Legislation
All legislation introduced into the Navajo Nation Council’s legislative process are required to be posted to the Council’s official website. Included here are legislation as they are introduced by Council delegates. Subsequent amendments, committee actions, public comment reports, and related updates to the legislative packets are recorded on the Council’s Diné Bibeehaz’áanii Binaaltsoos legislation tracking system online at: http://dibb.nnols.org/
September 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning October 05, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Waiving the Navajo Nation Road Fund Regulations; Approving the Navajo Nation Division of Transportation Navajo Nation Road Fund Project Budget Extensions in the Amount of $6,189,335.03 to Allow the Funds for 26 Road Projects to be Used Beyond the Date of the Fiscal Years in Which the Funds were Allocated or Extended
An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and Navajo Nation Council; Reaffirming Resolutions NABIN-69-18, NABIMY-27-19, and NABIAU-25-21, Requesting a Tribal Communication with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to Establish Direct Services on the Navajo Nation for Navajo Veterans
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning October 04, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change to CAP-35-18 for Round Rock Chapter by Moving the Chapter’s “Signage Proposal Project” from Funding Year 1 to Funding Year 3 and Adding Equipment Purchases to the Project, with No Change in the Original Funding Amount of $33,198.50
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $970,000 from the Síhasin Fund for the Demolition and Cleanup for Four Former Business Sites Under the Chinle RBDO, and Approving the Related Expenditure Plan
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change to CAP-35-18 for Naschitti Chapter by Moving the Chapter’s “Cemetery Expansion Project: from Funding Year 1 to Funding Year 3, with No Change in the Original Funding Amount of $50,000
An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Authorizing the Attorney General to Advance Fixed Cost Litigation Account Funds to Support the Legal Fees Atributable to the Individual Federal Torts Claims Act Cases Filed by Approximately 300 Individual Tribal Members for Money Damages Caused by the Gold King Mine Spill; Waiving 2 N.N.C. §§ 1961(B) and 1964(B)
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving the Investment Sub-Policy for the Navajo Nation American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) Fund
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving the Amended and Restated Navajo Nation Master Investment Policy
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION - NOT SUBJECT TO 5-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Relating to an Emergency and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Amendment One to the Fiscal Year 2022 Navajo Nation Housing Plan for the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 Indian Housing Block Grant Funding; Waiving 2 N.N.C. § 501 (B)(2)(b)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning October 02, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $10,159,542 from the Síhasin Fund to Replace the Ramah Navajo School Board Drinking Water System; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee: Supporting United States Congressional Bill H.R. 8108 Titled “Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act”
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Certifying Aneth Chapter Community-Based Land Use Plan which has Reevaluated and Readjusted Aneth Chapter’s Previous Community-Based Land Use Plan
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning September 29, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving the Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment, Former Bennett Freeze Area Integrated Resource Management Plan
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee; Accepting the Auditor General’s Audit of the Nahata Dziil Commission Governance and Approving the Chapter’s Proposed Corrective Action Plan
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee; Accepting the Auditor General’s Audit of the Black Mesa Chapter and Approving the Chapter’s Proposed Corrective Action Plan
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning September 28, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee; Approving the Plan of Operation for the Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources General Land Development Department One-Stop Shop
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee; Approving the Delegation of Authority to the Department Manager of the Navajo Land Department to Grant Rights-of-Way on Navajo Nation Trust Lands and Fee Lands; Approving the Departmental Administrative Rules and Regulations; and, the Terms and Conditions for the Delegation of Authority
An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services Committee; Approving Amendments to the Navajo Nation Division of Social Services’ Professional Standards and Ethics Manual; Removing the “Financial Services Protocol” Section and Include the “Burial Assistance and General Assistance Policy Manual”
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION - NOT SUBJECT TO 5-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
An Act Relating to an Emergency; Approving $89,480 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) for a New HVAC System for the Oljato Chapter Senior Center
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning September 26, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Certifying Ramah Navajo Chapter Community-Based Land Use Plan which has Reevaluated and Readjusted Ramah Navajo Chapter’s Previous Community-Based Land Use Plan
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting United States Congressional Bill H.R. 8109 Titled “Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act”
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Reinstatement of Shandiin Deputee as a Member of the Navajo Nation
An Action Relating to Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Approving and Authorizing a Renewel Contract Between the Navajo Nation and the United States Department of Interior Under 25 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq. (P.L. 93-638, as amended), for a Five (5) Year Term for the Period Beginning January 1, 2023 and Ending December 31, 2027 for Adult Detention Services; Approving and Authorizing the Fiscal Year Annual Funding Agreement and Scope of Work for the Period of the Contract Term
