Section Sponsored Reports with Recommendations
Native American Concerns
- Urges Congress to pass legislation to establish a process to provide federal recognition for a native Hawaiian governing entity. Co-sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division.
Approved as Revised February 2006
- Supports efforts of the National Tribal Steering Committee to
address the inadequacy of health care for American Indians and
Alaska Natives through the reauthorization of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act and urges Congress and the Executive Branch
to address the various areas where health care for American Indians
and Alaska Natives is deficient. Co-sponsored by the Steering
Committee on the UNMET Legal Needs of Children.
Approved February 2004
- Supports adequate federal efforts to assist in the settlement
of longstanding Indian water right claims. Co-sponsored
by the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities.
Approved as revised August 2002
- Urges Congress to amend Part E of Title IV of the Social Security
Act to provide equitable access to foster care and adoption services
for Indian children under tribal court jurisdiction. Co-sponsored
by the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities.
Approved as revised August 2001
- Supports measures to minimize disproportionate effects of federal
death penalty legislation on Native Americans. Related recommendations
sponsored by the Section Approved (8/87, 8/88, 2/89, 2/97); Withdrawn
(8/76, 8/96).
Approved August 1991
- Supports federal legislation minimizing the impact of federal
management of lands containing specific sites historically used
by Native Americans for religious purposes.
Approved as Amended February 1990
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