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FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND CONTINUED USE
USET Legislative Priorities
NEWLY ADDED THIS WEEK IN:
Budget
Culture And Heritage
Education
Health
Housing
Justice & Law Enforcement
Land Issues
USDA
VAWA
Veterans Affairs
Please contact USET’s Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs with questions:
HSDW Memo 8.22.2016: BIA CSC Workshop Revises Draft Policy Based on Comments from Tribal Consultation; Update on Ramah Settlement and Payment Process Comments of Draft Contract Support Policy Announced by Dear Tribal Leader Letter Dated March 22, 2016 Final Approved Draft CSC Indian Affairs Manual Chapter w edits 8.16.2016 Ramah Navajo Chapter Class Action Settlement Claim Form 8.15.2016 Ramah Navajo Chapter, Oglala Sioux Tribe & Pueblo of Zuni v. Jewell Class Counsel Question and Answer Fact Sheet 8.3.2016
- USET SPF Comments on BIA Draft Contract Support Costs Policy 7.29.2016 - HSDW Memo – Contract Support Costs FY 2017 Appropriations Update
6.17.2016 - USET SPF Comments on IHS Contract Support Costs Policy 6.10.2016 - HSDW Memo – 5.20.2016: BIA Holds Contract Support Costs Policy
Consultation Sessions - Draft BIA CSC Policy - CSC Policy Crosswalk from Existing Policy to Proposed Final Policy - HSDW Memo – 4.19.2016: Template Comment Letter on Draft IHS CSC Policy
Template Letter - IHS CSC Policy 4.12.2016 - HSDW Memo – 4.12.16: IHS Opens 60-Day Consultation Period on Contract
Support Cost Policy - The Principal Deputy Director writes to notify Tribal Leaders that effective April
11, 2016, a Tribal Consultation opens for a 60-day period to consult with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal Organizations on the Indian Health Service Contract Support Costs Policy
- Enclosure: Draft Contract Support Costs Policy - IHS & BIA Announce Tribal Consultation on Contract Support Costs - DOI BIA CSC Policy Tribal Consultation Information (DTLL & PowerPoint
Presentation) - HSDW Memo- 3.7.16: BIA and IHS Roll Out Draft CSC Policy at NCAI Sessions - CSC Draft Policy for Discussion - IHS CSC Update PowerPoint - IHS CSC Updated Policy from NCAI Sessions - HSDW Memo – 2.24.2016 Court Approves Final Settlement in Ramah CSC
Class Action - Judgement Approving Settlement - Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Approving Final Settlement
- List of Class Members & Their Share of Net Settlement Amount - HSDW Memo- 2.16.16 IHS CSC Workgroup Meets, Agrees on Rough Draft of
CSC Policy; Administration Proposes Indefinite CSC Appropriations Again for FY 2017; Tribes Advocate Mandatory CSC Appropriations
- The IHS Contract Support Costs (CSC) Workgroup has revised a new policy for Tribal review and comment
- Tribes Receive $940 Million In Federal Contracts Settlement - HSDW Memo – 2.3.16: IHS CSC Workgroup Meeting Yields Further Progress on Policy - HSDW Memo – 1.12.15: BIA Releases Revised Draft of New CSC Policy; IHS Initiates
Consultation on CSC Policy; Ramah Class Moves for Final Approval of Settlement - Dear Tribal Leader Letter – 1.7.16: Initiate a Consultation on the Indian Health Service
Contract Support Costs Policy - BIA’s Release of a Revised Draft CSC Policy - HSDW Memo: IHS Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriation Contains Indefinite CSC
Appropriation
- HSDW Memo December 11, 2015: IHS Contract Support Cost Workgroup Meets in
Denver, Works on Draft CSC Policy
o IHS Letter to TSGAC re Duplication December 4 2015
o IHS CSC Policy November 20 2015 for Comparison
o IHS CSC Policy Tribal Version November 19 2015 Additional Edits in redline
o CSC Negotiation Templates – August 8 2015
o CSC Funding Summary FY 2014 and FY 2015
Contract Support Costs Archive 2015 Contract Support Costs Archive 2014 Contract Support Costs Archive 2013
Department of Homeland Security
Dept of Homeland Security Archive 2015 Federal Appropriations
Fiscal Year 2017 - A good summary of the status of the Federal budget for FY 2017 - Five Top
Questions About a Continuing Resolution - March 17, 2016: USET SPF Testimony House Appropriations Subcommittee on
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FY 2017 Native American Public Witness Hearings
- USET SPF Letter to General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)-
3.15.2016
Indian Arts & Crafts
Indian Arts & Crafts Archives 2013
Indian Child Welfare Act - DOI Releases Schedule of ICWA Trainings – Beginning August 15 through November
