Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, the Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee is meeting today, 11.10.22. The Naabik’iyati Committee recommends legislation to the Navajo Council. There is no proposed legislation for the Navajo Council to vote in a new speaker to replace Speaker Seth Damon, who announced he was resigning immediately late Friday 11.4.22 afternoon for appearing in public intoxicated to the point where he was unconscienciousness or passed out in front of a Las Vegas casino slot machine during the National Indian Rodeo Finals, from Oct. 18 to 22, 2022, But on Tuesday, the Navajo Council issued a press release announcing that Damon would remain as speaker until the Navajo Council votes in a new speaker. Damon remains as speaker but only to appoint speaker pro tems to serve for one week.
Damon appointed Health, Education & Human Services Committee Committee Chairman Daniel Tso as speaker pro tem for five days on Nov. 7. And then Damon will appoint another committee chairpersons to seek for one week.
10:50 am, 11.10.22, Law & Order Committee Chairwoman Eugenia Charles-Newton pats herself & Navajo Council on their Back for basically what COVID-19 did, which was to FORCE the Navajo Govt – Navajo Council, Prez, Vice Prez – to FINALLY make the Dine’ People’s govt Accessible to them via Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, Teleconference. And it’s not Complete Access!! Where are ALL the DOCUMENTS/REPORRTS, especially FINANCIAL REPORT that go before All the Standing Committees/Leadership Meetings/Caucuses/Navajo Council.. Why haven’t the meetings between Prez Nez/VIP Lizer and Division Directors been OPEN via Social Media/Zoom/Teleconference to the Navajo People, especially since the Prez & VP are responsible for assuring that All their politically appointed Division Directors are DELIVERING SERVICES to the Dine’ People.
10:50, 11.10.22, Resources & Development Committee member Mark Freeland announces to Naabik’iyati Committee, which is meeting today, 11.10.22, that a KOREAN WAR Veteran from the chapters he represents got Running Water. Freeland also asks What does that say about the Navajo Govt? NOTE – My answer, It says that Nez, Lizer, the Navajo Council continue to take YEARS to DELIVER SERVICES!!!! When was the Korean War? When did it end?
National Geographic reported, “On June 27, 1950, U.S. President Harry Truman announced support for South Korea in repelling an invasion by North Korea, entering the U.S. in the Korean War. The Korean War ended three years later, with millions of casualties. The war ended with virtually no change in the border. The Korean Peninsula is still divided, with military personnel from both North and South Korea occupying the demilitarized zone (DMZ).”
NOTE – And so, RDC member Mark Freeland, the Korean War ended 69 years ago and so it’s taken the Navajo Govt or Navajo Council, Prez, Vice Prez, 69 years for the Navajo Govt (Navajo Council, Prez, Vice Prez) to bring Running Water to one of our Dine’ Korean War Veteran.
11:24 am, 11.10.22, Resources & Development Committee member Wilson Stewart Jr. asks the Naabik’iyati to Remove or Defer his Legislation 0109-22 from today’s, 11.10.22, Naabi Proposed Agenda.
C. LEGISLATION 0109-22: An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $18,880,105 from the Síhasin Fund to NavaMill Lumber & Logging Company for its Proposed Forest Products Business to be Constructed in Sawmill Chapter; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
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11:30 am, 11.10.22, Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso asks Chief Legislative Counsel Dana Bobroff to explain how a Speaker/Speaker Pro Tem is allowed under legislative rules to Put a Consent Agenda on the Naabik’iyati Committee, which he did. The following is the Consent Agenda in the Naabik’iyati’s proposed 11.10.22 agenda:
- NEW BUSINESS:
A. CONSENT AGENDA
LEGISLATION 0117-22: An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting U.S. Senate Bill 2265, The “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) of 2021”; Urging the U.S. Senate to Amend the Bill to Expand Income Eligibility Requirements to Increase Native American Home Ownership
SPONSOR: Honorable Mark A. Freeland
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Paul Begay, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Pernell Halona
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Carl R. Slater
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Edison J. Wauneka
LEGISLATION 0203-22: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Establishing the Naabik’íyáti’ Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Task Force
SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr.
LEGISLATION 0195-22: An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting United States Congressional Bill H.R. 2739 Titled “Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act”
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty
LEGISLATION 0186-22: An Act Relating to Law and Order, Resources and Development, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Asserting Sovereignty and Taking Over Primary Regulatory Authority from the Federal Government, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement, Over All Coal Mining Lands Located on the Navajo Nation; Enacting a Waiver of Sovereign Immunity; and Establishing New Sections in Title 18 at 18 N.N.C. §§ 1701 et seq.
SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Pernell Halona
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
LEGISLATION 0189-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Opposing Garfield Co., Utah, et al. v. Biden, et al., Civil Action No. 4:22-CV-00059-DN, Seeking to Declare President Biden’s October 8, 2021 Proclamation Regarding Bears Ears National Monument Unlawful
SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels, Jr.
LEGISLATION 0175-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee: Supporting United States Congressional Bill H.R. 8108 Titled “Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act”
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
LEGISLATION 0204-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Requesting and Supporting the Introduction and Enactment by United States Congress of the “Eastern Navajo Agency Land Exchange and Archaeological Protection Act of 2022”
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Jamie Henio
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11:37 am, 11.10.22, Naabik’iyati Committee votes 19 in favor, zero opposed to Remove/Defer Legislation 0109-22 & 0218-22, which the sponsors requested.
11:50 am, 11.10.22, Naabik’iyati is now on Legislation 0159-22: which seeks Navajo Council approval to allocate $10,031,897 from the Síhasin Fund for the Mariano Lake Chapter Multipurpose Building Project; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. §2501 – §2508
SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
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10/19/2022 – Motion to Refer Legislation 0159-22 to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and bring back no later than 30 days for further discussion on current modifications and to allow more time for possible amendments to be drafted; (M) Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton; (S) Hon. Herman M. Daniels, Jr.; (V) 14 In Favor, 07 Opposed (Speaker Damon Not Voting)
1150 am, 11.10.22, Naabik’iyati votes 19 in favor, zero opposed to approve Legislation 0159-22, which seeks Navajo Council approval to allocate $10,031,897 from the Síhasin Fund for the Mariano Lake Chapter Multipurpose Building Project; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. §2501 – §2508
SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
Unofficial voting tally:
Elmer Begay Green; Kee Allen Begay Green; Paul Begay Green; Nathaniel Brown Green: Eugenia Charles-Newton Green; Amber Kanazbah Crotty NoVote; Seth Damon EXCUSED, Herman Daniels Jr. Green; Mark Freeland Green; Pernell Halona Green; Jamie Henio NoVote; Vince James Green; Rickie Nez Green; Carl Salter EXCUSED; Raymond Smith Jr. Green; Wilson Stewart Jr. Green; Charlaine Tso Green; Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso DoesNotVote; Eugene Tso Green; Otto Tso Green; Thomas Walker Jr. Green; Edison Wauneka Green; Edmund Yazzie Green; Jimmy Yellowhair Green.
12:13 pm, 11.10.22, Naabik’iyati votes 18 in favor, 1 opposed on Consent Agenda.
Unofficial voting tally:
Elmer Begay Green; Kee Allen Begay Green; Paul Begay Green; Nathaniel Brown Green: Eugenia Charles-Newton Green; Amber Kanazbah Crotty NoVote; Seth Damon EXCUSED, Herman Daniels Jr. Green; Mark Freeland Green; Pernell Halona Green; Jamie Henio Green; Vince James Red; Rickie Nez Green; Carl Salter EXCUSED; Raymond Smith Jr. Green; Wilson Stewart Jr. Green; Charlaine Tso Green; Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso DoesNotVote; Eugene Tso Green; Otto Tso Green; Thomas Walker Jr. Green; Edison Wauneka Green; Edmund Yazzie NoVote; Jimmy Yellowhair Green.
A. CONSENT AGENDA
LEGISLATION 0117-22: An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting U.S. Senate Bill 2265, The “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) of 2021”; Urging the U.S. Senate to Amend the Bill to Expand Income Eligibility Requirements to Increase Native American Home Ownership
SPONSOR: Honorable Mark A. Freeland
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Paul Begay, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Pernell Halona
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Carl R. Slater
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Edison J. Wauneka
LEGISLATION 0203-22: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Establishing the Naabik’íyáti’ Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Task Force
SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr.
LEGISLATION 0195-22: An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting United States Congressional Bill H.R. 2739 Titled “Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act”
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty
LEGISLATION 0186-22: An Act Relating to Law and Order, Resources and Development, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Asserting Sovereignty and Taking Over Primary Regulatory Authority from the Federal Government, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement, Over All Coal Mining Lands Located on the Navajo Nation; Enacting a Waiver of Sovereign Immunity; and Establishing New Sections in Title 18 at 18 N.N.C. §§ 1701 et seq.
SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Pernell Halona
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
LEGISLATION 0189-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Opposing Garfield Co., Utah, et al. v. Biden, et al., Civil Action No. 4:22-CV-00059-DN, Seeking to Declare President Biden’s October 8, 2021 Proclamation Regarding Bears Ears National Monument Unlawful
SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels, Jr.
LEGISLATION 0175-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee: Supporting United States Congressional Bill H.R. 8108 Titled “Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act”
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
LEGISLATION 0204-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Requesting and Supporting the Introduction and Enactment by United States Congress of the “Eastern Navajo Agency Land Exchange and Archaeological Protection Act of 2022”
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Jamie Henio
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12:21 pm, 11.10.222, Naabik’iyati now on Legislation 0108-22, Repealing portion of Navajo Nation Dine’ Marriage Act to recognize all marriages within the Navajo Nation.
B. LEGISLATION 0108-22: An Act Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Repealing 9 N.N.C. § 2(C) of the Diné Marriage Act of 2005, to Equally Recognize all Marriages within the Navajo Nation; and Amending Other Provisions in Title 9 Relat ed to Marriage within the Navajo Nation SPONSOR: Honorable Eugene Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Nathaniel Brown
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12:55 pm, 11.19.22, Resources & Development Committee chairman Rickie Nez, a Christian preacher, repeatedly mentions the Bible in his statement to the Naabik’iyati regarding Legislation 0108-22, which seeks Navajo Council approval to amend the Dine’ Marriage Act to Recognize all Marriages, including Same Sex Marriages. Nez recommends a Vote by the Dine’ people on Recognizing Marriage between Same Sex Couples.
1 pm, 11.10.22, Navajo Council Delegate Herman Daniels Jr. also Afraid to Make a Decision/Vote on Legislation 0108-22, Same Sex Marriage. Daniels, like Resources & Development Committee chairman Rickie Nez, recommends that the Dine’ People vote on 0108-22.
1:13 pm, 11.10.22, Health, Education & Human Services Committee member Edison Wauneka speaking on Same Sex Marriage legislation. He says he supports the recommendation by Resources & Development Committee chairman Rickie Nez to have the Dine’ People vote on Same Sex Marriage. But during the Health, Education & Human Services Committee meeting on 0109-22, Wauneka and Navajo council delegate Paul Begay voted Against Same Sex Marriage on July 13, 2022. The HEHS Committee vote on 0108-22 was 1 in favor, 2 opposed. The one HEHS Committee member who voted to support Same Sex Marriage was HEHS committee member Charlaine Tso.
1:30 pm, 11.10.22, Budget & Finance Committee member Elmer Begay really questioning Referendum. Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso asks Chief Legislative Counsel Dana Bobroff about amending Same Sex Marriage to include Referendum Vote instead of a Vote by the Navajo Council. Bobroff said that amendment would Completely change 0108-22 and so a New Same Sex Marriage Legislation would be Required. Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso reminds Naabik’iyati that no matter what the Naabi votes, approve or disapprove, 0108-22 continue to Navajo Council, where it requires 16 Yes Votes for approval by the Navajo Council.
1:38 pm, 11.10.22, Navajo Council Delegate Vince James reminds the Naabik’iyati that as they debate Legislation 0108-22, Same Sex Marriage Act, they are talking about Dine’ children, who have parents, family that love them.
2 pm, 11.10.22, Law & Order Committee chairwoman Eugenia Charles-Newton tells Naabik’iyati Committee that Legislation 0108-22 Same Sex Marriage is about Human Rights. She says that if those Council Delegates that are arguing that Dine’ Tradition opposes Same Sex Marriage then those Delegates should Write Into Dine’ Marriage Act those Traditions that Require the Husband to live with his Wife at her home and when the Marriage ends, the Husband leaves with his Saddle/Whatever he brought to Marriage at Time of Wedding. This is not about religion. This Legislation is about Human Rights. The right to be married, to be at the hospital bedside of their spouse, to legally adopt, to legally share property, etc. There is nothing in Legislation 0108-22 that Forces Churches and traditional practitioners to conduct Same Sex Marriages. This is about Protecting our Dine’ Children, Dine’ People, not about Supporting the LGBTQ+ community. We already recognize common law marriages and if they want to be at the bedside of their common law spouse that is legally allowed.
3:08 pm, 11.10.22, Naabik’iyati votes 10 in favor, 9 opposed on Legislation 0108-22, Same Sex Marriage with No Amendments. 0108-22 moves to the Navajo Council, where it requires majority vote to approve it.
