Bill Summary
The Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act is a legislation that amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 in order to provide flexibility and reauthorization for programs that support and preserve Native American languages. This act is aimed at ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of these languages. The act includes provisions for a Native American Languages Grant Program, which provides funding for language preservation and education programs. It also reauthorizes the Native American Languages Program for the years 2020-2024, with a budget of $13 million per year. A technical correction is also made in the act to ensure proper references to subsections.
Possible Impacts
1. This legislation could potentially affect Native American individuals by providing funding and resources to support the preservation and revitalization of their languages, which may have been in danger of dying out due to prior suppression and cultural assimilation efforts.
2. The amendment to section 803C of the Native American Programs Act could impact the allocation and distribution of grants to Native American language programs and organizations. This could potentially impact the availability of resources and support for these programs, which in turn could affect the ability of Native American communities to maintain and pass down their languages to future generations.
3. The reauthorization of the Native American Languages Program could impact the federal budget by allocating $13,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2020 to 2024. This could potentially affect the overall federal budget and the allocation of resources to other programs and initiatives.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 256 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.256
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen
An Act
To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide flexibility
and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of
Native American languages.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Esther Martinez Native American
Languages Programs Reauthorization Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 803C of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
2991b-3) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(7)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``10'' and
inserting ``5''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``15'' and
inserting ``10''; and
(2) in subsection (e)(2)--
(A) by striking ``or 3-year basis'' and inserting ``3-year,
4-year, or 5-year basis''; and
(B) by inserting ``, 4-year, or 5-year'' after ``on a 3-
year''.
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 816(e) of the Native American Programs Act
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d(e)) is amended by striking ``such sums'' and
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting
``$13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.''.
(b) Technical Correction.--Section 816 of the Native American
Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended in subsections (a)
and (b) by striking ``subsection (e)'' each place it appears and
inserting ``subsection (d)''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.