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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2912 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to |
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| 6 | 6 | | allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination con- |
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| 7 | 7 | | tracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out supple- |
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| 8 | 8 | | mental nutrition assistance programs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | SEPTEMBER21, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | MITH(for herself and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 13 | 13 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education As- |
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| 16 | 16 | | sistance Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to |
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| 17 | 17 | | enter into self-determination contracts with Indian Tribes |
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| 18 | 18 | | and Tribal organizations to carry out supplemental nutri- |
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| 19 | 19 | | tion assistance programs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Tribal Food 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sovereignty Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 2912 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP. 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.) is amended 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘SEC. 112. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(a) A |
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| 34 | 34 | | GRICULTURESELF-DETERMINATIONAUTHOR-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | IZED.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into self- 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | determination contracts, in accordance with subsection 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b), with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, on the 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | request of any Indian Tribe by Tribal resolution, to plan, 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | conduct, and administer any function, service, or activity 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of the supplemental nutrition assistance program estab-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | lished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for the Indian Tribe. 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(b) S |
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| 44 | 44 | | ELF-DETERMINATIONCONTRACT.—A self-de-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | termination contract entered into under subsection (a) 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | shall have the same terms and conditions, and be subject 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | to the same procedures, regulations, and requirements, as 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | a self-determination contract entered into under section 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 102, except that the Secretary of Agriculture and the De-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | partment of Agriculture shall be the appropriate Secretary 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and agency for purposes of a self-determination contract 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | entered into under subsection (a). 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(c) T |
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| 54 | 54 | | ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—The Office of Self- 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Governance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •S 2912 IS |
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| 59 | 59 | | technical assistance regarding the self-determination con-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | tracts authorized under this section to— 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; and 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(2) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | that request that assistance.’’. 5 |
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