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USET Legislative Priorities (February 2016)
2014 Election Results Archive
Budget
Contract Support Costs
DOI Settlement
- HSDW Memo 8.30.2016: Final Payment Amounts Released for Ramah Class Members
- Exhibit B – Claim Form Amounts for Class Members - Ramah Navajo Chapter, Oglala Sioux Tribe & Pueblo of Zuni v. Jewell Class
Counsel Question & Answer Fact Sheet 8.18.2016 - HSDW Memo 8.22.2016: BIA CSC Workshop Revises Draft Policy Based on
Comments from Tribal Consultation; Update on Ramah Settlement and Payment Process
- Comments of Draft Contract Support Policy Announced by Dear Tribal Leader Letter Dated March 22, 2016
- Final Approved Draft CSC Indian Affairs Manual Chapter w edits 8.16.2016 - Ramah Navajo Chapter Class Action Settlement Claim Form 8.15.2016 - Ramah Navajo Chapter, Oglala Sioux Tribe & Pueblo of Zuni v. Jewell Class
Counsel Question and Answer Fact Sheet 8.3.2016 - USET SPF Comments on BIA Draft Contract Support Costs Policy 7.29.2016 - HSDW Memo – Contract Support Costs FY 2017 Appropriations Update
6.17.2016 - USET SPF Comments on IHS Contract Support Costs Policy 6.10.2016 - HSDW Memo – 5.20.2016: BIA Holds Contract Support Costs Policy
Consultation Sessions - Draft BIA CSC Policy - CSC Policy Crosswalk from Existing Policy to Proposed Final Policy - HSDW Memo – 4.19.2016: Template Comment Letter on Draft IHS CSC Policy
Template Letter - IHS CSC Policy 4.12.2016 - HSDW Memo – 4.12.16: IHS Opens 60-Day Consultation Period on Contract
Support Cost Policy - The Principal Deputy Director writes to notify Tribal Leaders that effective April
11, 2016, a Tribal Consultation opens for a 60-day period to consult with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal Organizations on the Indian Health Service Contract Support Costs Policy
- Enclosure: Draft Contract Support Costs Policy - IHS & BIA Announce Tribal Consultation on Contract Support Costs - DOI BIA CSC Policy Tribal Consultation Information (DTLL & PowerPoint
Presentation) - HSDW Memo- 3.7.16: BIA and IHS Roll Out Draft CSC Policy at NCAI Sessions - CSC Draft Policy for Discussion - IHS CSC Update PowerPoint
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- IHS CSC Updated Policy from NCAI Sessions - HSDW Memo – 2.24.2016 Court Approves Final Settlement in Ramah CSC
Class Action - Judgement Approving Settlement - Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Approving Final Settlement - List of Class Members & Their Share of Net Settlement Amount - HSDW Memo- 2.16.16 IHS CSC Workgroup Meets, Agrees on Rough Draft of
CSC Policy; Administration Proposes Indefinite CSC Appropriations Again for FY 2017; Tribes Advocate Mandatory CSC Appropriations
- The IHS Contract Support Costs (CSC) Workgroup has revised a new policy for Tribal review and comment
- Tribes Receive $940 Million In Federal Contracts Settlement - HSDW Memo – 2.3.16: IHS CSC Workgroup Meeting Yields Further Progress on Policy - HSDW Memo – 1.12.15: BIA Releases Revised Draft of New CSC Policy; IHS Initiates
Consultation on CSC Policy; Ramah Class Moves for Final Approval of Settlement - Dear Tribal Leader Letter – 1.7.16: Initiate a Consultation on the Indian Health Service
Contract Support Costs Policy - BIA’s Release of a Revised Draft CSC Policy - HSDW Memo: IHS Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriation Contains Indefinite CSC
Appropriation
- HSDW Memo December 11, 2015: IHS Contract Support Cost Workgroup Meets in
Denver, Works on Draft CSC Policy
o IHS Letter to TSGAC re Duplication December 4 2015
o IHS CSC Policy November 20 2015 for Comparison
o IHS CSC Policy Tribal Version November 19 2015 Additional Edits in redline
o CSC Negotiation Templates – August 8 2015
o CSC Funding Summary FY 2014 and FY 2015
IHS CSC Policy - HSDW Memo 9.26.2016: IHS CSC Workgroup Describes Policy Gains and
Remaining Issues in Letter to IHS Principal Deputy Director Mary Smith - NPAIHB Letter to Mary Smith re: Perspectives on the New Policy from Tribal
Contract Support Costs Workgroup Members 9.26.2016 - HSDW Memo 9.21.2016: IHS CSC Workgroup Addresses Comments on Draft
Policy - IHS CSC Draft Policy Comments Open Topics/Items
Contract Support Costs Archive 2015 Contract Support Costs Archive 2014 Contract Support Costs Archive 2013
Department of Homeland Security
Dept of Homeland Security Archive 2015 Federal Appropriations
Fiscal Year 2017 - HSDW Memo 9.29.2016: FY 2017 Continuing Resolution through December 9
Enacted - HSDW Memo 9.23.2016: Fiscal Year 2017 Continuing Resolution Still
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Unresolved - A good summary of the status of the Federal budget for FY 2017 - Five Top
Questions About a Continuing Resolution - March 17, 2016: USET SPF Testimony House Appropriations Subcommittee on
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FY 2017 Native American Public Witness Hearings
- Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee FY17 Hearing Schedule (Interior, Environment & Related)
- HSDW Memo: White House Directive to Federal Agencies re: FY 2017 Native Youth Priorities
Fiscal Year 2016 Archive
Fiscal Year 2015 Archive Fiscal Year 2014 Archive Fiscal Year 2013 Archive
Federal Budget Process/Timeline Federal Budget Process/Timeline Archive 2014
Indian Health Services (IHS) Budget Formulation Workgroup
Labor HHS Appropriations
- HSDW Memo: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Uniform Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for federal Awards
Uniform Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for federal Awards Archive 2015
OMB Archive 2014 OMB Archive 2013
President’s Budget Request
- FACT SHEET President Obama Proposes New Funding to Build
Resilience of Alaska’s Communities and Combat Climate Change
- Standing with Indian Country
- NIEA Applauds Focus on Education and Native Students in
Obama’s Final Budget Request
- NCAI Analysis of the President's FY2017 Budget Request President’s Budget Request Archive 2015
Sequestration Sequestration Archives 2015
Tribal Interior Budget Council (TIBC)
TIBC Archives 2013
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Census
- 2020 Census Tribal Consultations - Miami, FL 1:00 - 5:00 pm October 4
(Education & Awareness Session) - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Consultation Meeting
October 5; Fort Hall, ID 1:00 - 5:00 pm October 19 (Education & Awareness
Session) - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Consultation Meeting October 20; Chandler,
AZ 1:00 - 5:00 pm November 17 (Education & Awareness Session) - 9:00 am -
5:00 pm Consultation Meeting November 18
- Tribal Consultation Handbook: Background Materials for Tribal Consultations on the 2020 Census.
