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S. 2719 (106th)

Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

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13 June 2000

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Became Public Law No: 106-464.

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20 June 2025

Summary

Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 - Establishes the Office of Native American Business Development within the Department of Commerce, to be headed by a Director of Native American Business Development. Provides for: (1) financial and technical assistance and administrative services for business development and legal and regulatory compliance to Indian tribes, organizations, and businesses (eligible entities); and (2) other assistance to enhance the economies of Indian tribes. Bars assistance for activities related to gaming activities on Indian lands. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director, to carry out a Native American export and trade promotion program. Provides for technical assistance and administrative services to eligible entities for: (1) identifying and entering appropriate markets for Indian goods and services; (2) complying with foreign or domestic laws and practices with respect to financial institutions with respect to exports and imports of such goods and services; and (3) entering into financial arrangements to provide for such exporting and importing. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to conduct a Native American tourism program to facilitate tourism demonstration projects by Indian tribes on a tribal, intertribal, or regional basis. Authorizes grants to, or other arrangements with, Indian tribes and organizations or other tribal entities to carry out such program. Requires a demonstration project to be conducted for: (1) Indians of the Four Corners area in a specified area between Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; (2) Indians of the area known as the Great Northwest; (3) the Oklahoma Indians in Oklahoma; (4) Indians of the Great Plains area; and (5) Alaska Natives in Alaska. Provides for financial and technical assistance and administrative services for feasibility studies, market analyses, participation in tourism and trade missions, and related activities to participants selected to carry out tourism development projects. Authorizes appropriations.

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