Native American Languages Act Amendments of 2003
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Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with such Organizations, colleges, or governments to operate, expand, and increase Native American Language Survival Schools throughout the United States and its territories for Native American children and Native American language-speaking children.
Requires the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts to establish three specified demonstration programs that will provide assistance to Schools and Nests at: (1) Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani College of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, in consortium with the 'Aha Punana Leo, Inc., and with other entities if deemed appropriate by such college; (2) Piegan Institute of Browning, Montana; and (3) the Alaska Native Language Center of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, in consortium with other entities deemed appropriate by such center. Authorizes such programs to: (1) establish endowments for furthering their activities relative to the study and preservation of Native American languages; and (2) use funds to provide for the rental, purchase, construction, maintenance, and repair of facilities.
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2362: Native American Languages Act Amendments of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2362/
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