indian.senate.gov<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today issued the following statement after President Trump signed S. 209, the Practical Reforms and Other Goals To Reinforce the Effectiveness of Self-Governance and Self-Determination (PROGRESS) for Indian Tribes Act of 2019, into law.\r\n
<\/p>\r\n\u201cWe welcome our bipartisan legislation being signed into law, as it gives greater control and flexibility in the administration of federal programs to Indian Tribes, who best understand the needs of their communities,\u201d said Hoeven. \u201cThe PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act, which was first introduced more than 15 years ago, reduces unnecessary red tape and streamlines the Department of the Interior\u2019s Self-Governance program. Our legislation, now a law, takes this program forward and helps restores Congress\u2019 intent from when it passed the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.\u201d\r\n
<\/p>\r\n\u201cI am proud that the PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act is now law, reinforcing the principles of Tribal sovereignty and self-determination that are at the core of the United States\u2019 government-to-government relationship with Tribes,\u201d said Udall. \u201cBy promoting local control and administration of federal Indian programs, and providing clear requirements for negotiating self-determination contracts and self-governance compacts, the PROGRESS Act will improve Tribes\u2019 ability to customize federal Indian programs to best suit their communities\u2019 unique needs. I look forward to building on this bipartisan work in consultation with Tribes to further address self-governance priorities for Indian Country.\u201d\r\n
<\/p>\r\nThe PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act of 2019:\r\n
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\r\n\u00b7 Streamlines the U.S. Department of the Interior’s process for approving self-governance compacts and annual funding agreements for Indian programs.\r\n
<\/p>\r\n\u00b7 Aligns the process used by the U.S. Department of the Interior to be similar to the processes used by the Indian Health Service.\r\n
<\/p>\r\n\u00b7 Adds more flexibility in administering contracts for Indian Tribes that either have not qualified for self-governance or have chosen to administer only a few Bureau of Indian Affairs programs.\r\n<\/div>\r\n
<\/p>\r\nSenators Hoeven and Udall introduced S. 209 on January 24, 2019 with the Committee approving the bill by voice vote on April 29, 2019. The Senate passed S. 209 on June 27, 2019. The House agreed to suspend the rules and passed the bill by voice vote on September 21, 2020. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Tina Smith (D-MN), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) are cosponsors of the bill. \r\n
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