S. 749 · 118th Congress

NACIE Improvement Act

Introduced on Mar 9, 2023 by Deb Fischer (R-NE). 6 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Nov 13, 2023): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Mar 9, 2023
Cosponsors
6
4 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education includes at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University and to require the Secretaries of Education and Interior to consider the National Advisory Council on Indian Education's reports in the preparation of budget materials.

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Minority education

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Deb FischerR-NESponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 9, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 9, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Nov 8, 2023Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  4. Nov 8, 2023 · SenateSenate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Nov 8, 2023Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5434; text: CR S5434)
  6. Nov 8, 2023 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5434; text: CR S5434)
  7. Nov 9, 2023 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  8. Nov 13, 2023 · HouseReceived in the House.
  9. Nov 13, 2023 · HouseHeld at the desk.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. American Indian Higher Education Consortium5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION CONSORTIUM$61.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.