Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act of 2009
Latest action · Dec 3, 2009 Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act of 2009 - Through Higher Education: Promoting the Advancement of Tribal Health Act or THE PATH Act - Defines "tribal college or university" as having the meaning given the term by specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium for equitable Native American participation in HHS programs, services, and resources and to provide technical assistance to tribal colleges and universities.
Requires grants to, or cooperative agreements with, tribal colleges and universities for: (1) health and wellness fairs, health promotion and disease prevention programs, and programs to reduce tribal community health disparities; (2) developing and strengthening public health professional degree programs; (3) research, grant management, and coordination of tribal college and university activities; and (4) research on health promotion and disease prevention.
Establishes the Tribal College and University Rural Health Equity Endowment Fund to endow a tribal health professions workforce development program.
Advancing Tribes Through Tribal Colleges and Universities Act or the AT TCUs Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to establish the TCU Native Prosperity Program of grants to, or cooperative agreements with, tribal colleges and universities for economic development, entrepreneurship, community development, and sound fiscal leadership in Indian communities.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2009 to Feb 4, 2010; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Dec 7, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Feb 4, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2009Hearings Apr 2, 2009Markup Dec 3, 2009 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2009Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Apr 2, 2009Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-66.
- Mar 18, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Mar 18, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3376-3377)
- Mar 18, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3376 | Jon Tester D-MT | Mar 18, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Feb 4, 2010S. 633, Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act of 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on December 3, 2009</p>
- Feb 4, 2010S. 633, Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act of 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on December 3, 2009
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-66 | S. 313, S. 443, S. 633, AND H.R. 32688 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Apr 2, 2009 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Through Higher Education: Promoting the Advancement of Tribal Health Act
- THE PATH Act
- AT TCUs Act
- Advancing Tribes Through Tribal Colleges and Universities Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Business investment and capital
- Education programs funding
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Higher education
- Housing and community development funding
- Indian social and development programs
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Minority health
- Native Americans
- Research administration and funding
- Small business
- Student aid and college costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2009Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
