Sec. 2. Establishing a budgetary Tribal Government consultation process at the Department of Agriculture
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Section 309 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6921 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Rural Economic-development Assistance and Consultation to Help Our Tribes Act , the Secretary, in consultation with the Office of Tribal Relations and the Office of Budget and Program Analysis of the Department of Agriculture, shall establish, finalize, and implement a formal process for consultation with Tribal Governments on at least an annual basis, on— annual budget requests; and bills proposing the reauthorization of certain Department of Agriculture programs over a period of multiple years with budgetary impacts, including bills providing for the reauthorization of Department of Agriculture programs (commonly known as farm bills).
The consultation process under paragraph
(1)shall require the Secretary to provide notice to Tribal Governments of a consultation not later than 30 days before the date on which such consultation is to occur. The Secretary, in consultation with Tribal Governments, shall develop and implement a mechanism for reporting on any consultation that occurs pursuant to paragraph (1). Such a report shall include— a summary of issues consulted on; comments received during that consultation from Tribal Governments; and if applicable, steps taken, or to be taken, by the Secretary in response to such consultation. The consultation process under paragraph
(1)shall not be limited only to programs that are specific to Indian Tribes, but may include programs that may impact Indian Tribes and Tribal entities. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the Secretary from— conducting other consultations with Tribal Governments or other entities, as specified under another provision of Federal law; or advancing other practices to conduct such consultations. . Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on— how the Secretary developed the Tribal Government consultation process under subsection
(c)of section 309 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6921 ), as added by subsection
(a)of this section; and a detailed description of the consultation process so developed.
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