Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act

Monitor legislative and administrative action regarding Southwest Alaskan tribes. Monitor legislative and administrative activity related to general Indian Affairs. Monitor administrative and legislative action on Presidents FY 2018 budget proposal. Monitor legislative and administrative action regarding Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY 2018. S. 254, Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Senate Bills S. 91: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017. S. 254: Esther Martinez Native American Language Preservation Act S. 343: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act, to repeal obsolete laws such as those that prohibit an Indian from arresting and detaining a white man, or threaten the loss of food assistance to a family that declines to send their children to an Indian boarding school. S. 508: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act, a bill to authorize taking lands into trust for the benefit of the Cow Creek Umpqua, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians and would specify that the Coquille Forest will be under the management of the Department of the Interior S. 669: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act S. 747: Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Reauthorization. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of the Interior and Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. House bills: H.R. 130: To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes. H.R. 131: To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. H.R. 228: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 H.R. 292: Honor Our Trust Relationships Act (a bill to exempt Indian and Native Alaskan programs from sequestration.) H.R. 984: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017, which would federally recognize 6 tribes in Virginia which have been in existence since before first contact with Europeans. H.R. 1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act (same description as S. 508) H.R. 1455: Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act, which would restore federal recognition of an Oregon tribe that was summarily terminated along with 100 other tribes in the 1950s. H.R. 1491: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, which would reaffirm the decision of Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. H.R. 1630: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. [unnumbered]: Making appropriations for the Departments of the Interior and Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.Res. 222: Expressing support for designation of May 5, 2017, as "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls"

S. 254 / H.R. 506, "Automatic IRA Act", a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to promote and simplify Qualified Plans. S. 2505 / H.R.4294 - SAVERS Act of 2015 S. 2502/ H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Act H.R. 4067, "Small Business Add Value for Employees Act". H.R. 2117, "Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2013". H.R. 2656 / S. 3417 Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act (RETIRE) Act H.J. Res 66, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees H.J. Res. 67, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by qualified State political subdivisions for non-governmental employees. H.J. Res. 88, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term Fiduciary. Dept. of Labor, final rule adding Section 2520.104(b)-1(c) - Electronic Distribution of Disclosures Required by Title 1 of ERISA, 75 FR 19285 (4/7/11). Dept. of Labor, final rule amending Section 2509, 2510, and 2550 - Definition of term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule - retirement investment advice (4/8/16). Dept. of Labor proposed rule amending Section 2550.404a-4 - Selection of Insurers to provide guaranteed retirement income- safe harbor for individual account plans. Presidential Memorandum on Fiduciary Duty Rule, February 03, 2017. No bill number - the Retirement Improvements and Savings Enhancements Act of 2016, a proposal.

Client expense: $1,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Monitor legislative and administrative action regarding Southwest Alaskan tribes. Monitor legislative and administrative activity related to general Indian Affairs. Monitor implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PL 114-113). Monitor implementation of FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-190). Monitor implementation of NATIVE Act (P.L. 114-221). Monitor legislative and administrative action regarding Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY 2017. S. 254 - Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Senate Bills S. 91: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017. S. 254: Esther Martinez Native American Language Preservation Act S. 343: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act, to repeal obsolete laws such as those that prohibit an Indian from arresting and detaining a white man, or threaten the loss of food assistance to a family that declines to send their children to an Indian boarding school. S. 508: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act, a bill to authorize taking lands into trust for the benefit of the Cow Creek Umpqua, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians and would specify that the Coquille Forest will be under the management of the Department of the Interior S. 669: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act S. 747: Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Reauthorization. House Bills H.R. 130: To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes. H.R. 131: To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. H.R. 228: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 H.R. 292: Honor Our Trust Relationships Act (a bill to exempt Indian and Native Alaskan programs from sequestration.) H.R. 984: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017, which would federally recognize 6 tribes in Virginia which have been in existence since before first contact with Europeans. H.R. 1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act (same description as S. 508) H.R. 1455: Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act, which would restore federal recognition of an Oregon tribe that was summarily terminated along with 100 other tribes in the 1950s. H.R. 1491: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, which would reaffirm the decision of Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. H.R. 1630: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act