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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3350 
To amend the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, 
and Tourism Act of 2000 to establish the Tribal Development Corpora-
tion Feasibility Study Group. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2005 
Mr. POMBO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Native American Business Development, 
Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to establish 
the Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study 
Group. 
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 ‘‘Tribal Development 
Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY 
STUDY. 
Section 4(b) of the Native American Business Devel-
opment, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 
U.S.C. 4303(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (7); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) 
TRIBAL
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION 
FEASIBILITY STUDY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish the Tribal Development Corporation 
Feasibility Study Group (referred to in this 
paragraph as the ‘Group’). 
‘‘(B) MEMBERS.—The Group shall be com-
prised of 12 members, as follows: 
‘‘(i) REPRESENTATIVES
OF
INDIAN 
TRIBES.—Five members of the Group shall 
be representatives of federally recognized 
Indian tribes. 
‘‘(ii) 
REPRESENTATIVES
OF
THE 
ALASKA
NATIVE
COMMUNITY.—Three 
members of the Group shall be representa-
tives of the Alaska Native Community.
‘‘(iii) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NA-
TIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY.—One mem-
ber of the Group shall be a representative 
of the Native Hawaiian Community. 
‘‘(iv) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRI-
VATE
SECTOR.—Two members of the 
Group shall be representatives of non-
governmental economic activities carried 
out by private enterprises in the private 
sector. 
‘‘(v) 
FEDERAL
OFFICIALS.—One 
member of the Group shall be a represent-
ative of the Department of the Treasury 
with demonstrated experience in inter-
national economic development and inter-
national financial institutions. 
‘‘(C) CHAIRPERSON.—The members of the 
Group shall select a Chairperson. 
‘‘(D) PERSONNEL AND SERVICES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson 
of the Group may appoint and terminate 
such personnel as are necessary to enable 
the Group to perform its duties. 
‘‘(ii) PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES.— 
The Chairperson may procure such serv-
ices as are necessary to enable the Group 
to perform the duties of the Group. 
‘‘(E) STUDY.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of enactment of 
this subparagraph, the Group shall— 
‘‘(I) conduct a study to deter-
mine the feasibility of establishing an 
Indian Tribal Development Corpora-
tion (referred to in this subparagraph 
as the ‘Corporation’); and 
‘‘(II) submit to the Committee on 
Indian Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Resources and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report 
that describes the results of the study 
and any recommendations of the 
Group for further legislative action. 
‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—The report shall 
contain— 
‘‘(I) a discussion and determina-
tion of the financial feasibility of the 
Corporation, including whether the
Corporation can be, over the long 
term, financially self-sustainable; 
‘‘(II) a discussion and determina-
tion of the probable economic impact 
of the Corporation, including a dem-
onstration of the quantitative and 
qualitative economic impact on Native 
American communities; 
‘‘(III) a discussion and deter-
mination of the best alternatives in 
the structure, organization, and lend-
ing terms and conditions of the Cor-
poration, including the most appro-
priate structure of capital contribu-
tions to best serve, and be acceptable 
to, Native interests; 
‘‘(IV) a discussion and deter-
mination of the basic terms and con-
ditions under which funding would be 
provided to member Indian tribes; 
‘‘(V) a discussion of nonfinancial 
and advisory activities to be under-
taken by the Corporation, including 
the use of diagnostic studies by the 
Corporation to—
‘‘(aa) identify tribal, Fed-
eral, or State policies and legal 
and regulatory conditions and in-
frastructure deficiencies that im-
pede investment, both private 
and public, needed to promote 
non-gaming 
economic 
develop-
ment; 
‘‘(bb) provide specific rec-
ommendations for remedial ac-
tions that can be undertaken by 
an Indian tribe to overcome such 
inhibitors of investment; and 
‘‘(cc) identify and establish 
the terms for pre-appraisal stud-
ies of investment opportunities, 
both private and public, that can 
be developed and promoted by an 
Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(VI) a discussion and deter-
mination of— 
‘‘(aa) the capital structure 
of the Corporation, including the 
optimal level of initial capital 
contributions 
by 
both 
Indian
tribes and the United States 
Government; and 
‘‘(bb) the financial instru-
ments that will be required by 
the Corporation to ensure its suc-
cess. 
‘‘(F) TERMINATION OF STUDY GROUP.— 
The Group shall terminate 120 days after the 
date on which the Group submits the report 
under subparagraph (E). 
‘‘(G) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this paragraph $500,000. 
‘‘(H) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Federal 
funds made available to carry out this para-
graph must be matched dollar-for-dollar with 
non-Federal funds.’’. 
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