Sec. 2703. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder Training for Healthcare Professionals, Paraprofessionals, and Public Safety Officers. Provides $80 million for programs to reduce burnout and mental and behavioral health conditions among health care workers. Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible for grants. Sec. 2707. Local Behavioral Health Needs. Provides $50 million to SAMHSA for community behavioral health needs. Tribal governments and tribal organizations are eligible for grants. Sec. 2911. LIHEAP. Provides $4.5 billion for the LIHEAP program. Tribes are eligible for this LIHEAP funding. Sec. 2912. Water Assistance Program. Provides $500 million to HHS for grants to states and tribes to assist low- income households for drinking water and wastewater services. Up to 3% of funding is reserved for tribes. Title III. Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Sec. 3206. Homeowner Assistance Fund. Provides $9.9 billion to the Homeowner Assistance Fund for qualified expenses, which include: mortgage payment assistance, costs related to mortgage reinstatement or forbearance, mortgage principal reduction, interest rate reduction, utilities assistance, internet and broadband service, property taxes, homeowners insurance, and homeowner / association fees. The provision includes a 5 percent set-aside for tribes eligible to receive funding under NAHASDA, using the NAHASDA allocation formula. Sec. 3301. Small Business Credit Initiative Reauthorization . The provision reauthorizes and appropriates $10 billion for the State Small Business Credit Initiative first established in 2010 in response the Great Recession, which did not include direct funding to tribal governments. The updated reauthorization redefines the term “State” to include “Indian tribes” and provides tribes with a 5 percent set aside ($500 million) from the total allocation. The Treasury Secretary will develop the allocation formula based on available employment and economic data. Tribes that want to participate must file a notice of intent with the Treasury within 30 days of passage of the Act. Funds shall be allocated within 60 days of passage. Tribal and State governments must also “provide the Secretary with a plan detailing how minority depository institutions and CDFIs will be encouraged to participate”, including a description of how they will “expeditiously utilize funds to support small businesses, including businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, in responding to and recovering from the economic effects of the COVID–19 pandemic.” The program will expire on September 30, 2030. Title V. Small Business and Entrepreneurship Sec. 5001. Paycheck Protection Program . The bill modifies eligibility requirements for the PPP and provides an addtional $7.25 billion appropriation for the program. Sec. 5003. Support for Restaurants. Appropriates $25 billion to establish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund – $5 billion is set-aside for businesses with revenue of $500,000 or less in 2019. The fund provides grants of up to $10 million, with a limit of $5 million per location, for FY 2021. The term “Tribally-owned concern” as defined in 13 CFR Part 124.3, are eligible for these funds. Authorized activities and uses of the funds include payroll, mortgage, rent, utilities, supplies, paid leave, and operational expenses. Title VI. Environment and Public Works Sec. 6002. Pollution and Disparate Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Provides $100 million to EPA, including $50 million in grants to address environmental justice, and $50 million for Clean Air Act grants. Title VII. Commerce, Science, and Transportation Sec. 7001. FEMA Appropriation. Provides $50 billion, which will remain available until September 30, 2025, for reimbursement to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments dealing with ongoing COVID-19 response and recovery activities. Sec. 7402. E-Rate Support For Emergency Educational Connections and Devices. Provides $7.6 billion to the FCC for schools and libraries, including tribal schools, libraries, community centers, or government buildings, to purchase wifi or other internet connection devices and laptop computers. Enhance the Tribal Land to Trust Process The U.S. Supreme Court’s Carcieri v. Salazar decision has plagued the Indian Reorganization Act’s (IRA) tribal land to trust process for more than a decade. The decision upended the 75 years of precedent, reinterpreting the IRA as limiting the Interior Secretary’s authority to place land into trust
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