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Please contact USET’s Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs with questions:

Liz Malerba ~ Mohegan Tribe

lmalerba@usetinc.org

400 North Capitol Street, Suite 585 Washington, D.C. 20001 202-624-3550

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Budget

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DOI Settlement

HSDW Memo 8.22.2016: BIA CSC Workshop Revises Draft Policy Based on Comments from Tribal Consultation; Update on Ramah Settlement and Payment Process Comments of Draft Contract Support Policy Announced by Dear Tribal Leader Letter Dated March 22, 2016 Final Approved Draft CSC Indian Affairs Manual Chapter w edits 8.16.2016 Ramah Navajo Chapter Class Action Settlement Claim Form 8.15.2016 Ramah Navajo Chapter, Oglala Sioux Tribe & Pueblo of Zuni v. Jewell Class Counsel Question and Answer Fact Sheet 8.3.2016

- USET SPF Comments on BIA Draft Contract Support Costs Policy 7.29.2016 - HSDW Memo – Contract Support Costs FY 2017 Appropriations Update

6.17.2016 - USET SPF Comments on IHS Contract Support Costs Policy 6.10.2016 - HSDW Memo – 5.20.2016: BIA Holds Contract Support Costs Policy

Consultation Sessions - Draft BIA CSC Policy - CSC Policy Crosswalk from Existing Policy to Proposed Final Policy - HSDW Memo – 4.19.2016: Template Comment Letter on Draft IHS CSC Policy

Template Letter - IHS CSC Policy 4.12.2016 - HSDW Memo – 4.12.16: IHS Opens 60-Day Consultation Period on Contract

Support Cost Policy - The Principal Deputy Director writes to notify Tribal Leaders that effective April

11, 2016, a Tribal Consultation opens for a 60-day period to consult with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal Organizations on the Indian Health Service Contract Support Costs Policy

- Enclosure: Draft Contract Support Costs Policy - IHS & BIA Announce Tribal Consultation on Contract Support Costs - DOI BIA CSC Policy Tribal Consultation Information (DTLL & PowerPoint

Presentation) - HSDW Memo- 3.7.16: BIA and IHS Roll Out Draft CSC Policy at NCAI Sessions - CSC Draft Policy for Discussion - IHS CSC Update PowerPoint - IHS CSC Updated Policy from NCAI Sessions - HSDW Memo – 2.24.2016 Court Approves Final Settlement in Ramah CSC

Class Action - Judgement Approving Settlement - Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Approving Final Settlement

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- List of Class Members & Their Share of Net Settlement Amount - HSDW Memo- 2.16.16 IHS CSC Workgroup Meets, Agrees on Rough Draft of

CSC Policy; Administration Proposes Indefinite CSC Appropriations Again for FY 2017; Tribes Advocate Mandatory CSC Appropriations

- The IHS Contract Support Costs (CSC) Workgroup has revised a new policy for Tribal review and comment

- Tribes Receive $940 Million In Federal Contracts Settlement - HSDW Memo – 2.3.16: IHS CSC Workgroup Meeting Yields Further Progress on Policy - HSDW Memo – 1.12.15: BIA Releases Revised Draft of New CSC Policy; IHS Initiates

Consultation on CSC Policy; Ramah Class Moves for Final Approval of Settlement - Dear Tribal Leader Letter – 1.7.16: Initiate a Consultation on the Indian Health Service

Contract Support Costs Policy - BIA’s Release of a Revised Draft CSC Policy - HSDW Memo: IHS Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriation Contains Indefinite CSC

Appropriation

- HSDW Memo December 11, 2015: IHS Contract Support Cost Workgroup Meets in

Denver, Works on Draft CSC Policy

o IHS Letter to TSGAC re Duplication December 4 2015

o IHS CSC Policy November 20 2015 for Comparison

o IHS CSC Policy Tribal Version November 19 2015 Additional Edits in redline

o CSC Negotiation Templates – August 8 2015

o CSC Funding Summary FY 2014 and FY 2015

Contract Support Costs Archive 2015 Contract Support Costs Archive 2014 Contract Support Costs Archive 2013

Department of Homeland Security

Dept of Homeland Security Archive 2015 Federal Appropriations

Fiscal Year 2017 - A good summary of the status of the Federal budget for FY 2017 - Five Top

Questions About a Continuing Resolution - March 17, 2016: USET SPF Testimony House Appropriations Subcommittee on

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FY 2017 Native American Public Witness Hearings

- Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee FY17 Hearing Schedule (Interior, Environment & Related)

- HSDW Memo: White House Directive to Federal Agencies re: FY 2017 Native Youth Priorities

Fiscal Year 2016 Archive

Fiscal Year 2015 Archive Fiscal Year 2014 Archive Fiscal Year 2013 Archive

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Federal Budget Process/Timeline Federal Budget Process/Timeline Archive 2014

Indian Health Services (IHS) Budget Formulation Workgroup

Labor HHS Appropriations

- HSDW Memo: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Uniform Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for federal Awards

Uniform Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for federal Awards Archive 2015

