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 112 STAT. 2818 PUBLIC LAW 105-294—OCT. 27, 1998 Public Law 105-294 105th Congress Oct. 27, 1998 [H.R. 3069] Advisory Council on California Indian Policy Extension Act of 1998. 25 USC 651 note. 25 USC 651 note. An Act To extend the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy to allow the Advisory Council to advise Congress on the implementation of the proposals and recommendations of the Advisory Council. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Advisory Council on California Indian Policy Extension Act of 1998". SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDING. — Congress finds that the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy, pursuant to the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-416; 25 U.S.C. 651 note), submitted its proposals and recommendations regarding remedial measures to address the special status of California's terminated and unacknowledged Indian tribes and the needs of California Indians relating to economic self-sufficiency, health, and education. (b) PURPOSE. — The purpose of this Act is to allow the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy to advise Congress on the implementation of such proposals and recommendations. SEC. 3. DUTIES OF ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 5 of the Advisory Council on California Indian PoHcy Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2133) is amended by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting "; and", and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(8) work with Congress, the Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the California Indian tribes, to implement the Council's proposals and recommendations contained in the report submitted* made under paragraph (6), including— "(A) consulting with Federal departments and agencies to identify those recommendations that can be implemented immediately, or in the very near future, and those which will require long-term changes in law, regulations, or policy; "(B) working with Federal departments and agencies to expedite to the greatest extent possible the implementation of the Council's recommendations;

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