- Federal Register
Congress
Congress Archive 2015
SCIA
SCIA Archive 2015
Culture And Heritage
Culture and Heritage Archives 2015 Doctrine of Discovery
- USET SPF Letter to General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)-
3.15.2016
Indian Arts & Crafts
Indian Arts & Crafts Archives 2013
Indian Child Welfare Act - DOI Releases Schedule of ICWA Trainings – Beginning August 15 through November
17 – webinars & On site trainings available - NICWA to Host Webinar on ICWA Regulations 3:30 pm EDT June 23 - Press Release June 8, 2016: Acting Assistant Secretary Roberts Issues Final
Regulations to Strengthen Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act, Focusing on Family Unification
- Final Rule: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Proceedings June 8, 2016 - Final Rule: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Frequently Asked Questions June 8, 2016 - Dear Tribal Leader Letter June 8, 2016 - Dear State Governor Letter June 8, 2016 - Administration for Children and Families publishes ICWA Data Requirements –
Comments Due May 9
- Indianz.com Article: Justice Department official warns of Indian Child Welfare Act fight
- Interior Announces Interagency Partnership With Justice and HHS to Strengthen ICWA
Implementation and Compliance
- HSDW Memo: Goldwater Institute Litigation Challenge to the Constitutionality of ICWA
Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2015 Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2014
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Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2013
Indian Programs Indian Programs Archive 2015
Mascot
Washington Redsk*ns
H.R. 1278 - Non-Disparagement of Native Americans in Trademark Registration Act - LAW360 Article: Redskins Can't Join High Court Trademark Case - LAW360 Article: High Court To Tackle Ban On Offensive Trademarks - DC Football Team Asks Supreme Court to Review Trademark Case
Washington Mascot Change Archive 2015 Washington Mascot Change Archive 2014 Washington Mascot Change Archive 2013
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act - Udall Amendments to H. Con. Res. 122 supporting efforts to stop theft,
illegal possession or sale, transfer, and export of tribal cultural items
- Congressional Record Senate Passage of PROTECT Act
- Cole Comments on Passage of PROTECT Patrimony Resolution
- Congressman Pearce’s Resolution to Stop Illegal Sale of Tribal Items
Passes House
- Congressional Record – House September 21 2016
- Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Lawrence Roberts
DTLL August 26 re: International Repatriation & Consultation Sessions
- U.S. v. Acoma Ceremonial Shield Civil Docket for Case#: I:16-cv-00832-
MV-KBM
- Warrant of Arrest In REM (civ. No. 16-cv-00832-MV-KBM) 8.31.2016
- Government Accountability Office (GAO) Agrees to Study Federal Efforts
to Stop Illegal Sale of Native American Cultural Items
- Letter from GAO
- National Park Service is seeking nominations for one member of the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee
Nominations Due September 26
- Federal Legislative Repatriation Measures – Summary 8.3.2016
- International Repatriation Handout NCAI June 2016
- USET SPF supports the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP)
Act of 2016, being introduced by Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
7/6/2016
- Ninth Circuit Directs District Court to Hear Navajo Nation Claim for Native
Human Remains Excavated from Canyon de Chelly
Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
Archive 2013
Other - Secretaries Pritzker, Jewell Applaud President’s Designation of Northeast Canyons and
Seamounts Marine National Monument - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Letter Re: SB 1054 to Senators Gardiner and
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Joyner 2.25.2016 - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Letter Re: HB 803 to Representatives
Crisafulli and Pafford 2.25.2016 Other Culture & Heritage Archives 2014
Other Culture & Heritage Archives 2012
Sacred Sites
- USET SPF Action Alert: Attend Eastern Region Tribal Consultation on Federal Infrastructure Projects 11/10 November 4, 2016
- Stand with Standing Rock: Enough is Enough NCAI Action Alert 10/28/2016
- USET SPF Letter to President Obama re: Environmental Impact Statement and Denial of Easement for DAPL 10.21.2016
- USET SPF DAPL Status Report 10.20.16
- Senator Sanders Letter to President Obama on DAPL Oct 13 - Indian Country Today: Special NoDAPL Issue: Water Is Life - DAPL Circuit Court Ruling - Bismarck Tribune Article: Construction can resume on section of Dakota
Access (Oct 9) - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Update on
DC Circuit Proceedings 10.5.2016 - Unions push Obama to approve Dakota Access pipeline 'without delay' –
Letter to President Obama from Unions - HSDW Memo 10.3.2016: NCAI Webinar: Consultations on Tribal Input
into Federal Infrastructure Decisions - Boston Globe Article: Sexual Assault on the pipeline - Consultations on Infrastructure Decision Making - Phoenix, AZ 6:00 - 8:00
pm October 11 (Listening Session); Tribal Consultations - Seattle, WA 8:30 am - 12:30 pm October 25; Albuquerque, NM 8:30 am - 12:30 pm October 27; Billings, MT 8:30 am - 12:30 pm November 2; Old Town, ME 8:30 am – 12:30 pm November 10; Minneapolis, MN 8:30 am - 12:30 pm November 15; Rapid City, SD 8:30 am - 12:30 pm November 17; Conference Call Consultation 12:30 - 4:30 pm November 21
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Takes #NoDAPL to the UN - UN Special Rapporteur invited to Stand with Standing Rock – 9/20/2016 - Stand with Standing Rock Update from the Chairman - 9/20/2016 - HSDW Memo: Report of Preliminary Injunction Hearing in Dakota Access
Pipeline Suit 8.30.2016 - MSNBC Video - Rewrite: the Protests at Standing Rock - NY Times Opinion Article: Taking a Stand at Standing Rock 8.24.2016 - Senator Heinrich Introduces Bill To Prohibit Exporting Sacred Native
American Items - Congressman Pearce, Chairman Goodlatte, and Chairman
Sensenbrenner Initiate Investigation into Illegal Theft and Sale of Tribal Artifacts
- Letter from Pearce, Goodlatte and Sensenbrenner to Comptroller General of U.S. Gene Dodaro June 2016
- CQ Article: Campground’s Fate has Gosar Up in Arms – Latest on Oak Flat 4.4.2016
- Pearce Introduces Resolution to Protect Tribal Artifacts
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Resolution - USET Letter Supporting the Listing of the Chi’chil Bildagoteel Historic
District in the National Register
Sacred Sites Archive 2015 Sacred Sites Archive 2014 Sacred Sites Archive 2013
Traditional Gathering
Traditional Gathering Archive 2015
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration on Children and Families