OMB Archive 2014 OMB Archive 2013

President’s Budget Request

- FACT SHEET President Obama Proposes New Funding to Build

Resilience of Alaska’s Communities and Combat Climate Change

- Standing with Indian Country

- NIEA Applauds Focus on Education and Native Students in

Obama’s Final Budget Request

- NCAI Analysis of the President's FY2017 Budget Request President’s Budget Request Archive 2015

Sequestration Sequestration Archives 2015

Tribal Interior Budget Council (TIBC)

TIBC Archives 2013

Census

- 2020 Census Tribal Consultations - Miami, FL 1:00 - 5:00 pm October 4

(Education & Awareness Session) - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Consultation Meeting

October 5; Fort Hall, ID 1:00 - 5:00 pm October 19 (Education & Awareness

Session) - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Consultation Meeting October 20; Chandler,

AZ 1:00 - 5:00 pm November 17 (Education & Awareness Session) - 9:00 am -

5:00 pm Consultation Meeting November 18

- Tribal Consultation Handbook: Background Materials for Tribal Consultations on the 2020 Census.

- Federal Register

Congress

Congress Archive 2015

SCIA

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SCIA Archive 2015

Culture And Heritage

Culture and Heritage Archives 2015

Doctrine of Discovery

- USET SPF Letter to General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)-

3.15.2016

Indian Arts & Crafts

Indian Arts & Crafts Archives 2013

Indian Child Welfare Act - DOI Releases Schedule of ICWA Trainings – Beginning August 15 through November

17 – webinars & On site trainings available - NICWA to Host Webinar on ICWA Regulations 3:30 pm EDT June 23 - Press Release June 8, 2016: Acting Assistant Secretary Roberts Issues Final

Regulations to Strengthen Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act, Focusing on Family Unification

- Final Rule: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Proceedings June 8, 2016 - Final Rule: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Frequently Asked Questions June 8, 2016 - Dear Tribal Leader Letter June 8, 2016 - Dear State Governor Letter June 8, 2016 - Administration for Children and Families publishes ICWA Data Requirements –

Comments Due May 9

- Indianz.com Article: Justice Department official warns of Indian Child Welfare Act fight

- Interior Announces Interagency Partnership With Justice and HHS to Strengthen ICWA

Implementation and Compliance

- HSDW Memo: Goldwater Institute Litigation Challenge to the Constitutionality of ICWA

Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2015 Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2014 Indian Child Welfare Act Archive 2013

Indian Programs Indian Programs Archive 2015

Mascot

Washington Redsk*ns

H.R. 1278 - Non-Disparagement of Native Americans in Trademark Registration Act - DC Football Team Asks Supreme Court to Review Trademark Case

Washington Mascot Change Archive 2015 Washington Mascot Change Archive 2014 Washington Mascot Change Archive 2013

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act - Government Accountability Office (GAO) Agrees to Study Federal Efforts

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to Stop Illegal Sale of Native American Cultural Items

- Letter from GAO

- National Park Service is seeking nominations for one member of the

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee

Nominations Due September 26

- Federal Legislative Repatriation Measures – Summary 8.3.2016

- International Repatriation Handout NCAI June 2016

- USET SPF supports the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP)

Act of 2016, being introduced by Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

7/6/2016

- Ninth Circuit Directs District Court to Hear Navajo Nation Claim for Native

Human Remains Excavated from Canyon de Chelly

Native American Graves

Protection and Repatriation Act

Archive 2013

Other - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Letter Re: SB 1054 to Senators Gardiner and

Joyner 2.25.2016 - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Letter Re: HB 803 to Representatives

Crisafulli and Pafford 2.25.2016 Other Culture & Heritage Archives 2014

Other Culture & Heritage Archives 2012

Sacred Sites

MSNBC Video - Rewrite: the Protests at Standing Rock NY Times Opinion Article: Taking a Stand at Standing Rock 8.24.2016

- Senator Heinrich Introduces Bill To Prohibit Exporting Sacred Native American Items

- Congressman Pearce, Chairman Goodlatte, and Chairman Sensenbrenner Initiate Investigation into Illegal Theft and Sale of Tribal Artifacts

- Letter from Pearce, Goodlatte and Sensenbrenner to Comptroller General of U.S. Gene Dodaro June 2016

- CQ Article: Campground’s Fate has Gosar Up in Arms – Latest on Oak Flat 4.4.2016

- Pearce Introduces Resolution to Protect Tribal Artifacts

Resolution - USET Letter Supporting the Listing of the Chi’chil Bildagoteel Historic

District in the National Register

Sacred Sites Archive 2015 Sacred Sites Archive 2014 Sacred Sites Archive 2013

Traditional Gathering

Traditional Gathering Archive 2015

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration on Children and Families

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Administration on Children and Families Archive 2014

Economic Development

CDFI

CDFI Archive 2015 CDFI Archive 2014

Gaming

Gaming Archive 2015 Gaming Archive 2014 Gaming Archive 2013

Marijuana

Marijuana Archive 2015

Small Business Administration (SBA)

SBA Section 8 Archive 2015 SBA Section 8 Archive 2013

SBA 8(a) Contracting

TED Bonds

- New Treasury Department Guidance Provides Additional Flexibility on Tribal Economic

