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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2412 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish an Office for Indigenous Affairs, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. C |
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| 9 | 9 | | ASE(for himself and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 10 | 10 | | which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently |
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| 12 | 12 | | determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi- |
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| 13 | 13 | | sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To establish an Office for Indigenous Affairs, and for other |
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| 16 | 16 | | purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Indigenous Diplomacy 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Engagement Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) There are an estimated 476,000,000 Indige-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | nous Peoples worldwide who share a common herit-9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | age of collective ancestral ties to the lands and nat-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ural resources where they and their ancestors live or 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | have lived together with their own unique cultures, 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | languages and traditions. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) The Indigenous Peoples of the world also 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | share a common challenge and goal of preserving 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and protecting their ancestral lands and natural re-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | sources and unique cultures, languages and tradi-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | tions. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) The status, rights, challenges and goals of 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Indigenous Peoples worldwide have been recognized 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | by various international organizations, including by 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the United Nations in its September 13, 2007, Dec-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | laration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (4) The United States should expand its direct 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | engagement with Indigenous Peoples worldwide in 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | order to better assist Indigenous Peoples to achieve 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | their goals and focus on common challenges and op-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | portunities. 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | PROMOTING DIPLOMACY AND ENGAGEMENT 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (a) D |
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| 52 | 52 | | EVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | S |
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| 54 | 54 | | TRATEGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | President, acting through the Coordinator for Indigenous 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Affairs appointed pursuant to section 4(b), shall— 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) develop and implement a comprehensive, 5- 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | year international strategy for promoting diplomacy 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and engagements with international Indigenous peo-5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ples; and 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) submit to the appropriate congressional 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | committees such strategy. 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (b) E |
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| 68 | 68 | | LEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (a) shall include the following elements: 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (1) An identification, for purposes of the strat-11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | egy, of at least 10 and not more than 20 countries 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | that— 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (A) are geographically, ethnically, and cul-14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | turally diverse; and 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (B) have significant populations of Indige-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | nous peoples. 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (2) An assessment of the following with respect 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | to each country identified pursuant to paragraph 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (1): 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (A) The nature and extent of United 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | States diplomacy and engagement with inter-22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | national Indigenous peoples in the country. 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (B) The efforts of the government of the 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | country to promote and facilitate people-to-peo-25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ple engagements involving international Indige-1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | nous peoples and domestic Indigenous peoples. 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (C) Opportunities for the United States to 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | establish or enhance diplomacy and engagement 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | with international Indigenous peoples in the 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | country and how such establishment or en-6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | hancement would support the broader foreign 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | policy goals of the United States. 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (D) Metrics by which to evaluate the over-9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | all progress of United States efforts to promote 10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | and facilitate diplomacy and engagements with 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | international Indigenous peoples in the country. 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (3) A plan (developed taking into consideration 13 |
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| 101 | 101 | | the results of the assessment under paragraph (2)), 14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | including an outline of specific programs, activities, 15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | or other efforts that may be conducted, to— 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (A) promote and facilitate, in cooperation 17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | with the government of each country identified 18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | pursuant to paragraph (1), activities that en-19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | hance diplomacy and engagement with the In-20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | digenous peoples of that country; and 21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (B) coordinate regarding such promotion 22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | and facilitation with existing programs and ini-23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | tiatives involving Indigenous peoples, including 24 |
