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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4699 
To amend the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, 
and Tourism Act of 2000 to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
prepare and submit to Congress a report and recommendations to pro-
mote the sustained economic development of Indian tribes and Indian 
lands. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2014 
Ms. DELBENE (for herself, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. REICHERT) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Native American Business Development, 
Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to require 
the Secretary of Commerce to prepare and submit to 
Congress a report and recommendations to promote the 
sustained economic development of Indian tribes and In-
dian lands. 
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 Country Eco-
nomic Revitalization Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 2000, the Native American Business De-
velopment, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act 
(Public Law 106–464; 25 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) iden-
tified the need for the Federal Government to pro-
mote long-range economic development of Indian 
lands. 
(2) This law established within the Department 
of Commerce an office to coordinate Federal pro-
grams related to Indian economic development, pro-
mote the international trade and export of Indian 
goods and services, and conduct intertribal tourism 
demonstration projects. 
(3) To have additional impact, this law should 
be amended to expand Federal support for the eco-
nomic development of Indian tribes and Indian 
lands. 
(4) Recent fiscal priorities of the Federal Gov-
ernment have negatively impacted Indian tribes as 
well as others due to their dependence upon Federal 
funds. 
(5) The Federal Government has a trust re-
sponsibility to Indian tribes and should support trib-
al-owned enterprises and Indian-owned businesses by 
preparing recommendations for Congress on im-
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proved statutory measures that support the develop-
ment of sustainable tribal economies. 
SEC. 3. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS 
ON TRIBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
The Native American Business Development, Trade 
Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 
464; 25 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 8 as section 9; and 
(2) by inserting after section 7 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 8. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS 
ON TRIBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of the Indian Country 
Economic Revitalization Act of 2014, and every 3 years 
thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall prepare and 
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Indian 
Affairs of the Senate a report and recommendations for 
promoting the sustained growth of the economies of In-
dian tribes and Indian lands. In conducting the reports 
under this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall con-
sult with— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Treasury; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of the Interior; 
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‘‘(3) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
‘‘(4) the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration; 
‘‘(5) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System; 
‘‘(6) the heads of other Federal agencies as de-
termined by the Secretary of Commerce; 
‘‘(7) the White House Council on Native Amer-
ican Affairs; and 
‘‘(8) Indian tribes. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report prepared 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Data on Indian business development and 
employment during the 3-year period immediately 
preceding the date of the submission of the report, 
except that the first such report shall include data 
for the 10-year period immediately preceding the 
date of the submission of such report. Such data 
shall include, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) data from each decennial census con-
ducted by the Bureau of the Census for the pe-
riod covered by the report; and 
‘‘(B) relevant data voluntarily provided by 
Indian tribes, Indian-owned businesses, and 
other tribal business entities. 
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‘‘(2) An assessment of existing structural ad-
vantages and barriers to the economic development 
of Indian tribes and Indian lands, including an anal-
ysis of the economic effect on Indian tribes and In-
dian lands of the following: 
‘‘(A) Federal judicial decisions and admin-
istrative actions authorizing the application of 
laws of general applicability to economic devel-
opment activities occurring on Indian lands, in 
places with respect to which Congress has not 
expressly authorized such application. 
‘‘(B) Federal judicial decisions and actions 
by the Internal Revenue Service authorizing the 
taxation of Indian income and economic devel-
opment activities within Indian lands in places 
with respect to which Federal law does not ex-
pressly authorize such taxation. 
‘‘(C) Tax incentives in the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, including wage credits, ac-
celerated depreciation deductions, tax-exempt 
bonds, and new market tax credits, including an 
assessment of how additional new tax incentives 
such as tribal empowerment zones may impact 
tribal economic development. 
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‘‘(D) Such other related factors that pro-
vide an advantage or barrier to economic devel-
opment on Indian lands. 
‘‘(3) Analysis of Indian access to adequate in-
frastructure, affordable energy, educational opportu-
nities, and investment capital. 
‘‘(4) Recommendations to Congress on legisla-
tion to strengthen the economies of Indian tribes 
and Indian lands in areas that include— 
‘‘(A) regulatory, tax, and trust reform; and 
‘‘(B) other related areas that promote the 
findings and purposes provided in section 2. 
‘‘(c) USE OF PREVIOUS STUDIES.—In conducting the 
studies under this section, the Secretary of Commerce 
shall consider any appropriate information contained in 
previous studies and reports, such as the following: 
‘‘(1) The American Indian Policy Review Com-
mission Final Report, dated May 17, 1977. 
‘‘(2) The Report and Recommendations of the 
Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation 
Economies, dated November 1984. 
‘‘(3) The Native American Economic Policy Re-
port: Developing Tribal Economies to Create 
Healthy, Sustainable, and Culturally Vibrant Com-
munities, dated 2007. 
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‘‘(4) The report titled ‘Growing Economies in 
Indian Country: Taking Stock of Progress and Part-
nerships’, dated April 2012.’’. 
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