Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a trade restriction provision: 2. Findings; purposes Congress finds that— buffalo sustained a majority of Indian Tribes in North America for many centuries before buffalo were nearly exterminated by non-Indian, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 4. Buffalo resource management. It relies on compliance mandates, trade restrictions, definition changes, and grants. The main policy areas are Environment, Healthcare, Education, and Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a trade restriction provision: 2. Findings; purposes Congress finds that— buffalo sustained a majority of Indian Tribes in North America for many centuries before buffalo were nearly exterminated by non-Indian...
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3.
- Expands a grant, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 4. Buffalo resource management.
- Requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 7. Buffalo from Federal land.
- Creates introduces a sunset clause provision: 9. Sunset The authority provided by this Act ceases to be effective 7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a trade restriction provision: 2. Findings; purposes Congress finds that— buffalo sustained a majority of Indian Tribes in North America for many centuries before buffalo were nearly exterminated by non-Indian, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 4. Buffalo resource management.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Healthcare, Education, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a trade restriction provision: 2. Findings; purposes Congress finds that— buffalo sustained a majority of Indian Tribes in North America for many centuries before buffalo were nearly exterminated by non-Indian, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 4. Buffalo resource management.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeSubcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Mr. Hurd of Colorado (for himself, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mrs. …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Secretary of the Interior. The term Tribal organization means any legally established organization of Indians that— is chartered under section 17 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act
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