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| 112 | 112 | | coordination with the heads of nongovernmental 25 |
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| 116 | 116 | | organizations, civil society, and Indigenous 1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | groups. 2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (4) An identification of the general levels of re-3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | sources necessary on an annual basis to implement 4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | the plan under paragraph (3) in each country identi-5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | fied pursuant to paragraph (1), taking into account 6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | activities and funding provided by the country and 7 |
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| 123 | 123 | | multilateral institutions and leveraging private sector 8 |
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| 124 | 124 | | resources. 9 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (5) An identification of the relevant Federal de-10 |
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| 126 | 126 | | partments and agencies conducting the programs, 11 |
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| 127 | 127 | | activities, and other efforts described with respect to 12 |
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| 128 | 128 | | the plan required by paragraph (3). 13 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (6) For each such Federal department or agen-14 |
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| 130 | 130 | | cy, an assessment of the anticipated contributions of 15 |
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| 131 | 131 | | that department or agency (including technical, fi-16 |
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| 132 | 132 | | nancial, and in-kind contributions) to implement 17 |
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| 133 | 133 | | such plan. 18 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (c) C |
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| 135 | 135 | | OLLABORATION.—In developing the strategy 19 |
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| 136 | 136 | | under subsection (a), the President, acting through the 20 |
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| 137 | 137 | | Coordinator, shall consult with— 21 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (1) the Secretary of State; 22 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (2) the Secretary of the Interior; 23 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (3) the Administrator of the United States 24 |
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| 141 | 141 | | Agency for International Development; 25 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (4) the Chief Executive Officer of the Millen-1 |
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| 146 | 146 | | nium Challenge Corporation; 2 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (5) the Chief Executive Officer of the Develop-3 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ment Finance Corporation; 4 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (6) the Advisory Commission on Indigenous 5 |
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| 150 | 150 | | Peoples established under section 6; and 6 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (7) nongovernmental organizations that dem-7 |
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| 152 | 152 | | onstrate sufficient background, knowledge, and ex-8 |
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| 153 | 153 | | pertise— 9 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (A) working on the issues of Indigenous 10 |
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| 155 | 155 | | rights or resources; or 11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (B) engaging with international Indigenous 12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | peoples. 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (d) S |
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| 159 | 159 | | USTAINABILITY AND IMPACTCONSIDER-14 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ATIONS.—In implementing the strategy under subsection 15 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (a) and the plan required by subsection (b)(3), the Presi-16 |
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| 162 | 162 | | dent shall ensure that the policies and initiatives carried 17 |
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| 163 | 163 | | out pursuant to such strategy are designed to achieve 18 |
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| 164 | 164 | | maximum impact and long-term sustainability. 19 |
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| 165 | 165 | | SEC. 4. OFFICE FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS. 20 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (a) E |
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| 167 | 167 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established an Office 21 |
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| 168 | 168 | | for Indigenous Affairs (in this section referred to as the 22 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘Office’’) for the purpose of coordinating all efforts of the 23 |
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| 170 | 170 | | Federal Government regarding diplomacy and engage-24 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ments with international Indigenous peoples. 25 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (b) COORDINATOR.—The Office shall be headed by 1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | the Coordinator for Indigenous Affairs (in this section re-2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ferred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’), who shall— 3 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (1) be appointed by the President, by and with 4 |
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| 179 | 179 | | the advice and consent of the Senate; 5 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (2) report directly to the Secretary of State; 6 |
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| 181 | 181 | | and 7 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (3) have the rank and status of Ambassador at 8 |
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| 183 | 183 | | Large. 9 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (c) D |
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| 185 | 185 | | UTIES.—The Coordinator shall have the fol-10 |
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| 186 | 186 | | lowing responsibilities: 11 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (1) To design, oversee, and coordinate activities 12 |
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| 188 | 188 | | and programs of the Federal Government relating to 13 |
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| 189 | 189 | | diplomacy and engagement with international Indig-14 |
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| 190 | 190 | | enous peoples. 15 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (2) To direct United States resources to— 16 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (A) increase and enhance diplomatic ex-17 |
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| 193 | 193 | | change and engagements with international In-18 |
