Jobs for Tribes Act

Bill: 115-hr-4506
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2017-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Business education
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Contracts and agency
Credit and credit markets
Economic development
Education programs funding
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing and Community Development
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: 

Jobs for Tribes Act

 

Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to establish duties for the Office of Native American Business Development.
 
This bill amends the Buy Indian Act, including to require the Department of Health and Human Services to use Native American labor and purchase Native American industry products. 
 
This bill amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to permit the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide financial assistance to certain Native American community development financial institutions. 
 

Native American Business Incubators Program Act

 
The Department of the Interior must establish a grant program in the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development for establishing and operating business incubators that serve Native American communities. A business incubator is an organization that: (1) provides physical workspace and facilities resources to startups and established businesses, and (2) is designed to accelerate the growth and success of businesses through a variety of business support resources and services.
 

Indigenous Peoples Exchange and Economic Cooperation Act

 
The President must submit to Congress a strategy to promote and facilitate: (1) cross-investments between tribes and indigenous peoples in tribal businesses and commercial enterprises that involve indigenous peoples, and (2) the development of supply chains for U.S. entities that include products produced by tribes and indigenous peoples.
 
The Department of State must provide assistance to countries in the Western Hemisphere in a manner that promotes and facilitates entrepreneurship among indigenous peoples.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 869.
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018.
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: House Committee on Foreign Affairs Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018.
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1064, Part I.
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1064, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Introduced in House