Unofficial voting tally:
Elmer Begay Red; Kee Allen Begay Green; Paul Begay Red; Nathaniel Brown Green: Eugenia Charles-Newton Green; Amber Kanazbah Crotty EXCUSED; Seth Damon EXCUSED, Herman Daniels Jr. Red Mark Freeland Green; Pernell Halona Red; Jamie Henio Green; Vince James Green; Rickie Nez Red; Carl Salter EXCUSED; Raymond Smith Jr. NoVote; Wilson Stewart Jr. Green; Charlaine Tso Green; Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso DoesNotVote; Eugene Tso Green; Otto Tso Green; Thomas Walker Jr. Red; Edison Wauneka Red; Edmund Yazzie Red; Jimmy Yellowhair Red.
5:20 pm, 18-0 on Confirming Gaming Ofc Director
5:28 pm, 11.10.22, Council Delegate Raymond Smith motions to suspend floor rules and add three bills as Consent Items:
Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso
Cud amend agenda which only requires majority vote. I recognized motion to suspend floor rules so I ask CD Smith & Eugene Tso to withdraw their motion so add by amending agenda for addition of three bills as Consent Agenda, which is based on Rule 8.
Budget & Finance Chairman Jamie Henio
Questions how three legislation are being added to agenda.
Peggy Nakai, Legislative Advisor
Chair Henio correct. When suspending rules, suspension first and then add to order of business and then motion to add three legislation as consent agenda.
5:36 pm, 11:10 pm, Budget & Finance Committee vice chairman Raymond Smith Jr. and Council Delegate Eugene Tso
Motion to Suspend Floor Rules needs to add three bills and then separate motion to add three bills as Consent Agenda.
Naabik’iyati Committee votes 15 in favor, zero opposed to Suspend Floor Rules & Add three bills as Consent Agenda
Unofficial Voting Tally:
Elmer Begay Green; Kee Allen Begay Green; Paul Begay Green: Nathaniel Brown Green; Eugenia Charles-Newton Green; Amber Knazbath EXCUSED: Seth Damon EXCUSED: Carl Salter EXCUSED: Herman Green: Mark Freeland Green; Jamie Henio Green: Vince James NoVote: Rick Nez NoVote: Raymond Smith Jr Green: Wilson Stewart Jr. NoVote: Charlaine Tso NoVote: Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso NotVoting: Eugene Tso Green; Otto Tso NoVote: Thomas Walker Jr Green: Edison Wauneka Green: Edmund Yazzie Green; Jimmy Yellowhair Green.
5:46 pm, 11.10.22, Law & Order Committee vice chairman Raymond Smith Jr. motions and Edison Wauneka seconds to
Add Legislation 0211-22; 0212-22; 0213-22 as Consent Agenda.
6 pm, 11.11.22, L&O Committee chairwoman Eugenia Charles-Newton continues Debate over Rules in the Navajo Council committee rules of order about how and where to add Consent Agenda.
Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Tso explains in English & Navajo that the three bills in the Consent Agenda require Majority Vote because Naabik’iyati has the Final Authority.
But a Question by Budget & Finance Committee chair Jamie Henio on proposed Consent Agenda item 0112-22 & 0113-22 ended the Debate on Adding legislation 0111-22, 0112-22, 0113-22.
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Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ)
Thursday, November 10, 2022 – 10:00 AM
PROPOSED AGENDA
PRESIDING CHAIR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso, Speaker Pro Tem, 24th Navajo Nation Council; Hon. Seth Damon, Speaker
BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE; RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COM.; HEALTH, EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES COM.; LAW AND ORDER COMMITTEE: Hon. Elmer P. Begay Hon. Kee Allen Begay, Jr. Hon. Paul Begay Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton (C) Hon. Nathaniel Brown Hon. Herman M. Daniels, Jr. Hon. Pernell Halona Hon. Vince R. James Hon. Amber Kanazbah Crotty Hon. Mark A. Freeland Hon. Carl Roessel Slater (VC) Hon. Eugene Tso Hon. Jamie Henio (C) Hon. Rickie Nez (C) Hon. Charlaine Tso Hon. Otto Tso (VC) Hon. Raymond Smith, Jr. (VC) Hon. Wilson C. Stewart, Jr. Hon. Daniel E. Tso (C) Hon. Edmund Yazzie Hon. Jimmy Yellowhair Hon. Thomas Walker, Jr. (VC) Hon. Edison J. Wauneka (C) Chair & (VC) Vice Chair
- CALL MEETING TO ORDER; ROLL CALL; INVOCATION
- RECOGNIZE GUESTS AND VISITING OFFICIALS (2 Minute Limit per Delegate)
- REVIEW AND ADOPT THE AGENDA
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- RECEIVE REPORTS: NONE
- OLD BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0159-22: An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $10,031,897 from the Síhasin Fund for the Mariano Lake Chapter Multipurpose Building Project; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. §2501 – §2508
SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
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10/19/2022 – Motion to Refer Legislation 0159-22 to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and bring back no later than 30 days for further discussion on current modifications and to allow more time for possible amendments to be drafted; (M) Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton; (S) Hon. Herman M. Daniels, Jr.; (V) 14 In Favor, 07 Opposed (Speaker Damon Not Voting) - NEW BUSINESS:
A. CONSENT AGENDA
LEGISLATION 0117-22: An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting U.S. Senate Bill 2265, The “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) of 2021”; Urging the U.S. Senate to Amend the Bill to Expand Income Eligibility Requirements to Increase Native American Home Ownership
SPONSOR: Honorable Mark A. Freeland
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Paul Begay, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Pernell Halona
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Carl R. Slater
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Edison J. Wauneka
LEGISLATION 0203-22: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Establishing the Naabik’íyáti’ Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Task Force
SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr.
