S.Amdt. 6308

SA 6308. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

SEC. 389. TRIBAL LIAISONS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each installation of the Department of Defense that has an Indian Tribe or Tribal interests in the area surrounding the installation, including if an Indian Tribe is historically or culturally affiliated with the land or water managed or directly impacted by the installation, has a dedicated Tribal liaison located at the installation.

(b) Civilian Employee.--Each Tribal liaison required under subsection (a) shall be a civilian employee of the Department of Defense.

(c) Treatment of Certain Installations.--If more than one Armed Force is located at an installation described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that such installation has a dedicated Tribal liaison for each such Armed Force.

(d) Indian Tribe Defined.--In this section, the term “Indian Tribe” has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)).