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H.R. 4602 Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act
H.R. 28 American Indian Lands Title Report Commission Corrections Act
S. 1721 American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2003
H.R. 2981 American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act Amendments Act of 2003
S. 1459 American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act Amendments Act of 2003
H.R. 2770 American Indian Welfare Reform Act
S. 437 Arizona Water Settlements Act
S. 428 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2003
H.R. 5168 Bennett Freeze Rehabilitation Act of 2004
H.R. 674 Choctaw Code Talkers Recognition Act
H.R. 2941 Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act
S. 868 Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Restoration Amendments Act of 2003
S. 1696 Department of Health and Human Services Tribal Self-Governance Amendments Act of 2003
S. 1715 Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2003
H.R. 477 Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act
H.R. 1409 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Land Exchange Act of 2002 *
S. 2878 Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Amendment Act of 2004
S. 297 Federal Acknowledgment Process Reform Act of 2003
S. 162 Gila River Indian Community Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2003 #
H.R. 458 Gila River Indian Community Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2003
S. 2571 Homeownership Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004
S. 331 Indian and Alaska Native Foster Care and Adoption Services Amendments of 2003
S. 1601 Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2003 *
S. 288 Indian Contracting and Federal Land Management Demonstration Project Act
H.R. 4948 Indian Country Educational Empowerment Zone Act
S. 1529 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2003
S. 2232 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2004
H.R. 2440 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2003
S. 556 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2003
S. 1770 Indian Money Account Claim Satisfaction Act of 2003
S. 1600 Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act of 2003
H.R. 388 Indian Reservation Jobs and Investment Act of 2003
H.R. 1107 Indian School Bus Route Safety Reauthorization Act of 2003
H.R. 410 Indian School Construction Act of 2003
S. 594 Indian School Construction Act
S. 2734 Indian Tribal Detention Facility Reform Act of 2004
S. 1528 Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act of 2003
S. 281 Indian Tribal Surface Transportation Improvement Act of 2003
S. 175 Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2003
S. 1540 Indian Trust Payment Equity Act of 2003
S. 420 Lumbee Acknowledgment Act of 2003
H.R. 898 Lumbee Recognition Act
S. 2932 Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2004
H.R. 5289 Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2004
H.R. 4933 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Petition Act
S. 1779 Medicare Indian Health Fairness Act of 2003
H.R. 954 Miami Nation of Indiana Recognition Confirmation Act
S. 285 Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2003 *
H.R. 2484 Native American Education Equity Act of 2003
S. 1488 Native American Entrepreneurs Act of 2003
S. 2301 Native American Fish and Wildlife Resources Management Act of 2004
S. 555 Native American Health and Wellness Foundation Act of 2003 *
S. 1802 Native American Housing Enhancement Act of 2003
S. 575 Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2003
H.R. 2690 Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2003
H.R. 2362 Native American Languages Act Amendments of 2003
H.R. 2419 Native American Sacred Lands Act
S. 523 Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 *
S. 1955 Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004
H.R. 2983 Native American Veterans Cemetery Act of 2003
S. 1996 Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Rehabilitation and Development Act
S. 1649 Ojito Wilderness Act
H.R. 3176 Ojito Wilderness Act
H.R. 4908 Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004
H.R. 2425 Quinault Permanent Fisheries Fund Act
S. 1905 Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2003
S. 2173 Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act of 2004
S. 551 Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2003 *
H.R. 1484 Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2003
H.R. 1753 Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act
S. 1146 Three Affiliated Tribes Health Facility Compensation Act *
H.R. 4577 To allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting the land within the Gila River Indian Community Reservation
S. 1823 To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for 1 ...
S. 2277 To amend the Act of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting the land within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian ...
H.R. 4601 To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as a Native village, and for other purposes
H.R. 4734 To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to include a definition of initial reservation and consultation, and for other purposes
H.R. 3504 To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to redesignate the American Indian Education Foundation as the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education
S. 1277 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence of a taxpayer is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned ...
H.R. 1426 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence of a taxpayer is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned ...
H.R. 409 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation
H.R. 1421 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments as State governments for purposes of issuing tax-exempt governmental bonds, and ...
S. 1526 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments as State governments for purposes of issuing tax-exempt governmental bonds, and ...
H.R. 1166 To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians *
H.R. 2495 To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del ...
H.R. 1190 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the Native American Housing Loan Pilot Program ...
H.R. 2388 To authorize leases for terms not to exceed 99 years on lands held in trust for the Yurok Tribe and the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
H.R. 4362 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept a parcel of Federal land in the State of Washington in trust for the Nisqually Tribe, to ensure that the acceptance of such land ...
H.R. 1333 To clarify the citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona, and for other purposes
H.R. 3394 To clarify the lands over which Indian tribes shall have jurisdiction or exercise governmental power
H.R. 74 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe ...  #
S. 490 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe ...  *
H.R. 2976 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain land within the Ottawa National Forest to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and for other purposes
H.R. 1486 To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop ...
H.R. 3982 To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, and for other purposes
S. 2951 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, and for other purposes
H.R. 4934 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain tribally-owned reservation land into trust for the Puyallup Tribe
S. 558 To elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes *
S. 2770 To establish a National Commission on American Indian Trust Holdings
S. 2938 To grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated *
S. 1648 To modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust
H.R. 698 To provide for and approve settlement of certain land claims of the Wyandotte Nation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 831 To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community
H.R. 2793 To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
H.R. 4666 To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
H.R. 4647 To provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe
H.R. 1408 To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties, and for other purposes
H.R. 2489 To provide for the distribution of judgment funds to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe
S. 463 To provide grants to ensure full and fair participation in certain decisionmaking processes of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
H.R. 4786 To provide grants to tribes to assist those tribes in participating in the Federal acknowledgement process
S. 246 To provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico #
H.R. 4213 To provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes, and for other purposes
H.R. 2912 To reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government
S. 1565 To reauthorize the Native American Programs Act of 1974
H.R. 2595 To restore the operation of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program during fiscal year 2003 to the scope of that program as in effect on September 30, 2002 *
H.R. 731 Tohono O'odham Citizenship Act of 2003
S. 462 Tribal Acknowledgment and Indian Bureau Enhancement Act of 2003
H.R. 3745 Tribal and Local Communities Relationship Improvement Act
S. 1469 Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Act
S. 378 Tribal Colleges and Universities Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act
S. 2172 Tribal Contract Support Cost Technical Amendments of 2004
S. 424 Tribal Energy Self-Sufficiency Act
S. 2134 Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004
H.R. 3846 Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004
H.R. 2242 Tribal Government Amendments to the Homeland Security Act
H.R. 386 Tribal Government Tax-Exempt Bond Authority Amendments Act of 2003
H.R. 2675 Tribal Government Tax Fairness Act of 2003
H.R. 4680 Tribal Labor Relations Act
H.R. 4906 Tribal Labor Relations Restoration Act of 2004
S. 1530 Tribal Parity Act
H.R. 4949 Tribal Parity Act
S. 725 Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2003
H.R. 2331 Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2003
H.R. 884 Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act #
S. 2879 Winnemem Wintu Tribe Clarification and Restoration Act
S. 222 Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2003 *
H.R. 495 Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2003
   
  * passed to other congressional body, # public law