Development Bonds

NAFOA Update

Tobacco

- FDA’s Updated Guidances for Tobacco Product Manufacturers and Investigators

- FDA - RFP to contract with Tribes to conduct compliance check inspections Application

Deadline May 31

Tobacco Archive 2015

Tobacco Archive 2014

MSA

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Archive 2015

USC Title 25 Chapter 44 – Native American Business Development, Trade

Promotion, and Tourism

NABDTP&T Archive 2014 DelBene

DelBene Archive 2014

Education BIE Seeks Nominees for Accountability Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

- Department of Education Releases Guidance on Civil Rights of Students with ADHD - USET SPF Comments on Every Student Succeeds Act Draft Accountability Regulations

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8.1.2016 - Carlisle Indian Industrial School Descendant Survey – Final Report - NIEA Releases the First Comprehensive Publication on Native Education - "Native

Nations and American Schools: The History of Natives in The American Education System" A basic overview of the history and current state of Native education

- NIEA Native Education Review 6.16.2016 - Department of Education Releases Civil Rights Data Collection Report - NIEA Native Education Review 4.28.2016 - BIE Announces School Replacement Program Selections - Senate Committee of Indian Affairs (SCIA) will host a Legislative Hearing on April 6,

2016 on several Indian education bills (S.2304, S.2468, S.2580, S.2711) - One Pager on Senator Tester Education Bills - National Indian Education Association Applauds Focus on Education and Native

Students in Budget Request For Fiscal Year 2017

Education Archive 2014 Education Archive 2013

Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)

- BIE is Seeking Nominations for Advisory Board that Supports Students with Disabilities

Deadline for Nomination Submission is July 11

- GAO Report Reveals BIE Failed to Conduct Inspections

- Senator Barrasso Announces Introduction of RAISE Act at NIEA's Head to the Hill Day

- Secretary Jewell Highlights Budget Gains to Finish Previously Identified BIE School

Construction Projects

BIE Archive 2015 BIE Archive 2014

Department of Education

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

ESEA Archive 2015

Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act

Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act Archive 2013

Generation Indigenous Gen-I

- Historic Investment: $17.4 Million in Grants Available to Help Native Youth

Johnson O’Malley

Johnson O’Malley Archive 2015 Johnson O’Malley Archive 2014

Native Education Support and Training Act (NEST) Native Education Support and

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Training Act (NEST) Archive 2015

Environment and Natural Resources

Environment and Natural Resources Archive 2014

Climate Change

- Final Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects

of Climate Change in National Environmental Policy Act Review

- Climate Action Champions Website

Climate Change Archive 2014

Energy - DOE Releases Updated Draft Guidelines for Residential PACE Programs, Open for

Public Comment – deadline August 19

- DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) new interactive map

- Senate Names Conferees for Comprehensive Energy Legislation, Creating a Path

Forward; Tribal Input Needed

- Differences between the House & Senate Energy Bills – from HSDW 6.27.2016

Energy Archive 2015

Energy Archive 2014 Energy Archive 2013

EPA

- USET SPF Comments on EPA Environmental Justice 2020 Draft Agenda 7.28.2016

- EPA Publishes Proposed Rule with Tribal Implications for the Clean Energy Incentive Program; Comments Requested

- DOJ EPA Consultation on the process for distribution of the Tribal Allocation

Subaccount of the Mitigation Trust from the partial settlement of In re Volkswagen

"Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation 3:00-

4:00 pm August 8, 10 & 15

EPA Archive 2013

Clean Air

EPA Clean Air Archive 2014 EPA Clean Air Archive 2013

Clean Water

EPA Clean Water Archive 2015

EPA Clean Water Archive 2014

EPA Clean Water Archive 2013

Gap Guidance

EPA Gap Guidance Archive 2013

Solid Waste

EPA Solid Waste Archive 2013

Fracking

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Fracking Archive 2015

Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic Fracturing Archive 2014

U.S. Fish and Wildlife U.S. Fish and Wildlife Archive 2015

Water - USET/ITCA/NCAI Joint Letter Requesting Tribal Water Operator Amendment to the

Water Resources Development Act (S.2848) 5.6.2016

Farm Bill

Farm Bill Archive 2014

Farm Bill Archive 2013

Federal Communications Commission FCC Archive 2013

Broadband - Broadband Guidance - Using IHBG, Title VI & ICDBG to Fund Broadband

Activities 2.24.2016 Broadband Archive 2015 Broadband Archive 2014

Cell Tower Placement

Cell Tower Placement Archive 2013

Positive Train Control/Railroad

Positive Train Control/Railroad Archive 2014

Spectrum Licenses

Spectrum Licenses Archive 2015

Federal Emergency Management Agency

- FEMA has an APP

- Federal Emergency Management Agency Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Establish a

Deductible for Public Assistance Program - Public Comment Period Ends March 21

- FEMA Seeking Comments on Disaster Declaration Deductible

FEMA Archive 2015

FEMA Archive 2014 FEMA Archive 2013

Stafford Act

- FEMA Initiates Consultation on Second Draft of Stafford Act Tribal Declarations Pilot

