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116TH CONGRESS [REPT. 116-605
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
INDIAN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ENHANCEMENT ACT OF
2019
DECEMBER 2, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 212]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (S. 212) to amend the Native American Business Development,
Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act,
and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry
and economic development opportunities to Indian communities,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of S. 212 is to amend the Native American Business
Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy
Indian Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to pro-
vide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian
communities.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
S. 212 amends three federal laws relating to business, economic,
and trade development in Indian communities. These amendments
are intended to increase access to capital for Indian tribes and
businesses, increase opportunities for Indian business promotion,
and create mechanisms and tools to attract investments in Indian
communities.1
'For additional information, see generally S. REP. No. 116-28 (2019), https://
www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt28/CRPT-116srpt28.pdf, which describes the bill as reported by
the Senate Committee. Since then, the bill has been amended only once, on the Senate floor,
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