I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7024 
To protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable 
criminal proceedings, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 
Mr. PASTOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement 
of applicable criminal proceedings, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Indian Arts and Crafts 
Amendments Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS. 
(a) CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; CIVIL ACTIONS; MIS-
REPRESENTATIONS.—Section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act to promote the development of Indian arts and crafts 
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and to create a board to assist therein, and for other pur-
poses’’ (25 U.S.C. 305d) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 5. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; CIVIL ACTIONS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICER.—In this section, the term ‘Federal law enforce-
ment officer’ includes a Federal law enforcement officer 
(as defined in section 115(c) of title 18, United States 
Code). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS.— 
Any Federal law enforcement officer shall have the author-
ity to conduct an investigation relating to an alleged viola-
tion of this Act occurring within the jurisdiction of the 
United States. 
‘‘(c) CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.— 
‘‘(1) INVESTIGATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board may refer 
an alleged violation of section 1159 of title 18, 
United States Code, to any Federal law enforce-
ment officer for appropriate investigation. 
‘‘(B) REFERRAL NOT REQUIRED.—A Fed-
eral law enforcement officer may investigate an 
alleged violation of section 1159 of that title re-
gardless of whether the Federal law enforce-
ment officer receives a referral under subpara-
graph (A). 
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‘‘(2) FINDINGS.—The findings of an investiga-
tion of an alleged violation of section 1159 of title 
18, United States Code, by any Federal department 
or agency under paragraph (1)(A) shall be sub-
mitted, as appropriate, to— 
‘‘(A) a Federal or State prosecuting au-
thority; or 
‘‘(B) the Board. 
‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—On receiving the 
findings of an investigation under paragraph (2), the 
Board may— 
‘‘(A) recommend to the Attorney General 
that criminal proceedings be initiated under 
section 1159 of title 18, United States Code; 
and 
‘‘(B) provide such support to the Attorney 
General relating to the criminal proceedings as 
the Attorney General determines to be appro-
priate. 
‘‘(d) CIVIL ACTIONS.—In lieu of, or in addition to, 
any criminal proceeding under subsection (c), the Board 
may recommend that the Attorney General initiate a civil 
action under section 6.’’. 
(b) CAUSE OF ACTION FOR MISREPRESENTATION.— 
Section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to promote the devel-
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opment of Indian arts and crafts and to create a board 
to assist therein, and for other purposes’’ (25 U.S.C. 
305e) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (d); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (a) through (c) 
as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; 
(3) by inserting before subsection (b) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (2)) the following: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means an in-
dividual that— 
‘‘(A) is a member of an Indian tribe; or 
‘‘(B) is certified as an Indian artisan by an 
Indian tribe. 
‘‘(2) INDIAN
PRODUCT.—The term ‘Indian 
product’ has the meaning given the term in any reg-
ulation promulgated by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘Indian 
tribe’ has the meaning given the term in section 
4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
includes, for purposes of this section only, an 
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Indian group that has been formally recognized 
as an Indian tribe by— 
‘‘(i) a State legislature; 
‘‘(ii) a State commission; or 
‘‘(iii) another similar organization 
vested with State legislative tribal recogni-
tion authority. 
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior.’’; 
(4) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(5) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘suit’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
civil action’’; 
(6) by striking subsection (d) (as redesignated 
by paragraph (2)) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) PERSONS THAT MAY INITIATE CIVIL AC-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A civil action under sub-
section (b) may be initiated by— 
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