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H.R. 6685: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.

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H.R. 6685: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-31 · Native Americans · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-31 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 616 (2008): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR6685 (2008-09-22), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make a grant each year to an eligible entity to provide an iron working training program that: (1) provides specialized classroom and on-the-job training in iron working skills to adult members of federally recognized Indian tribes; and (2) facilitates job placement upon program completion.

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Official text

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (1)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6685 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110