jiayi-li23/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, as designated as petitioner number 65 by the Office of Federal Acknowledgment.Permits any group of Indians in Robeson and adjoining counties, North Carolina, whose members are not enrolled in the Tribe to petition for acknowledgment of tribal existence. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. Deems, for purposes of delivery of such services, those members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be residing on or near an Indian reservation.Instructs the Secretary to treat fee lands which the Tribe seeks to convey to the United States to be held in trust as "on-reservation" trust acquisitions if such lands are located within Robeson County. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.Grants the state of North Carolina jurisdiction over all criminal offenses and all civil actions on lands within North Carolina that are owned by or held in trust for the Tribe or any independent Indian community of the Tribe. Authorizes the Secretary to accept any transfer by the state of any portion of the state's jurisdiction of such offenses and actions pursuant to an agreement between the Tribe and the state. Bars such transfer of jurisdiction from taking effect until two years after the effective date of the agreement. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Extends federal recognition to the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., of Virginia. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes. Deems the Tribe's service area to be King and Queen, Caroline, and Essex, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Richmond Counties, Virginia. Sets forth requirements for submission of a tribal membership roll and governing documents. Requires the Secretary to take into trust for the Tribe's benefit any other land within such counties the Tribe transfers to the Secretary. Provides that no land taken into trust for the Tribe's benefit shall be considered Indian lands for the purpose of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Water resources development
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act - Amends the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act to increase the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to provide compensation to the Lower Brule Tribe of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River. Amends the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996 to increase the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary to provide compensation to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for such damage. States that this Act shall be considered to be full and final compensation to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe for damages caused by the construction of the Fort Randall Dam and the Big Bend Dam under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-01-16 00:00:00

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to make member landowners eligible for the additional financial compensation provided to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for the acquisition by the federal government of 104,492 acres of land of the Tribe and member landowners for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project. Defines "member landowner" as a member of the Tribe (or an heir of such a member) that owned land on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation that was acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make five annual deposits into the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund. Rewrites requirements concerning the investment of the Trust Fund. Requires the investment of separate principal and interest accounts within such Fund. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury: (1) to annually review with the Tribe the results of the investment activities and financial status of the Fund; and (2) if investing the Fund pursuant to such requirements is not practicable or would result in adverse consequences, to modify those requirements to the least extent necessary. Authorizes the plan prepared for the use of payments to the Tribe to provide for payment of additional compensation to member landowners. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to assist the Tribe in claims processing by providing any record requested to identify the heirs of member landowners within 90 days after receiving a request. Extinguishes all monetary claims of a member landowner or an heir of a member landowner against the United States for the taking by the United States of land or property of the Tribe for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project upon acceptance by such member landowner or heir of any payment by the Tribe for damages resulting from the taking.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2007-01-17 00:00:00

Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include territories and Indian tribes as eligible grant recipients (or reaffirm that eligibility) under the programs to: (1) address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine; (2) aid children in homes in which methamphetamine or other drugs are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or used; and (3) address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Water resources development
Date: 2007-01-22 00:00:00

Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for ecosystem restoration, water supply, flood control, and protection of water quality, Indian River Lagoon, South Florida, at a specified total cost, in accordance with the recommendations of the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated August 6, 2004. Deauthorizes certain projects authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 and the Flood Control Act of 1968. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for ecosystem restoration, Picayune Strand, Collier County, Florida, at a specified total cost in accordance with section 601 of Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (relating to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan) and the report of the Chief of Engineers, September 15, 2006.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-01-24 00:00:00

Cocopah Lands Act - Provides that if the Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona transfers title to certain described land to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary shall take it into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, if there are no recognized environmental conditions or contamination related concerns and no adverse legal claims to it, including outstanding liens, mortgages, or taxes owed. Considers such land to be part of the Tribe's initial reservation. Designates Yuma county, Arizona, to be the Tribe's service area for the delivery of federal services to enrolled members of the Tribe. Prohibits its use for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-01-24 00:00:00