Administration on Children and Families Archive 2014
Department of the Interior
Secretary Jewell Issues Order to Encourage Tribal Role in Managing Interior
Lands with Native American Connections
- Interior Department Taps Experienced Leaders for Key Positions in Indian Affairs
and Education
- USET SPF Comments on DOI Strategic Plan Revisions 9/20/2016
Economic Development
- September 21, 2016: USET SPF Testimony for the Record of the SCIA Legislative
Hearing on S. 2285, S. 3234, S. 3261, and H.R. 4685
CDFI
CDFI Archive 2015 CDFI Archive 2014
Gaming
Gaming Archive 2015 Gaming Archive 2014 Gaming Archive 2013
Marijuana
Marijuana Archive 2015
Native Act
- President Obama Signs NATIVE Act
Small Business Administration (SBA)
SBA Section 8 Archive 2015 SBA Section 8 Archive 2013
SBA 8(a) Contracting
TED Bonds
- New Treasury Department Guidance Provides Additional Flexibility on Tribal Economic
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Development Bonds
NAFOA Update
Tobacco
- FDA’s Updated Guidances for Tobacco Product Manufacturers and Investigators
- FDA - RFP to contract with Tribes to conduct compliance check inspections Application
Deadline May 31
Tobacco Archive 2015
Tobacco Archive 2014
MSA
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Archive 2015
USC Title 25 Chapter 44 – Native American Business Development, Trade
Promotion, and Tourism
NABDTP&T Archive 2014 DelBene
DelBene Archive 2014
Education - NIEA Applauds, Offers Insights on New Consultation Guidance - Obama Administration Announces New Resources to Help Ensure Opportunity for
Native Students - USET SPF Comments on the Native American Languages Program at the Department
of Education 9.15.2016 - BIE Seeks Input on Implementation of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) –
Consultation Phoenix, AZ October 12 - Roberts Announces Extension of Submission Date for BIE Accountability NRC
Nominations – Now October 3 - BIE Seeks Nominees for Accountability Negotiated Rulemaking Committee - Department of Education Releases Guidance on Civil Rights of Students with ADHD - USET SPF Comments on Every Student Succeeds Act Draft Accountability Regulations
8.1.2016 - Carlisle Indian Industrial School Descendant Survey – Final Report - NIEA Releases the First Comprehensive Publication on Native Education - "Native
Nations and American Schools: The History of Natives in The American Education System" A basic overview of the history and current state of Native education
- NIEA Native Education Review 6.16.2016 - Department of Education Releases Civil Rights Data Collection Report - NIEA Native Education Review 4.28.2016 - BIE Announces School Replacement Program Selections - Senate Committee of Indian Affairs (SCIA) will host a Legislative Hearing on April 6,
2016 on several Indian education bills (S.2304, S.2468, S.2580, S.2711) - One Pager on Senator Tester Education Bills - National Indian Education Association Applauds Focus on Education and Native
Students in Budget Request For Fiscal Year 2017
Education Archive 2014 Education Archive 2013
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Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)
- BIE is Seeking Nominations for Advisory Board that Supports Students with Disabilities
Deadline for Nomination Submission is July 11
- GAO Report Reveals BIE Failed to Conduct Inspections
- Senator Barrasso Announces Introduction of RAISE Act at NIEA's Head to the Hill Day
- Secretary Jewell Highlights Budget Gains to Finish Previously Identified BIE School
Construction Projects
BIE Archive 2015 BIE Archive 2014
Department of Education
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
ESEA Archive 2015
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act Archive 2013
Generation Indigenous Gen-I
- Historic Investment: $17.4 Million in Grants Available to Help Native Youth
Johnson O’Malley
Johnson O’Malley Archive 2015 Johnson O’Malley Archive 2014
Native Education Support and Training Act (NEST) Native Education Support and Training Act (NEST) Archive 2015
Environment and Natural Resources
- Ruiz, Grijalva Call for Greater Oversight to Protect the Health and Environmental Safety of Tribal Communities Signed Letter
Environment and Natural Resources Archive 2014
Climate Change
- Final Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects
of Climate Change in National Environmental Policy Act Review
- Climate Action Champions Website
Climate Change Archive 2014
Energy
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- Office of Indian Energy News
- DOE Releases Updated Draft Guidelines for Residential PACE Programs, Open for
Public Comment – deadline August 19
- DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) new interactive map
- Senate Names Conferees for Comprehensive Energy Legislation, Creating a Path
Forward; Tribal Input Needed
- Differences between the House & Senate Energy Bills – from HSDW 6.27.2016
Energy Archive 2015
Energy Archive 2014 Energy Archive 2013
EPA
- USET SPF Comments on EPA Clean Energy Incentive Program 9.2.2016 - USET SPF Comments on EPA Environmental Justice 2020 Draft Agenda
7.28.2016 - EPA Publishes Proposed Rule with Tribal Implications for the Clean
Energy Incentive Program; Comments Requested - DOJ EPA Consultation on the process for distribution of the Tribal Allocation
Subaccount of the Mitigation Trust from the partial settlement of In re Volkswagen
"Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation 3:00-
4:00 pm August 8, 10 & 15
EPA Archive 2013
Clean Air
EPA Clean Air Archive 2014 EPA Clean Air Archive 2013
Clean Water
EPA Clean Water Archive 2015
EPA Clean Water Archive 2014
EPA Clean Water Archive 2013
Gap Guidance
EPA Gap Guidance Archive 2013
Solid Waste
EPA Solid Waste Archive 2013
Fracking
Fracking Archive 2015
Hydraulic Fracturing
Hydraulic Fracturing Archive 2014
U.S. Fish and Wildlife U.S. Fish and Wildlife Archive 2015
Water - USET/ITCA/NCAI Joint Letter Requesting Tribal Water Operator Amendment to the
Water Resources Development Act (S.2848) 5.6.2016
Farm Bill
Farm Bill Archive 2014
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Farm Bill Archive 2013
Federal Communications Commission - FCC Announces Reauthorization of Its IAC and Solicits Nominations for
Membership on the Committee- Due December 5
FCC Archive 2013
Broadband - Broadband Guidance - Using IHBG, Title VI & ICDBG to Fund Broadband
Activities 2.24.2016 Broadband Archive 2015 Broadband Archive 2014
Cell Tower Placement
Cell Tower Placement Archive 2013
Positive Train Control/Railroad
Positive Train Control/Railroad Archive 2014
Spectrum Licenses
Spectrum Licenses Archive 2015
Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FEMA has an APP
- Federal Emergency Management Agency Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Establish a
