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USET SPF Candidate Principles and Priorities FINAL BOD Approved 11_7_19
- NCUIH Releases 2018-2019 Urban Indian Organization Shutdown Report - Report Shows Devastating Impacts of Shutdown and Highlights Urgency for Advance Appropriations and 100% FMAP
- Desert Sun Article February 12: From healthcare and Standing Rock to #MMIW:
Presidential candidates talk Native American issues
- Intertribal Org Letter - Tribal Priorities for COVID-19 Relief Package July 20, 2020
- USET SPF Alert (July 9): CRF Initial Reporting Deadline 7/17
- USET SPF Alert: Tribal Govts May Use CRF Funding for FEMA Cost Share – May 21
- Statement by USET Sovereignty Protection Fund President Kirk Francis in Response to
Today’s Joint Statement by Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin and Secretary of the
Interior David L. Bernhardt on Distribution of Coronavirus Relief Fund Dollars to Native
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American Tribal Nations
- The Trump Administration Is Supporting Indian Country in Response to COVID-19
- USET SPF Alert: Contact Administration to Preserve Tribal Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relationship April 17 • RE: USET SPF Alert: Contact Administration to Preserve Tribal Sovereignty
and Government-to-Government Relationship April 18 - COVID-19 National Briefing Call with State-Local-Tribal Leaders
Call notes from April 8 - Tribal Governance and Housing/Community Development COVID-
19 Workgroup Call notes from April 6 - HSDW Guide to Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Funding and
Programs for Tribal Health Programs - HSDW Summary of Federal Indian Country COVID Programs - ALL USET SPF/USET COVID-19 Tips of the Day - Communication Resources for COVID-19 - USET SPF Alert: NEEDED IMMEDIATELY: Tribal COVID-19 Legislative
Proposals for Further Action March 15
Bankruptcy
Budget
Contract Support Costs
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Appropriations
- USET SPF Alert: House Interior Appropriations Releases Draft FY 2021,
Subcommittee Mark-up Tomorrow (July 7)
- USET SPF Signs onto Joint Letter to Appropriators re: Indian Country
COVID-19 Priorities – March 16, 2020
- USET SPF Written Testimony House Interior Appropriations Tribal
Witness Hearings 2-11-2020
Federal Budget Process/Timeline
- January 10: USET SPF Alert: House Interior Approps AI/AN Public
Witness hearing information and USET Budget Process PowToon Video
FY2021
- 2021 Bureau of Indian Education Justifications
Indian Health Services (IHS) Budget Formulation Workgroup
Labor HHS Appropriations
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President’s Budget Request
- Formulation Guidance materials for FY2022 and Webinar recording
Quiet Crisis
Sequestration
Tribal Interior Budget Council (TIBC)
- TIBC FY 2022 Budget Submission
Bureau of Indian Affairs
- USET SPF Alert: Joint Letter Urging the Removal of ASIA Sweeney –
May 20
- Dear Tribal Leader Letter – BIA ERO Change in Leadership February 5
Census
Congress
- USET SPF Alert: Support Joint Tribal Priorities in Congressional Stimulus Efforts
- March 21, 2020
- Congressional Calendar 2020
SCIA
Constitutionality of Federal Indian Programs and Protections
Culture And Heritage
- USET SPF Support for STOP Act – June 22, 2020 - Early Coordination with Indian Tribes During Pre-application Processes –
Section 106 Process: A Handbook - NATHPO Building on 2019 Victories
Doctrine of Discovery
Indian Arts & Crafts
Indian Child Welfare Act
- USA Today Article January 29: The Indian Child Welfare Act: A law that paved the way for a 5-year-old's death
- HSDW Memo 1.18.20: Briefs in Opposition to ICWA Filed in Brackeen En Banc Rehearing and Fifth Circuit Notified Parties of Presentment Clause Discussions
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Indian Programs
Mascot
• Washington Redsk*ns
H.R. 1278 - Non-Disparagement of Native Americans in Trademark Registration Act - USET SPF Signs onto Solidarity Letter Against Native Mascots
July 2020
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
• Other
Sacred Sites
Traditional Gathering
Trafficking
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration on Children and Families
Department of the Interior
- PRESS RELEASE | USET SPF Statement on DOI Withdrawal of M-
Opinion 37029 March 12
- USET SPF Alert: DOI Withdraws 2014 M-Opinion Providing 2-Part
Carcieri Test, Implements New 4-Part Test : March 11
Economic Development
- The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and the Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona release new research in two Policy Briefs
- Roundtable for Economic Access and Change (Project REACh) - to Remedy Structural Issues in Banking
- Department of Commerce Announces New National Director of Minority Business Development Agency June 2020
- Increased Access to Capital for Indian Country in OCC's Final Rule for Community Reinvestment Act Modernization
- The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and the Native Nations
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Institute at the University of Arizona release research critiquing the Round 1 allocations
of federal CARES Act COVID-19 response funds
- Tribal Businesses Included Under Main Street Lending Program
- NAFOA Navigator Article: Boosting Business Through Sustainability by Alan Gordon,
Senior VP Global Commercial Banking Bank of America
- The Harvard Project COVID-19 Resources for Indian Country Toolbox - resources that
demonstrate ways to build governance capacity, illustrate best practices by Tribal
Nations, provide trusted information about the virus itself, and supply tribal health
ordinances intended to meet your immediate needs
- The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development releases research and
recommendations on the allocation of COVID‐19 response funds
- American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) Survey on the Impact of
COVID-19 on Indian Country Tourism
- USET SPF Comments on OCC Proposed Rule Modernizing the Community
Reinvestment Act March 9
- Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD) and Indian Energy Service Center
(IESC) Tribal Listening Session & Consultations
5:00 – 6:00 pm ET Washington, DC February 10 (LS); 3:00 – 4:50 pm PT Las Vegas,
NV March 2 (Consult); 9:00 am – 12:00 pm CT Catoosa, OK March 10 (Consult);
Lakewood, CO 9:00 am – 12:00 pm MT March 19 (Consult); 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET March
26 (Teleconference)
CDFI
Gaming
Marijuana/Hemp
- Secretary Perdue Approves 3 New Tribal Hemp Production Plans - 10 Tribes Approved
To Date – February 21
Native Act
Small Business Administration (SBA)
- POLICY ALERT: PPP Eligibility Expanded – Resumes April 27
- USET SPF Comments on the Implementation of Section 1102 of the CARES
Act–The Paycheck Protection Program April 17
SBA 8(a) Contracting
TED Bonds
Tobacco
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• MSA
USC Title 25 Chapter 44 – Native American Business Development, Trade
Promotion, and Tourism
• DelBene
Education - Interior Consultations on Indian Self Determination and Education
Assistance Act – 1:00 – 3:00 pm June 29 & July 1 - Joint Association Letter to DeVos and Bernhardt re: BIE CARES funding
June 12, 2020 - Joint Association Letter to DeVos and Bernhardt re: CARES Funding -
May 20, 2020 - Readout of the U.S. Department of Education’s COVID-19
Conference Call with K-12 Stakeholders March 20 - Haskell Indian Nations University Board of Regents- Seeking
Eastern Region Representation
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)
- 2021 Bureau of Indian Education Budget Justifications
- January 3 DTLL Site Assessment Revised Approach for BIE Funded Schools – Webinar
Discussion 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET February 5
Department of Education
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Generation Indigenous Gen-I
Johnson O’Malley
- 2018-2019 JOM Student Count Blank Form Johnson O'Malley Program Contact Information and Number of Eligible Indian Students Served
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Native Education Support and Training Act (NEST)
Emergency Management
Environment and Natural Resources - USDA Forest Service Chief announces new Regional Forester for
Eastern Region – Gina Owens - Law360 Article June 4, 2020: Trump Signs Executive Order To
