,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #afeh ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #ah1 #bjac ,mr4 ,tipton 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,coffman1 ,mr4 ,ben ,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,hinojosa1 ,mrs4 ,negrete ,mc,leod1 ,mr4 ,faleomavaega1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 and ,mrs4 ,napolitano7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and the ,workforce1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,appropriations1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to help fulfill the ,federal mandate to provide higher educational opportunities for ,native ,american ,indians4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,native ,american ,indian ,education ,act4 #b4 ,purpose ,it is the purpose of this ,act to ensure that ,federal funding is provided to support and sustain the longstanding ,federal mandate requiring colleges and ,states to waive1 in certain circumstances1 tuition charges for ,native ,american ,indian students they admit to an undergraduate college program1 including the waiver of tuition charges for ,indian students who are not residents of the ,state in which the college is located4 #c4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,native ,american-serving nontribal college institutions have a valuable supplemental role to that provided by tribally controlled community colleges in making available educational opportunities to ,native ,american ,indian students4 7#b7 ,some four-year ,native ,american-serving nontribal college institutions provide tuition-free education1 with the support of the ,state in which they are located1 as mandated by ,federal statute1 to hundreds of ,native ,american ,indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the ,united ,states provided land and facilities for such colleges to a ,state or college4 7#c7 ,the value of the ,native student tuition waiver benefits contributed by these colleges and the ,states which support them today far exceeds the value of the original grant of land and facilities4 7#d7 ,the ongoing financial burden of meeting this ,federal mandate to provide tuition-free education to ,indian students is no longer equitably shared among the ,states and colleges because it does not distinguish between ,indian students who are residents of the ,state or of another ,state4 7#e7 ,native student tuition waiver benefits are now at risk of being terminated by severe budget constraints being experienced by these colleges and the ,states which support them4 #d4 ,state relief from ,federal mandate 7a7 ,amount of payment 7#a7 ,in general ,subject to paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c71 for fiscal year #bjad and each succeeding fiscal year1 the ,secretary of ,education shall pay to any eligible college an amount equal to the charges for tuition for all ,indian students who are not residents of the ,state in which the college is located and who are enrolled in the college for the academic year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year4 7#b7 ,eligible colleges ,for purposes of this section1 an eligible college is any four-year ,native ,american-serving nontribal institution of higher education which provides tuition-free education as mandated by ,federal statute1 with the support of the ,state in which it is located1 to ,native ,american ,indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the college or ,state received its original grant of land and facilities from the ,united ,states4 7#c7 ,limitation ,the amount paid to any college for each fiscal year under paragraph 7#a7 may not exceed the amount equal to the charges for tuition for all ,indian students of that college who were not residents of the ,state in which the college is located and who were enrolled in the college for academic year #bjab-bjac4 7b7 ,treatment of payment ,any amounts received by a college under this section shall be treated as a reimbursement from the ,state in which the college is located1 and shall be considered as provided in fulfillment of any ,federal mandate upon the ,state to admit ,indian students free of charge of tuition4 7c7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this ,act shall be construed to relieve any ,state from any mandate it may have under ,federal law to reimburse a college for each academic year-- 7#a7 with respect to ,indian students enrolled in the college who are not residents of the ,state in which the college is located1 any amount of charges for tuition for such students that exceeds the amount received under this section for such academic year2 and 7#b7 with respect to ,indian students enrolled in the college who are residents of the ,state in which the college is located1 an amount equal to the charges for tuition for such students for such academic year4 7d7 ,definitions ,in this section1 the term ,indian students includes reference to the term ,indian pupils as that term has been utilized in ,federal statutes imposing a mandate upon any college or ,state to provide tuition-free education to ,native ,american ,indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which it received its original grant of land and facilities from the ,united ,states4 7e7 ,funding ,there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section4 #e4 ,offset 7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 of all available unobligated funds1 #ae1jjj1jjj in appropriated discretionary funds are hereby rescinded4 7b7 ,implementation ,the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget shall determine and identify from which appropriation accounts the rescission under subsection 7a7 shall apply and the amount of such rescission that shall apply to each such account4 ,not later than #fj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget shall submit a report to the ,secretary of the ,treasury and ,congress of the accounts and amounts determined and identified for rescission under the preceding sentence4 7c7 ,exception ,this section shall not apply to the unobligated funds of-- 7#a7 the ,department of the ,interior for the postsecondary education of ,native ,american ,indian students2 7#b7 the ,department of ,defense2 7#c7 the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs2 or 7#d7 the ,department of ,education4