2021 Mid Year Resolutions
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Resolution Number |
Action
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Resolution Title
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Sponsor of Resolution |
Committee |
Subcommittee |
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AK-21-001 |
Tabled |
Calling on the U.S. Banks to Adopt and Implement Policies to Ensure that the Projects they Finance, Loan and Invest in Have Obtained the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of Impacted Tribal Nations. |
Matt Remle |
N/A |
N/A |
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AK-21-002 |
Tabled |
Call for Permanent Protection of Wild Salmon in Bristol Bay |
Charlie Johnson |
N/A |
N/a |
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Passed |
Support Legislation to Expand and Protect Voting Rights |
W. Ron Allen |
Litigation and Governance |
Jurisdiction & Tribal Government |
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Passed |
Support for Truth and Healing on Indian Boarding Schools |
Christine McCleave |
Litigation & Governance |
Human, Religious & Cultural Concerns |
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Passed |
Calling upon the United States of America, through the President and the Congress, to fully apply the Buy Indian Policy across the Federal Government |
Danielle Her Many Horses |
Economic Development, Finance & Community Development |
Economic Development, Finance Employment |
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Passed |
Calling on the President and Congress to Prioritize Tribal Infrastructure Funding in any National Package |
Leonard Forsman |
Litigation and Governance |
Jurisdiction & Tribal Government |
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AK-21-007 |
Tabled |
Retiring the term Native American |
Danielle Her Many Horses |
N/A |
N/A |
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AK-21-008 |
Tabled |
Calling for Federal Police Reform |
Danielle Her Many Horses |
N/A |
N/A |
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Passed |
Calling On The President And Congress To Invest In Salmon And River Restoration In The Pacific Northwest |
Leonard Forsman |
Land and Natural Resources |
Environmental Protection and Land Use Subcommittee |
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Passed |
Support Southeast Tribes’ Request To Reinstate The Roadless Rule For The Tongass National Forest, And Support Of The Tribes’ Administrative Procedures Act Petition To Create A Separate Traditional Homelands Conservation Rule |
Leonard Forsman | Land and Natural Resources |
Environmental Protection and Land Use Subcommittee |
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Passed |
Support for Doctoral Program in the U.S. Department of Education Office of Indian Education Indian Professional Development Grant Program |
Leonard Forsman |
Human Resources |
Education |
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AK-21-012 |
Tabled |
Support For Legislation Authorizing Small Business Administration Office Of Native American Affairs |
Leonard Forsman | N/A |
N/A |
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AK-21-013 |
Tabled |
Call on Congress to Support Full Funding for FY 2022 Indian Health Service Budget |
Leonard Forsman |
N/A |
N/A |
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Passed |
Support for Trans Gender-Affirming Care in IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian Health Facilities – 2021 Strategic Vision and Action Plan |
Leonard Forsman |
Human Resources | Health | |
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Passed |
Option to Exclude All One-Time, Non-Recurring COVID-19 Funds from Direct Cost Base When Negotiating New Indirect Cost Rate |
Leonard Forsman |
Litigation & Governance |
Taxation |
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Passed |
Urging Federal, State and Local Governments to Recognize Official Tribal Vaccination Record Cards and Urban Indian Health Vaccination Record Card |
Leonard Forsman | Human Resources |
Health |
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AK-21-017 |
Tabled |
Sovereignty Summit 2021 |
Leonard Forsman |
Litigation & Governance |
Jurisdiction & Tribal Government/ |
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AK-21-018 |
Tabled |
Urging the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee to Exercise Oversight Over IRS Auditing and Tax Collecting Activity in Indian Country |
Leonard Forsman | Litigation and Governance |
Taxation |
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Passed |
Support for Ending the HIV Epidemic in Indian Country |
Leonard Forsman | Human Resources |
Health |
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Passed |
Call for Congress to Amend Section 509 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to Remove Facility Funding Barriers for Urban Indian Organizations |
Sunny Stevenson | Human Resources | Health | |
| Passed | Calling on the Federal Communications Commission, Congress, and the Administration to Discontinue Use of the Designation “Rural Tribal Lands” |
Traci Morris
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Economic, Finance, and Community Development |
Telecommunications |
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Passed |
Calling on the Federal Communications Commission to Increase Access to Spectrum Through Tribal Priority |
Traci Morris | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Telecommunications | |
| Passed | Calling on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Treasury Department to Empower Tribal Nations by Excluding the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Duplication Restriction in the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Grant Program |
Traci Morris
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Economic, Finance, and Community Development |
Telecommunications |
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Passed |
Calling for Government-to-Government Consultation Between Tribal Nations and the United States Regarding Protection of Grey Wolves |
Aaron Payment | Land and Natural Resources | Environmental Protection and Land Use | |
| Passed | Opposing Testing and Implementation of Solar Geoengineering Projects |
Aaron Payment
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Land and Natural Resources / Litigation and Governance (not Human Resources) |
Environmental Protection and Land Use/Human, Religious and Cultural Concerns |
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Passed |
Declaring Native American Languages in a State of Emergency and Support for an Executive Order on Native American Language Revitalization |
Joe A. Garcia |
Human Resources /Litigation and Governance |
Education /Human, Religious and Cultural Concerns |
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| Passed | Supporting the Protection of Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone Ancestors and Cultural Lands at the Thacker Pass in Nevada and Protection of Eagles by Limiting Take Permits |
Joel Jackson
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Land and Natural Resources |
N/A |
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AK-21-28 |
Tabled |
Memorialize And Celebrating The Tribal Nations Survival Of Covid-19 Pandemic |
Kat Brigham | N/A | N/A |
| Passed | Calling on Congress, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Remove All Non-Federal Match Requirements for Tribal Nations and Streamline Tribal Declaration Requests |
Paul Downing
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Litigation and Governance |
N/A |
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AK-21-30 |
Tabled | Call for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to Ensure that Full FMAP for Urban Indian Organizations Benefits the Indian Health System | Sunny Stevenson | N/A | N/A |