H.R. 1129: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.

111th Congress · introduced 2009-02-23 · Native Americans · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 170.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-02-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 479 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR1129 (2009-07-07), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 170. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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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

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), to make annual grants, to the extent funds are made available for such grants, to federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal colleges and universities, and other eligible entities 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. Permits an entity receiving a grant to require such other criteria of the program and participants of the program as the entity considers appropriate to further the goals of the program. Requires, in order to be eligible for a grant, that an entity: (1) has experience in providing iron working training to Native Americans; and (2) has the facilities necessary to carry out such a program.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s)), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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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 (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1129, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron-working training program for Native Americans (2009-08-24); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1129, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron-working training program for Native Americans (2009-08-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Quigley (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

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

House roll call 479 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR1129 (2009-07-07): Passed

Words on this page, explained (2)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr1129.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr1129 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111