The National Center and 17 partner Native organizations developed and released an economic policy brief that shared timely Indian Country legislative priorities and FY 2027 appropriations requests for the lame duck session of the 119th Congress. The brief was shared with with Senate and House leadership and key members as they return to work in the remaining days of the current Congress.
The two-page brief features eight bipartisan actions Congress should take between now and January to enhance the federal government’s support of Tribal economic development, from passing the Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act to extending authorizations of the Indian Business Incubators and Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) and SEDS-Alaska programs. It also presents 15 economic-related appropriations requests for FY 2027, including for the CDFI Fund’s Native American CDFI Assistance Program and HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant Program. Many of these proposals have already been voted out of Congressional committees or either the House or Senate.
