|
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
|
0
|
$4.6
|
0
|
|
Sexual
Assault Nurse Examiners
|
0
|
$5.0
|
0
|
|
Criminal
and Civil Legal Assistance
|
0
|
$6.0
|
0
|
|
Office
of Tribal Justice Permanent Authorization
|
0
|
$0.9
|
0
|
|
Forensics
Labs
|
0
|
$5.0
|
0
|
In
addition to these programs, the Act provides:
$2 million for a tribal criminal justice statistics study to be
conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics; $2 million from the Byrne grant
program to construct the Hoonah Spirit Camp detention facility; $2 million for
the Alaska Native Justice Center; and $350,000 to the Turtle Mountain Community
College Department of Justice for “Project Peacemaker.”
Department of Commerce – The Act provides $412
million for the Economic Development Administration, compared to the budget
request of $408 million and the FY2000 level of $362 million. However, no funding was included for the
Administration’s proposed Native American Economic Development Program. Within the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, the Telecommunications and Information
Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP) received $45.5 million, which is
slightly above the budget request.
TIIAP provides competitive grants to state, tribal, and local
governments and non-profit organizations to develop technology infrastructures
and services for under-served communities.
For the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, which provides
grants for equipment and to distribute non-commercial and educational
programming, $43.5 million was provided.
Final funding levels for key programs follow:
|
(dollars in millions)
|
FY2000
Enacted
|
FY2001
Budget Request
|
FY2001
Enacted
|
|
Economic
Development Administration
|
$362.0
|
$408.0
|
$412.0
|
|
Native
American Economic Development Program
|
0
|
$49.0
|
0
|
|
Minority
Business Development Administration
|
$27.0
|
$28.0
|
$27.0
|
|
Telecommunications
and Information Infrastructure Assistance
|
$15.5
|
$45.0
|
$45.5
|
|
Public
Telecommunications Facilities
|
$26.5
|
$110.0
|
$43.5
|
Small Business Administration – No Indian-specific
Small Business Administrations allocations were included in the Act. However, it does include $7 million for the
BusinessLINC program and $30 million for technical assistance under the New
Markets Venture Capitol Program, which was enacted as part of the FY2001
Omnibus Appropriations Act. Final
funding levels include:
|
(dollars in millions)
|
FY2000
Enacted
|
FY2001
Budget Request
|
FY2001
Enacted
|
|
Tribal
Business Information Centers
|
0
|
$1.5
|
0
|
|
BusinessLINC
|
$1.5
|
$6.6
|
$7.0
|
|
New
Markets Venture Capital
|
$40.0
|
$52.0
|
$30.0
|
|
Small
Business Development Centers
|
$84.5
|
$85.0
|
$88.0
|
|
One
Stop Capitol Shop
|
$3.1
|
$10.0
|
$3.1
|
|
Micro
Loan Technical Assistance
|
$30.0
|
$60.0
|
$20.0
|
Legislative Riders
The FY2001 Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary
Appropriations Act includes a scaled-down, $50 million wildlife grants program
similar to what was proposed under Title III of the Conservation and
Reinvestment Act (CARA, H.R. 701). Unfortunately, during the final hours of conference
negotiations, a critical tribal set-aside was removed from the bill. Included
in CARA were significant and sorely needed provisions for tribal conservation,
with an estimated $28 million in the House version and $40 million in Senate
version targeted to America's Indian tribes to help with conservation needs.
The Senate version of CARA provided a modest, yet equitable 2.25 percent
proportional share to tribes under Title III, Wildlife Conservation and
Restoration. On October 26, 2000, NCAI
wrote to President Clinton to ask that he insist that the provision be restored
during negotiations to produce a bill that he is willing to sign into law. Since the tribal allocation was not
incorporated into the final measure, we will continue to explore ways to enact
a tribal aside during the 107th Congress.
Finally, efforts to include an expansion to the Hate Crimes
Prevention Act were unsuccessful. The proposal, which had passed the Senate as
part of the FY2001 DoD Authorization bill and which was strongly supported by
the Administration and civil rights groups, including NCAI, would have expanded
federal jurisdiction to allow the prosecution of hate crimes motivated by a
victim's sexual orientation, gender, or disability. Under current law, only
crimes motivated by race, ethnicity, and religion trigger federal hate crimes
jurisdiction. Current federal law also only permits prosecution of a hate crime
if the crime prevents the victim from exercising a federally protected right,
such as voting, or if it occurs on federal property. The proposal would have
broadened federal jurisdiction to include violent hate crimes that cause death
or bodily injury.
For further
information, contact NCAI at (202) 466-7767.
