I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5939 
To amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2018 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself and Mr. COLE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Foundation Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since 1999, the Morris K. Udall and Stew-
art L. Udall Foundation (referred to in this Act as 
the ‘‘Foundation’’) has operated the Parks in Focus 
program to provide opportunities for the youth of 
the United States to learn about and experience the 
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Nation’s parks and wilderness, and other outdoor 
areas. 
(2) Since 2001, the Foundation has conducted 
research and provided education and training to Na-
tive American and Alaska Native professionals and 
leaders on Native American and Alaska Native 
health care issues and tribal public policy through 
the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Man-
agement, and Policy. 
(3) The Foundation is committed to continuing 
to make a substantial contribution toward public 
policy in the future by— 
(A) playing a significant role in developing 
the next generation of environmental, public 
health, public lands, natural resource, and Na-
tive American leaders; and 
(B) working with current leaders to im-
prove collaboration and decision-making on 
challenging 
environmental, 
energy, 
public 
health, and related economic problems and trib-
al governance and economic development issues. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Udall 
Center for Studies in Public Policy established at 
the University of Arizona in 1987’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy estab-
lished in 1987 at the University of Arizona, and in-
cludes the Native Nations Institute’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (4) through (8), 
(11), and (12), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘collaboration’ means to work in 
partnership with other entities for the purpose of— 
‘‘(A) resolving disputes; 
‘‘(B) addressing issues that may cause or 
result in disputes; or 
‘‘(C) streamlining and enhancing Federal, 
State, or tribal environmental and natural re-
source decision-making processes or procedures 
that may result in a dispute or conflict;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘section 7(a)(1)(D)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 7(a)(1)(B)’’; 
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(5) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘section 1201(a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 101(a)’’; and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (8), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (2), the following: 
‘‘(9) the term ‘Nation’s parks and wilderness’ 
means units of the National Park System and com-
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System; 
‘‘(10) the term ‘Native Nations Institute’ 
means the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, 
Management, and Policy established at the Univer-
sity of Arizona in 2001;’’. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEW-
ART L. UDALL FOUNDATION. 
Section 5(e) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5603(e)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Arizona.’’ and inserting ‘‘Arizona and the Dis-
trict of Columbia.’’. 
SEC. 4. PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION. 
Section 6 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5604) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘establish a 
Program for Environmental Policy Research and 
Environmental Conflict Resolution and Training at 
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the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘establish a program for 
environmental policy research at the Center and a 
program for environmental conflict resolution and 
training at the United States Institute for Environ-
mental Conflict Resolution’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, natural re-
source, conflict resolution,’’ after ‘‘environmental’’; 
(3) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘at the Native Nations In-
stitute’’ after ‘‘develop resources’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘providing education to 
and’’ after ‘‘policy, by’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘resolve envi-
ronmental’’ and inserting ‘‘resolve environmental 
issues, conflicts, and’’. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF THE FOUNDATION. 
Section 7 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5605) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) GENERAL
PROGRAMMING
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The Foundation is authorized to identify 
and conduct, directly or by contract, such pro-
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‘‘(A) identify and invite the participation 
of youth throughout the United States to enjoy 
the Nation’s parks and wilderness and other 
outdoor areas, in an education program in-
tended to carry out the purpose of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of section 6; and 
‘‘(B) provide training and education pro-
grams and activities to teach Federal employ-
ees, natural resource professionals, elementary 
and secondary school educators, and others to 
work with youth to promote the use and enjoy-
ment of the Nation’s parks and wilderness and 
other outdoor areas. 
‘‘(6) SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS.—The Foundation 
shall assist in the development and implementation 
of programs at the Center— 
‘‘(A) to provide for an annual meeting of 
experts to discuss contemporary environmental 
issues; 
‘‘(B) to conduct environmental policy re-
search; and 
‘‘(C) to promote dialogue with visiting pol-
icymakers on environmental, natural resource, 
and public lands issues.’’; 
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(E) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Morris K. 
Udall’s papers’’ and inserting ‘‘the papers of 
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE.—The Foun-
dation shall provide direct or indirect assistance to 
the Native Nations Institute from the annual appro-
priations to the Trust Fund in such amounts as 
Congress may direct to conduct research and provide 
education and training to Native American and 
Alaska Native professionals and leaders on Native 
American and Alaska Native health care issues and 
tribal public policy issues as provided in section 
6(7).’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall de-
termine the priority of the programs to be carried 
out under this Act and the amount of funds to be 
allocated for such programs from the funds earned 
annually from the interest derived from the invest-
ment of the Trust Fund, subject to paragraph (2). 
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‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—In determining the amount 
of funds to be allocated for programs carried out 
under this Act for a year— 
‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent of such an-
nual interest earnings shall be utilized for the 
programs set forth in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 
and (5) of subsection (a); 
‘‘(B) not more than 20 percent of such an-
nual interest earnings shall be allocated for sal-
aries and other administrative purposes; and 
‘‘(C) not less than 20 percent of such an-
nual interest earnings shall be appropriated to 
the Center for activities under paragraphs (7) 
and (8) of subsection (a).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) DONATIONS.—Any funds received by the Foun-
dation in the form of donations or grants, as well as any 
unexpended earnings on interest from the Trust Fund 
that is carried forward from prior years— 
‘‘(1) shall not be included in the calculation of 
the funds available for allocations pursuant to sub-
section (c); and 
‘‘(2) shall be available to carry out the provi-
sions of this Act as the Board determines to be nec-
essary and appropriate.’’. 
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SEC. 6. USE OF INSTITUTE BY FEDERAL AGENCY OR OTHER 
ENTITY. 
Section 11 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5607b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘collaboration,’’ after 
‘‘mediation,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘resources.’’ and inserting 
‘‘resources, or with a Federal, State, or tribal 
process or procedure that may result in a dis-
pute or conflict.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘medi-
ation, collaboration, and’’ after ‘‘agree to’’. 
SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
Section 12 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5608) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘accept, 
hold, administer, and utilize gifts’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘accept, hold, solicit, administer, and utilize 
donations, grants, and gifts’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘in the 
District of Columbia or its environs’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in the District of Columbia and Tuc-
son, Arizona, or their environs’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, with the ex-
ception of paragraph (4),’’. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 13(b) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5609(b)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004 through 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2024’’. 
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