PROPOSED AGENDA OF THE 23 rd NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL SPRING SESSION April 16-20, 2018 10:00 AM Navajo Nation Council Chambers, Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ) PRESIDING: Honorable LoRenzo C. Bates, Speaker, Navajo Nation Council 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER; ROLL CALL; INVOCATION 2. RECOGNIZE GUESTS AND VISITING OFFICIALS 3. REVIEW AND ADOPT THE AGENDA 4. RECEIVE THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAJO NATION 5. RECEIVE REPORT FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL 6. ORAL REPORTS: A. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) B. Indian Health Services (IHS) C. Financial Report by the Controller D. Attorney General E. Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation 7. WRITTEN REPORTS A. Standing Committees B. Boards and Commission Page 1 of 12
C. Bureau of Indian Affairs D. Indian Health Services Area Director 8. OLD BUSINESS: (A) LEGISLATION 0035-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee; Naabik'íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the amount of $2,215,000.00 (two million two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars) for the Jim's Business Site Redevelopment Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820(I) and 860(C) relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon (m) Honorable Benjamin L. Bennett (s) Honorable Jonathan L. Hale (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table (Controller ruled budget includes recurring costs); (M) Honorable Seth Damon; (S) Honorable Jonathan Perry; (V) 12 in Favor, 03 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting). (B) LEGISLATION 0036-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee; Naabik'iyati' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the amount of $400,000.00 (four hundred thousand dollars) for the Round Rock Trading Post Business Site Redevelopment Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820(I) and 860(C) relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon (m) Honorable Jonathan L. Hale (s) Honorable Nelson S. BeGaye (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table (Controller ruled budget includes recurring costs); (M) Honorable Jonathan Perry; (S) Honorable Benjamin L. Bennett; (V) 12 in Favor, 04 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting). (C) LEGISLATION 0037-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance Committee; Naabik'iyati' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the amount of $400,000.00 (four hundred thousand dollars) for the Bond and Bond Business Site Redevelopment Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820(I) and 860(C) relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon (m) Honorable Edmund Yazzie (s) Honorable Nelson S. BeGaye (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table (Controller ruled budget includes recurring costs); (M) Honorable Seth Damon; (S) Honorable Jonathan Perry; (V) 09 in Favor, 06 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting). (D) LEGISLATION 0042-17: An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance and Naabik'íyáti' Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Designating that the Net Proceeds Received from the United States through Settlement of Navajo Ramah Chapter, ET Al., V. Jewell, No. 90-CV-957 (D.N.M.), be Deposited in the Síhasin Fund Pursuant to CD-68-14 and 12 N.N.C. 2501 SPONSOR: Honorable Walter Phelps CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Lee Jack, Sr. CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Leonard Tsosie Page 2 of 12
(m) Honorable Tuchoney Slim, Jr. (s) Honorable Dwight Witherspoon (v) 04/20/2017 Motion to refer back to the Naabik'íyáti' Committee; (M) Honorable Dwight Witherspoon; (S) Honorable Steven Begay; (V) 09 in Favor, 08 Opposed (Pro Tem Speaker Hale Not Voting). (E) LEGISLATION 0055-17: An Act Relating to the Law and Order, Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, and Naabik'íyáti' Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Enacting the "Navajo Nation Public Safety System Fund Act of 2017," Amending Title 12 of the Navajo Nation Code and Establishing the "Navajo Nation Public Safety System Fund" to include Moneys Received from the United States through Settlement of Ramah Navajo Chapter, ET AL.V. Jewell SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels (m) Honorable Herman M. Daniels (s) Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr. (v) 04/20/2017 Motion to refer back to the Naabik'íyáti' Committee; (M) Honorable Leonard Tsosie; (S) Honorable Tuchoney Slim, Jr.; (V) 10 in Favor, 07 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting). (F) LEGISLATION 0432-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Two Million Eight Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars ($2,885,869.00) for Navajo Area Agency on Aging SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty CO- (m) Honorable Seth Damon (s) Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table; (M) Honorable Seth Damon; (S) Honorable Jonathan Perry; (V) 11 in Favor, 03 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting) (G) LEGISLATION 0439-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to the Department of Diné Education Office of Standards, Curriculum and Assessment Development CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso (m) Honorable Seth Damon (s) Honorable Steven Begay (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table to the Next UUFB Special Session or Spring Session; (M) Honorable Seth Damon; (S) Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.; (V) 10 in Favor, 03 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting) Page 3 of 12