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| 194 | 194 | | digenous peoples; and 19 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (B) assist in the development of the com-20 |
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| 196 | 196 | | prehensive international strategy under section 21 |
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| 197 | 197 | | 3 to promote diplomacy and engagements with 22 |
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| 198 | 198 | | international Indigenous peoples and domestic 23 |
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| 199 | 199 | | Indigenous peoples. 24 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (3) To coordinate all policies, programs, and 1 |
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| 204 | 204 | | funding relating to diplomacy and engagements with 2 |
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| 205 | 205 | | international Indigenous peoples of relevant United 3 |
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| 206 | 206 | | States Government agencies, including— 4 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (A) the Department of State; 5 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (B) the United States Agency for Inter-6 |
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| 209 | 209 | | national Development; 7 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (C) the Department of the Interior; 8 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (D) the Millennium Challenge Corporation; 9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | and 10 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (E) the Development Finance Corporation. 11 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (4) To design, integrate, and, as appropriate, 12 |
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| 215 | 215 | | implement policies, programs, and activities related 13 |
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| 216 | 216 | | to Indigenous health, education, economic develop-14 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ment, international Indigenous human rights, and 15 |
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| 218 | 218 | | protection of international Indigenous peoples in hu-16 |
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| 219 | 219 | | manitarian crises. 17 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (5) To encourage the Secretary of the Interior 18 |
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| 221 | 221 | | and the Administrator of the United States Agency 19 |
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| 222 | 222 | | for International Development to establish 20 |
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| 223 | 223 | | department- or agency-specific (as the case may be) 21 |
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| 224 | 224 | | programmatic guidelines regarding diplomacy and 22 |
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| 225 | 225 | | engagements between international Indigenous peo-23 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ples and domestic Indigenous peoples and to monitor 24 |
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| 227 | 227 | | the implementation of those guidelines. 25 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (d) PRINCIPALADVISOR.—In addition to the duties 1 |
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| 232 | 232 | | under subsection (c), the Coordinator shall serve as the 2 |
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| 233 | 233 | | principal advisor to the Secretary of State regarding mat-3 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ters relating to international Indigenous peoples. 4 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (e) D |
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| 236 | 236 | | IPLOMATICREPRESENTATION.—Subject to the 5 |
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| 237 | 237 | | direction of the President and the Secretary of State, the 6 |
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| 238 | 238 | | Coordinator may represent the United States in matters 7 |
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| 239 | 239 | | relevant to diplomacy and engagements with international 8 |
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| 240 | 240 | | Indigenous peoples in— 9 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (1) contacts with Tribal representatives in other 10 |
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| 242 | 242 | | countries, foreign governments, nongovernmental or-11 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ganizations, the United Nations and its specialized 12 |
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| 244 | 244 | | agencies, and other international organizations of 13 |
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| 245 | 245 | | which the United States is a member; and 14 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (2) multilateral conferences and meetings rel-15 |
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| 247 | 247 | | evant to diplomacy and engagements with inter-16 |
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| 248 | 248 | | national Indigenous peoples. 17 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (f) A |
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| 250 | 250 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 18 |
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| 251 | 251 | | authorized to be appropriated to the Coordinator such 19 |
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| 252 | 252 | | sums as may be necessary to carry out the duties and re-20 |
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| 253 | 253 | | sponsibilities of the Office for Indigenous Affairs as estab-21 |
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| 254 | 254 | | lished by this section. Amount appropriated pursuant to 22 |
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| 255 | 255 | | this authorization are authorized to remain available until 23 |
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| 256 | 256 | | expended and shall supplement, not supplant, amounts 24 |
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| 260 | 260 | | otherwise authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 1 |
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| 261 | 261 | | purposes described in this section. 2 |
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| 262 | 262 | | SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT ON PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL 3 |
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| 263 | 263 | | DIPLOMACY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIG-4 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ENOUS PEOPLE. 5 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (a) I |
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| 266 | 266 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after date 6 |
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| 267 | 267 | | of the submission of the comprehensive international strat-7 |
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| 268 | 268 | | egy developed under section 3, and every 4 years there-8 |
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| 269 | 269 | | after, the Secretary of State, acting through the Coordi-9 |
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| 270 | 270 | | nator for Indigenous Affairs appointed pursuant to section 10 |
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| 271 | 271 | | 4(b), shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-11 |
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| 272 | 272 | | mittees a report to be titled the ‘‘Report on International 12 |
