S 385 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

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.

Latest action · Nov 22, 2024 Held at the desk.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNov 21, 2024
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill authorizes grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations for activities related to recreational travel and tourism.

Specifically, the bill authorizes (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs to make these grants to and enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations; (2) the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to make these grants to and enter into agreements with Native Hawaiian organizations; and (3) other federal agencies to make these grants to and enter into agreements with tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 9, 2023.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalFeb 9, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateIndian Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2023Markup Feb 15, 2023Reported Apr 18, 2023

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 22, 2024Received in the House.
  2. Nov 22, 2024Held at the desk.
  3. Nov 21, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6705-6707; text: CR S6705-6706)
  4. Nov 21, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Apr 18, 2023Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-9.
  6. Apr 18, 2023Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.
  7. Feb 15, 2023Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  8. Feb 9, 2023Introduced in Senate
  9. Feb 9, 2023Read 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S6703–S6707Text printed S6705Brian Schatz D-HI, Mike Rounds R-SDNov 21, 2024

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.

Committee report

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 118-197PREPARING FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY: REAUTHORIZING THE PANDEMIC AND ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS ACT125 pagesHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeMay 4, 2023

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 21, 2024Engrossed in Senate
  2. Apr 18, 2023Reported to Senate
  3. Feb 9, 2023Introduced in Senate

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