Six new Navajo Council bills posted for public comment

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, The following is info from the Navajo Nation Council’s Legislative Services in Window Rock, Ariz., regarding six six newly introduced legislation that have been posted on the Council’s electronic website for public comment.

0074-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Naabik’iyati’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Sean M. McCabe as Navajo Nation Division of Economic Development Division Director. Sponsored by Council Delegate Alton Joe Shepherd, who also serves as the Resources & Development Committee chairperson.

0075-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development; Pursuant to 25 CFR § 161.204(c) Implementing the Bureau of Indian Affairs Recommendation of Equal Distribution of Ten (10) Sheep Units Year Long (SUYL) for the Navajo Partitioned Lands (NPL) and Directing the Navajo Department of Agriculture to implement the recommendations of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in this matter Sponsored by Council Delegate Walter Phelps, who is a Resources & Development Committee member.

0076-18: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Law and Order and Naabik’iyati’ Committees; and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending 26 N.N.C. § 2004 (D) (2) of the Navajo Nation Code such that the Community Based Land Use Plans be reevaluated and readjusted every ten years instead of every five years Sponsored by Council Delegate Amber Crotty, who is a Health, Education & Human Services Committee member and Naabik’iyati Committee Sexual Assault Prevention Subcommittee chairperson.

0077-18: 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 $1,455,000.00 (one million four hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars) for the redevelopment of former Chee’s store business site Sponsored by Council Delegate Dwight Witherspoon, who is the Budget & Finance Committee vice chairperson.

0078-18: An Action Relating to Resources And Development; Amending RDCJA-04-18 “Approving The Grant Of Right-Of-Way To The United States Department Of Interior, Bureau Of Indian Affairs For A Term Of Seventy Five (75) Years For The Kaibeto Reconstruction Project: N6330(1)/N6331 (1-2) (2)/N21 (3A)1,2 & 4 In Kaibeto, Navajo Nation, Coconino County, Arizona “To Provide For The Inclusion Of The Construction Of Utilities Sponsored by Council Delegate Tuchoney Slim JR., who is a Budget & Finance Committee member.

0079-18: An Action Relating to Naabik’iyati’ and Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Ms. Nona Bashone as Executive Director of the Dine Uranium Remediation Advisory Commission Sponsored by Council Delegate Amber Crotty, who is a Health, Education & Human Services Committee member and Naabik’iyati Committee Sexual Assault Prevention Subcommittee chairperson.

Comments may be submitted to comments@navajo-nsn.gov

The full legislation can be viewed here: http://dibb.nnols.org/PublicReporting.aspx

Tom Platero, Executive Director, Office of Legislative Services, Window Rock, Ariz.

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