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| 273 | 273 | | Indigenous Diplomacy and Engagement’’. 13 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (b) M |
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| 275 | 275 | | ATTERS.—Each report under subsection (a) 14 |
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| 276 | 276 | | shall include the following: 15 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (1) The goals and objectives of the comprehen-16 |
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| 278 | 278 | | sive international strategy developed under section 3. 17 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (2) The assessment of the Coordinator of the 18 |
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| 280 | 280 | | effectiveness to date of the strategy, including the 19 |
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| 281 | 281 | | specific criteria used in such assessment. 20 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (3) A description of the coordination of all Fed-21 |
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| 283 | 283 | | eral Government resources and international activi-22 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ties to engage with and support international Indige-23 |
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| 285 | 285 | | nous peoples that includes— 24 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (A) an identification of the Federal depart-1 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ments or agencies involved; 2 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (B) a description of the coordination be-3 |
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| 292 | 292 | | tween the heads of such Federal departments 4 |
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| 293 | 293 | | and agencies; and 5 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (C) a description of the coordination with 6 |
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| 295 | 295 | | non-Federal Government entities, including for-7 |
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| 296 | 296 | | eign governments, multilateral organizations 8 |
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| 297 | 297 | | and institutions, and nongovernmental organi-9 |
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| 298 | 298 | | zations. 10 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (4) A description of the relationship between— 11 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (A) efforts to support international Indige-12 |
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| 301 | 301 | | nous peoples; 13 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (B) other United States assistance strate-14 |
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| 303 | 303 | | gies in developing countries; and 15 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (C) diplomatic relationships with such 16 |
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| 305 | 305 | | countries. 17 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (5) A description of efforts to design, support, 18 |
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| 307 | 307 | | and implement activities in response to the needs of 19 |
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| 308 | 308 | | international Indigenous peoples and in furtherance 20 |
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| 309 | 309 | | of United States diplomatic and peacemaking initia-21 |
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| 310 | 310 | | tives. 22 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (6) A description of data collection efforts con-23 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (7) A description of any significant efforts by 1 |
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| 318 | 318 | | bilateral or multilateral donors in support of inter-2 |
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| 319 | 319 | | national Indigenous peoples. 3 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (8) An identification of all contractors, sub-4 |
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| 321 | 321 | | contractors, grantees, and subgrantees receiving 5 |
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| 322 | 322 | | United States funds for programs supporting inter-6 |
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| 323 | 323 | | national Indigenous peoples. 7 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (9) Recommendations related to best practices, 8 |
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| 325 | 325 | | effective strategies, and suggested improvements to 9 |
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| 326 | 326 | | enhance the impact of efforts to support inter-10 |
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| 327 | 327 | | national Indigenous peoples. 11 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (10) A description of United States resources 12 |
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| 329 | 329 | | that are being used— 13 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (A) to implement the strategy developed 14 |
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| 331 | 331 | | under section 3; 15 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (B) to respond to needs of international 16 |
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| 333 | 333 | | Indigenous people; 17 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (C) to promote equity and advance the sta-18 |
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| 335 | 335 | | tus of international Indigenous people; and 19 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (D) to encourage all parties to engage with 20 |
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| 337 | 337 | | and support the participation of international 21 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Indigenous peoples in decisions affecting their 22 |
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| 339 | 339 | | lands, cultures, and traditions, the allocation of 23 |
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| 340 | 340 | | natural resources, and the protection of the civil 24 |
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| 341 | 341 | | and political rights of such peoples. 25 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (a) E |
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| 347 | 347 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established within 2 |
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| 348 | 348 | | the Department of State an Advisory Commission on In-3 |
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| 349 | 349 | | digenous Peoples (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Advi-4 |
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| 350 | 350 | | sory Commission’’). 5 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (b) M |
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| 352 | 352 | | EMBERSHIP.— 6 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (1) A |
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| 354 | 354 | | PPOINTMENT.—The Advisory Commission 7 |
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| 355 | 355 | | shall be composed of— 8 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (A) the Coordinator for Indigenous Affairs 9 |
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| 357 | 357 | | appointed pursuant to section 4(b), who shall 10 |
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| 358 | 358 | | serve as chair; 11 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (B) 8 members appointed by the Secretary 12 |
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| 360 | 360 | | of State, from among individuals who are not 13 |
