Title: Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act
This bill amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.
The minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by grants is reduced from 10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests and from 15 to 10 enrollees in the Native American language survival schools.
The bill increases the maximum duration of grants.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 254 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 254

     To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide 
 flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing 
                 vitality of Native American languages.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 1, 2017

 Mr. Udall (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
 Franken, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide 
 flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing 
                 vitality of Native American languages.

    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 ``Esther Martinez Native American 
Languages Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 803C of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
2991b-3) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(7)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``10'' and 
                inserting ``5''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``15'' and 
                inserting ``10''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``or 3-year basis'' and inserting 
                ``3-year, 4-year, or 5-year basis''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, 4-year, or 5-year'' after ``on 
                a 3-year''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 816(e) of the Native American Programs Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d(e)) is amended by striking ``2008, 2009, 2010, 
2011, and 2012'' and inserting ``2018 through 2022''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Section 816 of the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended in subsections (a) 
and (b) by striking ``subsection (e)'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``subsection (d)''.
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