Guidance

Stafford Act Archive 2013

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Federal Recognition

Federal Recognition Archive 2014 Federal Recognition Archive 2013

BIA Part 83 Recognition

BIA Part 83 Recognition Archives 2015

Native Hawaiian

Native Hawaiian Archive 2014

Food and Drug Administration

- USET SPF comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its draft Tribal Consultation Policy 5.31.2016

- FDA Announces Draft Tribal Consultation Policy and Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Health

- NIHB Launches Zika Hub Page

Health Archive 2014

Advance Appropriations Advance Appropriations Archive 2015 Advance Appropriations Archive 2014

Affordable Care Act

Employer Mandate

- CMS Releases AI/AN Summary of Benefits and Coverage Sample for Limited Cost

Sharing and Zero Cost Sharing – DTLL, Zero Cost Sharing Template & Limited Cost

Sharing Template

- Coalition Letter re H.R. 3080, the Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act June 15,

2016

- HSDW Memo 6.3.2016 – HHS Issues Final Rule on Nondiscrimination in Health

Programs

- HHS Final Rule Re: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities

5.18.2016

- Tribal Consultation Call on the ACA Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions 3:00 pm

EDT May 13

- ACA Reporting Deadline (for filing Electronically) June 30 – FAQ & Overview Toolkits

Available Here

- ACA Reporting: IRS Deadline of March 31 Looms for Applicable Large Employers

- Employer Mandate Congressional Support Letter – Senate Finance Committee

- Employer Mandate Congressional Support Letter – House Ways & Means Committee

- HSDW Memo: ACA Employer Mandate Reporting Deadline Extended until March 31,

2016

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IRS Notice

- USET Comments on CDC Draft Guideline on Prescribing Opioids

ACA Archive 2015 ACA Archive 2014 ACA Archive 2013

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

- HSDW Memo 7.20.2016: CMS issues final rule expanding uses of Medicare data by qualified entities

- CMS Final Rule 7.7.2016 - USET SPF Comments on Merit-Based Incentive Payment System

and Alternative Payment Model Incentive under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models 6/27/2016

- Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models

- HSDW Memo 6.10.2016: Comment Deadline Approaching on CMS Proposed Rule to Implement Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and Alternative Payment Model Incentive (deadline June 27)

- Notice of Public Rule Making Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 Quality Payment Program

- Dear Tribal Leader letter on Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule – All Tribes Call May 23 12:30pm EDT

- CMS New Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule Call Series Multiple Dates: May 5-June 9

- CMS Released Medicare Advantage Quality Data for Racial and Ethnic Minorities

CMS Archive 2015 CMS Archive 2014

Definition of Indian

Definition of Indian Archive 2015

Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)

- CMS All Tribes' Call on 100% FMAP State Health Official Letter Presentation

- HHS/CMS State Health Official Notice: Federal Funding for Services Received

through an IHS/Tribal Facility and Furnished to Medicaid-eligible American

Indians and Alaska Natives

Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Dear State Health Official Letter

HHS

- HHS Proposed Grant Rules Conflicts with OMB Guidelines and ISDEAA

- USET SPF Comments on HHS Rulemaking Effecting ISDEAA 8.11.2016

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- HSDW Memo 16-50 (8/1/2016): HHS Proposed Rule on Grants Would Affect

ISDEAA; Comments Requested by August 12

- HHS Final Rule Re: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities

5.18.2016

- HHS Announces Annual Budget Consultation

HIPAA

HIPAA Archive 2013

Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Archive 2014

IHS

HSDW Memo: IHS Tribal Consultation Teleconference on the CHEF Proposed Rule (8.19.2016)

- Indian Country Today Op-Ed: Indian Health Services Can’t Be Fixed Overnight by W. Ron Allen, Jefferson Keel, and Chief Malerba

- HSDW Memo 16-51 (8/4/2016): Indian Health Service Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations Update

- Tribal Consultation on Draft Circular outlining Tribal Premium Sponsorship Scottsdale, AZ 11:00 - 11:50 am September 19 & Phoenix, AZ 3:45 - 5:00 pm October 9 Written Comments Deadline October 31

- Tribal Consultation on Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) Teleconference 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET August 16 & 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET October 24 In Person Scottsdale, AZ @ NIHB Consumer Conference 9:00 - 9:50 am September 19 In Person Phoenix, AZ @ NCAI Conference 1:00 - 2:00 pm October 9

- Tribal Consultation on a draft policy statement to expand the Community Health Aide program Teleconference 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET October 4 Written Comments deadline October 27 In Person Scottsdale, AZ @ NIHB Consumer Conference 1:00 - 2:30 pm September 19 In Person Phoenix, AZ @ NCAI Conference 2:15 - 3:30 pm October 9

- USET SPF and SGCETC Joint Testimony for the Record of HEALTTH Act Hearing July 26, 2016

- 2016 IHS and Tribal Health Care Facilities' Needs Assessment Report to Congress

- IHS Update - July 18 Letter to Tribal Leaders - Review and Comment of Tribal Premium Sponsorship draft IHS Circular – Tribal Consultation Call July 25 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

- HSDW Memo 7.20.2016: House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs holds legislative hearing on HEALTH Act to reform the Indian Health Service

- Senator Rounds Requests Audit of Indian Health Service - July 1, 2016: USET SPF Testimony for the Record of SCIA 6/16 Field

