H. R. 3069
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To extend the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy to allow the Advisory
Council to advise Congress on the implementation of the proposals and
recommendations of the Advisory Council.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advisory Council on California
Indian Policy Extension Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Advisory Council on
California Indian Policy, pursuant to the Advisory Council on
California Indian Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–416; 25 U.S.C.
651 note), submitted its proposals and recommendations regarding
remedial measures to address the special status of California’s
terminated and unacknowledged Indian tribes and the needs of
California Indians relating to economic self-sufficiency, health, and
education.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to allow the Advisory
Council on California Indian Policy to advise Congress on the
implementation of such proposals and recommendations.
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Advisory Council on
California Indian Policy Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2133) is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (6), by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) work with Congress, the Secretary, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, and the California Indian tribes,
to implement the Council’s proposals and recommendations
contained in the report submitted made under paragraph (6),
including—
‘‘(A) consulting with Federal departments and agencies
to identify those recommendations that can be implemented
immediately, or in the very near future, and those which
will require long-term changes in law, regulations, or policy;
‘‘(B) working with Federal departments and agencies
to expedite to the greatest extent possible the implementa-
tion of the Council’s recommendations;
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‘‘(C) presenting draft legislation to Congress for
implementation of the recommendations requiring legisla-
tive changes;
‘‘(D) initiating discussions with the State of California
and its agencies to identify specific areas where State
actions or tribal-State cooperation can complement actions
by the Federal Government to implement specific rec-
ommendations;
‘‘(E) providing timely information to and consulting
with California Indian tribes on discussions between the
Council and Federal and State agencies regarding
implementation of the recommendations; and
‘‘(F) providing annual progress reports to the Commit-
tee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives on the status
of the implementation of the recommendations.’’.
(b) TERMINATION.—The first sentence of section 8 of the
Advisory Council on California Indian Policy Act of 1992 (106 Stat.
2136) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The Council shall cease
to exist on March 31, 2000.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.