| 5 | 5 | | LLS NO. M22-0891.01 Katelyn Guderian x3205 SM22-002 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Senate Committees |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE MEMORIAL 22-002 |
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| 8 | 8 | | M |
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| 9 | 9 | | EMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE FORWARDING FUNDING TO101 |
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| 10 | 10 | | MAKE A ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION TO THE BUREAU OF INDIAN102 |
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| 11 | 11 | | E |
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| 12 | 12 | | DUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM.103 |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) operates the1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Higher Education Grant Program (grant program) as authorized by the2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | federal "Act of November 2, 1921", commonly referred to as the "Snyder3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Act", 25 U.S.C. sec. 13; and4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Numerous Indian tribal governments provide college5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | financial assistance and scholarships from the grant program directly to6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Indian college students through the federal "1975 Indian7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Self-determination and Education Assistance Act", Pub.L. 93-638, or8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | through the federal "Tribal Self-governance Act of 1994", Pub.L.9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 103-413; and10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The federal government routinely operates under11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | continuing resolutions. As such, grant program funding is delayed;12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | consequently, college scholarship and financial assistance payments and13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | institutional disbursements are delayed, which is problematic for many14 |
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| 31 | | - | Coram, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cooke, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, Fields, |
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| 32 | | - | Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kolker, Lee, |
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| 33 | | - | Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Simpson, Smallwood, |
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| 34 | | - | Sonnenberg, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger |
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| 28 | + | Coram, |
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| 35 | 29 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 36 | 30 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 37 | 31 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Indian college students who depend on these funds to pay for tuition,1 |
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| 38 | 32 | | books, room, and board; and2 |
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| 39 | 33 | | WHEREAS, There is precedent for forward funding of federal3 |
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| 40 | 34 | | Indian education programs. BIE-funded schools, including schools4 |
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| 41 | 35 | | receiving funding pursuant to 25 U.S.C. sec.1810 and tribally controlled5 |
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| 42 | 36 | | colleges and universities receiving funding pursuant to 25 U.S.C. sec.6 |
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| 43 | 37 | | 1810, are forward funded; and7 |
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| 44 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Forward funding of the BIE will make grant program8 |
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| 45 | 39 | | funds available for obligation on July 1 of any given fiscal year, and the9 |
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| 46 | 40 | | funds will remain available until September 30 of the succeeding fiscal10 |
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| 47 | 41 | | year; and11 |
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| 48 | 42 | | WHEREAS, Congress may authorize forwarding funding and12 |
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| 49 | 43 | | make a one-time appropriation of such sums, as necessary, to forward13 |
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| 50 | 44 | | fund the BIE grant program; now, therefore,14 |
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| 51 | 45 | | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-third General15 |
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| 52 | 46 | | Assembly of the State of Colorado:16 |
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| 53 | 47 | | That we, the members of the Colorado Senate strongly urge17 |
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| 54 | 48 | | Congress to forward fund the Bureau of Indian Education Higher18 |
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| 55 | 49 | | Education Grant Program as authorized by the federal "Act of November19 |
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| 56 | 50 | | 2, 1921".20 |
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| 57 | 51 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be sent to the21 |
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| 58 | 52 | | Clerk of the United States House of Representatives; the Secretary of the22 |
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| 59 | 53 | | United States Senate; each member of Colorado's congressional23 |
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