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S 849 118th Congress Senate Native Americans

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of pay for certain law enforcement employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 16, 2023 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 16, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 16, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of pay for Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement officers under certain circumstances. The bill outlines the circumstances under which Interior may set this special rate of pay, such as a finding by Interior that recruitment or retention efforts are or likely to become significantly handicapped due to the remoteness of the area involved or the undesirability of the working conditions.

What's happening now March 16, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 849: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of pay for certain law enforcement employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-849/
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"S. 849: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of pay for certain law enforcement employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-849/.
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S. 849, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-849/.
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[S. 849: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of pay for certain law enforcement employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-849/)
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