NACIE Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-5104
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2022-11-16
Policy area: Native Americans
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-11-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act or the NACIE Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the membership and duties of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the council to (1) include at least one member who is the president of a tribal college or university, and (2) submit its annual report to the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of the Interior.</p> <p>ED and Interior must consider the council's report when preparing their budget materials.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5104 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 16, 2022 Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Tester , Mr. Rounds , Ms. Smith , and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the National Advisory Council on Indian Education to include at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University and to require the Secretaries of Education and the Interior to consider the National Advisory Council on Indian Education's reports in the preparation of budget materials.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act or the NACIE Improvement Act . 2. National Advisory Council on Indian Education (a) In general Section 6141(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7471(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting , and who shall include at least one president of a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059c(b) )) after organizations ; and (2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting the Secretary, and the Secretary of the Interior, after Congress, . (b) Consideration of reports (1) Department of Education The Secretary of Education, in preparing the budget materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the budget of the United States Government that is submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall consider the report prepared under section 6141(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7471(b) ). (2) Department of the Interior The Secretary of the Interior, in preparing the budget materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the budget of the United States Government that is submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall consider the report prepared under section 6141(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7471(b) ).