115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2827 

AN ACT 

To amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 

Foundation Act. 

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

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Since 1999, the Morris K. Udall and Stew4 art L. Udall Foundation (referred to in this Act as 

5 the ‘‘Foundation’’) has operated the Parks in Focus 

6 program to provide opportunities for the youth of 

7 the United States to learn about and experience the 

8 Nation’s parks and wilderness, and other outdoor 

9 areas. 

10 (2) Since 2001, the Foundation has conducted 

11 research and provided education and training to Na12 tive American and Alaska Native professionals and 

13 leaders on Native American and Alaska Native 

14 health care issues and tribal public policy through 

15 the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Man16 agement, and Policy. 

17 (3) The Foundation is committed to continuing 

18 to make a substantial contribution toward public 

19 policy in the future by— 

20 (A) playing a significant role in developing 

21 the next generation of environmental, public 

22 health, public lands, natural resource, and Na23 tive American leaders; and 

24 (B) working with current leaders to im25 prove collaboration and decision-making on 

26 challenging environmental, energy, public 
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1 health, and related economic problems and trib2 al governance and economic development issues. 

3 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall 

5 and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5602) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Udall 

8 Center for Studies in Public Policy established at 

9 the University of Arizona in 1987’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy estab11 lished in 1987 at the University of Arizona, and in12 cludes the Native Nations Institute’’; 

13 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

14 (7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (4) through (8), 

15 (11), and (12), respectively; 

16 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(3) the term ‘collaboration’ means to work in 

19 partnership with other entities for the purpose of— 

20 ‘‘(A) resolving disputes; 

21 ‘‘(B) addressing issues that may cause or 

22 result in disputes; or 

23 ‘‘(C) streamlining and enhancing Federal, 

24 State, or tribal environmental and natural re-
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1 source decision-making processes or procedures 

2 that may result in a dispute or conflict;’’; 

3 (4) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by para4 graph (2)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘United States Institute 

6 for Environmental Conflict Resolution’’ and in7 serting ‘‘John S. McCain III United States In8 stitute for Environmental Conflict Resolution’’; 

9 and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘section 7(a)(1)(D)’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘section 7(a)(1)(B)’’; 

12 (5) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by para13 graph (2), by striking ‘‘section 1201(a)’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘section 101(a)’’; and 

15 (6) by inserting after paragraph (8), as redesig16 nated by paragraph (2), the following: 

17 ‘‘(9) the term ‘Nation’s parks and wilderness’ 

18 means units of the National Park System and com19 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation 

20 System; 

21 ‘‘(10) the term ‘Native Nations Institute’ 

22 means the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, 

23 Management, and Policy established at the Univer24 sity of Arizona in 2001;’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(5)(B) of 

2 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act 

3 (20 U.S.C. 5601(5)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

4 United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Reso5 lution’’ and inserting ‘‘the Institute’’. 

6 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEW7 ART L. UDALL FOUNDATION. 

8 Section 5(e) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

9 Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5603(e)) is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘Arizona.’’ and inserting ‘‘Arizona and the Dis11 trict of Columbia.’’. 

12 SEC. 4. PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION. 

13 Section 6 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

14 Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5604) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘establish a 

16 Program for Environmental Policy Research and 

17 Environmental Conflict Resolution and Training at 

18 the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘establish a program for 

19 environmental policy research at the Center and a 

20 program for environmental conflict resolution and 

21 training at the John S. McCain III United States 

22 Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, natural re24 source, conflict resolution,’’ after ‘‘environmental’’; 

25 (3) in paragraph (7)— 
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘at the Native Nations In2 stitute’’ after ‘‘develop resources’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘providing education to 

4 and’’ after ‘‘policy, by’’; and 

5 (4) in paragraph (8)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘John S. McCain III’’ be7 fore ‘‘United States Institute for Environmental 

8 Conflict Resolution’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘resolve environmental’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘resolve environmental issues, 

11 conflicts, and’’. 

12 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF THE FOUNDATION. 

13 Section 7 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

14 Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5605) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking subparagraphs (A) 

18 through (C) and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) GENERAL PROGRAMMING AUTHOR20 ITY.—The Foundation is authorized to identify 

21 and conduct, directly or by contract, such pro22 grams, activities, and services as the Founda23 tion considers appropriate to carry out the pur24 poses described in section 6, which may in25 clude— 
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1 ‘‘(i) awarding scholarships, fellow2 ships, internships, and grants, by national 

3 competition or other method, to eligible in4 dividuals, as determined by the Foundation 

5 and in accordance with paragraphs (2), 

6 (3), and (4), for study in fields related to 

7 the environment or Native American and 

8 Alaska Native health care and tribal policy; 

9 ‘‘(ii) funding the Center to carry out 

10 and manage other programs, activities, and 

11 services; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) other education programs that 

13 the Board determines are consistent with 

14 the purposes for which the Foundation is 

15 established.’’; 

16 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

17 (D) as subparagraph (B); and 

18 (iii) in subparagraph (B), as redesig19 nated— 

20 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

21 by striking ‘‘INSTITUTE FOR ENVI22 RONMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘JOHN S. MCCAIN III 

24 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR EN-
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1 VIRONMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLU2 TION’’; 