Speed Up Project Approvals - USET SPF Comments on Proposed NEPA Revisions March 10 - USACE Levee Safety Engineering Circular Release Webinars
March 4 11 am & 3: 00 pm ET Comments due April 20
Climate Change
- “Preparing for the Regional Health Impacts of Climate Change in the
United States” Document from CDC
- USET PROGRAM ALERT: Information Request - Climate Change
relocation unmet infrastructure federal obligations Please respond by
April 10
Energy - Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) BIA OSG ONRR and BLM -
identifies some inherently federal functions (see Annex B) and
functions that Tribal Nations can assume under a Tribal Energy
Resource Agreement (TERA) (see Annex A)
- Assistant Secretary Sweeney Clears the Path for Tribes to Develop
Energy Resources on Tribal Land
EPA
- Law360 June 1, 2020 Article: EPA Finalizes Restraints On State, Tribal Water
Permit Power
• Clean Air
• Clean Water
• Gap Guidance
• Solid Waste
Fracking
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Hydraulic Fracturing
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Water Waters of the United States
Farm Bill
Federal Communications Commission - USET SPF Alert: FCC Tribal Priority Window for 2.5 GHz Spectrum Extended 30 days –
August 1 - USET SPF Alert: FCC Opens Tribal Priority Window for 2.5 GHz Spectrum - FCC Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding Procedures and Certain Program
Requirements for The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction – Deadline April 10
Broadband - Udall, Cantwell, Heinrich Introduce Bill to Increase Tribal Broadband Access
Cell Tower Placement
Positive Train Control/Railroad
Spectrum Licenses
- HSDW General Memorandum 20-001: Federal Communications Commission to Provide Rural Tribal Priority Window to License Spectrum 1/6/2020
Federal Emergency Management Agency
- USET SPF Signs onto Letter Urging Waiver of FEMA Cost-Share and Reimbursement - April 21, 2020
Stafford Act
Federal Recognition
BIA Part 83 Recognition
Native Hawaiian
Food and Drug Administration
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Government Accountability Office
- Federal response to COVID-19 – COVID-19: Opportunities to Improve Federal Response
and Recovery Efforts
- BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION: Actions Needed to Improve Management of a
Supplemental Education Program - April 10, 2020
Health
- Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations - Guidance 2020-
003: ABBOTT ID NOW Testing Machines (issued 04/14/20, updated 07/23/20)
- USET TEC COVID-19 Guidance 2020-008 The Community Use of Masks and Face
Coverings in Response to COVID-19 published 7-23-2020
- FEMA Region 1 Tribal Testing and Contact Tracing in New England – A Regional Strategy
for COVID-19 Document June 29, 2020
- NIHB Publishes Two New HIV Prevention Resources
- USET TEC: Various COVID-19 Testing Educational Materials (updated 06/11/20)
- USET TEC: Various COVID-19 Testing Educational Materials
- USET Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations- Guidance
2020-001: Case Definitions (issued 04/03/20, updated 05/22/20)
- USET Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations – Guidance
2020-001-007
- Study: Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native adults, 2006
- 2017
- USET Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations- Guidance
2020-006: Testing and Implications for Public Health
- USET Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations- Guidance
2020-005: Infection Control
- COVID-19 FCC Telehealth Program Opportunity- Application & Implementation Assistance
Offer
- USET COVID 19 ECHO Friday Clinics Beginning April 17
- Reps. Gallego, Mullin Introduce Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Bill to Reduce Burdens for
Urban Indian Organizations – April 21
- USET Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations- Guidance
2020-004: Contact Tracing
- USET Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations- Guidance
2020-003: ABBOTT Testing Machines
- USET Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations- Guidance
2020-002: Social Distancing
- USET Tribal Epidemiology Center (USET TEC) COVID-19 Recommendations - Guidance
2020-001: Case Definitions
