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S. Rept. 114-149 1 (2015-09-30)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxscr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 242 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 114-149 AMENDING THE INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2005, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES SEPTEMBER 30, 2015.-Ordered to be printed Mr. BARRASSO, from the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 209] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 209) to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self- Determination Act of 2005, and for other purposes, having consid- ered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 209 is to amend certain provisions of the En- ergy Policy Act of 2005 1 to further enhance the ability of Indian tribes to exercise self-determination over the development of energy resources located on tribal lands; to establish tribal biomass dem- onstration projects; to improve, facilitate, and make more effective the implementation of the program in Indian Country under sec- tion 413(d) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act2; and to otherwise facilitate Indian tribal governments in their goals to develop both renewable and non-renewable energy resources for the benefit of current and future generations of Indian people. NEED FOR LEGISLATION For several years the Committee has received concerns from In- dian tribes that the many Federal laws governing the development 'Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005) (codified in scattered sections of Title 25 U.S.C., 26 U.S.C., and 42 U.S.C.). 2Pub. L. No. 94-385, §413(d)(codified at 42 U.S.C. § 6863(d)). 49-010

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