[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 50 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.50

                     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 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and 
   safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities that were 
 constructed to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes access to 
    traditional fishing grounds and expend funds on construction of 
  facilities and structures to improve those conditions, and for other 
                                purposes.

    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 ``Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty 
Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. SANITATION AND SAFETY CONDITIONS AT CERTAIN BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS FACILITIES.
    (a) Assessment of Conditions.--The Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in consultation with the 
affected Columbia River Treaty tribes, may assess current sanitation 
and safety conditions on lands held by the United States for the 
benefit of the affected Columbia River Treaty tribes, including all 
permanent Federal structures and improvements on those lands, that were 
set aside to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes access to 
traditional fishing grounds--
        (1) in accordance with the Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 10, 
    chapter 19) (commonly known as the ``River and Harbor Act of 
    1945''); or
        (2) in accordance with title IV of Public Law 100-581 (102 
    Stat. 2944).
    (b) Exclusive Authorization; Contracts.--The Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs--
        (1) subject to paragraph (2)(B), shall be the only Federal 
    agency authorized to carry out the activities described in this 
    section; and
        (2) may delegate the authority to carry out activities 
    described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d)--
            (A) through one or more contracts entered into with an 
        Indian Tribe or Tribal organization under the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 
        seq.); or
            (B) to include other Federal agencies that have relevant 
        expertise.
    (c) Definition of Affected Columbia River Treaty Tribes.--In this 
section, the term ``affected Columbia River Treaty tribes'' means the 
Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian 
Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of 
Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $11,000,000 for the 
period of fiscal years 2020 through 2025, to remain available until 
expended--
        (1) for improvements to existing structures and infrastructure 
    to improve sanitation and safety conditions assessed under 
    subsection (a); and
        (2) to improve access to electricity, sewer, and water 
    infrastructure, where feasible, to reflect needs for sanitary and 
    safe use of facilities referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 3. STUDY OF ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES.
    The Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with 
the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, shall--
        (1) conduct a study to evaluate whether the sanitation and 
    safety conditions on lands held by the United States for the 
    benefit of the affected Columbia River Treaty tribes (as defined in 
    section 2(c)) have improved as a result of the activities 
    authorized in section 2; and
        (2) prepare and submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of 
    the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
    Representatives a report containing the results of that study.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.