A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities that were constructed to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities and structures to improve those conditions, and for other purposes.
Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to assess sanitation and safety conditions on land set aside to provide Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds. The bill applies to land held by the United States for the benefit of the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
The BIA may enter into contracts with tribes or tribal organizations to improve sanitation, safety conditions, and access to electricity, sewer, and water infrastructure on this land.
(Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office must evaluate whether the sanitation and safety conditions on the lands have improved as a result of the contracts and report on the results of the evaluation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-143.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-143.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 193.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7497-7498)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7497-7498)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7497-7498)
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1059.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1059.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 825.