- Watch a recording of the March 17 NAFOA NCAI & NIHB Tribal Leader Town Hall on
COVID-19 and view the slideshow from the meeting
- USET/USET SPF COVID-19 Response & Relief Effort: USET TEC Surveillance Tool
NOW AVAILABLE! - Coronavirus Resources & Information
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- Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the 2019-2020 Flu Season
Administration for Children and Families
Advance Appropriations
Affordable Care Act
• Indian Health Care Improvement Act
- ACA/IHCIA Resources Available for Self-Governance Tribes
Behavioral Health
- National Tribal Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Behavioral Health seeking to fill
Nashville Area Vacancies
Budget
Center for Disease Control (CDC) - CDC’s Office of Tribal Affairs and strategic Alliances Weekly Updates February
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- CDC Health Update February 1: Update and Interim Guidance on Outbreak of
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- HSDW Memo 7.29.2020: Arkansas and HHS Ask Supreme Court to Review
Medicaid Work Requirements Ruling
- HSDW Memo 7.1.2020: National Indian Health Board and Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Services Telehealth Webinar June 30
- CMS Issues Guidance on Coronavirus Coverage March 5
- HSDW Memo 2.20.2020: DC Circuit Upholds Invalidation Medicaid Work
Requirements
- CMS Releases Guidance to States on Medicaid Block Grants
- USET SPF Comments to CMS - Scope of Practice Medicare regulations January 17
Definition of Indian
Dental
Executive Branch Reorganization
Federal Employee Health Benefits
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Federally Qualified Health Center
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
- USET SPF Alert: Oppose Changes to 100% FMAP - July 29
- USET SPF Signs onto Tribal Inter-Org Letter opposing any
proposal to amend the Social Security Act to extend 100% Federal
Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to States for Medicaid
services furnished by non-Indian Health Care Providers (IHCPs) to
AI/AN beneficiaries – July 27, 2020
HHS
- HHS Health Resources and Service Administration HRSA Tribal Advisory
Council Requesting Tribal Delegate Member Nominations – Submission
Deadline May 7
- HHS-CDC Announce $80M to Support COVID-19 Response in Indian Country
HIPAA
Indian Health Care Improvement Act
IHS
Update August 6 - Deadline Extended to Apply for Provider Relief Fund Medicare, Medicaid & CHIP Provider Distribution
- Report from the Presidential Task Force on Protecting Native American Children in the Indian Health Service System July 2020
- USET SPF Alert: IHS Announcement on the National Expansion of CHAP – July 14, 2020
- HSDW Memo 6/25/2020: IHS Announces Competitive Grant Opportunities – Tribal Management Grant Program Deadline August 24; Dental Preventive & Clinical Support Centers Program Deadline September 21; Tribal Injury Prevention Cooperative Agreement Program Deadline October 1
- IHS issues DTLL on Funding Distribution for $750m to Tribes for Testing – May 19
- USET SPF Comments re: Provider Relief Fund May 8 - FY2022 IHS Tribal Budget Formulation- FINAL Budget Book –
Reclaiming Tribal Health: A National Budget Plan to Rise Above Failed Policies and Fulfill trust Obligations to Tribal Nations
- IHS DTLL on Remaining CARES Act Funding – April 23 - Public Service Announcement from Rear Admiral Weahkee April 15 - DTLL April 3 IHS Announces Determination of $30 Mill for Urban
Indian Health of the $1.032 Bill from CARES Act - RADM Weahkee DTLL March 27 re: disposition of $134 million in
new resources for COVID-19 response in Indian Country
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- Indian Health Service All Tribes and Urban Indian Organization Leaders Call Follow-Up March 17
- IHS DTLL March 2 re: Behavioral Health Funding - IHS Week in Review for the week of February 16 - RADM Weahkee’s IHS week in review updates for the week of
January 19 IHS Facebook video with Chief Malerba
- The Indian Health Service Response to Recent News Reports December 31, 2019, Wall Street Journal article titled “Rx for Ailing Indian Health Service: Changes in Spending, Recruitment.”
