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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4699 

To amend the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, 

and Tourism Act of 2000 to require the Secretary of Commerce to 

prepare and submit to Congress a report and recommendations to promote the sustained economic development of Indian tribes and Indian 

lands. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2014 

Ms. DELBENE (for herself, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. REICHERT) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Native American Business Development, 

Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to require 

the Secretary of Commerce to prepare and submit to 

Congress a report and recommendations to promote the 

sustained economic development of Indian tribes and Indian lands. 

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 Country Eco5 nomic Revitalization Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) In 2000, the Native American Business De4 velopment, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act 

5 (Public Law 106–464; 25 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) iden6 tified the need for the Federal Government to pro7 mote long-range economic development of Indian 

8 lands. 

9 (2) This law established within the Department 

10 of Commerce an office to coordinate Federal pro11 grams related to Indian economic development, pro12 mote the international trade and export of Indian 

13 goods and services, and conduct intertribal tourism 

14 demonstration projects. 

15 (3) To have additional impact, this law should 

16 be amended to expand Federal support for the eco17 nomic development of Indian tribes and Indian 

18 lands. 

19 (4) Recent fiscal priorities of the Federal Gov20 ernment have negatively impacted Indian tribes as 

21 well as others due to their dependence upon Federal 

22 funds. 

23 (5) The Federal Government has a trust re24 sponsibility to Indian tribes and should support trib25 al-owned enterprises and Indian-owned businesses by 

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1 proved statutory measures that support the develop2 ment of sustainable tribal economies. 

3 SEC. 3. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS 

4 ON TRIBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 

5 The Native American Business Development, Trade 

6 Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 

7 464; 25 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating section 8 as section 9; and 

9 (2) by inserting after section 7 the following 

10 new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 8. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS 

12 ON TRIBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 

13 ‘‘(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 

14 year after the date of the enactment of the Indian Country 

15 Economic Revitalization Act of 2014, and every 3 years 

16 thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall prepare and 

17 submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Committee on Indian 

19 Affairs of the Senate a report and recommendations for 

20 promoting the sustained growth of the economies of In21 dian tribes and Indian lands. In conducting the reports 

22 under this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall con23 sult with— 

24 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Treasury; 

25 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of the Interior; 


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1 ‘‘(3) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

2 ‘‘(4) the Administrator of the Small Business 

3 Administration; 

4 ‘‘(5) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re5 serve System; 

6 ‘‘(6) the heads of other Federal agencies as de7 termined by the Secretary of Commerce; 

8 ‘‘(7) the White House Council on Native Amer9 ican Affairs; and 

10 ‘‘(8) Indian tribes. 

11 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report prepared 

12 under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) Data on Indian business development and 

14 employment during the 3-year period immediately 

15 preceding the date of the submission of the report, 

16 except that the first such report shall include data 

17 for the 10-year period immediately preceding the 

18 date of the submission of such report. Such data 

19 shall include, at a minimum— 

20 ‘‘(A) data from each decennial census con21 ducted by the Bureau of the Census for the pe22 riod covered by the report; and 

23 ‘‘(B) relevant data voluntarily provided by 

24 Indian tribes, Indian-owned businesses, and 

25 other tribal business entities. 


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1 ‘‘(2) An assessment of existing structural ad2 vantages and barriers to the economic development 

3 of Indian tribes and Indian lands, including an anal4 ysis of the economic effect on Indian tribes and In5 dian lands of the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) Federal judicial decisions and admin7 istrative actions authorizing the application of 

8 laws of general applicability to economic devel9 opment activities occurring on Indian lands, in 

10 places with respect to which Congress has not 

11 expressly authorized such application. 

12 ‘‘(B) Federal judicial decisions and actions 

13 by the Internal Revenue Service authorizing the 

14 taxation of Indian income and economic devel15 opment activities within Indian lands in places 

16 with respect to which Federal law does not ex17 pressly authorize such taxation. 

18 ‘‘(C) Tax incentives in the Internal Rev19 enue Code of 1986, including wage credits, ac20 celerated depreciation deductions, tax-exempt 

21 bonds, and new market tax credits, including an 

22 assessment of how additional new tax incentives 

23 such as tribal empowerment zones may impact 

24 tribal economic development. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Such other related factors that pro2 vide an advantage or barrier to economic devel3 opment on Indian lands. 

4 ‘‘(3) Analysis of Indian access to adequate in5 frastructure, affordable energy, educational opportu6 nities, and investment capital. 

7 ‘‘(4) Recommendations to Congress on legisla8 tion to strengthen the economies of Indian tribes 

9 and Indian lands in areas that include— 

10 ‘‘(A) regulatory, tax, and trust reform; and 

11 ‘‘(B) other related areas that promote the 

12 findings and purposes provided in section 2. 

13 ‘‘(c) USE OF PREVIOUS STUDIES.—In conducting the 

14 studies under this section, the Secretary of Commerce 

15 shall consider any appropriate information contained in 

16 previous studies and reports, such as the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) The American Indian Policy Review Com18 mission Final Report, dated May 17, 1977. 

19 ‘‘(2) The Report and Recommendations of the 

20 Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation 

21 Economies, dated November 1984. 

22 ‘‘(3) The Native American Economic Policy Re23 port: Developing Tribal Economies to Create 

24 Healthy, Sustainable, and Culturally Vibrant Com25 munities, dated 2007. 


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1 ‘‘(4) The report titled ‘Growing Economies in 

2 Indian Country: Taking Stock of Progress and Part3 nerships’, dated April 2012.’’. 

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