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Cost Estimate
October 31, 2016
H.R. 5984 would ratify the Pechanga Settlement Agreement among the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in California, the federal government, and local water districts. The legislation also would establish the Pechanga Settlement Fund to pay for the development and maintenance of water infrastructure for the tribe and would authorize the appropriation of funds for those purposes.
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October 27, 2016
S. 2643 would ratify a settlement agreement between the Pueblo de Cochiti of New Mexico (the pueblo) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The agreement would transfer responsibility for managing the Cochiti Dam drainage system from the Corps to the pueblo and would transfer all funds in the system’s operation and maintenance fund to a tribal fund held in trust for the pueblo. The bill would prohibit certain types of gaming on any lands acquired by the pueblo using those funds.
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Cost Estimate
September 28, 2016
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides grants to help state, local, and tribal governments develop their capacity to prevent, prepare for, and respond to acts of terrorism. Under current law, equipment purchased using such grants must meet voluntary standards, developed by FEMA in coordination with appropriate federal agencies, the National Advisory Council, and private entities. Requests to use grants to purchase equipment that does not meet such standards, or for which no such standards exist, are subject to further review and approval by FEMA.
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September 23, 2016
S. 3014 would amend the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act to authorize the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to treat certain federal forest land as Indian land for the purposes of conducting land management activities, upon the request of an Indian tribe.
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September 22, 2016
S. 2959 would amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify that the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) is authorized to use amounts from the WMAT settlement fund, as established in that act to plan, design, and construct a rural water system. Under current law, almost $79 million is authorized to be appropriated to the settlement fund. S. 2959 would expand the uses of the fund but would not authorize the appropriation of any additional funding. As of September 2016, no funds have been appropriated to the WMAT settlement fund.
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September 21, 2016
S. 546 would establish the Railroad Emergency Services subcommittee under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) National Advisory Council (NAC). The act would direct the subcommittee to evaluate several aspects of the ability of emergency personnel to respond to hazardous materials incidents involving trains. S. 546 would require the subcommittee to provide recommendations to the NAC on methods to improve response to such incidents within one year of enactment of S. 546.
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Cost Estimate
September 19, 2016
H.R. 5943 would amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to stipulate the length of time that grants for security improvements to public transit systems made to public transportation agencies by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must remain available. Under the bill grants that are made specifically for improvements to public transit systems under construction or for improvements to public transit infrastructure would have to remain available to the recipient for at least 55 months.
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Cost Estimate
September 16, 2016
S. 2739 would provide compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians for tribal lands used in the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. The bill would establish the Spokane Tribe of Indians Recovery Trust Fund and would require the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to make annual payments to the tribe from receipts generated from the sale of electricity.
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Cost Estimate
September 16, 2016
H.R. 5346 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize a program within the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Health Affairs to coordinate efforts to defend U.S. food, agriculture, and veterinary systems against terrorism.
CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 5346 would cost less than $500,000 a year; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. In 2016, the department allocated about $450,000 for this activity.
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Cost Estimate
September 16, 2016
H.R. 5859 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the appropriation of $39 million annually over the 2017-2021 period for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out a grant program for counterterrorism training.
CBO estimates that implementing this bill would cost $141 million over the 2017-2021 period, assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts. Enacting H.R. 5859 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
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Cost Estimate
September 16, 2016
H.R. 5459 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide cybersecurity assistance to, and share cybersecurity risk information with, state, local, and regional fusion centers. Fusion centers are collaborative efforts among federal, state, local, or tribal government agencies that combine resources, expertise, or information related to criminal or terrorist activity. The bill also would expand membership of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center to include state and fusion centers in major urban areas.
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Cost Estimate
September 1, 2016
S. 2785 would reauthorize provisions of the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1982 to authorize the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to provide funding for tribes to combat alcohol and substance abuse among tribal members. The bill also would authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to tribal governments to enhance their criminal justice systems.
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Cost Estimate
August 31, 2016
Under H.R. 1157, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (Chumash Tribe), could request that the Department of the Interior (DOI) take into trust approximately 1,400 acres of land the tribe owns in Santa Barbra County, California. DOI would hold the title to that land for the benefit of the tribe if requested. The bill would prohibit certain types of gaming on those lands. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have no significant budgetary effects related to holding the land in trust.
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Cost Estimate
August 30, 2016
S. 2920 would amend the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act. It would establish and reauthorize various programs and offices within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Judiciary concerning public safety services to Indian communities.
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Cost Estimate
August 8, 2016
S. 246 would establish the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice in the Department of Justice. The 11-member commission would be tasked with completing a study of federal and nonfederal programs that serve Native American children. Under the bill, the commission would use the results of the study to develop plans and recommendations to improve those programs. The commission would submit a report on those recommendations to the Congress and the President within three years of the formation of the commission. S.