Deductible for Public Assistance Program - Public Comment Period Ends March 21
- FEMA Seeking Comments on Disaster Declaration Deductible
FEMA Archive 2015
FEMA Archive 2014 FEMA Archive 2013
Stafford Act
- FEMA Initiates Consultation on Second Draft of Stafford Act Tribal Declarations Pilot
Guidance
Stafford Act Archive 2013
Federal Recognition - Ranking Member Grijalva: I Join Tribes In Strongly Opposing Just-Passed Republican
Bill That Politicizes Tribal Recognition Process - Rep. Bishop’s Tribal Recognition Act Advances to Restore Constitutional Intent - USET SPF Letter Opposing S. 2285 - the Lumbee Recognition Act - USET SPF Opposition to H.R. 3764, The Tribal Recognition Act
Federal Recognition Archive 2014 Federal Recognition Archive 2013
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BIA Part 83 Recognition
BIA Part 83 Recognition Archives 2015
Native Hawaiian
- Interior Department Finalizes Pathway to Reestablish a Formal Government-to-Government Relationship with the Native Hawaiian Community
Native Hawaiian Archive 2014
Food and Drug Administration
- USET SPF comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its draft Tribal Consultation Policy 5.31.2016
- FDA Announces Draft Tribal Consultation Policy and Dear Tribal Leader Letter
Health
- HSDW Memo 10.19.2016: 2016 NIHB Consumer Conference - NIHB Launches Zika Hub Page
Health Archive 2014
Advance Appropriations Advance Appropriations Archive 2015 Advance Appropriations Archive 2014
Affordable Care Act
Employer Mandate
- HealthCare.gov is Open for Business; New Webinars on How to Enroll, Pick a Plan –
Various webinar dates November 9 – January 10
- ACA News: Under the Affordable Care Act, People of Color Have Seen Greater Gains in
Health Coverage But Remain More Likely Than Whites to Be Uninsured
- Affordable Care Act Update: Applicable Percentages and Thresholds: Indexing
Adjustments Related to Certain Affordable Care Act Provisions for 2015-2018; Tribal
Sponsorship through a Marketplace (updated); & Tribal Employers under the ACA's
Employer Shared Responsibility Payment Rules: ALE Member Pay-or-Play Guide
- New Affordable Care Act Content for Native Youth Released
- CMS Releases AI/AN Summary of Benefits and Coverage Sample for Limited Cost
Sharing and Zero Cost Sharing – DTLL, Zero Cost Sharing Template & Limited Cost
Sharing Template
- Coalition Letter re H.R. 3080, the Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act June 15,
2016
- HSDW Memo 6.3.2016 – HHS Issues Final Rule on Nondiscrimination in Health
Programs
- HHS Final Rule Re: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities
5.18.2016
- Tribal Consultation Call on the ACA Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions 3:00 pm
EDT May 13
- ACA Reporting Deadline (for filing Electronically) June 30 – FAQ & Overview Toolkits
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Available Here
- ACA Reporting: IRS Deadline of March 31 Looms for Applicable Large Employers
- Employer Mandate Congressional Support Letter – Senate Finance Committee
- Employer Mandate Congressional Support Letter – House Ways & Means Committee
- HSDW Memo: ACA Employer Mandate Reporting Deadline Extended until March 31,
2016
IRS Notice
- USET Comments on CDC Draft Guideline on Prescribing Opioids
ACA Archive 2015 ACA Archive 2014 ACA Archive 2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Webinar - Marketplace: American Indian and Alaska Native Scenarios 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET October 26
- USET SPF Comments on CMS Proposed Rule Expanding Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model 9/6/2016
- HSDW Memo 7.20.2016: CMS issues final rule expanding uses of Medicare data by qualified entities
- CMS Final Rule 7.7.2016 - USET SPF Comments on Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
and Alternative Payment Model Incentive under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models 6/27/2016
- Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models
- HSDW Memo 6.10.2016: Comment Deadline Approaching on CMS Proposed Rule to Implement Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and Alternative Payment Model Incentive (deadline June 27)
- Notice of Public Rule Making Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 Quality Payment Program
- Dear Tribal Leader letter on Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule – All Tribes Call May 23 12:30pm EDT
- CMS New Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule Call Series Multiple Dates: May 5-June 9
- CMS Released Medicare Advantage Quality Data for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
CMS Archive 2015 CMS Archive 2014
Definition of Indian
Definition of Indian Archive 2015
Federal Employee Health Benefits
- HSDW General Memo 16-056 8.31.2016: OPM issues proposed rule governing
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access to Federal Employee Health Benefits for tribal employers and employees
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
- CMS All Tribes' Call on 100% FMAP State Health Official Letter Presentation
- HHS/CMS State Health Official Notice: Federal Funding for Services Received
through an IHS/Tribal Facility and Furnished to Medicaid-eligible American
Indians and Alaska Natives
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
Dear State Health Official Letter
HHS
- HHS Proposed Grant Rules Conflicts with OMB Guidelines and ISDEAA
- USET SPF Comments on HHS Rulemaking Effecting ISDEAA 8.11.2016
- HSDW Memo 16-50 (8/1/2016): HHS Proposed Rule on Grants Would Affect
ISDEAA; Comments Requested by August 12
- HHS Final Rule Re: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities
5.18.2016
- HHS Announces Annual Budget Consultation
HIPAA
HIPAA Archive 2013
Indian Health Care Improvement Act
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Archive 2014
IHS
- USET SPF Comments on IHS Draft Circular for Tribal Premium Sponsorship 10/31/2016
- USET SPF Further Comments on CHEF Proposed Rule 10/31/2016 - Joint Request to Extend Comment Period on Proposed IHS Realignment - HSDW Memo 10.14.2016: HHS Office of Inspector General Releases Report on IHS
Hospitals; CMS Award Quality Improvement Organization Contract - IHS Improving Patient Care (IPC) Elements eNewsletter - USET SPF Initial Comments on the Indian Health Service Realignment of Headquarters
and Centralization of Various Area Functions 10/5/2016 - USET SPF Comments on IHS Draft Quality Framework 10/3/2016 - IHS has a New Toolkit for Native Youth and Their Health Care Future – through National
Indian Health Outreach and Education - HSDW Memo: IHS Tribal Consultation Teleconference on the CHEF Proposed Rule
(8.19.2016) - Indian Country Today Op-Ed: Indian Health Services Can’t Be Fixed Overnight by W.