Hearing: Improving Accountability and Quality of Care at the Indian Health Service through S. 2953

- HSDW Memo 6.10.2016: Deadline Extended to June 17, 2016 for IHS Tribal Management Grants

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- HSDW Memo 6.9.2016: Indian Health Service Purchased/Referred Care Webinar

- PRC Rates – Pricing Information Presentation - Purchased/Referred Care Rates Office of Resource Access and

Partnerships Presentation 6.7.2016 - Dear Provider Template Letter - Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Transparency in Tribal

Healthcare HEALTTH Act Released June 8, 2016 - DTLL on Proposed Rule for the Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund

(CHEF) June 1 - DTLL on Draft Policy to Expand Community Health Aide Program June 1 - Press Release: IHS Initiates Tribal Consultation on Draft Policy to

Expand Community Health Aide Program - USET SPF comments on Indian Health Service Proposed Rule on the

Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF) 5.10.2016 - HSDW Memo 16-020: Indian Health Service Issues Reimbursement

Rates for Calendar Year 2016 - Key Leadership Changes at IHS - IHS Staff Announcement - Principal Deputy of the Indian Health Service

Mary Smith - USET Testimony for the Record of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for

Hearing on “Reexamining the Substandard Quality of Indian Health Care in the Great Plains” and Listening Session on “Putting Patients First: Addressing Indian Country’s Critical Concerns Regarding Indian Health Service” February 17, 2016

IHS Facilities

IHS Facilities Archive 2015

IHS-VA Agreements IHS-VA Agreements Archive 2015

Medicaid

Medicaid Archive 2015

Medicare

Medicare Archive 2015

Medicare-Like Rates - IHS Purchased/Referred Care Rates – Informational Webinar - HSDW Memo 5.18.2016: IHS Hosts an Informational Webinar on Purchased and

Referred Care Rates - USET SPF Comments on IHS Medicare-Like Rates Final Rule 5.18.2016

- HSDW Memo 3.21.2016: CMS issues final rule with comment period on expansion period of Medicare-Like Rates

- IHS Implements New "Medicare-like Rate" Rule for Tribes

Mental & Behavioral Health - USET SPF Comments on SASP FY 2016 Funding Consultation 5.2.2016 - HSDW Memo 4.7.2016: IHS Consultation on Distribution of FY 2016 Substance

Abuse and Suicide Prevention Funding; Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Focus

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- DTLL re: Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) name change – Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) Program – Funding & Consultation April 2016

MMPC/TTAG MMPC/TTAG Archive 2015

MSPI/DVPI

MSPI/DVPI Archive

Native Contract and Rate Expenditure (CARE) Act (previously - Medicare-Like Rates)

Medicare-Like Rates Archive 2015 Medicare-Like Rates Archive 2014 Medicare-Like Rates Archive 2013

Purchased-Referred Care (previously – Contract Health Services)

- All Tribes Call on the Final Rule on Payment for Physician and Other Health Care Professional Services Purchased by Indian Health Programs and Medical Charges Associated with Non-Hospital-Based Care (Purchased/Referred Care Rates) 3:00 - 4:00 pm EDT April 21

Purchased-Referred Care (previously – Contract Health

Services) Archive 2013

Self-Governance

- HSDW Memo 4.12.16: IHS, Veterans Affairs, and Treasury Officials Update Self-Governance Tribes on Health Care Issues; Office of Tribal Self-Governance Policy Review Workgroup Reports to Tribes

Additional Information - Sovereign Nations Newsletter – March 2016 Inaugural Edition

Self-Governance Archive 2015 Self-Governance Archive 2014

Self-Insurance

- HSDW Memo 5.2.2016: Amicus Brief Effort to Address Indian health Service’s

New Legal Position that Tribal Self-Insurance is an Alternate Resource Under

§2901(b)

Special Diabetes Program for Indians

SDPI Archive 2015 SDPI Archive 2014 SPDI Archive 2013

Third-Party Revenue

Third-Party Revenue Archive 2015

VA

- Veterans Affairs Releases 2015 Executive Report

- USET Testimony for the Record of SCIA Legislative Hearing on S. 2417 The Tribal

Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act – May 25

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VA Archive 2015

Housing - New HUD Funding Opportunity Deadline July 19 and July 27th Tribal Webinar - HUD Finalizes Improved Tribal Consultation Policy; Offers Plan to Establish New Tribal

Advisory Committee

Housing Archive 2014

Housing Improvement Program (HIP)

HIP Archive 2015 HIP Archive 2014

HUD 184 Loan Program

HUD 184 Loan Program Archive 2015 HUD 184 Loan Program Archive 2014

NAHASDA

NAHASDA Archive 2015

NAHASDA Archive 2014

NAHASDA Archive 2013

Other Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers

of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions

- HUD proposes new formula for Indian Housing Block Grant Program

Other Archive 2015

Other Archive 2014

Other Archive 2013

International Affairs

Human Rights - International Updates: Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous

Peoples - Update on Work at the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council -

Ending violence against indigenous women

Human Rights Archive 2015

United Nations United Nations Archive 2015

United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) - Indian Law Resource Center Comments on the third compilation of

views on enabling the participation of Indigenous Governing Institutions at the UN

