A bill to provide grants to ensure full and fair participation in certain decisionmaking processes at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Summary

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to eligible local governments and Indian groups to promote their participation in the decision making process related to the following actions if the Secretary determines such assistance is necessary to protect the government's or group's interests and would otherwise promote just administration within the Bureau of Indian Affairs: (1) an Indian group is seeking Federal acknowledgment or recognition, or a terminated tribe is seeking to be restored to federally-recognized status; (2) a federally-recognized tribe has asserted trust status with respect to land within an area over which a local government currently exercises jurisdiction; (3) a federally-recognized tribe has filed a petition requesting that land within an area over which a local government is currently exercising jurisdiction be taken into trust; and (4) an Indian group or a federally-recognized tribe is asserting a claim to land based upon a treaty or law specifically applicable to land or natural resource transfers from, by, or on behalf of Indians.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 August 2001

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 August 2001

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 3 August 2001

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