American Indian Report

Congress

Bill No.	Title	Reports	Latest Action	Notes
H.RES.372	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1913) to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.	House Reports: 111-91	4/29/2009 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 234 - 190 (Roll no. 220).
H.RES.490	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 31) to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1385) to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.	House Reports: 111-131	6/3/2009 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 174 (Roll no. 295).
H.J.RES.46	To acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.		4/30/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1	Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.	Latest Conference Report: 111-16 (in Congressional Record H1307-1516)	Became Public Law No: 111-5 [GPO: Text, PDF]
H.R.31	To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.	House Reports: 111-103	6/9/2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.
H.R.146	An act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.		Became Public Law No: 111-11 [GPO: Text, PDF]	Omnibus land bill.
H.R.326	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes.		4/2/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
H.R.369	To designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, as wilderness, to designate certain river segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, and for other purposes.		2/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
H.R.438	To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes.		1/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.448	To protect seniors in the United States from elder abuse by establishing specialized elder abuse prosecution and research programs and activities to aid victims of elder abuse, to provide training to prosecutors and other law enforcement related to elder abuse prevention and protection, to establish programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse, and for other purposes.		2/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.523	To establish a United States Boxing Commission to administer the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, and for other purposes.		1/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
H.R.598	To provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.	House Reports: 111-8 Part 1, 111-8 Part 2	1/28/2009 Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Ways and Means, H. Rept. 111-8, Part II.	For further action, see H.R.1 , which became Public Law 111-5 on 2/17/2009.
H.R.629	To provide energy and commerce provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.	House Reports: 111-7 Part 1	1/27/2009 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 3.	For further action, see H.R.1 , which became Public Law 111-5 on 2/17/2009.
H.R.699	To modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes.		2/26/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
H.R.727	To provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.		1/27/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Natural Resources, 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.
H.R.763	To promote conservation and provide for sensible development in Carson City, Nevada, and for other purposes.		2/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
H.R.839	To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties and other Indian groups in North Carolina, and for other purposes.		2/3/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.845	To authorize the Crow Tribe of Indians water rights settlement, and for other purposes.		2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
H.R.898	To authorize grants to establish and improve criminal forensic laboratories.		3/16/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.1061	To transfer certain land to the United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.		6/3/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.
H.R.1064	To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives.		3/30/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
H.R.1065	To resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.		2/20/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
H.R.1105	Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.		Became Public Law No: 111-8 [GPO: Text, PDF]	An explanatory statement was submitted by Mr. Obey, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations "as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference." It appears in two 2/23/2009 Congressional Record documents on pages: H1653-H2088 and H2089-H2599. See also the House Appropriations committee print.
H.R.1129	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.		2/23/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1152	To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Semester of Service grant program, and for other purposes.		4/22/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
H.R.1189	To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a national screening program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States the option to provide medical assistance for men and women screened and found to have colorectal cancer or colorectal polyps.		2/25/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1210	To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other purposes.		2/26/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1234	To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes.		2/26/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1256	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.	House Reports: 111-58 Part 1, 111-58 Part 2	Became Public Law No: 111-31 [GPO: Text, PDF]
H.R.1262	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.	House Reports: 111-26	3/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
H.R.1333	To amend chapter 40 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt the transportation, shipment, receipt, or importation of explosive materials for delivery to a federally recognized Indian tribe or an agency of such a tribe from various Federal criminal prohibitions relating to explosives.		4/27/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.1358	To reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.		3/5/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1385	To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.	House Reports: 111-104	6/4/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
H.R.1388	A bill entitled "The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws."	House Reports: 111-37	Became Public Law No: 111-13 [GPO: Text, PDF]
H.R.1395	To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.		4/29/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R.1554	To take certain property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, into trust for the benefit of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and for other purposes.		3/17/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1562	To provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River.		3/17/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1607	To provide for and promote the economic development of Indian tribes by furnishing the necessary capital, financial services, and technical assistance to Indian-owned business enterprises, to stimulate the development of the private sector of Indian tribal economies, and for other purposes.		3/19/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1671	To understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use.		3/23/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1676	To prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other purposes.	House Reports: 111-117	6/1/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1697	To ensure the coordination and integration of Indian tribes in the National Homeland Security strategy and to establish an Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.		3/30/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
H.R.1727	To establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish criminal arsonist and criminal bomber registries and to require the Attorney General to establish a national criminal arsonist and criminal bomber registry program, and for other purposes.		4/27/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.1748	To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance the investigation and prosecution of mortgage fraud and financial institution fraud, and for other purposes.	House Reports: 111-95 Part 1	4/30/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1834	To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, and for other purposes.		5/13/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Provisions of Measure Incorporated intoH.R.2352 .
