H.R. 727 would provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Detailed Summary
Indian School Construction Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program under which eligible Indian tribes have the authority to issue tribal school modernization bonds to provide funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of tribal schools, including advance planning and design.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 1/27/2009: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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