(H) LEGISLATION 0443-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti', and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of $30,189.00 to the Office of Dine Youth Administration; $109,564.00 to the Tuba City Agency; $194,937.00 to the Fort Defiance Agency; $168,580.00 to the Chinle Agency; $69,952.00 to the Shiprock Agency; and $174,929.00 to the Crownpoint Agency CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Tom T. Chee (m) Honorable Nelson S. BeGaye (s) Honorable Jonathan Perry (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table to the Next UUFB Special Session or Spring Session (Controller ruled budgets include recurring costs); (M) Honorable Seth Damon; (S) Honorable Benjamin L. Bennett; (V) 09 in Favor, 04 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting) (I) LEGISLATION 0445-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of $1,600,000.00 to the Department of Diné Education, Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Tom T. Chee CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty (m) Honorable Nelson S. BeGaye (s) Honorable Steven Begay (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table to the Next UUFB Special Session or Spring Session (Controller ruled budget includes recurring costs); (M) Honorable Seth Damon; (S) Honorable Jonathan Perry; (V) 09 in Favor, 04 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting) (J) LEGISLATION 0449-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti', and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of $190,649.00 to the Department of Diné Education, Office of Navajo Nation Library CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty (m) Honorable Steven Begay (s) Honorable Nelson S. BeGaye (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table to the Next UUFB Special Session or Spring Session (Controller ruled budget includes recurring costs); (M) Honorable Seth Damon; (S) Honorable Dwight Witherspoon; (V) 07 in Favor, 06 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting) (K) LEGISLATION 0450-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti', and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Two Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand, Page 4 of 12
Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars ($234,538.00) to the Department of Diné Education to Maintain the Navajo Education Information System CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty (m) Honorable Nelson S. BeGaye (s) Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. (v) 02/16/2018 Motion to Table to the Next UUFB Special Session or Spring Session (Controller ruled budget includes recurring costs); (M) Honorable Seth Damon; (S) Honorable Jonathan Perry; (V) 09 in Favor, 04 Opposed (Speaker Bates Not Voting) 9. NEW BUSINESS: (A) LEGISLATION 0217-16: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Health, Education and Human Services Committee, Naabik'íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of $3,745,312.00 for the Construction of a New Tuba City Senior Citizens Center; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso (B) LEGISLATION 0219-16: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Naabik'íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $1,705,153.66 for the Naatsis'áán Chapter Power Line Extension Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso (C) LEGISLATION 0221-16: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Naabik'íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $690,000.00 for the Ts ah Bii Kin Chapter House Wiring and Electrification Initiative; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso (D) LEGISLATION 0365-16: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Naabik'íyáti' Committee, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $66,628.13 for the Joe Family Power Line Extension Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820(I) and 860(C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 Page 5 of 12
SPONSOR: Honorable Davis Filfred (E) LEGISLATION 0380-16: An Action Relating to an EMERGENCY: Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of $2,233,813.51 for the Teec Nos Pos Chapter (North Phase III) Powerline Extension Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Davis Filfred (F) LEGISLATION 0130-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Approving an Expenditure from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Three Million One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,135,500) for Thoreau Chapter Veterans Service Center Construction; Waiving 2 N.N.C. 820(I) and 860(C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie CO- (G) LEGISLATION 0335-17: An Act Relating to Law and Order, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending Per Diem Provision of 2 N.N.C. 874(F) 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Davis Filfred CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Benjamin Bennett CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Tom Chee (H) LEGISLATION 0368-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of One Million Six Hundred Thirty Four Thousand and Forty Seven Dollars ($1,634,047.00) for the Mexican Water Power Line Extension Project within the Mexican Water Chapter, Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) And 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Davis Filfred CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels (I) LEGISLATION 0370-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and Navajo Nation Council; Approving One Million Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($1,980,000) for Construction of a New Senior Page 6 of 12