- HHS Office of Inspector General Report – December 18, 2019 "Indian Health Service Has Strengthened Patient Protection Policies but Must Fully Integrate Them Into Practice and Organizational Culture"
- Indian Health Service (IHS) Final Report and Roadmap for First Phase of the Health Information Technology Modernization
IHS Facilities
• 105(l)
- USET SPF Alert: IHS Reprograms $72 M for FY 2019 105(l) Lease Obligations-
January 29
- January 22 DTLL providing the decision on the Indian Health Service proposal to
reprogram fiscal year 2019 funds for lease cost agreements with Tribes and Tribal
organizations authorized under section 105 (l) of the ISDEAA
IHS-VA Agreements - VA-IHS Health Care Coordination Advisory Board – Nominations due by
February 16
Insurance
Long-Term Services and Supports
Meaningful Use
Medicaid
- HSDW Memo 2.20.2020: DC Circuit Upholds Invalidating Medicaid Work
Requirements
Medicare
Medicare-Like Rates
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Mental & Behavioral Health
MMPC/TTAG
MSPI/DVPI
Native Contract and Rate Expenditure (CARE) Act (previously - Medicare-Like Rates)
OMB Reimbursement Rates
Purchased-Referred Care (previously – Contract Health Services)
SAMHSA
Self-Governance
Self-Insurance
Special Diabetes Program for Indians
- USET SPF Alert: Tribal Consultation on Use of SDPI Offset Funds – July 14, 2020
- May 20 Letter to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders Providing Updates About the Special Diabetes Program for Indians
- Joint Association Letter on Public Health Extenders – Senate February 12, 2020
- Joint Association Letter on Public Heath Extenders – House February 12, 2020
- Congressional Research Service report on special diabetes programs
Third-Party Revenue
VA
Zika
Homeland Security - TSA Request: Tribal Governments - Keep your ID Samples Up-to-date with
TSA (Request for Sample Facsimile of Tribal Government Issued Identification Card) June 2020
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Emergency Management - USET SPF Signs onto Joint Tribal Homeland Security and Emergency
Services Letter to Congress - May 26, 2020
Housing
- U.S. Department of Housing Dear Lender Letter March 20 re: Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium in connection with the Presidentially Declared COVID-19 National Emergency
- USET SPF Comments re: HUD Two-Year Notices of Funding Availability for ONAP Competitive Programs March 13
Housing Improvement Program (HIP)
HUD 184 Loan Program
NAHASDA
Other
Infrastructure - Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES) is
an initiative to address disparities in rural transportation infrastructure
International Affairs
Human Rights - USET SPF Alert: USCCR Hearing on Broken Promises and
COVID, USET SPF to Testify July 16 - USCCR Virtual Briefing on Assessing COVID-19 and the Broken
Promises to Native Americans 10:00 am July 17 – Written Comments due July 24
United Nations
United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) United Nations Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples
➢ American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• DRAFT American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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➢ World Conference On Indigenous Peoples (WCIP)
Justice & Law Enforcement
Code X Program
Indian Juvenile Justice Code
Joint Task Force on Maine Native Killings
Marijuana
Tobacco
Tribal Law and Order Act
Voting Rights
Labor & Employment
- Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau Seeks Public Input on
Effectiveness and Impact of Paid Family Leave on Women and
Families July 15, 2020
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Overtime
NLRB
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act
Land Issues
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BIA/Rights of Way
Carcieri
Barrasso Carcieri Bill S. 1879: Interior Improvement Act
Information
Co-Sponsors of S. 1879
Moran Trust Land Bill S. 1931
- USET SPF Alert: Victory for Mashpee in DC District Court - May 27 LAW360 Article: Tribal Group Calls DOI's Rule Swap 'Egregious' In Trust
Suit - Haaland Files Bicameral, Bipartisan Legal Brief to Protect Tribe’s Land From
Executive Infringement May 20 - Congressional Research Service Report May 6, 2020: BIA’s New Take on Taking
Land into Trust for Indians - E&E News Article May 4: Judge 'shocked' by government's silence in Tribal case - LAW360 Article April 7: DOI Will Hold Off On Taking Mashpee Land Out Of Trust - RE: USET SPF Alert: DOI Secretary Orders Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation
Disestablished--Lands Taken Out of Trust March 30, 2020 - USET SPF Alert: DOI Secretary Orders Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation
