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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2827 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 10, 2018 

Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Since 1999, the Morris K. Udall and Stew6 art L. Udall Foundation (referred to in this Act as 

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

8 program to provide opportunities for the youth of 

9 the United States to learn about and experience the 


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1 Nation’s parks and wilderness, and other outdoor 

2 areas. 

3 (2) Since 2001, the Foundation has conducted 

4 research and provided education and training to Na5 tive American and Alaska Native professionals and 

6 leaders on Native American and Alaska Native 

7 health care issues and tribal public policy through 

8 the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Man9 agement, and Policy. 

10 (3) The Foundation is committed to continuing 

11 to make a substantial contribution toward public 

12 policy in the future by— 

13 (A) playing a significant role in developing 

14 the next generation of environmental, public 

15 health, public lands, natural resource, and Na16 tive American leaders; and 

17 (B) working with current leaders to im18 prove collaboration and decision-making on 

19 challenging environmental, energy, public 

20 health, and related economic problems and trib21 al governance and economic development issues. 

22 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

23 Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

24 Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 


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

2 Center for Studies in Public Policy established at 

3 the University of Arizona in 1987’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy estab5 lished in 1987 at the University of Arizona, and in6 cludes the Native Nations Institute’’; 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

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

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

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol11 lowing: 

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

13 partnership with other entities for the purpose of— 

14 ‘‘(A) resolving disputes; 

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

16 result in disputes; or 

17 ‘‘(C) streamlining and enhancing Federal, 

18 State, or tribal environmental and natural re19 source decision-making processes or procedures 

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

21 (4) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by para22 graph (2), by striking ‘‘section 7(a)(1)(D)’’ and in23 serting ‘‘section 7(a)(1)(B)’’; 


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1 (5) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by para2 graph (2), by striking ‘‘section 1201(a)’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘section 101(a)’’; and 

4 (6) by inserting after paragraph (8), as redesig5 nated by paragraph (2), the following: 

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

7 means units of the National Park System and com8 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation 

9 System; 

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

11 means the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, 

12 Management, and Policy established at the Univer13 sity of Arizona in 2001;’’. 

14 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEW15 ART L. UDALL FOUNDATION. 

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

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

18 striking ‘‘Arizona.’’ and inserting ‘‘Arizona and the Dis19 trict of Columbia.’’. 

20 SEC. 4. PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION. 

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

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

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

24 Program for Environmental Policy Research and 

25 Environmental Conflict Resolution and Training at 


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

2 environmental policy research at the Center and a 

3 program for environmental conflict resolution and 

4 training at the United States Institute for Environ5 mental Conflict Resolution’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, natural re7 source, conflict resolution,’’ after ‘‘environmental’’; 

8 (3) in paragraph (7)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘at the Native Nations In10 stitute’’ after ‘‘develop resources’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘providing education to 

12 and’’ after ‘‘policy, by’’; and 

13 (4) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘resolve envi14 ronmental’’ and inserting ‘‘resolve environmental 

15 issues, conflicts, and’’. 

16 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF THE FOUNDATION. 

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

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

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) by striking subparagraphs (A) 

22 through (C) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) GENERAL PROGRAMMING AUTHOR24 ITY.—The Foundation is authorized to identify 

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1 grams, activities, and services as the Founda2 tion considers appropriate to carry out the pur3 poses described in section 6, which may in4 clude— 

5 ‘‘(i) awarding scholarships, fellow6 ships, internships, and grants, by national 

7 competition or other method, to eligible in8 dividuals, as determined by the Foundation 

9 and in accordance with paragraphs (2), 

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

11 the environment or Native American and 

12 Alaska Native health care and tribal policy; 

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

14 and manage other programs, activities, and 

15 services; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) other education programs that 

17 the Board determines are consistent with 

18 the purposes for which the Foundation is 

19 established.’’; 