- UN Compilation of Views on Indigenous Government Participation - UN Actions to address violence against indigenous women and

girls - Indian Law Resource Center Submission to Inform the President of the

General Assembly Consults April 8

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- UN Consultations: Implementing the UN Declaration and Indigenous Leader Participation

- Written Contribution to Inform the OHCHR Expert Workshop on the Review of the Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, April 4-5, 2016 – 3.14.2016

- International Indian Treaty Council Information Fact Sheet - Concept Note – Expert Workshop to Review the Mandate of the Expert

Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Report of the Third Committee and Recommendation

UNDRIP Archive 2015 UNDRIP Archive 2014

American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

DRAFT American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

- Organization of American States adopts American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 6.15.2016

- International Updates from Indian Law Resource Center June 1 - Advance Edited Version – Expert workshop to review the mandate of the Expert

Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 5.10.2016 - Letter from President of General Assembly - ILRC Statement 5.18.2016

World Conference On Indigenous Peoples (WCIP)

- WCIP Roadmap of Events - World Conference Follow-up - Questionnaire for Written Contributions to the Expert Workshop on the Review of the

Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - U.S. Consultation Invitation FLYER February 25, 2016 – Washington, DC - Indian Law Resource Center’s WCIP Roadmap of Important Meetings 2016-2017 - Form for Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives to Participate in the Expert Workshop to

Review the Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples April 4­5, 2016 - Deadline for submission: February 12

WCIP Archive 2015

WCIP Archive 2014

Justice & Law Enforcement US Sentencing Commission Seeks Member for Tribal Issues Advisory Group - Deadline October 24

- Joint Jurisdiction Courts: A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations

- Senators Tester and Franken Introduce Legislation to Expand Tribal Jurisdiction

Press Release

Code X Program

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Code X Program Archive 2015

Indian Juvenile Justice Code - Interior, Justice and HHS Departments Announce Revised BIA Model Indian Juvenile

Code

Joint Task Force on Maine Native Killings

- USET Letters (follow up from send in November 2015) Requesting Meeting and DOJ Appointments to Joint Task Force on Native Killings

Joint Task Force on Maine Native Killings Archive 2015

Marijuana

Marijuana Archive 2015

Tobacco

Tobacco Archive 2015

Tribal Law and Order Act

- USET SPF Letter on S. 2920, the Tribal Law and Order Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2016 - Sent June 22, 2016

- USET SPF Comments on the Tribal Law and Order Act March 29, 2016 - Guide to Implementing VAWA and TLOA - A Roadmap for Making Native America Safer – Report to the President & Congress of

the U.S. - HSDW Memo – 2.3.14: Indian Law and Order Commission Report

Tribal Law and Order Act Archive 2015

Voting Rights

Voting Rights Archive 2015

Labor & Employment - NAFOA hosting a webinar on Department of Labor Overtime Rule Tuesday,

June 14 at 2:00 pm EDT

- NAFOA Policy Alert: What Tribes Should do to Prepare for the Overtime Rule

- Six Ways to Help Implement Effective Tribal Labor and Employment Practices in

2016

Labor & Employment Archive 2014

Labor & Employment Archive 2013

Overtime - Department of Labor Overtime Rule Webinar Resources - Department of Labor Updates Salary Basis Test for Overtime Determination

Overtime Archive 2015

NLRB

- Supreme Court won't hear NLRB cases – Article “Supreme Court deals setback to

Tribes in Labor Sovereignty Dispute” 6.27.2016

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NLRB Archive 2015

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act

- Coalition Letter re S. 248, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act – National Defense Authorization Act - to Senate

- Indianz.com Article: Indian Country pushes for action on Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act

- Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership Requesting Action on Tribal Labor Sovereignty – April 6 2016

TLSA Archive 2015

Land Issues

- Article: House Moves On Bills That Would Allow States To Seize Millions Of Acres Of Public Lands HR 3650 HR 2316 HR 4579

Land Issues Archive 2015

Land Issues Archive 2014

BIA/Rights of Way - Interior Rights-of-Way Rule Affirms Tribal Government Authority

Carcieri

Barrasso Carcieri Bill S. 1879: Interior Improvement Act

Information

Co-Sponsors of S. 1879

Moran Trust Land Bill S. 1931

Memorandum in Support of Motion for Reconsideration – Clarification

(Mashpee) 8.24.2016

- Grand Ronde V. Jewell DC Circuit Opinion 7.29.2016

- Mashpee Wampanoag District Court Decision 7.28.2016

- Coalition for Tribal Sovereignty Letter to U.S. Congress re: 2009 Carcieri

v. Salazar Decision March 17, 2016

Carcieri Archive 2015

Carcieri Archive 2014

Carcieri Archive 2013

Related Litigation

Related Litigation Archive 2014

Cowlitz

Cowlitz Archive 2014

Big Lagoon Rancheria

Big Lagoon Rancheria Archive 2015

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Big Lagoon Rancheria Archive 2014