An Action Relating to Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Approving and Authorizing a Renewel Contract Between the Navajo Nation and the United States Department of Interior Under 25 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq. (P.L. 93-638, as amended), for a Five (5) Year Term for the Period Beginning January 1, 2023 and Ending December 31, 2027 for the Juvenile Corrections Program; Approving and Authorizing the Fiscal Year Annual Funding Agreement and Scope of Work for the Period of the Contract Term
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning September 22, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $5,000,000 in Síhasin Funds to the Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company for Development and Construction of the Tse Si Ani C-Store; Approving and Adopting the Tse Si Ani C-Store Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. §§ 2501 – 2508
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services Committee and Naabik’íyáti’; Supporting and Authorizing the Division of Aging and Long Term Care Support to Apply for Elder Services Funding from the Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging Older Americans Act Title VI Nutrition, Supportive Service, and Caregiver Grants (Parts A/B and C); and to Participation in Cycle VIII of the National Resources Center on Native Americans Aging Needs Assessment Titles “Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders”
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $10,031,897 from the Síhasin Fund for the Mariano Lake Chapter Multipurpose Building Project; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. §2501 – §2508
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning September 21, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Clarifying and Amending the Terms and Conditions of Mission Site Permits to Specify that the Five-Year Review to Reevaluate the Rent and Compliance with the Terms and Conditions is an Administrative Function to be Performed by the Navajo Land Department; Directing the Navajo Land Department to Develop Regulations for the Five-Year Reviews of Mission Site Permits to Reevaluate the Rent and Compliance with the Terms and Conditions
An Action Relating to Law and Order, Health Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Amending CAP-35-18, Síhasin Fund Powerline and Chapter Projects Expenditure Plan, to Extend Project Completion Deadlines for an Additional Twenty-Four Months
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning September 19, 2022
An Action Relating to Law and Order Committee, Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Probationary Appointment of Cecelia Tallman as Navajo Nation District Court Judge
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning September 18, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Approving the CARES Act Indian Housing Block Grant Number 20BV0402810 Amendment No. One for Fiscal Year 2020
August 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning August 31, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee; Approving the Grant of Right-of-Way to New Mexico Department of Transportation for the Purposes of Constructing, Operating, Upgrading and Maintaining the Existing Roadways, Culverts, Ditches and Bridges Along U.S. Highway 64, Project Numbers 5101171 and 5101172, Located on Navajo Nation Trust Lands in Beclabito Chapter, Navajo Nation (San Juan County, New Mexico)
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee; Accepting the Auditor General’s Audit of the Indian Wells Chapter and Approving the Chapter’s Proposed Corrective Action Plan
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning August 29, 2022
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee, the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for Fiscal Year 2023; Waiving Navajo Nation Council Resolution No. CF-07-11 and 12 N.N.C. § 820(F), § 820(I), § 840(B), and § 860
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance, and the Naabik’íyáti Committee; Approving the Division of Economic Development’s Applications for the State Small Business Credit Initiative Under the Federal American Rescue Plan Act
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning August 23, 2022
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Accepting the Audit Report Provided by KPMG, L.L.P. Regarding the Navajo Nation’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2021
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning August 10, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development, Health, Education, and Human Services, Law and Order, and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Opposing States’ Decriminalization of the Use of Peyote
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning August 07, 2022
An Act to the Health, Education, and Human Services Committee; Approving Four Budget Revision Requests by the Navajo Nation Veterans Administration (“NNVA”) to Distribute All Veterans Trust Fund Carryover Amounts into the NNVA’s Financial Assistance Program
July 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning August 05, 2022
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Budget for the Legislative Branch and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning August 02, 2022
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navjao Nation Department of Health, and Related Matters, to be Included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 31, 2022
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Executive Offices
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for Fixed Costs
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 28, 2022
An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving and Accepting the Monetary Donation of $10,000 from Michael D. Apgar and Gretchen D. Apgar to the Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance for the Diné Annual Scholarship Fund
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving and Recommending the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Office of the Controller and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the General Services Division – Insurance Services Department, Risk Management/Safety Loss Control, Employee Benefits, Workers Compensation, and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 27, 2022
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Ethics and Rules Office and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for the Fiscal Year 2023