Disestablished--Lands Taken Out of Trust – March 28 - LAW360 Article March 25: Tribes Unsure Where They'll Land With New DOI Trust
Policy
HEARTH Act
Indian Reorganization Act
Interior Improvement Act
Land Buy-Back
Land-into-Trust
Land Reaffirmation
Rights-of-Way
25 CFR Part 151
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Native American Enterprise Initiative (NAEI)
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- USET Program Alert: OMB COVID-19 Grant Guidance March 17
• Uniform Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for federal Awards
Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indian and Alaska Natives - Four listening sessions to be conducted by teleconference: BIA
Eastern Region May 27 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET; BIA Southern Plains, Southwest, Western and Rocky Mountain Regions May 29 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET; BIA Midwest and Great Plains Regions June 2 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET; BIA Pacific, Northwestern and Alaska Regions June 3 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET
- Readout of the Task Force Meeting on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives 2/13/2020
Research - Video Ethical Frameworks for Research Collaboration with Indigenous Communities
– Featuring USET/ USET SPF Secretary & Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut Chief Lynn Many Hearts Malerba
- USET SPF Comments re: NIH Tribal Consultation on COVID-19 Research June 5 - USET SPF Comments on NIH DRAFT Policy for Data Management and Sharing
and Supplemental DRAFT Guidance 1/10/2020
All of Us Project
Common Rule
Restrictive Settlement Act - Press Herald Article: Sweeping recommendations would overhaul Maine’s Indian
land claims act - Law 360 Article: Maine's Tribes Push To Restore Authority Over Lands
Self-Governance - Federal Register Notice February 28 - lists programs or portions of
programs that are eligible for inclusion in self-governance funding agreements with Indian Tribes and lists Fiscal Year 2020 programmatic targets for each of the non-BIA bureaus in the DOI
- HSDW General Memo 20-003: BIA Self-Governance Application Deadline of March 1
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Social Security Administration - Updated Guidance from Commissioner Andrew Saul about COVID-19 Economic
Impact Payments for Social Security beneficiaries & SSI recipients – April 10
Social Services - Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program
Child Care
Foster Care and Family Stability
Sovereign Immunity - HSDW General Memorandum 20-006 March 17, 2020: Arizona Supreme Court Creates
New Tribal Sovereign Immunity Test for Tribal Corporations o Opinion February 25, 2020
Apple Inc. v MEC Resources LLC
Clark v Harrah’s NC Casino Co. LLC
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Sharline Lundgren et al.
State of the Union/Indian Nations
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States
Substance Abuse - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration collaboration
with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand recovery housing
Opioids
Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) - Tribal Supreme Court Project Update July 24 - Tribal Supreme Court Project Update June 12 - Tribal Supreme Court Project Update April 4 - Tribal Supreme Court Project Update January 17
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Taxation
- House Ways & Means Historic Hearing on Indian Tax and Economic Development
- House Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee hearing on
“Examining the Impact of the Tax Code on Native American Tribes” 10:00 am March 4
room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building – WRITTEN COMMENTS
DEADLINE March 18
General Tax Updates
Comprehensive Tax Reform
GWE
Health
HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health)
IRS
- IRS Releases Online Portal “Where’s My Economic Impact Payment”
- Treasury and IRS Issue Guidance on Deferring Tax Payments Due to COVID-19
Outbreak
- New IRS Website Provides Tax Assistance for Indian Country
New Market Tax Credits
State and Dual Taxation
Tax Extenders
Tax Reform
Tribal Council Pay
Tribal Treasury Advisory Committee (TTAC)
Trust Per Capita
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Transportation
BIA Roads
Department of Transportation
FAST ACT
Indian Reservation Roads (IRR)
Map-21
Self-Governance - Department of Transportation's TTSGP Final Rule in Federal Register effective
October 1, 2020
Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization
Transportation Reauthorization
Tribal Administration
Financial Reporting