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August 8, 2016
H.R. 1289 would expand and adjust the boundary of the John Muir National Historic Site in California to include approximately 44 acres of donated land. The bill stipulates that the land would be donated voluntarily by the Muir Heritage Land Trust and would be administered as part of the historic site.
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Cost Estimate
August 8, 2016
S. 2916 would authorize the pueblo of Santa Clara and the Ohkay Owingeh pueblo to lease tribal lands for up to 99 years. In general, under current law, the tribes can lease tribal lands to schools, businesses, and public entities for 25-year terms.
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July 29, 2016
S. 1579 would direct the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior and other federal agencies that administer programs related to recreation and tourism to update existing plans to promote tourism among Indian communities. The bill would require those Secretaries to report to the Congress on efforts to support Indian tribes’ tourism-related programs and clarify that tribal organizations are eligible to use certain federal grants for such purposes.
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Cost Estimate
July 26, 2016
S. 2717 would establish two new funds in the Treasury and transfer a total of $33 million a year from the Reclamation Fund into the proposed funds through 2037. The bill would authorize the appropriation of the amounts transferred each year and any interest credited to the unspent balances in the proposed funds to, among other things, rehabilitate and maintain federally owned dams managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The bill also would authorize the U.S.
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Cost Estimate
July 20, 2016
H.R. 3212 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust certain real property located within the boundaries of the original reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. The bill would modify the process that the Secretary uses to evaluate such property and would specify that any lands taken into trust on behalf of that tribe after September 9, 1988, would be considered part of its reservation.
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Cost Estimate
July 14, 2016
S. 2971 would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specifically authorize operations of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System through 2019. The bill would authorize the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to continue to administer that system.
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Cost Estimate
July 5, 2016
S. 1983 would ratify the Pechanga Settlement Agreement among the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in California, the federal government, and local water districts. The legislation also would establish the Pechanga Settlement Fund to pay for the development and maintenance of water infrastructure for the tribe and would authorize the appropriation of funds for those purposes.
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Cost Estimate
June 29, 2016
H.R. 4685 would take into trust, for the benefit of the Tule River Indian Tribe, approximately 34 acres of federal land located in Tulare County, California, that is administered by the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The bill would direct the Secretary of the Interior to consider applications to continue using the land from individuals claiming to have valid existing rights to the lands being taken into trust. H.R 4685 also would prohibit certain types of gaming on those lands.
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Cost Estimate
June 28, 2016
S. 2421 would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey one parcel of land in Tanana, Alaska, to the Tanana Tribal Council (TTC) and another parcel in Dillingham, Alaska, to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation (BBAHC). The conveyances would be made by a warranty deed, which is a type of deed that guarantees a clear title to the new owner of the property.
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Cost Estimate
June 10, 2016
S. 2943 would authorize appropriations totaling an estimated $603.9 billion for the military functions of the Department of Defense (DoD), for certain activities of the Department of Energy (DOE), and for other purposes. In addition, S. 2943 would prescribe personnel strengths for each active-duty and selected-reserve component of the U.S. armed forces. CBO estimates that appropriation of the authorized amounts would result in outlays of $587.8 billion over the 2017-2021 period.
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Cost Estimate
May 31, 2016
S. 1879 would modify the Secretary of the Interior’s authority to take certain land into trust on behalf of Indian tribes under the Indian Reorganization Act. Under current law, as established by the Supreme Court’s decision in Carcieri v. Salazar (2009), the Secretary’s authority to take land into trust is limited to tribes that were federally recognized prior to the enactment of that act in 1934. S. 1879 would amend that act to allow the Secretary to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes.
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Cost Estimate
May 17, 2016
S. 2522 would establish an Office for Partnership Against Violent Extremism within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a strategy to coordinate efforts throughout all levels of government and private industry to counter violent extremism. CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would have no significant effect on the federal budget over the 2017-2021 period because DHS is already performing those activities under current law.
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Cost Estimate
May 13, 2016
H.R. 4743 would authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with a consortium, including the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC), to assist state and local governments to prepare for, and respond to, cybersecurity risks and incidents over the five-year period immediately following the bill’s enactment. Since 2014, NCPC has received about $6 million in grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deliver cybersecurity training, exercises, and technical assistance to state and local governments.
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Cost Estimate
May 9, 2016
H.R. 2009 would authorize exchanges of land and related interests among the Pascua Yaqui Indian Tribe in Pima County, Arizona, the Tucson Unified School District, and the federal government. The proposed transactions involve three parcels of land and would be contingent on the school district relinquishing its interest in nearly 40 acres of land, which the Department of the Interior (DOI) would take into trust on behalf of the tribe.
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Cost Estimate
April 14, 2016
H.R. 4509 would direct entities that receive grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) or the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) to establish an Urban Area Working Group or a state planning committee to determine funding priorities, prepare and revise homeland security plans, and assess risks to the regions where grants are awarded.