Jobs for Tribes Act

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Introduced

30 November 2017

Last action

28 December 2018 · Discharge

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 869.

Summary

Jobs for Tribes Act Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to establish duties for the Office of Native American Business Development. This bill amends the Buy Indian Act, including to require the Department of Health and Human Services to use Native American labor and purchase Native American industry products. This bill amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to permit the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide financial assistance to certain Native American community development financial institutions. Native American Business Incubators Program Act The Department of the Interior must establish a grant program in the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development for establishing and operating business incubators that serve Native American communities. A business incubator is an organization that: (1) provides physical workspace and facilities resources to startups and established businesses, and (2) is designed to accelerate the growth and success of businesses through a variety of business support resources and services. Indigenous Peoples Exchange and Economic Cooperation Act The President must submit to Congress a strategy to promote and facilitate: (1) cross-investments between tribes and indigenous peoples in tribal businesses and commercial enterprises that involve indigenous peoples, and (2) the development of supply chains for U.S. entities that include products produced by tribes and indigenous peoples. The Department of State must provide assistance to countries in the Western Hemisphere in a manner that promotes and facilitates entrepreneurship among indigenous peoples.

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Timeline

30 November 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
30 November 2017
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
30 November 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 December 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Source: Committee
17 January 2018
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
8 May 2018
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Committee
8 May 2018
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
8 May 2018
Committee
Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Source: Committee
3 December 2018
Introduced
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018.
Source: IntroReferral
3 December 2018
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1064, Part I.
Source: Committee
3 December 2018
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1064, Part I.
Source: Committee
28 December 2018
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 869.
Source: Calendars
28 December 2018
Committee
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Source: Committee
28 December 2018
Discharge
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Source: Discharge

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Related records

related to → Native American Business Incubators Program Act
related to → Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2018

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4506
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4506
us · 115-hr-4506 · source updated 21 July 2025