Ron Allen, Jefferson Keel, and Chief Malerba - HSDW Memo 16-51 (8/4/2016): Indian Health Service Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations
Update - Tribal Consultation on Draft Circular outlining Tribal Premium Sponsorship Scottsdale,
AZ 11:00 - 11:50 am September 19 & Phoenix, AZ 3:45 - 5:00 pm October 9 Written Comments Deadline October 31
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- Tribal Consultation on Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) Teleconference 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET August 16 & 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET October 24 In Person Scottsdale, AZ @ NIHB Consumer Conference 9:00 - 9:50 am September 19 In Person Phoenix, AZ @ NCAI Conference 1:00 - 2:00 pm October 9
- Tribal Consultation on a draft policy statement to expand the Community Health Aide program Teleconference 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET October 4 Written Comments deadline October 27 In Person Scottsdale, AZ @ NIHB Consumer Conference 1:00 - 2:30 pm September 19 In Person Phoenix, AZ @ NCAI Conference 2:15 - 3:30 pm October 9
- USET SPF and SGCETC Joint Testimony for the Record of HEALTTH Act Hearing July 26, 2016
- 2016 IHS and Tribal Health Care Facilities' Needs Assessment Report to Congress
- IHS Update - July 18 Letter to Tribal Leaders - Review and Comment of Tribal Premium Sponsorship draft IHS Circular – Tribal Consultation Call July 25 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
- HSDW Memo 7.20.2016: House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs holds legislative hearing on HEALTH Act to reform the Indian Health Service
- Senator Rounds Requests Audit of Indian Health Service - July 1, 2016: USET SPF Testimony for the Record of SCIA 6/16 Field
Hearing: Improving Accountability and Quality of Care at the Indian Health Service through S. 2953
- HSDW Memo 6.10.2016: Deadline Extended to June 17, 2016 for IHS Tribal Management Grants
- HSDW Memo 6.9.2016: Indian Health Service Purchased/Referred Care Webinar
- PRC Rates – Pricing Information Presentation - Purchased/Referred Care Rates Office of Resource Access and
Partnerships Presentation 6.7.2016 - Dear Provider Template Letter - Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Transparency in Tribal
Healthcare HEALTTH Act Released June 8, 2016 - DTLL on Proposed Rule for the Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund
(CHEF) June 1 - DTLL on Draft Policy to Expand Community Health Aide Program June 1 - Press Release: IHS Initiates Tribal Consultation on Draft Policy to
Expand Community Health Aide Program - USET SPF comments on Indian Health Service Proposed Rule on the
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) 5.10.2016 - HSDW Memo 16-020: Indian Health Service Issues Reimbursement
Rates for Calendar Year 2016 - Key Leadership Changes at IHS - IHS Staff Announcement - Principal Deputy of the Indian Health Service
Mary Smith - USET Testimony for the Record of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for
Hearing on “Reexamining the Substandard Quality of Indian Health Care in the Great Plains” and Listening Session on “Putting Patients First: Addressing Indian Country’s Critical Concerns Regarding Indian Health Service” February 17, 2016
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IHS Facilities
IHS Facilities Archive 2015
IHS-VA Agreements IHS-VA Agreements Archive 2015
Medicaid
Medicaid Archive 2015
Medicare
Medicare Archive 2015
Medicare-Like Rates - IHS Purchased/Referred Care Rates – Informational Webinar - HSDW Memo 5.18.2016: IHS Hosts an Informational Webinar on Purchased and
Referred Care Rates - USET SPF Comments on IHS Medicare-Like Rates Final Rule 5.18.2016
- HSDW Memo 3.21.2016: CMS issues final rule with comment period on expansion period of Medicare-Like Rates
- IHS Implements New "Medicare-like Rate" Rule for Tribes
Mental & Behavioral Health - Comment Period Open for the Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda - USET SPF Comments on SASP FY 2016 Funding Consultation 5.2.2016 - HSDW Memo 4.7.2016: IHS Consultation on Distribution of FY 2016 Substance
Abuse and Suicide Prevention Funding; Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Focus - DTLL re: Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) name
change – Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) Program – Funding & Consultation April 2016
MMPC/TTAG MMPC/TTAG Archive 2015
MSPI/DVPI
MSPI/DVPI Archive
Native Contract and Rate Expenditure (CARE) Act (previously - Medicare-Like Rates)
Medicare-Like Rates Archive 2015 Medicare-Like Rates Archive 2014 Medicare-Like Rates Archive 2013
Purchased-Referred Care (previously – Contract Health Services)
- All Tribes Call on the Final Rule on Payment for Physician and Other Health Care Professional Services Purchased by Indian Health Programs and Medical Charges Associated with Non-Hospital-Based Care (Purchased/Referred Care Rates) 3:00 - 4:00 pm EDT April 21
Purchased-Referred Care (previously – Contract Health
Services) Archive 2013 Self-Governance
- HSDW Memo 4.12.16: IHS, Veterans Affairs, and Treasury Officials
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Update Self-Governance Tribes on Health Care Issues; Office of Tribal Self-Governance Policy Review Workgroup Reports to Tribes
Additional Information - Sovereign Nations Newsletter – March 2016 Inaugural Edition
Self-Governance Archive 2015 Self-Governance Archive 2014
Self-Insurance
- HSDW Memo 5.2.2016: Amicus Brief Effort to Address Indian health Service’s
New Legal Position that Tribal Self-Insurance is an Alternate Resource Under
§2901(b)
Special Diabetes Program for Indians
- Special Diabetes Program for Indians Toolkits SDPI Archive 2015 SDPI Archive 2014 SPDI Archive 2013
Third-Party Revenue
Third-Party Revenue Archive 2015
VA
- USET SPF Comments on Notice of Tribal Consultation: Tribal Health Programs-
Community Care Consolidation FR Doc No: 2016-23483 11/4/2016
- Veterans Affairs Releases 2015 Executive Report
- USET Testimony for the Record of SCIA Legislative Hearing on S. 2417 The Tribal
Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act – May 25
VA Archive 2015
Homeland Security
Emergency Management - Office of Emergency Communications – Tribal Emergency Communications
Governance Profile - Fact Sheet & Profile
Housing - White House Council for Native American Affairs Releases Federal Government
Housing Support Programs Guide - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Newsletter Focuses on Housing
Financing in Indian Country - New HUD Funding Opportunity Deadline July 19 and July 27th Tribal Webinar - HUD Finalizes Improved Tribal Consultation Policy; Offers Plan to Establish New Tribal
Advisory Committee
Housing Archive 2014
Housing Improvement Program (HIP)
- Dear Tribal Leader Letter RE: Housing Improvement Program's (HIP) Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 funding distribution and Data Call activities
HIP Archive 2015 HIP Archive 2014
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HUD 184 Loan Program
- ONAP Codetalk e-news September 19, 2016. Temporary Year-End Closure processing Section 184
HUD 184 Loan Program Archive 2015 HUD 184 Loan Program Archive 2014
NAHASDA
NAHASDA Archive 2015
NAHASDA Archive 2014
NAHASDA Archive 2013
