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S 2580 114th Congress Senate Native Americans Department of the Interior Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Indian social and development programs Minority education Teaching, teachers, curricula

RAISE Act of 2016

Introduced: February 25, 2016 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 17, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.
Nov 17, 2016
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-380.
May 11, 2016
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 6, 2016
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-287.
Feb 25, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1059; text of measure as introduced: CR S1059-1060)
Feb 25, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reforming American Indian Standards of Education Act of 2016 or the RAISE Act of 2016

(Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Indian Education Agency to replace the Bureau of Indian Education.

(Sec. 4) Functions, authorities, and personnel of the Department of the Interior related to Indian education are transferred to the agency.

(Sec. 5) The President's budget must include a separate request for funds for construction of schools by the agency. In making such funds available, the agency must prioritize schools with the most serious deficiencies in capacity or facility conditions.

(Sec. 7) The agency must give preference in hiring to members of Indian tribes.

(Sec. 8) The agency must annually report on its activities, the effectiveness of this bill, and recommendations for legislation to improve the agency.

(Sec. 9) Regulations promulgated by the agency are not subject to review or approval by Interior.

What's happening now November 17, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2580: RAISE Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2580/
MLA
"S. 2580: RAISE Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2580/.
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S. 2580, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2580/.
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