Treasury - USET SPF Letter to Treasury re: Tribal FAQs and Transparency in Calculations - June
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- Coronavirus Relief Fund FAQs Updated June 24
- USET SPF Alert: Treasury Begins 2nd CRF Distribution - June 15
• UPDATE RE: USET SPF Alert: Treasury Begins 2nd CRF Distribution – June 16
- USET SPF Alert: Treasury Issues Guidance on Upcoming Tribal Data Collection for
Distribution of Remaining CRF Funds – May 15 - URGENT NOTICE: Treasury Portal Submissions - Breach of Confidentially
April 26 - USET SPF Comments on Distribution of CARES Act Title V Tribal Set Aside –
April 8 • April 13 RE: USET SPF Comments on Distribution of CARES Act Title V
Tribal Set Aside • April 22 Follow Up: RE: USET SPF Comments on Distribution of CARES Act
Title V Tribal Set Aside FOLLOW UP: Treasury Guidance - USET SPF Alert: DOI/Treasury Consultation on Tribal Economic Stabilization Fund
Announced March 31, 2020 - Impact of the Tribal Social Security Fairness Act on Worker Status - Indian Tribal Governments Reorganization
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- New Downloadable Assistant Helps Withhold the Right Amount of Income Tax
Tribal Consultation Policy
Tribal Governments
Tribal Justice - Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska
Natives Listening Session during USET SPF Impact Week Meetings Washington,
DC 2:00 – 5:00 pm March 17
- Trump Administration Launches Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives
Crime Victim Services
Human Trafficking - Resources for Human Trafficking Awareness from OVC
Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Other
Trust Asset Reform/Trust Reform/Trust Responsibility
Administration/Department of Interior
Cobell
Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform (SCITAR)
Trust Modernization
Trust Reform Legislation
USET Trust Reform
US Commission on Civil Rights
USDA
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VAWA
- Trump Administration Establishes the First Cold Case Task Force Office for Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives – July 27
- First Two Native Women Serving in Congress Call Congress’ Attention to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis on National Awareness Day May 5, 2020
- December 23, 2019 Letter signed by 15 former US Attorneys on the VAWA Bills
Victims of Crime Act Fund
Veterans Affairs VA, Elizabeth Dole Foundation to offer respite relief for Veteran caregivers – August 5
Educational Assistance for Certain Former Members of the Armed Forces Proposed Rue by the VA – Comments Submission Deadline September 25
The Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) - Caregivers stipends set to expand to Vietnam veterans, older generations this fall
- VA expands funding for emergency response for Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness during COVID-19 pandemic
- VA seeking input updating eligibility rules 'bad-paper-discharges' (to clarify what is considered a dishonorable discharge for VA benefit eligibility purposes)
- VA helping veterans at high risk of homelessness - Updates on National Native American Veterans Memorial Dedication –
Indefinitely Postponing Native Veterans Procession Scheduled for November 11, 2020
- VA’s telehealth system grows as Veterans have access to unlimited data while using VA Video Connect
- Department of Veterans Affairs Memo April 8: CARES Act – Economic Impact Payments
- National Cemetery Administration (NCA) Information Update COVID-19 Alert March 23
White House - White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Update on Additional
Coronavirus Relief Fund Distributions to Native American Tribes June 12
My Brother’s Keeper
White House Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans
White House Council on Native American Affairs Notes from August 5th White House Council on Native American Affairs – Energy Development Subcommittee Tribal Leader Roundtable
Notes from August 4th White House Council on Native American Affairs – Workforce Development & Education Committee Tribal Leader
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Roundtable - Dear Tribal Leaders: Thank you for your support... Tyler Fish May 1, 2020 - White House re-establishes Council on Native American Affairs to support
continued inter-agency coordination with Indian Country
White House Tribal Nations Conference
Youth
Youth
OTHER
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Litigation - Congressional Research Report on McGirt v. Oklahoma July 24, 2020
Apple Inc. v MEC Resources LLC
Big Lagoon Rancheria v State of California
Blackfeet Tribe, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., v. FCC and USA
Brackeen et al. v Zinke et al.
