Sponsored by Tina Smith (D)
Urban Indian Health Confer Act
Would have required the federal health department to consult urban Indian health groups on American Indian and Alaska Native care.
Tradeoff
Would have required the federal health department () to confer with urban Indian organizations on Native health care. It would have extended a consultation duty that previously applied only to the Indian Health Service (IHS).
What's in it
Passed the Senate by on July 18, 2023. The House never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.
Senate
Introduced
(Feb 15, 2023)
Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs(Feb 15, 2023)
Senate
The Committee on Indian Affairs voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Mar 29, 2023)
Committee report S. Rept. 118-34.
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Jul 18, 2023)
No individual votes were recorded.
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Jul 20, 2023)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)