Center for Nazlini Chapter; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. CO- (J) LEGISLATION 0371-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Two Million One Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand and One Hundred Thirty Eight Dollars ($2,137,138.00) for the Tselani-Cottonwood Phase I and Phase II and Scattered Powerline Extension Project within Tselani-Cottonwood Chapter; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. (K) LEGISLATION 0372-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Four Hundred and Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($417,000.00) for the Tselani-Cottonwood Water Line Extension Project within Tselani- Cottonwood Chapter; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. (L) LEGISLATION 0373-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Two Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand and Twenty Dollars ($266,020.00) for the Many Farms Phase I and Phase II and Scattered Powerline Extension Project within the Many Farms Chapter; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. (M) LEGISLATION 0374-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Four Hundred and Ten Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($410,250.00) for the Dennehotso Scattered Power Line Project within Dennehotso Chapter; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Nathaniel Brown (N) LEGISLATION 0380-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti', and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Page 7 of 12
Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Two Million One Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand and Three Hundred and Sixty Two Dollars ($2,196,362.00) for the Construction of a Chapter Building Replacement for the Tonalea Chapter; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Tuchoney Slim, Jr. (O) LEGISLATION 0381-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Naabik'íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $1,415,388.00 for the Nahatadzil Shopping Center Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr. CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Lee Jack, Sr. (P) LEGISLATION 0393-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Naabik'íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $5,000,000.00 (Five Million Dollars) for the Wide Ruins Water Line Extension Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr. CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Benjamin Bennett CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Tom T. Chee CO- (Q) LEGISLATION 0399-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Four Million Three Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars ($4,329,472) for Construction of a Multi-Purpose Complex for the Low Mountain Chapter; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. (R) LEGISLATION 0044-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee; Naabik íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $1,461,510.84 (One Million Four Hundred Sixty-One Thousand, Five Hundred and Ten Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents) for the Black Mesa Chapter (North Valley) Powerline Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon Page 8 of 12
(S) LEGISLATION 0056-18: An Action Relating to Law and Order Committee, Naabik íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending 2 N.N.C. 285 to Clarify the Speakers Voting Restriction when any Two-Thirds (2/3) Vote is Required 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Steven Begay (T) LEGISLATION 0059-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee; Naabik íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Three Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($315,000.00) to the Navajo Nation Zoo for the Construction of a New Restroom Facility; Waiving the Capital Improvement Projects Guidelines Policies and Procedures and 12 N.N.C. 820 (I) and 860(C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Jonathan Hale CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Leonard Pete (U) LEGISLATION 0082-18: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance and Naabik íyáti Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Adopting the Síhasin Fund Crownpoint Student Housing Expenditure Plan Pursuant to CD-68-14 and 12 N.N.C. 2501-2508 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Jonathan Hale (V) LEGISLATION 0116-18: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance and Naabik'íyáti' Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Adopting the Síhasin Fund Powerline and Chapter Projects Expenditure Plan pursuant to CD-68-14, as Amended by CJA-03-18, and 12 N.N.C. 810 (F), 820 (I) and (M) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Process 2/3 SPONSOR: Honorable LoRenzo C. Bates CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Steven Begay CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Tom Chee CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Lee Jack, Sr. CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Leonard Pete CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Walter Phelps CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Alton Joe Shepherd CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon Page 9 of 12
