NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE OF THE 24th NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
(VIA TELECOMMUNICATION) Window Rock, Navajo Nation
Thursday, January 14, 2021 – 10:00 AM
PROPOSED AGENDA
PRESIDING CHAIR: Honorable Seth Damon, Speaker, 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
(m) (s) (v) - REVIEW AND ADOPT THE JOURNALS: January 7, 2021
(m) (s) (v) - RECEIVE REPORTS: NONE
- OLD BUSINESS: NONE
- NEW BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0289-20: An Action Relating to Law and Order, Health Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Amending CAP-35-18, Síhasin Fund Powerline and Chapter Projects Expenditure Plan, to Extend Project Completion Deadlines to Forty-Eight Months
PROPOSED NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA (1/14/2021) Page 2 of 3
SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso
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B. LEGISLATION 0305-20: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Supporting and Recommending Suspension or Waiver of Requirements Under 25 C.F.R. Subchapter E – Education, Including Requirements on Collecting Data Determining Future Funding Allocations
SPONSOR: Honorable Carl R. Slater
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso(m) (s) (v)
C. LEGISLATION 0308-20: An Action Relating to Law and Order, Budget and Finance, Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Deposit and Allocation of Fines Collected from Curfew Violations Related to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Orders to the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety
SPONSOR: Honorable Wilson C. Stewart, Jr.
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D. LEGISLATION 0313-20: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $19,500,000 in Síhasin Funds to the Navajo Division of Transportation for the N8031/N4 Road Project; Approving and Adopting the N8031/N4 Road Project Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. §§ 2501 – 2508 SPONSOR: Honorable Jimmy Yellowhair
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E. LEGISLATION 0314-20: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and Navajo Nation Council; allocating $7,750,000 in Síhasin Funds to the Navajo Division of Transportation for the N8066 Road Paving Project; Approving and Adopting the N8066 Road Paving Project Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. §§ 2501 –
2508 SPONSOR: Honorable Jimmy Yellowhair
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F. LEGISLATION 0315-20: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $1,424,705 in Síhasin Funds to the Navajo Division of Transportation for the N8065 Oraibi Wash Project; Approving and Adopting the N8065 Oraibi Wash Project Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. §§ 2501 –
2508 SPONSOR: Honorable Jimmy Yellowhair
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G. LEGISLATION 0318-20: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Navajo Nation Council Standing Committee Rules of Order
SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
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H. LEGISLATION 0321-20: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Establishing Diné Hatááłii as Priority One Essential Workers as a Matter of Navajo Nation Policy for COVID-19 Vaccine Access; Requesting the Navajo Area Indian Health Services Include Diné Hatááłii as Priority One Essential Workers for Purposes of COVID-19 Vaccine Access and Distribution
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
(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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