17 – webinars & On site trainings available - NICWA to Host Webinar on ICWA Regulations 3:30 pm EDT June 23 - Press Release June 8, 2016: Acting Assistant Secretary Roberts Issues Final
Regulations to Strengthen Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act, Focusing on Family Unification
- Final Rule: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Proceedings June 8, 2016 - Final Rule: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Frequently Asked Questions June 8, 2016 - Dear Tribal Leader Letter June 8, 2016 - Dear State Governor Letter June 8, 2016 - Administration for Children and Families publishes ICWA Data Requirements –
Comments Due May 9
- Indianz.com Article: Justice Department official warns of Indian Child Welfare Act fight
- Interior Announces Interagency Partnership With Justice and HHS to Strengthen ICWA
Implementation and Compliance
- HSDW Memo: Goldwater Institute Litigation Challenge to the Constitutionality of ICWA
Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2015 Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2014 Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2013
Indian Programs Indian Programs Archive 2015
Mascot
Washington Redsk*ns
H.R. 1278 - Non-Disparagement of Native Americans in Trademark Registration Act - DC Football Team Asks Supreme Court to Review Trademark Case
Washington Mascot Change Archive 2015 Washington Mascot Change Archive 2014 Washington Mascot Change Archive 2013
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act - Government Accountability Office (GAO) Agrees to Study Federal Efforts
- New Treasury Department Guidance Provides Additional Flexibility on Tribal Economic
Development Bonds
NAFOA Update
Tobacco
- FDA’s Updated Guidances for Tobacco Product Manufacturers and Investigators
- FDA - RFP to contract with Tribes to conduct compliance check inspections Application
Deadline May 31
Tobacco Archive 2015
Tobacco Archive 2014
MSA
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Archive 2015
USC Title 25 Chapter 44 – Native American Business Development, Trade
Promotion, and Tourism
NABDTP&T Archive 2014 DelBene
DelBene Archive 2014
Education BIE Seeks Nominees for Accountability Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
- Department of Education Releases Guidance on Civil Rights of Students with ADHD - USET SPF Comments on Every Student Succeeds Act Draft Accountability Regulations
8.1.2016 - Carlisle Indian Industrial School Descendant Survey – Final Report - NIEA Releases the First Comprehensive Publication on Native Education - "Native
Nations and American Schools: The History of Natives in The American Education System" A basic overview of the history and current state of Native education
- NIEA Native Education Review 6.16.2016 - Department of Education Releases Civil Rights Data Collection Report - NIEA Native Education Review 4.28.2016 - BIE Announces School Replacement Program Selections - Senate Committee of Indian Affairs (SCIA) will host a Legislative Hearing on April 6,
2016 on several Indian education bills (S.2304, S.2468, S.2580, S.2711) - One Pager on Senator Tester Education Bills - National Indian Education Association Applauds Focus on Education and Native
Students in Budget Request For Fiscal Year 2017
Education Archive 2014 Education Archive 2013
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)
- BIE is Seeking Nominations for Advisory Board that Supports Students with Disabilities
Deadline for Nomination Submission is July 11
- GAO Report Reveals BIE Failed to Conduct Inspections
- Senator Barrasso Announces Introduction of RAISE Act at NIEA's Head to the Hill Day
- Secretary Jewell Highlights Budget Gains to Finish Previously Identified BIE School
Construction Projects
BIE Archive 2015 BIE Archive 2014
Department of Education
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
ESEA Archive 2015
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act Archive 2013
Generation Indigenous Gen-I
- Historic Investment: $17.4 Million in Grants Available to Help Native Youth
Johnson O’Malley
Johnson O’Malley Archive 2015 Johnson O’Malley Archive 2014
Native Education Support and Training Act (NEST) Native Education Support and
- HSDW Memo 7.20.2016: CMS issues final rule expanding uses of Medicare data by qualified entities