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Division of Human Resources – Retirement Services, Retirement Funds, and Retirement Plan Administration Committee, and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Public Defender and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services and the Budget and Finance Committees; Approving the Fund Management Plans for the Chinle, Fort Defiance and Tuba City, and Shiprock and Crownpoint Regional Childcare Programs Operated by the Division of Social Services – Navajo Department of Child Care & Development
An Action Relating to the Health and Human Services Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Department of Diné Education and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 26, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Division of Economic Development and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Gaming Regulatory Office and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Health and Human Services Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Division of General Services and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving and Recommending the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Office of Management and Budget and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Department of Justice and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Judicial Branch and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Labor Commission and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Environmental Protection Agency and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Division of Transportation and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Division of Natural Resources and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Health and Human Services Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for Department of Veterans Administration and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Health and Human Services Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for Department of Social Services and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Health and Human Services Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for Department of Human Resources and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving and Recommending the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Office of the Auditor General and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Office of Hearings and Appeals and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Approving and Recommending to the Budget and Finance Committee the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Division of Community Development and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving and Recommending the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Office of the Navajo Tax Commission and Related Matters, to be included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2023 Comprehensive Budget
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 24, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting U.S. Senate Bill 2265, The “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) of 2021”; Urging the U.S. Senate to Amend the Bill to Expand Income Eligibility Requirements to Increase Native American Home Ownership
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION - NOT SUBJECT TO 5-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
An Action Relating to an Emergency; Extending the Time for a Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity to Allow the Navajo Nation to be Sued in Federal District Court Regarding Compliance with the National Environmental Protection Act in Carrying Out the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Grants and Authorizing the President of the Navajo Nation to be the Certifying Tribal Official to Execute Form 7015.15 through September 30, 2025
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 23, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change to CAP-35-18 for the Indian Wells Chapter by Moving Funds for the “Senior Center Facility Repairs” in the Amount of $265,000.00, from Funding Year 1 to Year 3
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Approving the Fiscal Year 2023 Navajo Nation Housing Plan for the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) Indian Housing Block Grant Funding
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 13, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committee; Accepting the Auditor General’s Audit Report of the Upper Fruitland Chapter and Approving the Chapter’s Proposed Corrective Action Plan
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 12, 2022
An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting the To’hajiilee Community School Board, Inc. to Hire Foreign Nationals to Address Critical Teacher Shortages; and Requesting the Bureau of Indian Education, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. State Department, to Facilitate and Approve Permanent Worker Status (Issuance of Individual Green Cards or Extension of Individual Existing J-1 Visas Pending Issuance of Green Cards) for Such Foreign Nationals, Provided that No Navajo Tribal Member and No U.S. Citizens are Displaced by the Hiring of Such Foreign Nationals
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition: A Collaborative Land Management Plan for the Bears Ears National Monument
June 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 06, 2022
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance, Resources and Development, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $5,000,000 from the Síhasin Fund for the Assessment and Remediation of the Former Navajo Forest Products Industry Location in Navajo, NM; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $18,880,105 from the Síhasin Fund to NavaMill Lumber & Logging Company for its Proposed Forest Products Business to be Constructed in Sawmill Chapter; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning July 05, 2022
An Act Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Repealing 9 N.N.C. § 2(C) of the Diné Marriage Act of 2005, to Equally Recognize all Marriages within the Navajo Nation; and Amending Other Provisions in Title 9 Related to Marriage within the Navajo Nation
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance, Health, Education and Human Services, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $13,334,871 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) for the Renovations Necessary at Certain Navajo Nation Government Facilities to Provide Access to Persons with Disabilities; and Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(M) Regarding OMB Review