3 (II) in clause (i)— 

4 (aa) in subclause (I), by in5 serting ‘‘John S. McCain III’’ be6 fore ‘‘United States Institute for 

7 Environmental Conflict Resolu8 tion’’; and 

9 (bb) in subclause (II)— 

10 (AA) by inserting ‘‘col11 laboration,’’ after ‘‘medi12 ation,’’; and 

13 (BB) by striking ‘‘to 

14 resolve environmental dis15 putes.’’ and inserting the 

16 following: ‘‘to resolve— 

17 ‘‘(aa) environmental dis18 putes; and 

19 ‘‘(bb) Federal, State, or 

20 tribal environmental or natural 

21 resource decision-making proc22 esses or procedures that may re23 sult in a dispute or conflict that 

24 may cause or result in disputes.’’; 

25 and 
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1 (III) in clause (ii), by inserting 

2 ‘‘collaboration,’’ after ‘‘mediation,’’; 

3 (B) by striking paragraph (5); 

4 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

5 (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; 

6 (D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(5) PARKS IN FOCUS.—The Foundation 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) identify and invite the participation 

11 of youth throughout the United States to enjoy 

12 the Nation’s parks and wilderness and other 

13 outdoor areas, in an education program in14 tended to carry out the purpose of paragraphs 

15 (1) and (2) of section 6; and 

16 ‘‘(B) provide training and education pro17 grams and activities to teach Federal employ18 ees, natural resource professionals, elementary 

19 and secondary school educators, and others to 

20 work with youth to promote the use and enjoy21 ment of the Nation’s parks and wilderness and 

22 other outdoor areas. 

23 ‘‘(6) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—The Foundation 

24 shall assist in the development and implementation 

25 of programs at the Center— 
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1 ‘‘(A) to provide for an annual meeting of 

2 experts to discuss contemporary environmental 

3 issues; 

4 ‘‘(B) to conduct environmental policy re5 search; and 

6 ‘‘(C) to promote dialogue with visiting pol7 icymakers on environmental, natural resource, 

8 and public lands issues.’’; 

9 (E) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 

10 subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Morris K. 

11 Udall’s papers’’ and inserting ‘‘the papers of 

12 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall’’; and 

13 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(9) NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE.—The Foun15 dation shall provide direct or indirect assistance to 

16 the Native Nations Institute from the annual appro17 priations to the Trust Fund in such amounts as 

18 Congress may direct to conduct research and provide 

19 education and training to Native American and 

20 Alaska Native professionals and leaders on Native 

21 American and Alaska Native health care issues and 

22 tribal public policy issues as provided in section 

23 6(7).’’; 

24 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

25 following: 
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1 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall de3 termine the priority of the programs to be carried 

4 out under this Act and the amount of funds to be 

5 allocated for such programs from the funds earned 

6 annually from the interest derived from the invest7 ment of the Trust Fund, subject to paragraph (2). 

8 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—In determining the amount 

9 of funds to be allocated for programs carried out 

10 under this Act for a year— 

11 ‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent of such an12 nual interest earnings shall be utilized for the 

13 programs set forth in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

14 and (5) of subsection (a); 

15 ‘‘(B) not more than 17.5 percent of such 

16 annual interest earnings shall be allocated for 

17 salaries and other administrative purposes; and 

18 ‘‘(C) not less than 20 percent of such an19 nual interest earnings shall be appropriated to 

20 the Center for activities under paragraphs (7) 

21 and (8) of subsection (a).’’; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(d) DONATIONS.—Any funds received by the Foun24 dation in the form of donations or grants, as well as any 
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1 unexpended earnings on interest from the Trust Fund 

2 that is carried forward from prior years— 

3 ‘‘(1) shall not be included in the calculation of 

4 the funds available for allocations pursuant to sub5 section (c); and 

6 ‘‘(2) shall be available to carry out the provi7 sions of this Act as the Board determines to be nec8 essary and appropriate.’’. 

9 SEC. 6. USE OF INSTITUTE BY FEDERAL AGENCY OR OTHER 

10 ENTITY. 

11 Section 11 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

12 Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5607b) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘collaboration,’’ after 

15 ‘‘mediation,’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘resources.’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘resources, or with a Federal, State, or tribal 

18 process or procedure that may result in a dis19 pute or conflict.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘medi21 ation, collaboration, and’’ after ‘‘agree to’’. 

22 SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

23 Section 12 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

24 Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5608) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘accept, 

2 hold, administer, and utilize gifts’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘accept, hold, solicit, administer, and utilize 

4 donations, grants, and gifts’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘in the 

6 District of Columbia or its environs’’ and in7 serting ‘‘in the District of Columbia and Tuc8 son, Arizona, or their environs’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, with the ex10 ception of paragraph (4),’’. 

11 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 Section 13(b) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

13 Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5609(b)) is amended by 

14 striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004 through 2008’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2022’’. 

16 SEC. 9. AUDIT OF THE FOUNDATION. 

17 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of 

19 the Interior shall conduct an audit of the Morris K. Udall 

20 and Stewart L. Udall Foundation. 

Passed the Senate December 13, 2018. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2827 

AN ACT 

To amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

Udall Foundation Act.