- CMS Final Rule 7.7.2016 - USET SPF Comments on Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
and Alternative Payment Model Incentive under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models 6/27/2016
- Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models
- HSDW Memo 6.10.2016: Comment Deadline Approaching on CMS Proposed Rule to Implement Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and Alternative Payment Model Incentive (deadline June 27)
- Notice of Public Rule Making Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 Quality Payment Program
- Dear Tribal Leader letter on Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule – All Tribes Call May 23 12:30pm EDT
- CMS New Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule Call Series Multiple Dates: May 5-June 9
- CMS Released Medicare Advantage Quality Data for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
CMS Archive 2015 CMS Archive 2014
Definition of Indian
Definition of Indian Archive 2015
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
- CMS All Tribes' Call on 100% FMAP State Health Official Letter Presentation
- HHS/CMS State Health Official Notice: Federal Funding for Services Received
through an IHS/Tribal Facility and Furnished to Medicaid-eligible American
Indians and Alaska Natives
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
Dear State Health Official Letter
HHS
- HHS Proposed Grant Rules Conflicts with OMB Guidelines and ISDEAA
- USET SPF Comments on HHS Rulemaking Effecting ISDEAA 8.11.2016
- HSDW Memo 16-50 (8/1/2016): HHS Proposed Rule on Grants Would Affect
ISDEAA; Comments Requested by August 12
- HHS Final Rule Re: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities
5.18.2016
- HHS Announces Annual Budget Consultation
HIPAA
HIPAA Archive 2013
Indian Health Care Improvement Act
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Archive 2014
IHS
HSDW Memo: IHS Tribal Consultation Teleconference on the CHEF Proposed Rule (8.19.2016)
- Indian Country Today Op-Ed: Indian Health Services Can’t Be Fixed Overnight by W. Ron Allen, Jefferson Keel, and Chief Malerba
- HSDW Memo 16-51 (8/4/2016): Indian Health Service Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations Update
- Tribal Consultation on Draft Circular outlining Tribal Premium Sponsorship Scottsdale, AZ 11:00 - 11:50 am September 19 & Phoenix, AZ 3:45 - 5:00 pm October 9 Written Comments Deadline October 31
- Tribal Consultation on Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) Teleconference 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET August 16 & 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET October 24 In Person Scottsdale, AZ @ NIHB Consumer Conference 9:00 - 9:50 am September 19 In Person Phoenix, AZ @ NCAI Conference 1:00 - 2:00 pm October 9
- Tribal Consultation on a draft policy statement to expand the Community Health Aide program Teleconference 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET October 4 Written Comments deadline October 27 In Person Scottsdale, AZ @ NIHB Consumer Conference 1:00 - 2:30 pm September 19 In Person Phoenix, AZ @ NCAI Conference 2:15 - 3:30 pm October 9
- USET SPF and SGCETC Joint Testimony for the Record of HEALTTH Act Hearing July 26, 2016
- 2016 IHS and Tribal Health Care Facilities' Needs Assessment Report to Congress
- IHS Update - July 18 Letter to Tribal Leaders - Review and Comment of Tribal Premium Sponsorship draft IHS Circular – Tribal Consultation Call July 25 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
- HSDW Memo 7.20.2016: House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs holds legislative hearing on HEALTH Act to reform the Indian Health Service
- Senator Rounds Requests Audit of Indian Health Service - July 1, 2016: USET SPF Testimony for the Record of SCIA 6/16 Field
Hearing: Improving Accountability and Quality of Care at the Indian Health Service through S. 2953
- HSDW Memo 6.10.2016: Deadline Extended to June 17, 2016 for IHS Tribal Management Grants
- HSDW Memo 6.9.2016: Indian Health Service Purchased/Referred Care Webinar
- PRC Rates – Pricing Information Presentation - Purchased/Referred Care Rates Office of Resource Access and
Partnerships Presentation 6.7.2016 - Dear Provider Template Letter - Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Transparency in Tribal
Healthcare HEALTTH Act Released June 8, 2016 - DTLL on Proposed Rule for the Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund
(CHEF) June 1 - DTLL on Draft Policy to Expand Community Health Aide Program June 1 - Press Release: IHS Initiates Tribal Consultation on Draft Policy to
Expand Community Health Aide Program - USET SPF comments on Indian Health Service Proposed Rule on the
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) 5.10.2016 - HSDW Memo 16-020: Indian Health Service Issues Reimbursement
Rates for Calendar Year 2016 - Key Leadership Changes at IHS - IHS Staff Announcement - Principal Deputy of the Indian Health Service
Mary Smith - USET Testimony for the Record of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for
Hearing on “Reexamining the Substandard Quality of Indian Health Care in the Great Plains” and Listening Session on “Putting Patients First: Addressing Indian Country’s Critical Concerns Regarding Indian Health Service” February 17, 2016
IHS Facilities
IHS Facilities Archive 2015
IHS-VA Agreements IHS-VA Agreements Archive 2015
Medicaid
Medicaid Archive 2015
Medicare
Medicare Archive 2015
Medicare-Like Rates - IHS Purchased/Referred Care Rates – Informational Webinar - HSDW Memo 5.18.2016: IHS Hosts an Informational Webinar on Purchased and
Referred Care Rates - USET SPF Comments on IHS Medicare-Like Rates Final Rule 5.18.2016
- HSDW Memo 3.21.2016: CMS issues final rule with comment period on expansion period of Medicare-Like Rates
- IHS Implements New "Medicare-like Rate" Rule for Tribes
Mental & Behavioral Health - USET SPF Comments on SASP FY 2016 Funding Consultation 5.2.2016 - HSDW Memo 4.7.2016: IHS Consultation on Distribution of FY 2016 Substance
Abuse and Suicide Prevention Funding; Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Focus
- DTLL re: Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) name change – Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) Program – Funding & Consultation April 2016
Purchased-Referred Care (previously – Contract Health Services)
- All Tribes Call on the Final Rule on Payment for Physician and Other Health Care Professional Services Purchased by Indian Health Programs and Medical Charges Associated with Non-Hospital-Based Care (Purchased/Referred Care Rates) 3:00 - 4:00 pm EDT April 21
Purchased-Referred Care (previously – Contract Health
Services) Archive 2013
Self-Governance
- HSDW Memo 4.12.16: IHS, Veterans Affairs, and Treasury Officials Update Self-Governance Tribes on Health Care Issues; Office of Tribal Self-Governance Policy Review Workgroup Reports to Tribes
Additional Information - Sovereign Nations Newsletter – March 2016 Inaugural Edition
Housing - New HUD Funding Opportunity Deadline July 19 and July 27th Tribal Webinar - HUD Finalizes Improved Tribal Consultation Policy; Offers Plan to Establish New Tribal
Advisory Committee
Housing Archive 2014
Housing Improvement Program (HIP)
HIP Archive 2015 HIP Archive 2014
HUD 184 Loan Program
HUD 184 Loan Program Archive 2015 HUD 184 Loan Program Archive 2014
NAHASDA
NAHASDA Archive 2015
NAHASDA Archive 2014
NAHASDA Archive 2013
Other Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers
of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions
- HUD proposes new formula for Indian Housing Block Grant Program
Other Archive 2015
Other Archive 2014
Other Archive 2013
International Affairs
Human Rights - International Updates: Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples - Update on Work at the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council -
Ending violence against indigenous women
Human Rights Archive 2015
United Nations United Nations Archive 2015
United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) - Indian Law Resource Center Comments on the third compilation of
views on enabling the participation of Indigenous Governing Institutions at the UN
- UN Compilation of Views on Indigenous Government Participation - UN Actions to address violence against indigenous women and
girls - Indian Law Resource Center Submission to Inform the President of the
- UN Consultations: Implementing the UN Declaration and Indigenous Leader Participation
- Written Contribution to Inform the OHCHR Expert Workshop on the Review of the Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, April 4-5, 2016 – 3.14.2016
- International Indian Treaty Council Information Fact Sheet - Concept Note – Expert Workshop to Review the Mandate of the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Report of the Third Committee and Recommendation