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| 361 | 361 | | officers or employees of the Federal Govern-14 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ment; 15 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (C) 3 members appointed by the President 16 |
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| 364 | 364 | | pro tempore of the Senate on the joint rec-17 |
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| 365 | 365 | | ommendation of the Majority and Minority 18 |
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| 366 | 366 | | Leaders of the Senate; 19 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (D) 3 members appointed by the Speaker 20 |
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| 368 | 368 | | of the House of Representatives on the joint 21 |
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| 369 | 369 | | recommendation of the Majority and Minority 22 |
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| 370 | 370 | | Leaders of the House of Representatives; and 23 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (E) 1 representative from each of— 24 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (i) the National Congress of American 25 |
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| 373 | 373 | | Indians; 26 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (ii) the Alaska Federation of Natives; 1 |
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| 378 | 378 | | and 2 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (iii) the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 3 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (2) S |
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| 381 | 381 | | ELECTION.—The members of the Advisory 4 |
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| 382 | 382 | | Commission described in subparagraphs (B) through 5 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (D) of paragraph (1) shall be selected from among— 6 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (A) academics representative of the various 7 |
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| 385 | 385 | | scholarly approaches to the history of the rights 8 |
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| 386 | 386 | | and resources of international Indigenous peo-9 |
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| 387 | 387 | | ples; 10 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (B) representatives of nongovernmental or-11 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ganizations and other institutions having the 12 |
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| 390 | 390 | | background, knowledge, and expertise related to 13 |
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| 391 | 391 | | diplomacy and engagements with international 14 |
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| 392 | 392 | | Indigenous peoples and domestic Indigenous 15 |
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| 393 | 393 | | peoples; and 16 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (C) other distinguished individuals noted 17 |
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| 395 | 395 | | for their diverse background, knowledge, and 18 |
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| 396 | 396 | | expertise in the fields relevant to international 19 |
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| 397 | 397 | | Indigenous peoples, including foreign affairs, 20 |
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| 398 | 398 | | human rights, and international law. 21 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (3) T |
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| 400 | 400 | | IME OF APPOINTMENT .—The appoint-22 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ments of the members described in subparagraphs 23 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (B) through (D) of paragraph (1) should be made 24 |
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| 406 | 406 | | not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-1 |
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| 407 | 407 | | ment of this Act. 2 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (4) T |
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| 409 | 409 | | ERMS.—The term of each member ap-3 |
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| 410 | 410 | | pointed in accordance with paragraph (3) to the Ad-4 |
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| 411 | 411 | | visory Commission shall be 3 years. Members shall 5 |
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| 412 | 412 | | be eligible for reappointment to a second term. 6 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (c) D |
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| 414 | 414 | | UTIES.—The Advisory Commission shall— 7 |
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| 415 | 415 | | (1) annually make recommendations to the Sec-8 |
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| 416 | 416 | | retary of State regarding best practices to promote 9 |
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| 417 | 417 | | diplomacy and engagements with international In-10 |
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| 418 | 418 | | digenous peoples and the effective integration of 11 |
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| 419 | 419 | | such practices into the foreign policy of the United 12 |
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| 420 | 420 | | States, including assistance programming; and 13 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (2) consult with members of the Federal Gov-14 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ernment, domestic and international Indigenous 15 |
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| 423 | 423 | | leaders, and with private groups and individuals with 16 |
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| 424 | 424 | | expertise on the promotion of diplomacy and engage-17 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ments with international Indigenous peoples. 18 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (d) H |
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| 427 | 427 | | EARINGS.—In carrying out this section, the Ad-19 |
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| 428 | 428 | | visory Commission may conduct such hearings, sit and at 20 |
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| 429 | 429 | | such times and places, take such testimony, and receive 21 |
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| 430 | 430 | | such evidence, as the Advisory Commission considers ap-22 |
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| 431 | 431 | | propriate. 23 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (e) F |
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| 433 | 433 | | UNDING.—Members of the Advisory Commission 24 |
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| 434 | 434 | | shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 25 |
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| 438 | 438 | | of subsistence at rates authorized for employees of agen-1 |
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| 439 | 439 | | cies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 2 |
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| 440 | 440 | | States Code, while away from their homes or regular 3 |
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| 441 | 441 | | places of business in the performance of duties for the Ad-4 |
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| 442 | 442 | | visory Commission. 5 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (f) R |
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| 444 | 444 | | EPORT OF THE ADVISORYCOMMISSION.—Not 6 |