Waives application of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specified parcel of real property transferred by the United States to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. Prohibits Class II and Class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on such real property.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-02-06 00:00:00

Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2007 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY2012 the authorization of appropriations for housing assistance for Native Americans and loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing.Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) make the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the state of Hawaii eligible for loan guarantees; and (2) extend through FY2012 the authorization of appropriations for the credit subsidy to cover the costs of federal guarantees for financing for tribal housing activities.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-02-06 00:00:00

Copper Valley Native Allotment Resolution Act of 2007 - Grants rights-of-way across specified Native allotments to the Copper Valley Electric Association for an electric transmission line. Declares this Act inapplicable to land owned by Ahtna, Inc. and any prior or current right-of-way agreements that may exist between Ahtna, Inc. and the Copper Valley Electric Association or Alaska. Prescribes compensation procedures. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-02-08 00:00:00

Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends all federal laws and regulations to the Duwamish Tribe. Declares the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of federal services. Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws. Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-02-08 00:00:00

Amends federal law to repeal the requirement regarding the freeze on the development of lands in litigation under the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act of 1974.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-02-08 00:00:00

Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 with respect to grants to tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions that are not receiving federal support under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 or the Navajo Community College Act to provide basic support for the education and training of Indian students. Revises the definition of "Indian student count" (essential to the formula for the determination of grant amounts).
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-02-08 00:00:00

Amends the Indian Financing Act of 1974 with respect to loan guaranty and insurance to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee or insure loans to both for-profit and nonprofit borrowers; and (2) allow all or any portion of a guaranteed or insured loan, including its security, to be transferred by the lender by sale or assignment to any person, and be retransferred by the transferee.Allows a fiscal transfer agent to be compensated through any of the fees assessed and any interest earned on any funds or fees the agent has collected while the funds or fees are in the agent's control and before the time at which the agent is contractually required to transfer such funds to the Secretary or to transferees or other holders. Makes loans made by an eligible Community Development Finance Institution eligible for guaranty or insurance. Increases from $500 million to $1.5 billion the amount of loans the Bureau of Indian Affairs can have outstanding. .
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-02-08 00:00:00

Provides that any actual rental proceeds from the lease of land acquired with a Farmers Home Administration Direct Loan by an Indian tribe or tribal corporation certified by the Secretary of the Interior shall be deemed to: (1) constitute the rental value of that land; and (2) satisfy the requirement for appraisal of that land.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-02-08 00:00:00

National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with respect to the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education (Foundation). Requires the Foundation Board to appoint a chief operating officer for the Foundation separate from the Secretary of the Interior (who currently acts as chief operating officer). Places limitations on the administrative costs of the Foundation. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2010. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to pay the operating expenses of the Foundation.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-03-01 00:00:00

Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act - Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Settlement Agreement entered into by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians (the Tribe) relating to alleged interferences with the water resources of the Tribe's reservation. Declares that the United States consents to be made a party to the lawsuit Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California No. 00-04208 GAF (MANx) pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, for the purpose of entering the judgment and decree attached to the Settlement Agreement as Exhibit H. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior (or the Secretary's designee) to execute and implement the Settlement Agreement and any amendments approved by the parties to the Agreement to make it consistent with this Act. Establishes the: (1) San Jacinto Basin Restoration Fund for costs associated with constructing and maintaining the part of the basin recharge project necessary to accommodate supplemental imported water deliveries; and (2) Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Water Development Fund for costs associated with constructing and maintaining water-related development projects. Provides for waivers and releases of specified claims made by the Tribe. Sets forth rules concerning the Tribe's use of water under the Settlement Agreement. Requires the United States, as trustee for the Tribe, and the Tribe to make available up to 98 acres of the Tribe's reservation land for habitat conservation related to the part of the basin recharge project described above.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-03-01 00:00:00

Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2007 - Extends federal recognition to the following Indian tribes of Virginia and states their relationship with the federal government as described below: (1) the Chickahominy Tribe; (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division; (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe; (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc.; (5) the Monacan Indian Nation; and (6) the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Makes each Tribe and tribal members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Sets forth the service area of the Tribe and requirements for the Tribe with respect to submission of a membership roll and governing documents and the governing body of the Tribe. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon a certain land transfer, to take specified lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, which shall be considered part of the Tribe's reservation. Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.Specifies this Act's effect with regard to the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and water rights of the Tribe and its members. Grants the state of Virginia jurisdiction over criminal offenses and civil actions on lands within Virginia that are owned by or held in trust for the Tribe. Authorizes the Secretary to accept all or a portion of the state's jurisdiction over such offenses and actions upon verification by the Secretary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the capacity to reassume such jurisdiction.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-03-01 00:00:00

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2007 - Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a tribal reservation or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian Reservation. Directs the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll consisting of all individuals enrolled as members of the Tribe.Directs the Secretary to acquire trust title to 200 acres of land within the Tribe's service area for the benefit of the Tribe for a tribal land base.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-03-12 00:00:00

Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environment and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-03-15 00:00:00

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from approving any new tribal-state compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act until two years after enactment of this Act.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-03-19 00:00:00

Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act - Reaffirms federal recognition and the rights and privileges of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Extends to the Band eligibility for all federal services and benefits available to other federally recognized Indian tribes. Designates the service area for the delivery of federal services to the Band and to other Indians in the area of Cheboygan County, Michigan.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in Cheboygan County, Michigan, and in other geographic areas and to hold such lands in trust for the benefit of the Band.Sets forth criteria and evidentiary requirements for determining the initial membership of the Band. Requires the Band to provide a copy of its base roll to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within one year after the enactment of this Act.Provides that the initial constitution of the Band shall be the constitution submitted by the Band to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment on May 2, 2005.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-03-22 00:00:00

Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to except certain newly acquired lands taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of an Indian Tribe from the prohibition on gaming on such lands when the Secretary, after consultation with the Tribe and appropriate state and local officials, including officials of other nearby tribes, determines that a gaming establishment on those newly acquired lands would be in the best interest of the Tribe and its members and would not be detrimental to the surrounding community.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2007-03-26 00:00:00

Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY2012: (1) the authorization of appropriations to the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund for loan guarantees for Native American housing; and (2) the limitation on the outstanding aggregate principal amount of such loans.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-03-26 00:00:00

Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to remove the blood quantum requirement for determining the membership of descendants of members of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Education
Date: 2007-03-29 00:00:00

Amends the Morris K.Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to: (1) require the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation to award grants to the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona to develop resources to train Native American and Alaska Native professionals in health care and public policy; (2) revise requirements regarding limitations on program priorities and require that at least 50% of the funds provided to the Center be spent for Native American education and policy activities; (3) provide for the Foundation to pay a limited amount for official reception and representation expenses; (4) prohibit any committee or group organized by the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution in connection with the services it provides pursuant to the Act from being subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, provided that the committee or group is neither established nor controlled by another agency of the executive branch; and (5) instruct the Foundation to carry out the Act's provisions without regard to federal law governing appointments in the competitive service.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-04-17 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the Indian employment tax credit; and (2) accelerated depreciation of business property used on Indian reservations.
Topic: Public Lands — Indigenous Affairs
Subject: Native Americans
Date: 2007-04-19 00:00:00

Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition and associated services and benefits to the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama. Restores federal rights and privileges abrogated by earlier statutes. Approves and ratifies the cession to the United States of all historical tribal lands of the Band. Extinguishes all specified claims against the United States, a state or local government, or any other person or entity, by the Band arising subsequent to such cession, and based upon any interest in or right involving the land. Prohibits the Band from using its federal recognition to assert any historical land claim. Transfers all interests in lands held by the Band upon enactment of this Act to the United States, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Band.