Other - Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers
of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions
- HUD proposes new formula for Indian Housing Block Grant Program
Other Archive 2015
Other Archive 2014
Other Archive 2013
International Affairs
Human Rights - International Updates: Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples - Update on Work at the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council -
Ending violence against indigenous women
Human Rights Archive 2015
United Nations - Roadmap for Consultation Process
- Compilation and Annex A-70-990
- Updated Participation Memo
- ILRC Submission
- General Assembly December Consultation - Call for Applications to attend December 14-15, 2017 General Assembly
consultation process concerning ways to enable the participation of Indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them. The deadline to receive applications is: 7 November 2016
- UN empowers expert body to monitor implementation of the UN Declaration
- UN President re-launches process to enable indigenous participation - Indian Law Resource Center Comments on the third compilation of views on
enabling the participation of Indigenous Governing Institutions at the UN - UN Compilation of Views on Indigenous Government Participation - UN Actions to address violence against indigenous women and girls
United Nations Archive 2015
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United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) - Indian Law Resource Center Submission to Inform the President of the
General Assembly Consults April 8 - UN Consultations: Implementing the UN Declaration and Indigenous
Leader Participation - Written Contribution to Inform the OHCHR Expert Workshop on the
Review of the Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, April 4-5, 2016 – 3.14.2016
- International Indian Treaty Council Information Fact Sheet - Concept Note – Expert Workshop to Review the Mandate of the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Report of the Third Committee and Recommendation
UNDRIP Archive 2015 UNDRIP Archive 2014
American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
DRAFT American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Organization of American States adopts American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 6.15.2016
- International Updates from Indian Law Resource Center June 1 - Advance Edited Version – Expert workshop to review the mandate of the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 5.10.2016 - Letter from President of General Assembly - ILRC Statement 5.18.2016
World Conference On Indigenous Peoples (WCIP)
- WCIP Roadmap of Events - World Conference Follow-up - Questionnaire for Written Contributions to the Expert Workshop on the Review of the
Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - U.S. Consultation Invitation FLYER February 25, 2016 – Washington, DC - Indian Law Resource Center’s WCIP Roadmap of Important Meetings 2016-2017 - Form for Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives to Participate in the Expert Workshop to
Review the Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples April 45, 2016 - Deadline for submission: February 12
WCIP Archive 2015
WCIP Archive 2014
Justice & Law Enforcement - DOJ Announces Expansion of Program to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime
Information Databases - US Sentencing Commission Seeks Member for Tribal Issues Advisory Group - Deadline
October 24
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- Joint Jurisdiction Courts: A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations
- Senators Tester and Franken Introduce Legislation to Expand Tribal Jurisdiction
Press Release
Code X Program
Code X Program Archive 2015
Indian Juvenile Justice Code - Interior, Justice and HHS Departments Announce Revised BIA Model Indian Juvenile
Code
Joint Task Force on Maine Native Killings
- USET Letters (follow up from send in November 2015) Requesting Meeting and DOJ Appointments to Joint Task Force on Native Killings
Joint Task Force on Maine Native Killings Archive 2015
Marijuana
Marijuana Archive 2015
Tobacco
Tobacco Archive 2015
Tribal Law and Order Act
- USET SPF Letter on S. 2920, the Tribal Law and Order Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2016 - Sent June 22, 2016
- USET SPF Comments on the Tribal Law and Order Act March 29, 2016 - Guide to Implementing VAWA and TLOA - A Roadmap for Making Native America Safer – Report to the President & Congress of
the U.S. - HSDW Memo – 2.3.14: Indian Law and Order Commission Report
Tribal Law and Order Act Archive 2015
Voting Rights
Voting Rights Archive 2015
Labor & Employment - Six Ways to Help Implement Effective Tribal Labor and Employment Practices in
2016
Labor & Employment Archive 2014
Labor & Employment Archive 2013
Overtime - The Department of Labor's Overtime Rule Goes into Effect in 30 Days on
December 1
- NAFOA hosting a webinar on Department of Labor Overtime Rule Tuesday,
June 14 at 2:00 pm EDT
- NAFOA Policy Alert: What Tribes Should do to Prepare for the Overtime Rule
- Department of Labor Overtime Rule Webinar Resources
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- Department of Labor Updates Salary Basis Test for Overtime Determination
Overtime Archive 2015
NLRB
- Supreme Court won't hear NLRB cases – Article “Supreme Court deals setback to
Tribes in Labor Sovereignty Dispute” 6.27.2016
NLRB Archive 2015
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act
- Coalition Letter Regarding the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act – Senate Nov 15, 2016
- Coalition Letter re S. 248, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act – National Defense Authorization Act - to Senate
- Indianz.com Article: Indian Country pushes for action on Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act
- Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership Requesting Action on Tribal Labor Sovereignty – April 6 2016
TLSA Archive 2015
Land Issues
- Obama Administration Exceeds Ambitious Goal to Restore 500,000 Acres of Tribal Homelands
- Article: House Moves On Bills That Would Allow States To Seize Millions Of Acres Of Public Lands HR 3650 HR 2316 HR 4579
Land Issues Archive 2015
Land Issues Archive 2014
BIA/Rights of Way - Interior Rights-of-Way Rule Affirms Tribal Government Authority
Carcieri
Barrasso Carcieri Bill S. 1879: Interior Improvement Act
Information
Co-Sponsors of S. 1879
Moran Trust Land Bill S. 1931
- Memorandum in Support of Motion for Reconsideration – Clarification
(Mashpee) 8.24.2016
- Grand Ronde V. Jewell DC Circuit Opinion 7.29.2016
- Mashpee Wampanoag District Court Decision 7.28.2016
- Coalition for Tribal Sovereignty Letter to U.S. Congress re: 2009 Carcieri
v. Salazar Decision March 17, 2016
Carcieri Archive 2015
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Carcieri Archive 2014
Carcieri Archive 2013
Related Litigation
- Mashpee Land into Trust Motion to Reconsider – Filed 10/12/2016
Related Litigation Archive 2014
Cowlitz
Cowlitz Archive 2014
Big Lagoon Rancheria
Big Lagoon Rancheria Archive 2015
Big Lagoon Rancheria Archive 2014
HEARTH Act
HEARTH Act Archive 2014
Indian Reorganization Act Indian Reorganization Act Archive 2015
Interior Improvement Act - Senate Report 114-275 S.1879 Interior Improvement Act
