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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4631
To establish the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and
Policy to provide opportunities for leadership and management training
and policy analysis for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and others
involved in tribal leadership and management, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 9, 2000
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr.
KOLBE, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, and Mr. UDALL of New
Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish the Native Nations Institute for Leadership,
Management, and Policy to provide opportunities for
leadership and management training and policy analysis
for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and others in-
volved in tribal leadership and management, 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 ‘‘Native Nations Insti-
tute for Leadership, Management, and Policy Act of
2000’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) The policy of the United States favors the
self-determination of the American Indian tribes.
(2) Consistent with that policy, the American
Indian tribes are increasingly taking control of their
own affairs in order to realize in practice much of
the status afforded them in treaties, court decisions,
and legislation.
(3) As a result, these American Indian tribes
are encountering challenges that require enhanced
leadership preparation and greater access to infor-
mation and methods of analysis other governments
regularly employ in policymaking.
(4) Enabling the American Indian tribes to bet-
ter meet these challenges is consistent with Federal
policy regarding these tribes and with the national
interest of the United States.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab-
lish an institute that can assist the present and future
leadership of American Indian tribes and other indigenous
peoples, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians,
to better meet challenges of management and policy anal-
ysis while reflecting the needs, circumstances, and con-
cerns of those tribes and peoples.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy established
at the University of Arizona in 1987.
(2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’
means the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel-
lence in National Environmental Policy Foundation.
(3) NATIVE
NATIONS
INSTITUTE.—The term
‘‘Native Nations Institute’’ means the Native Na-
tions Institute for Leadership, Management, and
Policy established under section 4.
SEC. 4. NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT, AND POLICY.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management,
and Policy to promote leadership and management train-
ing and policy analysis for Native Americans, Alaska Na-
tives, and others involved in tribal leadership and manage-
ment. The Native Nations Institute shall be located at the
Center.
(b) GRANTS FOR STARTUP FUNDING.—The Founda-
tion shall award grants to the Center to provide startup
funding for the Native Nations Institute, conditioned on
a 25 percent match from other sources. The Foundation’s
Board of Trustees shall approve the annual budget of the
Native Nations Institute.
(c) APPLICATION OF AUTHORITIES.—The authorities
set forth in section 7(a) and section 12(a) of the Morris
K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environ-
mental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992
(with the exception of section 12(a)(4) of such Act), shall
apply to activities of the Foundation in connection with
the Native Nations Institute.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation to
carry out this section $12,300,000 for the 5-year period
after the date of the enactment of this section.
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