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning June 30, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $1,500,000.00 from the Síhasin Fund to the Capital Projects Management Department (“CPMD”) to Complete the Teesto Chapter Community Center Project; Reapproving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning June 29, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Approving the Assignment of Business Site Lease No. FD-01-202 from Doug Adams DBA Sandia Oil Company, Inc., Alberta Mason DBA MedicineChild, LLC, to Continue the Operation of the Chi’hootso Indian Marketplace in Window Rock, Navajo Nation (Arizona)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning June 28, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Health, Education, and Human Services, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $25,000,000 from the Síhasin Fund to the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation for its Long-Term Care, Cancer, and Rehabilitation Facility; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning June 27, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change to CAP-35-18 for the Mexican Springs Chapter by Deleting the “Road Maintenance, Culverts, and Bridges” Project and Adding the “Road Improvement-Badger Loop” Project, in Funding Year 1, with No Change in the Original Funding Amount
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning June 21, 2022
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; For Fiscal Year 2023, Accepting the Navajo Nation’s General Fund Revenue Projection and the Three Branch Chiefs’ Recommended Budget Planning Allocations, Approving the Budget Calendar and Budget Instructions Manual, and Other Actions Related to the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for FY2023
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION - NOT SUBJECT TO 5-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
An Action Relating to an Emergency and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $120,000,000 of the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Funds; Approving Additional Funding to the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Hardship Assistance Expenditure Plan Enacted by CD-62-21
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning June 12, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Opposing Decriminalizing the Recreational Use of Peyote and Urging All States to Limit the Non-Criminal Use of Peyote to Religious Purposed; and Opposing the Inclusion of Peyote on the California Senate Bill 519 List of Substances to be Decriminalized
May 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning May 24, 2022
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting the Dilkon Chapter/District Seven Chapters’ Application to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Funding; Authorizing the Dilkon Chapter and All District Seven Chapters to Access and Build the Infrastructure Necessary to Implement the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Funding
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting the Kayenta Chapter’s Application to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Funding; Authorizing the Kayenta Chapter to Access and Build the Infrastructure Necessary for “A Resilient Broadband Solution for Kayenta Chapter” in the Black Mesa and Comb Ridge/El Capitan Regions
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning May 16, 2022
An Action Relating to Health, Education, and Human Services and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Approving the Dilkon Medical Center Transfer Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service and the Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc.; and Authorizing the Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc. to assume Operation and Maintenance of the Dilkon Medical Center after Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc., Acceptance
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee, Certifying Tolani Lake Chapter Governance Community-Based Land Use Plan which has Reevaluated and Readjusted Tolani Lake Chapter’s Previous Community-Based Land Use Plan
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving the Fiscal Year 2023 Fringe Rates for the Navajo Nation’s Retirement Plan
An Action Relating to Naabik’iyati’ Committee; Approving the Revised Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning May 12, 2022
An Act Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and the Budget & Finance Committee; Approving the Fund Management Plan for the Diné Relocatee Fund
An Act Relating to Health Education and Human Services, Law and Order, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending 15 N.N.C. §§ 302 – 308, the Plan of Operations of the Navajo Nation Labor Commission
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning May 10, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Approving the Grant of Right-of-Way to Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc. for the Sundance Right-of-Way #2 Powerline/Fiber Optic Line Project Located on Navajo Nation Trust Lands in Church Rock Chapter Vicinity (McKinley County, New Mexico)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning May 09, 2022
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Amending the Plan of Operation for the Navajo Nation Police Department
April 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning May 03, 2022
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving and Amending the Plan of Operation for the Navajo Nation Police Department
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 28, 2022
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Opposing Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Recommendation in Closing Several Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinics Near the Navajo Nation Including the Gallup Community-Based Outpatient Clinic; Request the Air and Infrastructure Review Commission to Review and Recommend a Community-Based Outpatient Clinic or Similar VA Health Care Facility to be Established Within the Navajo Nation
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 27, 2022
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $1,070,298,867 of Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Funds for Regional and Chapter Projects; Approving the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Regional and Chapter Projects Expenditure Plan
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 25, 2022
