A bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill adds a Native American tourism grant program to the NATIVE Act. It authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to make grants and agreements with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, authorizes the Director of the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to make grants and agreements with Native Hawaiian organizations, and lets other federal agencies including Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, HHS, and Labor use the same authority for Native tourism purposes. It authorizes $35 million for FY2025 through FY2029.
Who Benefits and How
Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations benefit from dedicated grant and agreement authority for visitor experience, tourism promotion, cultural tourism, and related economic development. Native American tourism businesses, cultural centers, tour operators, artisans, hotels, and rural Native communities may benefit if grants support tourism infrastructure, marketing, training, or partnerships.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Native Hawaiian Relations must administer new grant and agreement programs. Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, HHS, and Labor may also take on grant administration if they use the authority. Federal taxpayers fund the $35 million authorization, and grant recipients must comply with federal grant terms.
Key Provisions
- Creates a Native American tourism grant program under the NATIVE Act.
- Authorizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs to make grants and enter agreements with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.
- Authorizes the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to make grants and enter agreements with Native Hawaiian organizations.
- Allows Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, HHS, and Labor to make grants or agreements for Native tourism purposes.
- Provides $35 million in authorization for FY2025 through FY2029.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize BIA, the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations, and other federal agencies to make grants and agreements for Native tourism, with $35 million authorized for FY2025-FY2029.
Key Policy Areas
Tribal Affairs, Tourism, Economic Development, Appropriations
Primary Purpose
Amends the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize BIA, the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations, and other federal agencies to make grants and agreements for Native tourism, with $35 million authorized for FY2025-FY2029.
Policy Domains
Native American tourism grant programs
Identified Gains
- Indian Tribes
- Tribal organizations
- Native Hawaiian organizations
- Native American tourism businesses
- Rural Native communities
Identified Costs
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Office of Native Hawaiian Relations
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed SenateHeld at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8752; …
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous …
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment
Passed Senate (inferred from es version)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. …
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian tribes, Office of Native Hawaiian Relations
Positive-direction: Indian tribes, Tribal organizations
Negative-direction: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Native Hawaiian Relations
Rural Native communities seeking economic development, Taxpayers
Positive-direction: Rural Native communities seeking economic development
Negative-direction: Taxpayers
Native American tourism businesses (hotels, cultural centers, tour operators)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "bia"
- → Bureau of Indian Affairs
- "onhr"
- → Office of Native Hawaiian Relations
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