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| 445 | 445 | | later than April 1 of each year, the Advisory Commission 7 |
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| 446 | 446 | | shall submit to the President, the Secretary of State, and 8 |
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| 447 | 447 | | the appropriate congressional committees a report that 9 |
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| 448 | 448 | | sets forth its findings and recommendations for United 10 |
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| 449 | 449 | | States policy and programs. 11 |
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| 450 | 450 | | SEC. 7. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS ON 12 |
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| 451 | 451 | | INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS DIPLOMACY 13 |
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| 452 | 452 | | AND ENGAGEMENT. 14 |
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| 453 | 453 | | Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 15 |
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| 454 | 454 | | U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding at the end the fol-16 |
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| 455 | 455 | | lowing: 17 |
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| 456 | 456 | | ‘‘(e) I |
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| 457 | 457 | | NDIGENOUSCOMMUNITIES.—The Secretary of 18 |
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| 458 | 458 | | State, acting through the Coordinator for Indigenous Af-19 |
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| 459 | 459 | | fairs, shall establish, as part of the standard training pro-20 |
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| 460 | 460 | | vided for chiefs of mission, deputy chiefs of mission, and 21 |
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| 461 | 461 | | other officers of the Service prior to departure for posting 22 |
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| 462 | 462 | | outside the United States, training on the history and cul-23 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ture of the Indigenous communities that reside near the 24 |
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| 464 | 464 | | applicable posts of assignment, along with guidance on 25 |
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| 468 | 468 | | ways to engage with and provide direct support to individ-1 |
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| 469 | 469 | | uals from those communities.’’. 2 |
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| 470 | 470 | | SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 3 |
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| 471 | 471 | | In this Act: 4 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (1) A |
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| 473 | 473 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -5 |
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| 474 | 474 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-6 |
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| 475 | 475 | | mittees’’ means— 7 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 8 |
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| 477 | 477 | | the Committee on Natural Resources of the 9 |
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| 478 | 478 | | House of Representatives; and 10 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 11 |
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| 480 | 480 | | and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 12 |
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| 481 | 481 | | Senate. 13 |
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| 482 | 482 | | (2) C |
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| 483 | 483 | | OORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Coordinator’’ 14 |
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| 484 | 484 | | means the Coordinator for Indigenous Affairs ap-15 |
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| 485 | 485 | | pointed pursuant to section 4(b). 16 |
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| 486 | 486 | | (3) D |
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| 487 | 487 | | OMESTIC INDIGENOUS PEOPLES .—The 17 |
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| 488 | 488 | | term ‘‘domestic Indigenous peoples’’ means— 18 |
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| 489 | 489 | | (A) Indians, as that term is defined in sec-19 |
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| 490 | 490 | | tion 4(d) of the Indian Self-Determination and 20 |
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| 491 | 491 | | Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(d)); 21 |
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| 492 | 492 | | (B) Native Hawaiians, as that term is de-22 |
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| 493 | 493 | | fined in section 6207 of the Native Hawaiian 23 |
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| 494 | 494 | | Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7517); 24 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (C) Alaska Natives, within the meaning 1 |
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| 499 | 499 | | provided for the term ‘‘Native’’ in section 3(b) 2 |
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| 500 | 500 | | of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 3 |
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| 501 | 501 | | U.S.C. 1602(b)); and 4 |
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| 502 | 502 | | (D) Pacific Islanders, as such term is de-5 |
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| 503 | 503 | | fined in section 815 of the Native American 6 |
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| 504 | 504 | | Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992c). 7 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (4) I |
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| 506 | 506 | | NDIGENOUS PEOPLES .—The term ‘‘Indige-8 |
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| 507 | 507 | | nous peoples’’— 9 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (A) means distinct social and cultural 10 |
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| 509 | 509 | | groups that the Coordinator for Indigenous Af-11 |
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| 510 | 510 | | fairs designates as such, taking into account 12 |
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| 511 | 511 | | relevant factors such as internationally recog-13 |
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| 512 | 512 | | nized definitions of Indigenous Peoples, histor-14 |
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| 513 | 513 | | ical context, and sociological circumstances; and 15 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (B) includes domestic Indigenous peoples 16 |
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| 515 | 515 | | and international Indigenous peoples. 17 |
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| 516 | 516 | | (5) I |
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| 517 | 517 | | NTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES .— 18 |
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| 518 | 518 | | The term ‘‘international Indigenous peoples’’ means 19 |
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| 519 | 519 | | the peoples indigenous to foreign countries or for-20 |
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| 520 | 520 | | eign territories. 21 |
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