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $1,070,298,867 of Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Funds; Approving the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Expenditure Plans for: Chapter Assistance; Public Safety Emergency Communications, E911, and Rural Addressing Projects; Cyber Security; Public Health Projects; Economic Development Projects; Hardship Assistance; Water and Wastewater Projects; Broadband Projects; Home Electricity Connection and Electricity Capacity Projects; Housing Projects and Manufactured Housing Facilities; Bathroom Addition Projects; Construction Contingency Funding; and Reduced Administrative Funding
An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services Committee; Approving Amendments to the Navajo Nation Department for Self-Reliance Pathway to Self-Reliance Policy Manual
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION - NOT SUBJECT TO 5-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
An Act Relating to an Emergency for the Navajo Nation Council: Approving $267,184 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance for Animal Rez-Q, Inc. to Conduct the “Navajo Nation Spay, Neuter, Vaccination Blitz 2022” from April 2022 to September 2022, in Cooperation with the Division of Natural Resources – Resources Enforcement Department and the Animal Control Program
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 20, 2022
An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Requesting the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Region, Division of Transportation to Change the Name of Navajo Route N110 in Fort Defiance Chapter (Arizona) from Kit Carson Road to Pete Price Road
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Waiving the Applicability of Resolution No. RCJY-142-92 with Respect to the Homesite Lease Application for Jammie Billiman for a Homesite Lease within the Navajo Commercial Forestry Area and within Sawmill Chapter, Navajo Nation (Apache County, Arizona)
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving the Termination of the UBS Trumbull Property Fund as the Navajo Nation’s Investment Manager, and Approving the Liquidation of the Navajo Nation’s Assets in the Permanent Fund and the Síhasin Fund that are Currently Managed by the UBS Trumbull Property Fund
An Act Relating to Budget and Finance Committee; Approving the Termination of INTECH as the Navajo Nation’s Investment Manager for the Master Trust Fund and the Retirement Plan Fund, and the Reallocation of the Navajo Nation’s Assets Among Incumbent Investment Managers
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Waiving the Applicability of Resolution No. RCJY-142-92 with Respect to the Homesite Lease Application for Marietta Octavo Nez for a Homesite Lease within the Navajo Commercial Forestry Area and within Sawmill Chapter, Navajo Nation (Apache County, Arizona)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 19, 2022
An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Overriding the Navajo Nation President’s Veto of Navajo Nation Council Resolution CJA-12-22
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 18, 2022
An Action Relating to the Health, Education, and Human Services and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Establishing “The Navajo Nation Foster Care Awareness Month” as a Recurring Event in May to Bring Awareness to Navajo Foster Children and Increase the Need for More Navajo Foster Parents
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 14, 2022
An Action Relating to Health, Education, and Human Services, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Approving $9,910,040 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) to the Department of Personnel Management for $1,500 Appreciation Rewards to Navajo Nation Employees for Working Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 12, 2022
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance, Resources and Development, Health, Education and Human Services, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $10,000,000 from the Síhasin Fund to Establish a New Outdoor Recreation Fund for the Navajo Nation
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Opposing the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Efforts to Assess Operations and Maintenance User Fees on the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI) and Water Users for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 10, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change to CAP-35-18, Exhibit D, for the Cameron Chapter by Reallocating $633,333 in Síhasin Funds to the New Chapter Building Project
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 07, 2022
An Act Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving the Judicial/Public Safety Facilities Fund Priority List for Fiscal Years 2021-2022 as agreed to by the Judicial Branch and the Division of Public Safety
An Act Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Approving a Budget Transfer within the Judicial/Public Safety Facilities Fund Of $2,726,729.24 from the Chinle Judicial/ Public Safety Center Project (Business Unit No. C01493) into a New Business Unit for the Division of Public Safety/ Department of Corrections to use on Project Management Services for its Numerous Projects at Several Chapters
March 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 06, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Approving the Grant of Right-Of-Way to Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc., for the Gilbert Yazzie Powerline Project Located on Navajo Nation Trust Lands in Chichiltah Chapter Vicinity (Mckinley County, New Mexico)
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving the Selection of a Successor Deposit Sweep Account for the Navajo Nation’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Political Appointees and Council Delegates
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; As Recommended by the Navajo Nation Investment Committee, Approving the Selection of Prudential Group Investment Management (“PGIM”) as a Non-Core Real Estate Manager for the Navajo Nation Permanent Fund and Retirement Plan; and Approving the Subscription Booklets and Related Documents between the Navajo Nation and PGIM for the Navajo Nation Permanent Fund and the Navajo Nation Retirement Plan
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 05, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $4,100,000 from the Síhasin Fund for a Proposed Apartment/Multipurpose Complex in Navajo, New Mexico; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $7,650,000 from the Síhasin Fund for the Construction of the Chiłchinbeto Multi-purpose Building; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