20 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

21 (D) as subparagraph (B); and 

22 (iii) in subparagraph (B), as redesig23 nated— 

24 (I) in clause (i)(II)— 


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1 (aa) by inserting ‘‘collabora2 tion,’’ after ‘‘mediation,’’; and 

3 (bb) by striking ‘‘to resolve 

4 environmental disputes.’’ and in5 serting the following: ‘‘to re6 solve— 

7 ‘‘(aa) environmental dis8 putes; and 

9 ‘‘(bb) Federal, State, or 

10 tribal environmental or natural 

11 resource decision-making proc12 esses or procedures that may re13 sult in a dispute or conflict that 

14 may cause or result in disputes.’’; 

15 and 

16 (II) in clause (ii), by inserting 

17 ‘‘collaboration,’’ after ‘‘mediation,’’; 

18 (B) by striking paragraph (5); 

19 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

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

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

22 following: 

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

24 shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) identify and invite the participation 

2 of youth throughout the United States to enjoy 

3 the Nation’s parks and wilderness and other 

4 outdoor areas, in an education program in5 tended to carry out the purpose of paragraphs 

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

7 ‘‘(B) provide training and education pro8 grams and activities to teach Federal employ9 ees, natural resource professionals, elementary 

10 and secondary school educators, and others to 

11 work with youth to promote the use and enjoy12 ment of the Nation’s parks and wilderness and 

13 other outdoor areas. 

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

15 shall assist in the development and implementation 

16 of programs at the Center— 

17 ‘‘(A) to provide for an annual meeting of 

18 experts to discuss contemporary environmental 

19 issues; 

20 ‘‘(B) to conduct environmental policy re21 search; and 

22 ‘‘(C) to promote dialogue with visiting pol23 icymakers on environmental, natural resource, 

24 and public lands issues.’’; 


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

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

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

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

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

6 ‘‘(9) NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE.—The Foun7 dation shall provide direct or indirect assistance to 

8 the Native Nations Institute from the annual appro9 priations to the Trust Fund in such amounts as 

10 Congress may direct to conduct research and provide 

11 education and training to Native American and 

12 Alaska Native professionals and leaders on Native 

13 American and Alaska Native health care issues and 

14 tribal public policy issues as provided in section 

15 6(7).’’; 

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

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall de20 termine the priority of the programs to be carried 

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

22 allocated for such programs from the funds earned 

23 annually from the interest derived from the invest24 ment of the Trust Fund, subject to paragraph (2). 


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

2 of funds to be allocated for programs carried out 

3 under this Act for a year— 

4 ‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent of such an5 nual interest earnings shall be utilized for the 

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

7 and (5) of subsection (a); 

8 ‘‘(B) not more than 20 percent of such an9 nual interest earnings shall be allocated for sal10 aries and other administrative purposes; and 

11 ‘‘(C) not less than 20 percent of such an12 nual interest earnings shall be appropriated to 

13 the Center for activities under paragraphs (7) 

14 and (8) of subsection (a).’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(d) DONATIONS.—Any funds received by the Foun17 dation in the form of donations or grants, as well as any 

18 unexpended earnings on interest from the Trust Fund 

19 that is carried forward from prior years— 

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

21 the funds available for allocations pursuant to sub22 section (c); and 

23 ‘‘(2) shall be available to carry out the provi24 sions of this Act as the Board determines to be nec25 essary and appropriate.’’. 


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

2 ENTITY. 

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

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

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

7 ‘‘mediation,’’; and 

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

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

10 process or procedure that may result in a dis11 pute or conflict.’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘medi13 ation, collaboration, and’’ after ‘‘agree to’’. 

14 SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

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

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

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘accept, 

19 hold, administer, and utilize gifts’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘accept, hold, solicit, administer, and utilize 

21 donations, grants, and gifts’’; and 

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

23 District of Columbia or its environs’’ and in24 serting ‘‘in the District of Columbia and Tuc25 son, Arizona, or their environs’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, with the ex2 ception of paragraph (4),’’. 

3 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

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

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

7 ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2024’’. 

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