H.R.1899	To extend Federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida.		4/2/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1913	To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.	House Reports: 111-86, 111-86 Part 2	5/4/2009 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 43.
H.R.1924	To amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000, and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve the prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country, and for other purposes.		5/26/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.1945	To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility and suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and a delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation in the State of California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes.		4/13/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
H.R.2099	To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.		4/23/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.2277	To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes.		5/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.2352	To amend the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.	House Reports: 111-112	5/21/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
H.R.2507	To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a demonstration program to adapt the lessons of providing foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to the provision of Federal economic development assistance to certain similarly situated individuals, and for other purposes.		5/19/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.2523	To amend the Act titled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases", approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval from the Secretary of the Interior.		5/20/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.2576	To restore Federal recognition to the Chinook Nation, and for other purposes.		5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
H.R.2678	To extend Federal recognition to the Duwamish Tribe, and for other purposes.		6/3/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.2682	To require that the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of certain Government agencies, and for other purposes.		6/3/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R.2973	To require the Secretary of the Interior to notify units of local government when a Native American group files a petition to become a federally recognized Indian tribe and before the decision on the petition is made, and for other purposes.		6/19/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.2982	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to transfer the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources.		6/19/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.3061	To require the Secretary of the Interior to assess the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project in the State of Colorado and provide grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to assess, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing infrastructure, and for other purposes.		6/25/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.AMDT.160 to H.R.1385	Amendment provides that eminent domain may not be used to acquire lands in fee or in trust for an Indian tribe recognized under this Act.		6/3/2009 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Goodlatte amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
S.J.RES.14	A joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.		4/30/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.22	A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.		3/11/2009 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 282 - 144 (Roll no. 117).	For further action, see H.R.146, which became Public Law 111-11 on 3/30/2009.
S.38	A bill to establish a United States Boxing Commission to administer the Act, and for other purposes.		5/20/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
S.277	A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.		3/18/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.
S.280	A bill to develop a program to acquire interests in land from eligible individuals within the Crow Reservation in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.		1/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.313	A bill to resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.		4/2/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
S.350	An original bill to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.		1/29/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 20.	For further action, see H.R.1 , which became Public Law 111-5 on 2/17/2009.
S.375	A bill to authorize the Crow Tribe of Indians water rights settlement, and for other purposes.		2/4/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.390	A bill to expand the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to convey certain relocatable military housing units to Indian tribes located in Idaho and Nevada.		2/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
S.435	A bill to provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, health, gang-free, and law-abiding lives.		2/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.439	A bill to provide for and promote the economic development of Indian tribes by furnishing the necessary capital, financial services, and technical assistance to Indian-owned business enterprises, to stimulate the development of the private sector of Indian tribal economies, and for other purposes.		2/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.443	A bill to transfer certain land to the United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.		4/2/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
S.450	A bill to understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use.		2/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.465	A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Semester of Service grant program, and for other purposes.		2/24/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.530	A bill to extend Federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida.		3/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.617	A bill to provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River.		3/17/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.633	A bill to establish a program for tribal colleges and universities within the Department of Health and Human Services and to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize the provision of grants and cooperative agreements to tribal colleges and universities, and for other purposes.		4/2/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
S.678	A bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.		3/24/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.789	A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility and suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and a delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation in the State of California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes.		4/2/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S.797	A bill to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000, and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve the prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country, and for other purposes.		6/25/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
S.802	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to transfer the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources.		4/2/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.881	A bill to provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.		4/23/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S.909	A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.		4/28/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.980	A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a demonstration program to adapt the lessons of providing foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to the provision of Federal economic development assistance to certain similarly situated individuals, and for other purposes.		5/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.985	A bill to establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes.		5/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1005	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in the United States.		5/14/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
S.1039	A bill to provide grants for the renovation, modernization or construction of law enforcement facilities.		5/14/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1167	A bill to require that the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of certain Government agencies, and for other purposes.		6/3/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S.1178	A bill to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.		6/3/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.1229	A bill to reauthorize and improve the entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.		6/18/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
S.1264	A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to assess the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project in the State of Colorado and provide grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to assess, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing infrastructure, and for other purposes.		6/15/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.1388	A bill to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes.		6/25/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.