HEARTH Act

HEARTH Act Archive 2014

Indian Reorganization Act Indian Reorganization Act Archive 2015

Interior Improvement Act - Senate Report 114-275 S.1879 Interior Improvement Act

Interior Improvement Act Archive 2015

Land Buy-Back

Land Buy-Back Archive 2015

Land-into-Trust - BIA Issues Revised Fee-to-Trust Handbook - Acting Assistant Secretary Roberts Announces Updates to BIA

Handbook to Improve Land-into-Trust and Reservation Proclamation Processes

- Indianz.com Article: A ‘partial’ land-into-trust fix added to Interior appropriations bill

- Indianz.com Article: Another land-into-trust fix reportedly being drafted in the Senate

- BIA Rule Would Ease Tribal Land-Into-Trust Bids Land-into-Trust Archive 2015

Land Reaffirmation

Land Reaffirmation Archive 2015

Nebraska v Parker - SCOTUS Decision Nebraska v Parker

- Turtle Talk: Commentary on SCOTUS Omaha Reservation Boundaries Oral Arguments

Patchak

Patchak Archive 2014

Patchak Archive 2013

Rights-of-Way - Bureau of Indian Affairs Extends Rights-of-Way Final Rule by 90 Days

Rights-of-Way Archive 2015

Rights-of-Way Archive 2014

25 CFR Part 151

25 CFR Part 151

Research

Common Rule - USET Submits Comments on Revisions to “Common Rule” on the Protection of Human

Subjects

Restrictive Settlement Act

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Restrictive Settlement Act Archive 2014

Self-Governance - Tribal Self Governance All Tribes Newsletter June 2016 - All Tribes Tribal Self-Governance Newsletter – February 2016

Self-Governance Archive 2015

Self-Governance Archive 2014

Self-Governance Archive 2013

Social Services

Child Care Child Care Archive 2014

Foster Care and Family Stability - ACF Announces Amendments to Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and

Reporting System – Comments due May 9 Foster Care and Family Stability Archive 2015

State of the Union/Indian Nations

State of the Union/Indian Nations Archive 2015

Substance Abuse

Opiods - Opioid Legislation Approved by Congress - New IHS Policy for Prescribers on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs - CDC Issues New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids - DTLL re: new MOU between IHS and BIA to combat opioid abuse in Indian Country

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) - NARF Tribal Supreme Court Project June 2016 Update

- U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in U.S. v. Bryant

- NARF Tribal Supreme Court Project April 2016 Update

- Amicus Brief in support of Shinnecock Indian Nation No. 15-1215 4.28.2016

- Supreme Court Nominee Has No Clear Track Record on Indian Country Cases

- Nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States

- HSDW Memo 16-024 Supreme Court Rules the Omaha Indian Reservation was not

Diminished

- SCOTUS Decision Nebraska v Parker

- USET Participates in Little River Band of Ottawa Amicus Brief - March 17, 2016 - HSDW Memo: Supreme Court Issues Decision in Menominee Indian Tribe v. United

States

SCOTUS Archive 2015

SCOTUS Archive 2014

SCOTUS Archive 2013

Dollar General - Decision in Dollar General v. MBCI June 23, 2016

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No. 13-1496

USET SPF Issues Statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dollar General v.

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 6/23/2016

MBCI Press Release Re Dollar General v MBCI Decision

HSDW Memo 6.24.2016 Re: Dollar General Case

HSDW National Tribal Amicus Brief Dollar General Corporation v MBCI October

2015

Turtle Talk Article by Matthew L.M. Fletcher (posted on June 23, 2016) “Impact of

Dollar General Affirmance”

Law 360 Article by Andrew Westney (posted June 23, 2016) “BREAKING: Justices'

Tie Means Dollar General Can't Dodge Tribal Court”

Samantha Bee on Dollar General and Tribal Courts

Dollar General Archive 2015

King v. Burwell

King v. Burwell Archive 2015

Taxation

- HSDW Memo 7.22.2016: Tax Policy Developments

- Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2016

- HSDW Memo 2.23.2016: Tax Policy Developments

Taxation Archive 2015

Taxation Archive 2014

General Tax Updates

General Tax Updates Archive 2015 General Tax Updates Archive 2014

Comprehensive Tax Reform

Comprehensive Tax Reform Archive 2014

Comprehensive Tax Reform Archive 2013

GWE

GWE Archive 2015

GWE Archive 2014

GWE Archive 2013

Health

Health Archive 2014

HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health)

HITECH Archive 2013

IRS

- Tribal Organizations Letter to IRS Commissioner re: IRS ACT Restructuring March 11, 2016

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IRS Archive 2015

New Market Tax Credits

New Market Tax Credits Archive 2014

State and Dual Taxation - Article: State, Local Taxes on Tribal Leases Vulnerable After California Court Order - Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Riverside County, et al Decision

State and Dual Taxation Archive 2015

State and Dual Taxation Archive 2014

State and Dual Taxation Archive 2013

Tax Extenders

Extenders Archive 2015 Extenders Archive 2014

Tax Reform

Tax Reform Archive 2015

Tribal Council Pay Tribal Council Pay Archive 2015

Trust Per Capita

- New Tax Treatment on Per Capita Distributions of Direct Pay Lease Funds

Trust Per Capita Archive 2015 Trust Per Capita Archive 2014 Trust Per Capita Archive 2013

