,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjcg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bg1     
#bjai ,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself and  
,mr4 ,schatz7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,,stem education  
program for ,american ,indian1 ,alaska  
,native1 and ,native ,hawaiian students 
under the ,higher ,education ,act of    
#aife4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,building ,indigenous  
,,stem ,professionals ,act4  #b4        
,improving science1 technology1         
engineering1 and mathematics education  
with a focus on ,american ,indian1      
,alaska ,native1 and ,native ,hawaiian  
students ,section #hai of the ,higher   
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#aafa;j7 is amended-- 7#a7 in the       
section heading1 by striking ,alaska    
,native and ,native ,hawaiian and       
inserting ,american ,indian1 ,alaska    

,native1 and ,native ,hawaiian2  7#b7 in
 subsection 7a77#b71 by striking ,alaska
 ,natives and ,native ,hawaiians and    
inserting ,american ,indians1 ,alaska   
,natives1 and ,native ,hawaiians to     
enable them to succeed in these fields2 
7#c7 in subsection 7b7--  7,a7 by       
redesignating paragraphs 7#a71 7#b71    
7#c71 and 7#d71 as paragraphs 7#b71     
7#d71 7#e71 and 7#f71 respectively2     
7,b7 by inserting before paragraph 7#b71
 as redesignated by subparagraph 7,a71  
the following3  7#a7 ,native ,american  
,the term ,native ,american includes    
,alaska ,natives1 ,american ,indians1   
and ,native ,hawaiians4  2  7,c7 by     
inserting after paragraph 7#b71 as      
redesignated by subparagraph 7,a71 the  
following3  7#c7 ,american ,indian ,the 
term ,american ,indian has the meaning  
given the term ,indian in section #bjb  
of the ,indian ,land ,consolidation ,act
 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #bbja74  2  7#d7 in     
subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 by inserting      
create or after to enable the eligible  

partnership to2  7,b7 by inserting      
,native ,american after the development 
of2 and  7,c7 by striking 1 including   
existing programs for ,alaska ,native   
and ,native ,hawaiian students2  7#e7 in
 subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 in paragraph     
7#a71 by striking ,alaska ,native or    
,native ,hawaiian students and inserting
 programs that serve ,native ,american  
students2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by   
striking ,alaska ,native and ,native    
,hawaiian students and inserting        
programs that serve ,native ,american   
students2 and  7,c7 in paragraph 7#c71  
by striking ,alaska ,native or ,native  
,hawaiian students and inserting ,native
 ,american students2  7#f7 in subsection
 7f71 by striking #cj percent or more of
 the program participants are ,alaska   
,native or ,native ,hawaiian and        
inserting #gj percent or more of the    
program participants are ,native        
,american2 and  7#g7 in subsection 7i71 
by striking #bjji and inserting #bjbj4