An Act Relating to the Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $13,215,000 from the Síhasin Fund for the Completion of the Kayenta Judicial Complex; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $5,000,000 from the Síhasin Fund for the Chiłchinbeto Convenience Store/Fuel Station Project; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $1,600,000 Out of the Síhasin Fund to Cover the Funding Shortfall for the Ganado Chapter Senior & Veterans Center Project; Reapproving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Amending CJA-01-21 and NABIS-36-21 to Extend the Deadlines for the Expenditure of Síhasin Funds for Chapter Heavy Equipment Purchases and for the Department of Water Resources Emergency Projects
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change in Exhibit E to CAP-35-18 for the Chinle Chapter by Deleting the “Waterline – Spiderrock Phase 2.5” Project and Adding the “Waterline and Sewer – Spiderrock Phase 2.5” Project, by Changing the Funding Year Periods, and by Designating the Water Management Branch as the Agency that will Administer the Added Project
An Act Relating to the Health, Education, and Human Services, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $4,000,000 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) for the 110 Navajo Nation Chapters’ Summer 2022 Youth Employment Programs; Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(E), § 820(F), § 820(J), and § 820(L) to Allow Use of UUFB Funds for Recurring Chapter Expenses
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 04, 2022
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $38,500,000 of Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Funds to Yalti Telecom, LLC; Approving the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Yalti Telecom Expenditure Plan
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Supporting United States President Joseph R. Biden’ Nomination of Roselyn Tso to be Confirmed by the United States Senate as the Director of the Indian Health Service
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Amending the Signatory Authority for the Office of the Controller to Conduct Business with the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning April 03, 2022
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change to CAP-35-18, Exhibit E, for the Crystal Chapter by Allocating $165,666.66 in Síhasin Funds to the Chapter’s Fire Suppression Project and Moving Funds to the Year 3 Funding Period
An Act Relating to the Law and Order Committee; Allocating $3,500,000 from the Judicial/Public Safety Facilities Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Assessment, Planning, and Design of the Tséhoostooí Justice Center
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 22, 2022
An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Law and Order, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Repealing 9 N.N.C. § 2(C) of the Diné Marriage Act of 2005 to Acknowledge and Recognize Marriage Equality Among All People; Amending Common-Law Marriage Criteria at 9 N.N.C. § 4(E); Amending Marriage License Form to be Gender Neutral at 9 N.N.C. § 7; Amending Husband and Wife Section at 9 N.N.C. § 201 et. seq
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 17, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Approving Amendments to the Plans of Operation for the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department, the Navajo Nation Museum, and the Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources, to Place the Museum Under the Parks and Recreation Department
An Act Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $267,184 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance for Animal Rez-Q, Inc. to Conduct the “Navajo Nation Spay, Neuter, Vaccination Blitz 2022” from April to September 2022 in Cooperation with the Navajo Nation Animal Control Program
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION: NOT SUBJECT TO 5-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
An Act Relating to an Emergency; Approving $3,003,441 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) for the Navajo Election Administration for its Expenses in Preparation for the 2022 Navajo Nation Elections; Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(E), § 820(F), § 820(J), and § 820(L)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 15, 2022
An Act Relating to Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $3,003,441 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) for the Navajo Election Administration for its Expenses in Preparation for the 2022 Navajo Nation Elections; Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(E), § 820(F), § 820(J), and § 820(L)
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $500,000 from the Síhasin Fund for the Assessment, Removal, and Cleanup of Old Residential Units in the Community of Navajo, New Mexico; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan in a Accordance with 12 N.N.C. § 2505(A)
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development, Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $29,216,453 in Síhasin Funds to Navajoland Nursing Home, Inc. for the Construction and Operation of a Veterans Nursing Home; Approving the “Navajo Warriors Home Expenditure Plan” Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – § 2508
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 14, 2022
An Action Relating to the Health, Education, and Human Services and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Supporting and Approving Diné College’s Application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Living Languages Grant
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 10, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving and Adopting the Agreement to Amend Compact Between the Navajo Nation and the State of Arizona (“First Amendment to 2021 Arizona Compact”)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 09, 2022
An Act Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $4,000,000 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) for the Navajo Nation Department of Justice Water Rights Litigation Unit to Continue Litigating and Protecting the Navajo Nation’s Water Rights; Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(E), § 820(F), § 820(J), and § 820(L)
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Confirming the Appointment of Marsha Greyeyes to the Black Mesa Review Board as the Shonto Chapter Representative for a Term of Four (4) Years
