S 460 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Urban Indian Health Confer Act

Introduced Feb 15, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Tina Smith D-MN

Latest action · Jul 20, 2023 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.

IntroducedFeb 15, 2023
Passed SenateJul 18, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Urban Indian Health Confer Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to confer with urban Indian organizations regarding health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives living in urban areas.

Currently, only the Indian Health Service (IHS) is required to confer with urban Indian organizations on matters relating to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. The bill requires HHS to ensure that the IHS and other agencies and offices within HHS confer with urban Indian organizations on (1) matters relating to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and (2) other provisions of law relating to health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2023 to Mar 23, 2023; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Feb 15, 2023
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Mar 23, 2023

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 Feb 15, 2023Markup Mar 29, 2023Reported May 30, 2023

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 20, 2023Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 20, 2023Received in the House.
Jul 20, 2023Held at the desk.
Jul 18, 2023Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3120; text: CR S3120)
May 30, 2023Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-34.
May 30, 2023Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80.
Mar 29, 2023Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 15, 2023Introduced in Senate
Feb 15, 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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S3120Text printed S3120	Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Tina Smith D-MN	Jul 18, 2023

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

S. Rept. 118-34

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

May 17, 2023S. 460, Urban Indian Health Confer ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on March 29, 2023

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
Serial No. 118-35	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 630, TO AMEND THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT TO ESTABLISH AN URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION CONFER POLICY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ``URBAN INDIAN HEALTH CONFER ACT''; H.R. 1240, TO TRANSFER ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, TO TAKE SUCH LANDS INTO TRUST FOR THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, ``WINNEBAGO LAND TRANSFER ACT OF 2023''; H.R. 1722, TO AMEND THE GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, ``GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT AMENDMENT OF 2023''; H.R. 2461, TO RATIFY A TREATY BETWEEN THE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE AND THE NAVAJO NATION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A RESERVATION FOR THE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, ``SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBAL HOMELANDS ACT OF 2023''; H.R. 2839, TO AMEND THE SILETZ RESERVATION ACT TO ADDRESS THE HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND ANIMAL GATHERING R84 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Jun 7, 2023

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 630	Urban Indian Health Confer Act	Identical bill	Jun 7, 2023

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Urban Indian Health Confer Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate: Urban Indian Health Confer Act
Short Title(s) as Passed Senate: Urban Indian Health Confer Act

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 18, 2023Engrossed in Senate
May 30, 2023Reported to Senate
Feb 15, 2023Introduced in Senate

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