,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gdi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #i1          
#bjbc,mrs4 ,fischer 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,tester1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mr4
 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,moran1 and ,ms4 ,warren7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
ensure that the ,national ,advisory     
,council on ,indian ,education includes 
at least #a member who is the president 
of a ,tribal ,college or ,university and
 to require the ,secretaries of         
,education and ,interior to consider the
 ,national ,advisory ,council on ,indian
 ,education's reports in the preparation
 of budget materials4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,national
 ,advisory ,council on ,indian          
,education ,improvement ,act or the     
,,nacie ,improvement ,act4  #b4         
,national ,advisory ,council on ,indian 
,education  7a7 ,membership of ,,nacie  

,by not later than #ahj days after the  
date of enactment of this ,act and      
notwithstanding any other provision of  
section #fada of the ,elementary and    
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #gdga71 the ,president shall 
ensure that the ,national ,advisory     
,council on ,indian ,education          
established under such section includes 
at least one member who is a president  
of a ,tribal ,college or ,university 7as
 defined in section #caf7;b7 of the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajei;c7b774  7b7             
,consideration of reports  7#a7 ,sharing
 of report with ,secretaries of         
,education and ,interior ,by not later  
than ,june #cj of each year1 the        
,national ,advisory ,council on ,indian 
,education shall provide the ,,nacie    
annual report submitted to ,congress    
under section #fada7;b77#c7 of the      
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#gdga7;b77#c77 for such year to the     

,secretary of ,education and the        
,secretary of the ,interior4  7#b7      
,department of ,education ,the          
,secretary of ,education1 in preparing  
the budget materials submitted to       
,congress by the ,secretary in support  
of the budget of the ,united ,states    
,government that is submitted under     
section #aaje of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 shall consider the most  
recent ,,nacie annual report4  7#c7     
,department of the ,interior ,the       
,secretary of the ,interior1 in         
consultation with the ,education        
,subcommittee of the ,tribal-,interior  
,budget ,council1 in preparing the      
budget materials submitted to ,congress 
by the ,secretary of the ,interior in   
support of the budget of the ,united    
,states ,government that is submitted   
under section #aaje of title #ca1       
,united ,states ,code1 shall consider   
the most recent ,,nacie annual report4  
7c7 ,definition ,in this section1 the   
term ,,nacie annual report means the    

report prepared under section           
#fada7;b77#c7 of the ,elementary and    
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #gdga7;b77#c774