) Indian economic enterprises; and 

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

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

20 or other barriers to achieving the purposes of 

21 this section, together with recommendations for 

22 legislative or administrative actions to address 

23 those barriers; and 

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1 ‘‘(i) the total amount spent on pur2 chases made from, and contracts awarded 

3 to, Indian economic enterprises; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) a comparison of the amount de5 scribed in clause (i) to the total amount 

6 that the agency region would likely have 

7 spent on the same purchases made from a 

8 non-Indian economic enterprise or con9 tracts awarded to a non-Indian economic 

10 enterprise. 

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

12 minimum percentage goal for procurement in compliance 

13 with this section.’’. 

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

15 (a) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN

16 PROJECTS.—Section 803 of the Native American Pro17 grams Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991b) is amended— 

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

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

20 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(b) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.— 

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

24 provide assistance under subsection (a) for projects 

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1 munity development financial institution, as defined 

2 by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

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

4 50 percent of the total amount available for assist5 ance under this section, the Commissioner shall give 

6 priority to any application seeking assistance for— 

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

8 court system for purposes of economic develop9 ment, including commercial codes, training for 

10 court personnel, regulation pursuant to section 

11 5 of the Act of August 15, 1876 (19 Stat. 200, 

12 chapter 289; 25 U.S.C. 261), and the develop13 ment of nonprofit subsidiaries or other Tribal 

14 business structures; 

15 ‘‘(B) the development of a community de16 velopment financial institution, including train17 ing and administrative expenses; or 

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

19 plan for community and economic development 

20 and infrastructure.’’. 

21 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—Sec22 tion 804 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 

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

2 striking ‘‘The Commissioner’’ and inserting the fol3 lowing: 

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

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

6 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance under sub7 section (a), the Commissioner shall give priority to any 

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

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 816 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 

11 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended— 

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

13 and inserting ‘‘803(e)’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘such sums as may be nec16 essary’’ and inserting ‘‘$34,000,000’’; and 

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

18 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

19 (d) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

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

21 2991 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘tribe’’ each place the term ap23 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribe’’; 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘tribes’’ each place the term ap25 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribes’’; and 


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1 (3) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ each place the term ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 498 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 212 

[Report No. 116–605, Part I] 

AN ACT 

To amend the Native American Business Developdian communities. and economic development opportunities to In- ican Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry 2000, the Buy Indian Act, and the Native Amer- ment, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 

DECEMBER 2, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 2, 2020 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 


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