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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

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 - Indian Health Service All Tribes and Urban Indian Organization

Leaders Call Follow-Up March 17

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- 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

Emergency Management - USET SPF Signs onto Joint Tribal Homeland Security and Emergency

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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

➢ World Conference On Indigenous Peoples (WCIP)

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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

477

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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477

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

Taxation

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- 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

Transportation

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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 - New Downloadable Assistant Helps Withhold the Right Amount of Income Tax

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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

VAWA

Trump Administration Establishes the First Cold Case Task Force

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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 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 - 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

- USET SPF Alert April 27: Federal District Court Upholds the Integrity of Tribal Governments in Chehalis Case

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

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Carcieri v Salazar

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

- USET SPF Alert: DC District Court Rules in Favor of Treasury in Chehalis – June 26

- Amicus Brief June 4, 2020

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