S. 749 – NACIE Improvement Act

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The NACIE Improvement Act requires the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) to include at least one member who is the president of a Tribal College or University. It also mandates that the council’s annual report be sent to the Secretaries of Education and the Interior each year, and that both secretaries consider that report when preparing the federal budget. The changes affect NACIE’s composition, Tribal College leaders, and the Education and Interior departments’ budget planning processes.

Key Provisions

The President must ensure that NACIE includes at least one Tribal College or University president within 180 days of the law’s enactment.
NACIE must deliver its annual report to the Secretaries of Education and Interior by June 30 each year.
Both the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of the Interior must consider the most recent NACIE annual report when preparing their budget submissions to Congress.

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November 13, 2023 • 2:32 PM

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Introduced in Senate

March 9, 2023

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

March 9, 2023

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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

November 8, 2023

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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5434; text: CR S5434)

November 8, 2023

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November 9, 2023

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Received in the House.

November 13, 2023 • 2:03 PM

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Held at the desk.

November 13, 2023 • 2:32 PM

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Sen. Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI · Nov 8, 2023

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 749 and the Senate proceed to its immediate…

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Engrossed in SenateIssued November 8, 2023

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 749

AN ACT

To ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education includes at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University and to require the Secretaries of Education and Interior to consider the National Advisory Council on Indian Education's reports in the preparation of budget materials.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act or the NACIE Improvement Act.

2.

National Advisory Council on Indian Education

(a)

Membership of NACIE

By not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision of section 6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7471), the President shall ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education established under such section includes at least one member who is a president of a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)).

(b)

Consideration of reports

(1)

Sharing of report with Secretaries of Education and Interior

By not later than June 30 of each year, the National Advisory Council on Indian Education shall provide the NACIE annual report submitted to Congress under section 6141(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7471(b)(3)) for such year to the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of the Interior.

(2)

Department of Education

The Secretary of Education, in preparing the budget materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the budget of the United States Government that is submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall consider the most recent NACIE annual report.

(3)

Department of the Interior

The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Education Subcommittee of the Tribal-Interior Budget Council, in preparing the budget materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Interior in support of the budget of the United States Government that is submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall consider the most recent NACIE annual report.

(c)

Definition

In this section, the term NACIE annual report means the report prepared under section 6141(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7471(b)(3)).

Passed the Senate November 8, 2023.

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