Interior Improvement Act Archive 2015
Land Buy-Back
Land Buy-Back Archive 2015
Land-into-Trust - Summary of Senate Hearing on S. 2636, Legislation to Mandate
Approval of On-Reservation Land into Trust Applications - BIA Issues Revised Fee-to-Trust Handbook - Acting Assistant Secretary Roberts Announces Updates to BIA
Handbook to Improve Land-into-Trust and Reservation Proclamation Processes
- Indianz.com Article: A ‘partial’ land-into-trust fix added to Interior appropriations bill
- Indianz.com Article: Another land-into-trust fix reportedly being drafted in the Senate
- BIA Rule Would Ease Tribal Land-Into-Trust Bids Land-into-Trust Archive 2015
Land Reaffirmation
Land Reaffirmation Archive 2015
Nebraska v Parker - SCOTUS Decision Nebraska v Parker
- Turtle Talk: Commentary on SCOTUS Omaha Reservation Boundaries Oral Arguments
Patchak
Patchak Archive 2014
Patchak Archive 2013
Rights-of-Way
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- Bureau of Indian Affairs Extends Rights-of-Way Final Rule by 90 Days
Rights-of-Way Archive 2015
Rights-of-Way Archive 2014
25 CFR Part 151
25 CFR Part 151
Native American Enterprise Initiative (NAEI) - NAEI Circle – third Quarter 2016 Newsletter
Research
Common Rule - USET Submits Comments on Revisions to “Common Rule” on the Protection of Human
Subjects
Restrictive Settlement Act
Restrictive Settlement Act Archive 2014
Self-Governance - Tribal Self Governance All Tribes Newsletter June 2016 - All Tribes Tribal Self-Governance Newsletter – February 2016
Self-Governance Archive 2015
Self-Governance Archive 2014
Self-Governance Archive 2013
Social Services
Child Care Child Care Archive 2014
Foster Care and Family Stability - Foster Care: Most Tribes Do Not Anticipate Challenges with Case Goal
Changes, but HHS Could Further Promote Guardianship Assistance - ACF Announces Amendments to Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and
Reporting System – Comments due May 9 Foster Care and Family Stability Archive 2015
State of the Union/Indian Nations
State of the Union/Indian Nations Archive 2015
Substance Abuse
Opiods - Arizona PBS write up of NCAI session at Annual in Phoenix re: opioid addiction - Opioid Legislation Approved by Congress - New IHS Policy for Prescribers on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs - CDC Issues New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids - DTLL re: new MOU between IHS and BIA to combat opioid abuse in Indian Country
Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)
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- HSDW Memo 10.6.2016: Summary of Lewis v. Clarke Amicus Strategy Call
- HSDW Memo 9.29.2016: Supreme Court Grants Petition for Certiorari in Tribal
Sovereign Immunity Dispute, Lewis v. Clarke
- NARF Tribal Supreme Court Project June 2016 Update
- U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in U.S. v. Bryant
- NARF Tribal Supreme Court Project April 2016 Update
- Amicus Brief in support of Shinnecock Indian Nation No. 15-1215 4.28.2016
- Supreme Court Nominee Has No Clear Track Record on Indian Country Cases
- Nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States
- HSDW Memo 16-024 Supreme Court Rules the Omaha Indian Reservation was not
Diminished
- SCOTUS Decision Nebraska v Parker
- USET Participates in Little River Band of Ottawa Amicus Brief - March 17, 2016 - HSDW Memo: Supreme Court Issues Decision in Menominee Indian Tribe v. United
States
SCOTUS Archive 2015
SCOTUS Archive 2014
SCOTUS Archive 2013
Dollar General - Decision in Dollar General v. MBCI June 23, 2016
No. 13-1496
USET SPF Issues Statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dollar General v.
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 6/23/2016
MBCI Press Release Re Dollar General v MBCI Decision
HSDW Memo 6.24.2016 Re: Dollar General Case
HSDW National Tribal Amicus Brief Dollar General Corporation v MBCI October
2015
Turtle Talk Article by Matthew L.M. Fletcher (posted on June 23, 2016) “Impact of
Dollar General Affirmance”
Law 360 Article by Andrew Westney (posted June 23, 2016) “BREAKING: Justices'
Tie Means Dollar General Can't Dodge Tribal Court”
Samantha Bee on Dollar General and Tribal Courts
Dollar General Archive 2015
King v. Burwell
King v. Burwell Archive 2015
Taxation - Current Developments in Tribal Taxation Issues and Initiatives – by Wendy Pearson,
HSDW Counsel
- Courts Side with Tribes in the First Tax Disputes Testing the Obama Administration
Land Leasing Regulations – by F. Michael Willis, HSDW Counsel
- HSDW Memo 8.9.2016: Tax Policy Developments
- NCAI PowerPoint H.R. 4943: The Tribal Tax & Investment Reform Act 8.4.2016
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- H.R. 4943 Sample Letter to House of Representatives
- H.R. 4943 Sample Letter to Senate
- HSDW Memo 7.22.2016: Tax Policy Developments
- HSDW Memo 7.7.2016: Tax Policy Developments
- Interim Guidance on Direct Pay of Tribal Lease Funds – Memo from Director Jacobs
5.26.2016
- Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2016
- HSDW Memo 2.23.2016: Tax Policy Developments
Taxation Archive 2015
Taxation Archive 2014
General Tax Updates
General Tax Updates Archive 2015 General Tax Updates Archive 2014
Comprehensive Tax Reform
Comprehensive Tax Reform Archive 2014
Comprehensive Tax Reform Archive 2013
GWE
GWE Archive 2015
GWE Archive 2014
GWE Archive 2013
Health
Health Archive 2014 HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health)
HITECH Archive 2013
IRS
- IRS Releases 2017 Work Plan for Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division (TE/GE) Indian Tribal Gov't Committee
- Tribal Organizations Letter to IRS Commissioner re: IRS ACT Restructuring March 11, 2016
IRS Archive 2015
New Market Tax Credits
New Market Tax Credits Archive 2014
State and Dual Taxation - Article: State, Local Taxes on Tribal Leases Vulnerable After California Court Order - Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Riverside County, et al Decision
State and Dual Taxation Archive 2015
State and Dual Taxation Archive 2014
State and Dual Taxation Archive 2013
Tax Extenders
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Extenders Archive 2015 Extenders Archive 2014
Tax Reform
Tax Reform Archive 2015
Tribal Council Pay Tribal Council Pay Archive 2015
Tribal Treasury Advisory Committee (TTAC)
- House Ways and Means Committee Chair Appoints Patricia King to the Tribal Treasury Advisory Committee
- USET SPF Urges Treasury to Convene Treasury’s Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC) 10/10/2016
- Sen. Wyden Appoints Council Member of the Confederated Tribe of the Siletz Indians to the Tribal Treasury Advisory Committee
Trust Per Capita
- New Tax Treatment on Per Capita Distributions of Direct Pay Lease Funds
Trust Per Capita Archive 2015 Trust Per Capita Archive 2014 Trust Per Capita Archive 2013
Transportation
BIA Roads
BIA Roads Archive 2013
Department of Transportation
DOT Archive 2014
FAST ACT FAST ACT Archive 2015
Indian Reservation Roads (IRR)
IRR Archive 2013
Map-21
Map-21 Archive 2015
Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization - HSDW Memo: Surface Transportation Reauthorization Enacted; Tribal Transportation
Self-Governance Program Established--December 11, 2015
Final Highway Bill Conference Report and Explanatory Statement
Transportation Reauthorization