UNDRIP Archive 2015 UNDRIP Archive 2014
American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
DRAFT American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Organization of American States adopts American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 6.15.2016
- International Updates from Indian Law Resource Center June 1 - Advance Edited Version – Expert workshop to review the mandate of the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 5.10.2016 - Letter from President of General Assembly - ILRC Statement 5.18.2016
World Conference On Indigenous Peoples (WCIP)
- WCIP Roadmap of Events - World Conference Follow-up - Questionnaire for Written Contributions to the Expert Workshop on the Review of the
Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - U.S. Consultation Invitation FLYER February 25, 2016 – Washington, DC - Indian Law Resource Center’s WCIP Roadmap of Important Meetings 2016-2017 - Form for Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives to Participate in the Expert Workshop to
Review the Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples April 45, 2016 - Deadline for submission: February 12
WCIP Archive 2015
WCIP Archive 2014
Justice & Law Enforcement US Sentencing Commission Seeks Member for Tribal Issues Advisory Group - Deadline October 24
- Joint Jurisdiction Courts: A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations
- Senators Tester and Franken Introduce Legislation to Expand Tribal Jurisdiction
Indian Juvenile Justice Code - Interior, Justice and HHS Departments Announce Revised BIA Model Indian Juvenile
Code
Joint Task Force on Maine Native Killings
- USET Letters (follow up from send in November 2015) Requesting Meeting and DOJ Appointments to Joint Task Force on Native Killings
Joint Task Force on Maine Native Killings Archive 2015
Marijuana
Marijuana Archive 2015
Tobacco
Tobacco Archive 2015
Tribal Law and Order Act
- USET SPF Letter on S. 2920, the Tribal Law and Order Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2016 - Sent June 22, 2016
- USET SPF Comments on the Tribal Law and Order Act March 29, 2016 - Guide to Implementing VAWA and TLOA - A Roadmap for Making Native America Safer – Report to the President & Congress of
the U.S. - HSDW Memo – 2.3.14: Indian Law and Order Commission Report
Tribal Law and Order Act Archive 2015
Voting Rights
Voting Rights Archive 2015
Labor & Employment - NAFOA hosting a webinar on Department of Labor Overtime Rule Tuesday,
June 14 at 2:00 pm EDT
- NAFOA Policy Alert: What Tribes Should do to Prepare for the Overtime Rule
- Six Ways to Help Implement Effective Tribal Labor and Employment Practices in
2016
Labor & Employment Archive 2014
Labor & Employment Archive 2013
Overtime - Department of Labor Overtime Rule Webinar Resources - Department of Labor Updates Salary Basis Test for Overtime Determination
Self-Governance - Tribal Self Governance All Tribes Newsletter June 2016 - All Tribes Tribal Self-Governance Newsletter – February 2016
Self-Governance Archive 2015
Self-Governance Archive 2014
Self-Governance Archive 2013
Social Services
Child Care Child Care Archive 2014
Foster Care and Family Stability - ACF Announces Amendments to Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and
Reporting System – Comments due May 9 Foster Care and Family Stability Archive 2015
State of the Union/Indian Nations
State of the Union/Indian Nations Archive 2015
Substance Abuse
Opiods - Opioid Legislation Approved by Congress - New IHS Policy for Prescribers on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs - CDC Issues New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids - DTLL re: new MOU between IHS and BIA to combat opioid abuse in Indian Country
Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) - NARF Tribal Supreme Court Project June 2016 Update
- U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in U.S. v. Bryant
- NARF Tribal Supreme Court Project April 2016 Update
- Amicus Brief in support of Shinnecock Indian Nation No. 15-1215 4.28.2016
- Supreme Court Nominee Has No Clear Track Record on Indian Country Cases
- Nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States
- HSDW Memo 16-024 Supreme Court Rules the Omaha Indian Reservation was not
Diminished
- SCOTUS Decision Nebraska v Parker
