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On the recordMay 18, 2018
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 605, strike lines 16 through 21 and insert the following: SEC. 11203. OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS. Section 309 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6921) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 309. OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS. ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall maintain in the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement established under section 226B an Office of Tribal Relations, which shall advise the Secretary on policies related to Indian tribes and carry out such other functions as the Secretary considers appropriate. ``(b) New Beginnings Initiative.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, the Secretary shall establish, in consultation with the Office of Tribal Relations, an initiative (to be known as the `New Beginnings Initiative') under which the Secretary shall provide funds to a land-grant college or university in an amount equal to the amount of funds such land-grant college or university expends for providing educational programs and services for, or tuition paid with respect to, Indians (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) at such land-grant college or university.''. The Acting CHAIR.…
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Kristi Noem
Republican · South Dakota
Source
govinfo.gov
May 18, 2018

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