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $437,947 Out of the Síhasin Fund to Purchase a New Motor Grader for Sawmill Chapter and to Purchase a New Backhoe for Red Lake Chapter; Approving the Related Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C. § 2501 – 2508
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Approving a Mission Site Permit for 1.5 Acre, More or Less, for Reaching Out with Christ’s Kingdom Ministries, Inc. in the Vicinity of Hardrock Chapter, Navajo Nation
February 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 01, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Approving a Mission Site Permit for 1.0 Acre, More or Less, for Tse Sianni Bible Church, Inc., in the Vicinity of Shonto Chapter, Navajo Nation
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 28, 2022
An Act Relating to Resources and Development, Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Establishing the San Juan River Mitigation Fund; Directing that Monies Received from In Re: Gold King Mine Release In San Juan County, Colorado, on August 5, 2015, NO. 1:18-md-02824 (D.N.M.) and Underlying and Related Actions Be Deposited in the San Juan River Mitigation Fund After Reimbursement of Litigation Costs
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Expressing Gratitude and Appreciation to the Navajo Area Indian Health Services, Medical Service Providers; and Appreciating All Front Line and Essential Workers for Their Valor, Commitment, and Continued Service to the Navajo Nation
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 23, 2022
An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Approving and Accepting the Navajo Nation Division of Behavioral and Mental Health Services Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Amount of $944,900.00; Approving a Waiver of Indirect Costs
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Ms. Rachel Brown to the Commission on Navajo Government Development, as the Health, Education and Human Services Committee Representative
An Act Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services, and Budget and Finance Committees; Accepting the Auditor General’s Audit of the Department of Family Services (“DFS”) and the DFS’ Proposed Corrective Action Plan
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $400,000 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) to Pay State Property Taxes and Grazing Fees for Navajo Nation Fee Lands Under the Department of Agriculture Ranch and Eastern Land Management Program; Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(E), § 820(F), and § 820(J) to Allow Use of UUFB Funds for Recurring Expenses
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $3,191,005 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) to the Animal Control Program for Personnel and Other Expenses to Address the Urgent Problem of Dog Over-Population and Maulings on the Navajo Nation; Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(E), § 820(F), and § 820(J) to Allow Use of UUFB Funds for Recurring Expenses
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Supporting the Arcadian Infracom Partnership with the Navajo Nation to Construct and Operate a Broadband Fiberoptic Communications Network Across the Navajo Nation
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 22, 2022
An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Reinstatement of Vestah J. Tikium, Formerly Known as Vestah J. James, as a Member of the Navajo Nation
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 17, 2022
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services Committee and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting and Requesting Arizona Legislature to Approve by Vote for Public Schools, K-12, to Exceed the Aggregate Expenditure Limitation as Required by the Arizona Constitution for One-Year
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committees; Establishing the Abandoned Uranium Mines Enterprise Fund (“AUM Enterprise Fund”); Approving the Related Fund Management Plan; and Allocating $99,787 from the Navajo EPA AUM Settlement Funds Account as the Initial Amount to be Deposited into the New AUM Enterprise Fund
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committee; Accepting the Auditor General’s Audit Report of the Standing Rock Chapter and the Chapter’s Proposed Corrective Action Plan
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committees; Establishing the Abandoned Coal Mine Lands Reclamation Enterprise Fund (“AML Enterprise Fund”); Approving the Related Fund Management Plan; and Allocating $2,586,548 from the NAML Coal Fee Enterprise Fund as the Initial Amount to be Deposited into the New AML Enterprise Fund
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, and Budget and Finance Committee; Accepting the Auditor General’s Audit Report of the Fish and Wildlife Department (“FWD”) and the Corrective Action Plan Proposed by FWD
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 16, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Requesting the State of New Mexico to Utilize State Revenue Sources, and Federal Revenue Sources to Prioritize the Study, Design and Construction of US 64 (from US 160 at Teec Nos Pos, Arizona to US 491 in Shiprock, New Mexico) and the San Juan River Replacement in Shiprock. New Mexico
An Act Relating to the Health, Education, and Human Services, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Recognizing and Honoring Navajo Women Warriors on the First Day of Spring Every Year
January 2022
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 03, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development, Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Law and Order, and Naabik’íyáti Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Navajo Nation Veterans Trust Fund at 12 N.N.C. §1176 to Create Separate Business Unit Numbers When Funding Navajo Veterans’ Organizations
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 02, 2022
An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending Certain Sections of the Navajo Nation Code to Transfer Legislative Oversight Over Veteran Services to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee
An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending 2 N.N.C. §1033 to Establish a Program Manager to Administer the Veterans Housing Program
An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Selection Process for the Navajo Nation Veterans Administration Executive Director; and Amending 2 N.N.C. § 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036 Relating to the Navajo Nation Veterans Advisory Council
An Act Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services Committee; Approving the Amended Plan of Operation for the Navajo Division of Social Services
