To amend the Buy Indian Act to include the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-8484
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-05-21
Policy area: Native Americans
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8484 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2024 Mrs. Peltola (for herself and Ms. Davids of Kansas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Buy Indian Act to include the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

1. Buy indian act modifications Section 23 of the Act of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 861, chapter 431; 25 U.S.C. 47 ; commonly known as the Buy Indian Act ), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (C) the Secretary of Agriculture. ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking and the Department of Health and Human Services and inserting , the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Agriculture ; and (B) in paragraph (4), by striking and the Indian Health Service and inserting , the Indian Health Service, and the Department of Agriculture ; and (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking Committee on Indian Affairs and all that follows through House of Representatives and inserting Committees on Indian Affairs and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture of the House of Representatives .