Proposed legislation electronically posted on Navajo Nation Council website

Navajo families from the Hopi Partition Lands walked to the Navajo Council chambers from the Window Rock, Ariz., Mini-Mall on Oct. 30, 2014, to testify to Navajo President Ben Shelly and Council delegates about the abusive treatment of Hopi government police and U.S. Interior Department Bureau of Indian Affairs rangers, who having been conducting pre-dawn raids on the Navajo families that have resulted in the arrest of Navajo people and confiscation of livestock. Photo by Marley Shebala (Please provide proper credit when re-using photo.)

Navajo families from the Hopi Partition Lands walked to the Navajo Council chambers from the Window Rock, Ariz., Mini-Mall on Oct. 30, 2014, to testify to Navajo President Ben Shelly and Council delegates about the abusive treatment of Hopi government police and U.S. Interior Department Bureau of Indian Affairs rangers, who having been conducting pre-dawn raids on the Navajo families that have resulted in the arrest of Navajo people and confiscation of livestock. Photo by Marley Shebala (Please provide proper credit when re-using photo.)

The following legislation was electronically posted on the Navajo Nation Council website for public comment and public comments are accepted until final action is made on the legislation:

Legislation 0159-16
Approving The Healthy Dine Community Wellness Development Project Guideline And Distribution Policy

Legislation 0160-16
Supporting United States Senate Bill S.2304, “Tribal Early Childhood, Education, And Related Services Integration Act Of 2015”

Legislation 0161-16
Approving Supplemental Funding For Phoenix Indian Center, Inc. From The Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance In The Amount Of $148,325.00

Legislation 0162-16:
Supporting Navajo Nation Office Of Special Education And Rehabilitation Services’ In Its Grant Application For $428,000.00

Legislation 0163-16:
Requesting The United States Congress To Amend 42 CFR 435.1009 To Authorize Medicaid Reimbursement For Outpatient Services

Legislation 0164-16:
Requesting A Memorandum Of Agreement Between The United States Public Health Services And The Bureau Of Indian Affairs

Legislation 0165-16:
Approving The Renewal Of Right-Of-Way To Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc. For The “Whitehorse Lake Right-Of-Way Power Distribution Line

Legislation 0166-16:
Amending 15 N.N.C. § 303 (B), Navajo Nation Labor Commission Organization Section

Legislation 0167-16:
Approving The Grant Of Right-Of-Way to Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc. To Construct, Operate And Maintain A Single Phase 14.4/24.9 KV Power Line

Legislation 0168-16
An Action Relating To Resources and Development Committee; Approving an Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2016 Navajo Nation Housing Plan for the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) Indian Housing Block Grant Funding

Legislation 0169-16
An Action Relating To Resources And Development; Waiving 16 N.N.C. § 1159 (B) Regarding Acreage Limit Of 1.5 Acres For A Mission Site For Purely Religious Reasons; And, Approving A Revocable Use Permit For 3.4 Acres For The Indian Wells Baptist Church In The Vicinity Of Indian Wells Chapter, Navajo Nation (Navajo County, Arizona

Legislation 0170-16
An Action Relating To Naabik’iyati’ and Budget and Finance; Accepting the Internal Audit of the Office of Legislative Services and an Assessment of the Office of Legislative Services Organizational Structure and Staffing Submitted by the Office of Auditor General and Approving the Corrective Action Plan submitted by the Office of Legislative Services.

Legislation 0171-16
An Action Relating To Resources and Development and Budget and Finance Committees; Accepting the Follow-Up Review of the Mexican Springs Chapter Corrective Action Plan Implementation and Imposing Sanctions for Failure to Implement the Corrective Action Plan

Legislation 0172-16
An Action Relating To Naabik’iyati’ Committee Endorsing And Supporting The Candidacy Of Ann Kirkpatrick To The United States Senate

Legislation 0173-16
Requesting the United States Congress Appropriate Funds To Construct a Navajo Code Talkers National Monument in the Nation’s Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

Legislation 0177-16
Amending 2 N.N.C. §§ 952, 953 and 954, Office Of Legislative Services

Legislation 0178-16
Approving A Right-Of-Way And Temporary Construction Easement To Bureau Of Reclamation, Farmington Construction Office, To Construct, Operate And Maintain The “22b – Cutter Lateral Water Supply Project (CLWSP)” Reach Portion Located In Huerfano Chapter Vicinity, San Juan County, New Mexico

Legislation 0179-16
Directing The Navajo Nation President And The Navajo Nation Division Of Public Safety Executive Director To Promptly Hire A Police Chief Within Thirty (30) Days

Legislation 0180-16
Approving A Right-Of-Way And Temporary Easement To Navajo Nation Water Resources Or Its Assigns To Construct, Operate And Maintain The “26.1 And 26.2 – Cutter Lateral Water Supply Project (WSP)” Reach Portions Located In The Counselor, Ojo Encino, Torreon, Pueblo Pintado And Whitehorse Lake Vicinities, McKinley And Sandoval Counties, New Mexico

Legislation 0181-16
Approving (1) The Navajo Nation Binding Restructuring Summary Term Sheet Summarizing The Basic Terms And Conditions For The Restructuring Of The Gaming Enterprise Loan Between The Navajo Nation, Acting By And Through The Budget And Finance Committee And By The Navajo Nation Investment Committee, As The Lender, And The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise, As The Borrower Relating To The Restructuring Of The Gaming Loan Upon Satisfaction Of The Conditions Set Forth In The Term Sheet.

Full versions of legislation can be viewed here: http://dibb.nnols.org/PublicReporting.aspx

Comments may be submitted to comments@navajo-nsn.gov

Tom Platero, Executive Director
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
Phone: (928) 871-7254
Web: nnols.org

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