Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1998
Public Law 105-361 · S. 459 · 105th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Nov 10, 1998 · Native Americans
Sponsor: Sen. Ben Campbell (R-CO)
Cosponsors (4): Sen. John McCain, Sen. Pete Domenici,
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1997 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to extend authorizations of appropriations through FY 2002 for: (1) social and economic activities under such Act; (2) environmental improvement grants; and (3) native languages preservation grants.
(Sec. 3) Revises provisions relating to the Native Hawaiian revolving loan fund to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant (currently, award grants) to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs of the State of Hawaii for use in carrying out a demonstration project involving the establishment of the revolving loan fund to make loans or loan guarantees (currently, make loans) to Native Hawaiian organizations and to individual Native Hawaiians for the purpose of promoting economic development; (2) provide that each loan or loan guarantee made shall be for a term not to exceed seven years (currently, loans made shall be for a term not to exceed five years); (3) limit the rate of interest on each loan or loan guarantee made to a rate equal to the most recently published prime rate, and three percentage points (currently, the rate of interest is two percentage points below the average market yield on the most recent U.S. Treasury bills); and (4) authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Indian Affairs Committee · Senate · hearings by (full committee), markup by, referred to, reported by
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 19 actions.
- Nov 10, 1998Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 105-361.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 2, 1998PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 14, 1998Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 9, 1998FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Goodling asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Education and Workforce Committee
- Oct 31, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Re-referred to House Education and Workforce Committee
- Oct 30, 1997FloorFloor · Mr. Goodling asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Resources be discharged from further consideration of the bill and that the bill be rereferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 22, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- Sep 30, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- Sep 29, 1997FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- May 21, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Indian Affairs Committee
- Apr 29, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Indian Affairs Committee
- Apr 22, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Senate Indian Affairs Committee
- Mar 18, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Indian Affairs Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.