LEGISLATION 0195-22: An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting United States Congressional Bill H.R. 2739 Titled “Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act”
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty
LEGISLATION 0186-22: An Act Relating to Law and Order, Resources and Development, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Asserting Sovereignty and Taking Over Primary Regulatory Authority from the Federal Government, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement, Over All Coal Mining Lands Located on the Navajo Nation; Enacting a Waiver of Sovereign Immunity; and Establishing New Sections in Title 18 at 18 N.N.C. §§ 1701 et seq.
SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Pernell Halona
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
LEGISLATION 0189-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Opposing Garfield Co., Utah, et al. v. Biden, et al., Civil Action No. 4:22-CV-00059-DN, Seeking to Declare President Biden’s October 8, 2021 Proclamation Regarding Bears Ears National Monument Unlawful
SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels, Jr.
LEGISLATION 0175-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee: Supporting United States Congressional Bill H.R. 8108 Titled “Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act”
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
LEGISLATION 0204-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Requesting and Supporting the Introduction and Enactment by United States Congress of the “Eastern Navajo Agency Land Exchange and Archaeological Protection Act of 2022”
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Jamie Henio
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B. LEGISLATION 0108-22: An Act Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Repealing 9 N.N.C. § 2(C) of the Diné Marriage Act of 2005, to Equally Recognize all Marriages within the Navajo Nation; and Amending Other Provisions in Title 9 Relat ed to Marriage within the Navajo Nation SPONSOR: Honorable Eugene Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Nathaniel Brown
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C. LEGISLATION 0109-22: An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $18,880,105 from the Síhasin Fund to NavaMill Lumber & Logging Company for its Proposed Forest Products Business to be Constructed in Sawmill Chapter; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
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D. LEGISLATION 0188-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Confirming Michele T. Jones as the Navajo Gaming Regulatory Office Executive Director
SPONSOR: Honorable Nathaniel Brown
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Pernell Halona
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E. LEGISLATION 0191-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and The Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Use of the Eminent Domain Statute, 16 N.N.C. §§ 1401 et seq., for American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) Funded Projects to Address the Right-of-Way Land User Consent Requirement; Approving December 31, 2024 as the Expiration Date of for Use of the Eminent Domain Statute for These ARPA Funded Projects; Directing the Controller to Report the Amount of Funding in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund Available for Just Compensation as Required by the Eminent Domain Statute; and, Directing the Division of Natural Resources Division and the Department of Justice to Develop Procedures for the Use of the Funds Identified for the Eminent Domain Purpose
SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
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F. LEGISLATION 0192-22: An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving a Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity Allowing the Navajo Nation to be Sued in Federal District Court Regarding Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act in Carrying Out Grants from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and Authorizing the President of the Navajo Nation or the Executive Director of the Navajo Nation Division of Community Development to Sign HUD Form 7015.15 Through September 30, 2027
SPONSOR: Honorable Mark A. Freeland
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso
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G. LEGISLATION 0218-22: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving the New Appendix (Standards for Event Wagering) to the 2021 Arizona Gaming Compact
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
(m) (s) (v) - CLOSE OF MEETING; ANNOUNCEMENTS; ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The public is advised that the Navajo Nation Council Agenda and the Agendas of the Standing Committees are not final until adopted by a majority vote of the Navajo Nation Council or the Standing Committee at a Navajo Nation Council or a Standing Committee meeting pursuant to 2 N.N.C. §§163 and 183, Navajo Nation Council Rule of Order No. 7, and Standing Committee Rule of Order No. 8.
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