S 613 · 106th Congress · Native Americans

Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 2000

Introduced 1999-03-15· Sponsored by Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Latest: Became Public Law No: 106-179.(2000-03-14)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2000-02-29
Roll #26
Yea 406Nay 2
Democrats
195 Yea·1 Nay
Republicans
209 Yea·1 Nay
PassedHouse · 2000-02-29
Roll #26
Yea 406Nay 2
Democrats
195 Yea·1 Nay
Republicans
209 Yea·1 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 1999 - Amends Federal law to remove the applicability of certain restrictions on agreements with non-U.S. citizen individual Indians. Makes a requirement that a contract bear the approval of the Secretary of the Interior inapplicable to any contract in any case in which: (1) the Secretary fails to approve or disapprove the contract within 90 days of its filing with the Secretary or the Indian tribe notifies the Secretary that the contract is not subject to requirements prescribed under existing law; and (2) the Secretary fails to inform the tribe within a certain time period that the Secretary intends to review the contract by the date specified in (1). Directs the Secretary to refuse to approve a contract if it: (1) violates Federal law; or (2) is subject to existing requirements and does not include provisions that provide for remedies in case of breach of contract, that reference a tribal code, ordinance, or court ruling that discloses the tribe's right to assert sovereign immunity as a defense in an action brought against the tribe, or that include an express waiver of such right to sovereign immunity. Prohibi…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 613, Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 1999

Jul 9, 1999

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 16, 1999

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S. 613, Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 1999

Feb 29, 2000

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on February 16, 2000

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Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican