in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary reasonably requires. 
SEC. 4. COMMITTEE ON INDIAN RELATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
establish within the Department of Education a committee 
to be known as the Committee on Indian Relations. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Committee shall— 
(1) in accordance with section 5(c), determine 
names and depictions that are derogatory or dis-
criminatory; 
(2) not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act— 
(A) identify schools that use a name or de-
piction that is derogatory or discriminatory as 
a team name, mascot, or nickname of the school 
or any entity sponsored by the school; and 
(B) inform any school so identified of the 
assistance available under this Act to dis-
continue use of such name or depiction; 
(3) assist the Secretary to make grants under 
section 3; and 
(4) provide cultural proficiency training at 
schools receiving assistance under section 3 to effect 
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positive and long-term change regarding any deroga-
tory or discriminatory name or depiction. 
(c) DIRECTOR.—The Committee shall have a Direc-
tor, who shall be appointed by the Secretary in consulta-
tion with tribal governments involved in Indian education 
program activities. The Director shall be paid at the rate 
of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule. 
(d) STAFF.—The Director may appoint such per-
sonnel as the Director considers appropriate to carry out 
the purposes of the Committee. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate 
at the end of fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 5. DEROGATORY OR DISCRIMINATORY NAMES AND 
DEPICTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act, a name 
or depiction is derogatory or discriminatory if listed in 
subsection (b) or designated under subsection (c). 
(b) LISTED NAMES.—The names listed in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) Indians. 
(2) Redskins. 
(3) Braves. 
(4) Chiefs. 
(c) DESIGNATED NAMES AND DEPICTIONS.—A name 
or depiction is designated under this subsection if the 
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Committee determines, after notice and comment, that the 
name or depiction is derogatory or discriminatory on the 
basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or Indian or Native 
Alaskan tribal affiliation. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually for each 
of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Committee, shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under this 
section shall include the following: 
(1) A summary of the activities conducted by 
the Secretary, including those conducted by the 
Committee, to carry out this Act. 
(2) Any recommendations for legislation that 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Committee, 
determines to be necessary to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Committee’’ means the Com-
mittee on Indian Relations established under section 
4. 
(2) The term ‘‘school’’ means— 
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(A) an elementary school or a secondary 
school (as such terms are defined in section 
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); or 
(B) an institution of higher education (as 
such term is defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a))). 
(3) The term ‘‘Indian school’’ means a school 
that is operated by— 
(A) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or 
(B) an Indian tribe, or an organization 
controlled or sanctioned by an Indian tribal 
government, for the children of that tribe under 
a contract with, or grant from, the Department 
of the Interior under the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act or the Tribally Controlled Schools 
Act of 1988. 
(4) The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has the meaning 
given to that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450b(e)). 
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Education. 
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SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act, to remain avail-
able until expended, for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015. Such authorization of appropriations shall be in ad-
dition to any other authorization of appropriations for In-
dian education. 
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