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION - NOT SUBJECT TO 5-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
An Action Relating to an Emergency; Establishing the Navajo Nation’s Position That the Voting Rights of Navajo Voters in all State and Federal Elections Should Be Protected by Appropriate Legislation and Other Means; Authorizing the Navajo Nation President and the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council to Affirm the Navajo Nation’s Position
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 31, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change in Exhibit D to Resolution No. CAP-35-18 for Chilchinbeto Chapter by Deleting the Chapter Multipurpose Building Project Approved for Year 1 and Replacing it with a Chapter Lagoon Project in Year 3
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 30, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Approving the Grant of Navajo Nation Tribal Authorization Access (TAA) to Navajo Tribal Utility Authority for the Red Mesa Commercial Transmission Line Located on Navajo Nation Trust Lands on the Navajo Nation (Utah)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 27, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Extending the Time for a Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity to Allow the Navajo Nation to be Sued in Federal District Court Regarding Compliance with the National Environmental Protection Act in Carrying Out the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Grants and Authorizing the President of the Navajo Nation to be the Certifying Tribal Official to Execute Form 7015.15 through September 30, 2025
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee; Approving the Fiscal Year 2021 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 from the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) Indian Housing Block Grant Funding
An Action Relating to Health Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Supporting and Recommending the Passage of United States Senate Bill 1740 Titled “Schools and State Budgets Certainty Act of 2021”
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 25, 2022
An Act Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Approving $540,528 in Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance to Rehoboth Christian School to Fund Student Transportation Costs, a Navajo Language Teacher Position, Summer School Expenses, and Other Needs
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 24, 2022
An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Budget and Finance Committee; Approving a Change in Exhibit D to Resolution No. CAP-35-18 for Forest Lake Chapter by Adding “Planning, Design, Construction, Equipment, and Furnishings” to Project No. D-172 and Moving the Project to the Year 3 Funding Period
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 20, 2022
An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Charter of Diné College, 10 N.N.C. §§ 2001 – 2023
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Approving and Authorizing the Mutual Aid [Intergovernmental] Agreement Between the Navajo Nation Department of Public Safety and the State of Utah, Department of Public Safety
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 19, 2022
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Overriding the Veto of CO-56-21 that Proposed Reaffirming the Navajo Nation’s Request to the Governor of New Mexico to Activate the Naat’aanii Development Corporation – Molina Healthcare, Inc. Indian Managed Care Entity to Increase Medical Resources Available to the Navajo People During the COVID-19 State of Emergency
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 18, 2022
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving a Budget Transfer in the Amount of $2,466,231 within the Navajo COVID-19 Response Donation Fund, Business Unit Number N01476
An Act Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, Law and Order, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $900,000 from the Navajo Nation Tourism Fund (24 N.N.C § 741) to the Division of Economic Development/Tourism Department to Cover the Tourism Department’s Personnel and Operating Expenses for the Remainder of FY2022; Amending 24 N.N.C. § 741(B) to Allow All Revenue in the Tourism Fund to be Used y any and All Navajo Nation Programs for Tourism-Related Purposes
An Action Relating to Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Establishing the Diné Relocatee Fund
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $419,718 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) to the Division of Community Development to Fund Chapter Official Stipends for the Remainder of FY2022; Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(E), § 820(F) and § 820(J) to Allow Use of the UUFB for Recurring Expenses
An Act Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $3,600,000 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance to the Division of Community Development for the Upgrade/Replacement of a High-Voltage Electricity System for Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc./Pine Hill School
An Act Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and Navajo Nation Council; Allocating $900,000 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (“UUFB”) to the Division of Economic Development/Tourism Department for Personnel and Operating Expenses for the Remainder of FY2022; Waiving 12 N.N.C. § 820(E), § 820(F), and § 820(J) to Allow Use of the UUFB for Recurring Expenses
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 13, 2022
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development, the Health, Education, and Human Services, The Law and Order, and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and to the Navajo Nation Council; Amending Title 17 of the Navajo Nation Code to Establish Criminal Penalties for Vicious Dog and Other Animal Attacks
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION - NOT SUBJECT TO 5-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
An Action Relating to an Emergency; Approving Waivers of the Land User Consent Requirements Within the Navajo Nation’s Homesite Lease Regulations, Resolution No. RDCO-74-16, so that Homesite Lease Applicants can Expedite Their Homesite Lease Applications During this State of Emergency Due to the COVID-19 Virus; Waivers to be for a Limited Time; and Compensation and Due Process Pursuant to 16 N.N.C. §§ 1402 et seq. Shall be Afforded to Land Users Who Have Not Consented to the Use of Their Navajo Land for Homesite Leases