,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbgj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,young of ,alaska introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act to exempt ,indian tribes from      
compensatory mitigation requirements in 
connection with certain discharges of   
dredged or fill material1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,exemption from          
compensatory mitigation requirements    
7a7 ,in general ,section #djd of the    
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7u7   
,indian tribes  7#a7 ,exemption from    
compensatory mitigation requirements    
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 an ,indian tribe that applies for a
 permit for a permitted activity to be  
conducted on ,indian land shall not be  
required to provide any form of         

compensatory mitigation as a condition  
of the permit4  7#b7 ,evaluation of     
,indian tribe permit application ,in    
evaluating a permit application         
submitted by an ,indian tribe to carry a
 permitted activity to be conducted on  
,indian land1 the ,secretary may not    
take into account the nonavailability of
 compensatory mitigation pursuant to the
 exemption provided by paragraph 7#a74  
7#c7 ,situations in which ,indian tribe 
ceases to maintain permitted activity   
,if an ,indian tribe described in       
paragraph 7#a7 ceases to maintain the   
permitted activity on ,indian land1 or  
seeks to abandon such an activity       
without a good faith transfer1 the      
,indian tribe shall obtain a permit     
modification from the ,secretary1 which 
may require restoration and             
rehabilitation of the area4  7#d7       
,limitation on statutory construction   
,the exemption from compensatory        
mitigation requirements provided by     
paragraph 7#a7 may not be construed to  

affect the applicability of any other   
requirement under this ,act to an       
,indian tribe or ,indian land1 including
 requirements to avoid and minimize     
adverse impacts to wetlands1 streams1   
and other aquatic resources4  7#e7      
,definitions ,in this subsection1 the   
following definitions apply3  7,a7      
,indian land ,the term ,indian land     
means land owned by1 operated by1 or    
otherwise belonging to an ,indian tribe4
  7,b7 ,indian tribe ,the term ,indian  
tribe means any ,indian tribe1 band1    
nation1 or other organized group or     
community1 including any ,alaska ,native
 village or regional or village         
corporation as defined in or established
 pursuant to the ,alaska ,native ,claims
 ,settlement ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #afja  
et seq471 which is recognized as        
eligible for the special programs and   
services provided by the ,united ,states
 to ,indians because of their status as 
,indians4  7,c7 ,permitted activity ,the
 term permitted activity means a        

discharge of dredged or fill material   
for which a permit is issued under this 
section4  4  7b7 ,applicability ,the    
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply to permits issued under section   
#djd of the ,federal ,water ,pollution  
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7     
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4