Transportation Reauthorization Archive 2014
Treasury - IRS Makes Changes to Its Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government
Entities (ACT)
Tribal Consultation Policy
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Tribal Consultation Policy Archive 2015
Tribal Governments Tribal Governments Archive 2015
Tribal Sovereign Immunity Michigan vs Bay Mills
Michigan vs Bay Mills Archive 2014
Michigan vs Bay Mills Archive 2013
Other - Law360 Article: High Court To Weigh Tribal Employees' Immunity To Tort Suits
Other TSI Archive 2015 Other TSI Archive 2014 Other TSI Archive 2013
Trust Asset Reform/Trust Reform/Trust Responsibility - HSDW Memo 8.8.2016: Tribal Consultation and Listening Sessions
Scheduled for the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act Multiple dates & Locations August 17 – September 19
- HSDW Memo 6.1.2016: Senate Approves HR 812, the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act, by Unanimous Consent, Next Stop: the White House
- USET SPF Priorities for US Commission on Civic Rights "Quiet Crisis" Report - Letter to Commissioner Castro, Chairman 2.26.2016
Trust Responsibility/Trust Reform Archive 2013
Administration/Department of Interior Administration/Department of Interior Archive 2014
Cobell
Cobell Archive 2015
Cobell Archive 2014
Cobell Archive 2013
Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform (SCITAR) SCITAR Archive 2014
SCITAR Archive 2013
Morton v. Mancari
Morton v Mancari Archive 2013
Trust Modernization
- Indian Trust Asset Reform Act (ITARA) and new proposed rule on minimum qualifications for appraisers involved in sales of Indian trust property
- House Passes Trust Asset Reform Bill
Trust Modernization Archive 2015
Trust Reform Legislation Trust Reform Legislation Archive 2014
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USET Trust Reform USET Trust Reform Archive 2012
USDA USDA Blog: NRCS Helps to Keep Native American Traditions Alive
- USDA Feasibility Study on Tribal Administration of Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs
- HSDW GENERAL MEMORANDUM 16-054 - USDA Issues Report "Feasibility of Tribal Administration of Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs"
VAWA
VAWA - with Tribal Provisions Intact - has been signed into LAW!* NIJ animated video based on the NIJ report “violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men”
- Sexual Assault on the Pipeline: Resource Extraction & Violence Against Native Women - White House to Host Inaugural North American Working Group on Violence Against
Indigenous Women & Girls Meeting October 14, 2016
White House Fact Sheet: Key Deliverables for the Inaugural Meeting of the North
American Working Group on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls
White House Fact Sheet: North American Working Group on Violence Against
Indigenous Women and Girls, New Commitments and Accomplishments from the
Obama Administration
Video
- Current Issue of Restoration – October 2016 - DOJ Listening Session on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls for Tribal
Leaders 3:00 pm EDT September 16 (telephone) & 9:00 – 11:30 am September 28 (in person) Washington, DC
- BIA sponsored Free VAWA Training for Tribal judges, prosecutors, public defenders and Tribal Leaders in trial advocacy skills and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction over Non-Indians - Cherokee, NC August 24-26
VAWA Archive 2014
VAWA Archive 2013
Victims of Crime Act Fund - HSDW Memo 16-053 8.19.2016: Victims of Crime Act Victims Assistance Program Final
Rule; Appropriations Committees Recommend Crime Victims Fund Tribal Allocation
Victims of Crime Act Archive 2015
Veterans Affairs - USET SPF Comments on Proposed Rule re: Recognition of Tribal Organizations for
Representation of VA Claimants 9/20/2016 - VA Formal Tribal Consultation session Washington, DC 9:00 - 11:00 am September 28 - Webinar on Proposed Rule to Recognize Tribal Organizations for Representation of VA
Claimants September 1 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT - VA Releases Report on Nation's Largest Analysis of Veteran Suicide - Proposed Rule to 38 CFR Part 14, Recognition of Tribal Organizations for
Representations of VA Claimants Comments due September 19 - Department of Veterans Affairs Consultation - seeking priorities of Tribal
Governments for serving Veterans in Indian Country Spokane, WA 5:15
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pm June 29 Draft Consultation Agenda - Information for Wounded Warriors and Veterans Who Have a
Compensation Rating of 100% Permanent &Total - Deadline Extended - Comments now due April 26 - Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) is considering issuing a proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations concerning recognition of certain national, State, and regional or local organizations for purposes of VA claims representation
- VA DTLL requesting Tribal consultation for an amendment to part 14 of title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) March 3, 2016
- Veterans Affairs Public Affairs Website
Veterans Affairs Archive 2015
Veterans Affairs Archive 2014
Veterans Affairs Archive 2013
White House My Brother’s Keeper
My Brother’s Keeper Archive 2014
White House Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans White House Advisory Council on
Financial Capability for Young Americans Archive 2013
White House Council on Native American Affairs - Respecting Tribal Treaty Rights Helps Preserve Indian Country Progress - Tribal Leader Natural Resources Briefing Paper and Policy Recommendations for
Natural Resources Convening (NCAI 5/16/2016) - USET SPF Recommendations to Secretary Jewell for Tribal Nation Engagement
with WHCNAA May 31, 2016
WHCNAA Archive 2014
WHCNNA Archive 2013
White House Tribal Nations Conference - WHTNC 2016 Wrap Up
- 8 Years of Progress in Indian Country - 2015 White House Tribal Nations Conference Progress Report August 2016
WHTNC Archive 2015
WHTNC Archive 2014
WHTNC Archive 2013
Youth WH Youth Archive 2015
Youth - HSDW Memo 10.17.2016: Commission on Native American Children Signed into Law
- Heitkamp, Murkowski Bill to Stand up for Native Children Unanimously Passes in U.S.
House of Representatives
- First Kids 1st February-March Newsletter
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- Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) events across Indian Country Spring 2016
Youth Archive 2015
Youth Archive 2014
OTHER - Tribal Consultation on the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act (HR 812) Multiple
dates/locations: (Listening Session) Green Bay, WI 1:00 - 4:00 pm August 18; Albuquerque, NM 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 22; Minneapolis, MN 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 26; Seattle, WA 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 29; Billings, MT 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 31; Tulsa, OK 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 7; Sioux Falls, SD 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 9; Rancho Mirage, CA 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 12; Teleconference 1:30 - 3:30 pm September 19 - Written Input Deadline September 30
- Tribal opportunities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fact Sheet with Q&A
OTHER Archive 2013