(W) LEGISLATION 0186-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) to Coalmine Canyon Chapter for Communication Services SPONSOR: Honorable Walter Phelps (X) LEGISLATION 0279-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Naabik'íyáti' Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Compliance with CAP-26-16 Regarding Forest Lake Chapter Range Unit Boundaries and Affirming Directive SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon (Y) LEGISLATION 0428-17: An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Law and Order, Naabik íyáti' Committees and the Navajo Nation Council: Enacting the Revenge Porn Act and Amending Title 17 Sex Offenses CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. (Z) LEGISLATION 0469-17: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, and Naabik'íyáti' Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Enacting the Civil Rights of Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2017; Deleting Title 10, Chapter 13, 1402; Creating the "Civil Rights of Individuals with Disabilities" in Title 13, Chapter 55, 4501-4510; Amending the Navajo Preference in Employment Act; Amending Title 13, Chapter 57, 4801-4809, The Plan of Operations for the Navajo Nation Advisory Council on Disabilities; and Amending the Navajo Nation Bill of Rights to Designate the Equal Rights of Individuals with Disabilities as a Basic Civil Right CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Steven Begay CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty (AA) LEGISLATION 0490-17: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik'íyáti' Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving and Authorizing the Navajo Transitional Energy Company to Pledge 100% of the Equity Interest of the Navajo Nation in the Navajo Transitional Energy Company for Securing Credit or Financing; Consenting to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs' Approval of the Mortgage as Allowed by Applicable Federal Regulations, 25 C.F.R. Part 162, for the Mine Plant Lease and Part 211 for the Mine Lease and Navajo Transitional Energy Company's Rights-Of-Way; and Rescinding CS-55-17 SPONSOR: Honorable Seth Damon CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Tuchoney Slim, Jr. Page 10 of 12
(BB) LEGISLATION 0496-17: An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Naabik íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving "The Department of Diné Education Administrative Act of 2017", Amending the Navajo Nation Code, Title 10, Chapter 1, Subchapter 2, Sections 106 and 107 Establishing Direct Administrative Responsibility within the Department of Diné Education CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. (CC) LEGISLATION 0500-17: An Action Relating to Law and Order Committee, Naabik'íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending Rule 6 of the Navajo Nation Council Rules of Order such that announcements are moved to Item 1. on the Agenda SPONSOR: Honorable Steven Begay (DD) LEGISLATION 0021-18: An Act Relating to Law and Order, Health, Education and Human Services, Naabik'íyáti' and the Navajo Nation Council; Establishing the Navajo Veterans Housing Program within the Navajo Veterans Administration; Amending 2 N.N.C. 1033 SPONSOR: Honorable Kee Allen Begay, Jr. CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Jonathan Hale (EE) LEGISLATION 0022-18: An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance and Naabik'íyáti' Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Designating the Net Proceeds from the Settlement of Navajo Ramah Chapter, Et Al., V. Jewell, No. 90-CV-957 (D.N.M.) be Deposited in the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance of the General Fund. SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso (FF) LEGISLATION 0028-18: An Action Relating to Law and Order Committee, Naabik'íyáti' Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending Rule 6 of the Navajo Nation Council Rules of Order such that the Report from the Controller is listed as item 6. SPONSOR: Honorable Steven Begay (GG) LEGISLATION 0038-18: An Action Relating to an Emergency for the Navajo Nation Council; Opposing the Draft Commercial Air Tour Voluntary Agreement for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument; Requesting a Government to Government Consultation Between the Navajo Nation and the United States of America SPONSOR: Honorable Tuchoney Slim, Jr. Page 11 of 12
(HH) LEGISLATION 0051-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik íyáti Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Dollars ($129,000.00) to the Navajo Nation Animal Control Program to Employ Two Additional Animal Control Officers CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Leonard Pete (II) LEGISLATION 0074-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Naabik íyáti Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Sean M. McCabe as Navajo Nation Division of Economic Development Division Director SPONSOR: Honorable Alton Joe Shepherd CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Benjamin Bennett CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon (JJ) LEGISLATION 0077-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee; Naabik íyáti Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $1,455,000 (One Million Four Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars) for the Redevelopment of former Chee s Business Site SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon (KK) LEGISLATION 0079-18: An Action Relating to Naabik íyáti and Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Ms. Nona Bashone as Executive Director of the Diné Uranium Remediation Advisory Commission SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty (LL) LEGISLATION 0110-18: An Act Relating to Law and Order, Naabik íyáti and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending 2 N.N.C. 1060-1067 and 17 N.N.C. 101-103 by Enacting the Navajo Nation Peace Officer Standards and Training Certification Act SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr. 10. CLOSE OF SESSION; ANNOUNCEMENTS; ADJOURNMENT THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The public is advised that the Navajo Nation Council Agenda and the Agendas of the Standing Committees are not final until adopted by a majority vote of the Navajo Nation Council or the Standing Committee at a Navajo Nation Council or a Standing Committee meeting pursuant to 2 N.N.C. 163 and 183, Navajo Nation Council Rule of Order No. 7, and Standing Committee Rule of Order No. 8. Page 12 of 12