- USET Participates in Little River Band of Ottawa Amicus Brief - March 17, 2016 - HSDW Memo: Supreme Court Issues Decision in Menominee Indian Tribe v. United
States
SCOTUS Archive 2015
SCOTUS Archive 2014
SCOTUS Archive 2013
Dollar General - Decision in Dollar General v. MBCI June 23, 2016
State and Dual Taxation - Article: State, Local Taxes on Tribal Leases Vulnerable After California Court Order - Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Riverside County, et al Decision
State and Dual Taxation Archive 2015
State and Dual Taxation Archive 2014
State and Dual Taxation Archive 2013
Tax Extenders
Extenders Archive 2015 Extenders Archive 2014
Tax Reform
Tax Reform Archive 2015
Tribal Council Pay Tribal Council Pay Archive 2015
Trust Per Capita
- New Tax Treatment on Per Capita Distributions of Direct Pay Lease Funds
Trust Per Capita Archive 2015 Trust Per Capita Archive 2014 Trust Per Capita Archive 2013
USDA HSDW GENERAL MEMORANDUM 16-054 - USDA Issues Report "Feasibility of Tribal Administration of Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs"
VAWA
VAWA - with Tribal Provisions Intact - has been signed into LAW!* - BIA sponsored Free VAWA Training for Tribal judges, prosecutors, public defenders and
Tribal Leaders in trial advocacy skills and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction over Non-Indians - Cherokee, NC August 24-26
VAWA Archive 2014
VAWA Archive 2013
Victims of Crime Act Fund HSDW Memo 16-053 8.19.2016: Victims of Crime Act Victims Assistance Program Final Rule; Appropriations Committees Recommend Crime Victims Fund Tribal Allocation
Victims of Crime Act Archive 2015
Veterans Affairs Webinar on Proposed Rule to Recognize Tribal Organizations for Representation of VA Claimants September 1 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT
- VA Releases Report on Nation's Largest Analysis of Veteran Suicide - Proposed Rule to 38 CFR Part 14, Recognition of Tribal Organizations for
Representations of VA Claimants Comments due September 19 - Department of Veterans Affairs Consultation - seeking priorities of Tribal
Governments for serving Veterans in Indian Country Spokane, WA 5:15 pm June 29 Draft Consultation Agenda
- Information for Wounded Warriors and Veterans Who Have a Compensation Rating of 100% Permanent &Total
- Deadline Extended - Comments now due April 26 - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is considering issuing a proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations concerning recognition of certain national, State, and regional or local organizations for purposes of VA claims representation
- VA DTLL requesting Tribal consultation for an amendment to part 14 of title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) March 3, 2016
- Veterans Affairs Public Affairs Website
Veterans Affairs Archive 2015
Veterans Affairs Archive 2014
Veterans Affairs Archive 2013
White House My Brother’s Keeper
My Brother’s Keeper Archive 2014
White House Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans White House Advisory Council on
White House Council on Native American Affairs - USET SPF Recommendations to Secretary Jewell for Tribal Nation Engagement
with WHCNAA May 31, 2016
WHCNAA Archive 2014
WHCNNA Archive 2013
White House Tribal Nations Conference
WHTNC Archive 2015
WHTNC Archive 2014
WHTNC Archive 2013
Youth WH Youth Archive 2015
Youth - First Kids 1st February-March Newsletter
- Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) events across Indian Country Spring 2016
Youth Archive 2015
Youth Archive 2014
OTHER - Tribal Consultation on the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act (HR 812) Multiple
dates/locations: (Listening Session) Green Bay, WI 1:00 - 4:00 pm August 18; Albuquerque, NM 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 22; Minneapolis, MN 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 26; Seattle, WA 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 29; Billings, MT 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 31; Tulsa, OK 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 7; Sioux Falls, SD 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 9; Rancho Mirage, CA 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 12; Teleconference 1:30 - 3:30 pm September 19 - Written Input Deadline September 30
- Tribal opportunities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fact Sheet with Q&A