California v Texas (ACA Repeal)
- US Brief filed June 25 - Texas et al Brief filed June 25 - Hurley and Nantz Brief filed June 25 - Amicus Brief (with 471 Tribal Nations represented by amici curiae, either directly
or indirectly through membership in an amici Tribal organization) Filed May 13 - California v Texas Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
• California v Texas Petition Appendix
• California v Texas Motion to Expedite Consideration of Petition
• Petition for A Writ of Certiorari
• House ACA Motion to Expedite
Carcieri v Salazar
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Cherokee Nation v McKesson Corp. Clark v Harrah’s NC Casino Co. LLC Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al., v. Steven Mnuchin & Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, et al., v Steven Mnuchin & Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation vv. Steven Mnuchin
Amicus Brief August 5, 2020 - USET SPF Alert June 26: DC District Court Rules in Favor of Treasury in Chehalis
- Amicus Brief June 4, 2020 - USET SPF Alert April 27: Federal District Court Upholds the Integrity of
Tribal Governments in Chehalis Case
Confederated Tribe of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon and Clark County, WA v Jewell (Cowlitz) David Chipmon v. The United States of America et al
- LAW360 May 18, 2020 Article: Miss. Tribe Wins Immunity Claim In $1.4M Car Crash Suit
Dollar General v Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Harrison Family v PCBI Gaming Jerry Rape v Poarch Band of Creek Indians et al.
King v Burwell Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v Bernhardt
- Order, Opinion & Memorandum Opinion & Order Case 1:18-cv-02242-PLF June 5, 2020 - Haaland Files Bicameral, Bipartisan Legal Brief to Protect Tribe’s Land From Executive
Infringement May 20 - USET SPF Amicus Brief in Support of USET SPF Member Tribal Nation Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe Filed May 11, 2020 - E&E News Article May 4: Judge 'shocked' by government's silence in Tribal case - Memorandum Opinion and Order May 1, 2020 – Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v David
Bernhardt et al & David Littlefield et al - April 16 Indianz.com Article: Mashpee Wampanoag Termination: Time to expose federal
Indian law
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish v Patchak Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v Tein, Lewis & Tein
Michigan v Bay Mills
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Morton v Mancari
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Nebraska v Parker
Patchak v Zinke Penobscot Nation v. Frey et al (previously Penobscot Nation v. Mills et al)
- USET SPF and Partners File Amicus Brief in Penobscot River Case July 15, 2020
- LAW360 July 16 Article: Lawmakers Back Penobscot Nation Rights In Maine River
Plaintiffs v Jewell & Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe
Ramah Navajo Chapter v Zinke
Redding Rancheria v Price
Texas v. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
- Justices Won't Hear Texas Tribe's Petition On Bingo Block
Texas v Zinke United States of America v Joshua James Cooley
- USET SPF and Partners File Amicus Brief in US v Cooley July 24
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Sharline Lundgren et al.
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McGirt v Oklahoma July 9, 2020 Herrera v. Wyoming May 20, 2019 Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc. March 19, 2019 Washington v. U.S. June 11, 2018
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren May 21, 2018
Patchak v. Zinke February 27, 2018
Upstate Citizens for Equality, Inc. V. United States November 27, 2017
Matal v. Tam June 19, 2017
Lewis v. Clarke April 25, 2017
Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians June 23, 2016
U.S. v. Bryant June 13, 2016
Nebraska v. Parker March 22, 2016
Sturgeon v. Frost March 22, 2016
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. U.S. January 25, 2016
Knight v. Thompson January 26, 2015
Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community May 27, 2014
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl June 25, 2013
U.S. v. Samish Indian Nation October 9, 2012
Arctic Slope Native Ass’n, Ltd. v. Sebelius June 25, 2012
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak June 18, 2012
Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter June 18, 2012
U.S. v. Jicarilla Apache Nation June 13, 2011
U.S. v. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma May 2, 2011
U.S. v. Tohono O’Odham Nation April 26, 2011
Madison County, N.Y. v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York January 10, 2011
U.S. v. Navajo Nation April 6, 2009
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs March 31, 2009
Carcieri v. Salazar February 24, 2009