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Title
Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Act of 2015
Official Title
To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a tribal transportation self-governance program, and for other purposes.
Summary
Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Act of 2015
The Department of Transporttion (DOT) shall establish a tribal transportation self-governance program via a compact with an Indian tribe, subject to negotiated annual written funding arrangements with the tribe.
A funding agreement shall authorize the Indian tribe to plan, conduct, consolidate, administer, and receive full tribal share funding and funding to tribes from DOT-administered discretionary and competitive grants for all programs, services, functions, and activities to carry out tribal transportation programs and DOT-administered programs, services, functions, and activities.
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Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureHighways and TransitIntroducedFebruary 25th, 2015
Transportation & Public Works