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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2523 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2523

  To exempt the Great Plains Region and Rocky Mountain Region of the 
 Bureau of Indian Affairs from trust reform reorganization pending the 
          submission of Agency-specific reorganization plans.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 16, 2004

  Mr. Daschle (for himself and Mr. Johnson) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
  To exempt the Great Plains Region and Rocky Mountain Region of the 
 Bureau of Indian Affairs from trust reform reorganization pending the 
          submission of Agency-specific reorganization plans.

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

SECTION 1. APPLICABILITY OF TRUST REFORM REORGANIZATION TO THE GREAT 
              PLAINS REGION AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION OF THE BUREAU OF 
              INDIAN AFFAIRS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``Agency'' means an Agency of the 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs within a Region.
            (2) Region.--The term ``Region'' means each of the Great 
        Plains Region and the Rocky Mountain Region of the Bureau of 
        Indian Affairs.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (b) No Reorganization.--Notwithstanding any implementation of the 
trust reorganization plan for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in fiscal 
year 2004 or 2005, the Secretary shall not reorganize the Bureau at the 
Agency level in a Region except with respect to the reform of probate 
procedure and efforts to encourage land consolidation.
    (c) Trust Management Infrastructure.--The Secretary shall not 
impose trust management infrastructure reforms on, or alter, the 
existing trust resource management system of an Agency unless the 
reforms are expressly agreed to by the Indian tribe covered by the 
Agency.
    (d) Agency Plans.--
            (1) In general.--Any funds made available to accomplish 
        trust reform at the Agency level shall be expended in 
        accordance with a plan developed by the Indian tribe covered by 
        the Agency, in cooperation with the Secretary and approved by 
        Act of Congress.
            (2) Timing.--An Agency shall submit the Agency plan to the 
        Secretary not later than 180 days after the date on which funds 
        are made available under subsection (f).
    (e) Report.--
            (1) In general.--After submission to the Secretary of an 
        Agency plan under subsection (d)(2), the Secretary shall--
                    (A) prepare a report that includes findings and 
                recommendations of the Secretary concerning the Agency 
                plan; and
                    (B) provide the Indian tribe covered by the Agency 
                60 days in which to submit comments regarding the 
                findings and recommendations of the Secretary.
            (2) Submission to congress.--After receiving comments of 
        the Indian tribe under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall 
        submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Resources of 
        the House of Representatives--
                    (A) the Agency plan;
                    (B) the report of the Secretary; and
                    (C) the comments of the Indian tribe.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $200,000 for each Region, to be made 
available to the Agencies for use in developing an Agency plan under 
subsection (d).
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