Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 12, 1 December 2017 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

OHA Board Actions The following actions were taken by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, and are summarized here. For more information on board actions, please see the complete meeting minutes posted online at www.oha.org/BOT.

Moīion to Approve the Wao Kele o Puna Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP).

Moīion to approve Administration's recommendations on NEW BILLS (OHA 1- H.R. 1169, OHA 4 - S. 1400 & H.R. 3211) on the 115th Congress Legislative Positioning Matrix dated September 20, 2017. Bill N0. MEASURE TITLE DESCRIPTION STATUS S 4/8/2017: Following the Amends the Native American Programs bill's 2/8/2017 favorable vote Act of 1974 to reauthorize the program out of committee, Chairman „ „54 ESTHER MARTINEZ through Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, and also Hoeven reported the bill nHAi h r 11R9 NATIVE AMERICAN increases the length of grants from three without an amendment and ' J ' LANGUAGES to five years. Decreases the number was placed on the Senate PRESERVATION ACT of required Native students in Native Legislative Calendar. American language nests and Native American language survival schools. H 2/16/2017: Bill introduced l?.llA Bill NO. "«a™ DESCRIPTION STATUS NO. TITLE This bill increases the maximum penalty for a second violation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) from five years to ten years. It prohibits exporting or transporting out of the United States Native American items obtained in violation of NAGPRA, Native Amenean archaeological resources S 6/21/2017: SAFEGUARD obtained in violation of the Archaeological Resource Bill introduced Q|,. S. 1400 TRIBAL Protection Act of 1979, and any Native American object 7/12/2017 Bill . H.R. 3211 OBJECTS OF of antiquity. An individual in violation will be fined and/or introduced and PATRIMONY imprisoned for up to one year. Additionally, the bill would later referred to ACT OF 2017 allow the Secretaries of State and lnterior to designate a committees liaison to assist private individuals wishing to voluntarily return tangible cultural heritage. The bill also creates a Tribal Working Group, whieh would include Native Hawaiian Organizations, to receive information and assistance from the Executive Branch to provide assistance in the return of tangible cultural heritage.

Moīion to approve Action ltem BAE 17-08: 2018 OHA Legislative Package (OHA 4-7) ■ OHA-4 Fulfilling the State's Public Land Trust Revenue Obligations ■ OHA-5 Expanding the Native Hawaiian Law Training Oourse ■ OHA-6 Supporting Housing Security and Asset Building for ■ Low-lneome Beneficiaries ■ OHA-7 Reolaiming Nā Pili 'Āina through Hawaiian Oultural Reserves Motion to approve and authorize the disbursement of $1,500,000 from the Fiscal Year 2018 Oore Operating Budget (Object Code 56530) and $1,500,000 from the Fiscal Year 2019 Core Operating Budget (Object Code 56530), as approved on June 8, 2017, to be administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs via its CEO and staff to seventeen (17) Hawaiian-Focused Charter Schools.