Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-912
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-30
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Department of the Interior

Executive agency funding and structure

Foreign language and bilingual programs

Indian social and development programs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act</b></p> <p> This bill revises a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services to preserve 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, which provide instruction through the use of a Native American language for children under the age of 7 and their parents. For survival schools, which are programs striving for fluency in a Native American language and proficiency in other academic fields, the minimum number of enrollees is reduced from 15 to 10. The bill increases the maximum duration of grants.</p> <p>The program is reauthorized through FY2024.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 912 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2019 Mr. Luján (for himself, Mr. Soto , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Young , Ms. Haaland , Mr. Cole , Ms. Moore , Ms. Norton , Mr. Tipton , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Grijalva , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Davids of Kansas , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Cárdenas , and Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act . 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 . 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 such sums and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting $13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. . (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) .