Transportation

BIA Roads

BIA Roads Archive 2013

Department of Transportation

DOT Archive 2014

FAST ACT FAST ACT Archive 2015

Indian Reservation Roads (IRR)

IRR Archive 2013

Map-21

Map-21 Archive 2015

Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization - HSDW Memo: Surface Transportation Reauthorization Enacted; Tribal Transportation

Self-Governance Program Established--December 11, 2015

Final Highway Bill Conference Report and Explanatory Statement

Transportation Reauthorization

Transportation Reauthorization Archive 2014

Treasury - IRS Makes Changes to Its Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government

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Entities (ACT)

Tribal Consultation Policy

Tribal Consultation Policy Archive 2015

Tribal Governments Tribal Governments Archive 2015

Tribal Sovereign Immunity Michigan vs Bay Mills

Michigan vs Bay Mills Archive 2014

Michigan vs Bay Mills Archive 2013

Other Other TSI Archive 2015 Other TSI Archive 2014 Other TSI Archive 2013

Trust Asset Reform/Trust Reform/Trust Responsibility - HSDW Memo 8.8.2016: Tribal Consultation and Listening Sessions

Scheduled for the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act Multiple dates & Locations August 17 – September 19

- HSDW Memo 6.1.2016: Senate Approves HR 812, the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act, by Unanimous Consent, Next Stop: the White House

- USET SPF Priorities for US Commission on Civic Rights "Quiet Crisis" Report - Letter to Commissioner Castro, Chairman 2.26.2016

Trust Responsibility/Trust Reform Archive 2013

Administration/Department of Interior Administration/Department of Interior Archive 2014

Cobell

Cobell Archive 2015

Cobell Archive 2014

Cobell Archive 2013

Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform (SCITAR) SCITAR Archive 2014

SCITAR Archive 2013

Morton v. Mancari

Morton v Mancari Archive 2013

Trust Modernization

- House Passes Trust Asset Reform Bill

Trust Modernization Archive 2015

Trust Reform Legislation Trust Reform Legislation Archive 2014

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USET Trust Reform USET Trust Reform Archive 2012

USDA HSDW GENERAL MEMORANDUM 16-054 - USDA Issues Report "Feasibility of Tribal Administration of Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs"

VAWA

VAWA - with Tribal Provisions Intact - has been signed into LAW!* - BIA sponsored Free VAWA Training for Tribal judges, prosecutors, public defenders and

Tribal Leaders in trial advocacy skills and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction over Non-Indians - Cherokee, NC August 24-26

VAWA Archive 2014

VAWA Archive 2013

Victims of Crime Act Fund HSDW Memo 16-053 8.19.2016: Victims of Crime Act Victims Assistance Program Final Rule; Appropriations Committees Recommend Crime Victims Fund Tribal Allocation

Victims of Crime Act Archive 2015

Veterans Affairs Webinar on Proposed Rule to Recognize Tribal Organizations for Representation of VA Claimants September 1 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT

- VA Releases Report on Nation's Largest Analysis of Veteran Suicide - Proposed Rule to 38 CFR Part 14, Recognition of Tribal Organizations for

Representations of VA Claimants Comments due September 19 - Department of Veterans Affairs Consultation - seeking priorities of Tribal

Governments for serving Veterans in Indian Country Spokane, WA 5:15 pm June 29 Draft Consultation Agenda

- Information for Wounded Warriors and Veterans Who Have a Compensation Rating of 100% Permanent &Total

- Deadline Extended - Comments now due April 26 - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is considering issuing a proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations concerning recognition of certain national, State, and regional or local organizations for purposes of VA claims representation

- VA DTLL requesting Tribal consultation for an amendment to part 14 of title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) March 3, 2016

- Veterans Affairs Public Affairs Website

Veterans Affairs Archive 2015

Veterans Affairs Archive 2014

Veterans Affairs Archive 2013

White House My Brother’s Keeper

My Brother’s Keeper Archive 2014

White House Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans White House Advisory Council on

Financial Capability for Young

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Americans Archive 2013

White House Council on Native American Affairs - USET SPF Recommendations to Secretary Jewell for Tribal Nation Engagement

with WHCNAA May 31, 2016

WHCNAA Archive 2014

WHCNNA Archive 2013

White House Tribal Nations Conference

WHTNC Archive 2015

WHTNC Archive 2014

WHTNC Archive 2013

Youth WH Youth Archive 2015

Youth - First Kids 1st February-March Newsletter

- Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) events across Indian Country Spring 2016

Youth Archive 2015

Youth Archive 2014

OTHER - Tribal Consultation on the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act (HR 812) Multiple

dates/locations: (Listening Session) Green Bay, WI 1:00 - 4:00 pm August 18; Albuquerque, NM 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 22; Minneapolis, MN 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 26; Seattle, WA 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 29; Billings, MT 8:30 am - 12:30 pm August 31; Tulsa, OK 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 7; Sioux Falls, SD 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 9; Rancho Mirage, CA 8:30 am - 12:30 pm September 12; Teleconference 1:30 - 3:30 pm September 19 - Written Input Deadline September 30

- Tribal opportunities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fact Sheet with Q&A

OTHER Archive 2013