Sec. 141. Feasibility study for Indian tribes
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Section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2013 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of a tribal demonstration project for tribes to administer all Federal food assistance programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) of the agency. In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider— the probable effects on specific programs and program beneficiaries of such a demonstration project; statutory, regulatory, or other impediments to implementation of such a demonstration project; strategies for implementing such a demonstration project; probable costs or savings associated with such a demonstration project; methods to assure quality and accountability in such a demonstration project; and such other issues that may be determined by the Secretary or developed through consultation with pursuant to paragraph (4).
Not later than 18 months after the effective date of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. The report shall contain— the results of the study under this subsection; a list of programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) within each agency with respect to which it would be feasible to include in a tribal demonstration project; a list of programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) included in the list provided pursuant to subparagraph
(B)that could be included in a tribal demonstration project without amending a statute, or waiving regulations that the Secretary may not waiver; and a list of legislative actions required in order to include those programs, services, function, and activities (or portions thereof) included in the list provided pursuant to subparagraph
(B)but not included in the list provided pursuant to subparagraph (C), in a tribal demonstration project. The Secretary shall consult with Indian tribes to determine a protocol for consultation under paragraph
(1)prior to consultation under such paragraph with the other entities described in such paragraph. The protocol shall require, at a minimum, that— the government-to-government relationship with Indian tribes forms the basis for the consultation process; the Indian tribes and the Secretary jointly conduct the consultations required by this subsection; and the consultation process allows for separate and direct recommendations from the Indian tribes and other entities described in paragraph (1). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $1,000,000. .
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