Explainer
Explainer: Annual Appropriations Process for the Executive Branch Budget
June 25, 2025 / Morgan Gray
The federal budget consists of both mandatory and discretionary spending. Mandatory spending, such as the annual costs of programs like Social…
Explainer
Explainer: Competing House and Senate Wireless Spectrum Provisions in the Budget Act Could Affect Tribal Broadband Access
June 25, 2025 / Morgan Gray, Sr. Policy Analyst & Dr. Traci Morris, Executive Director
Congress is actively working to finalize this year’s federal budget bill, referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). The Act reflects…
Call to Action
Call to action: Additional Tribal consultations announced on EO 14191 ‘Expanding educational freedom’
June 19, 2025 / Brooke Curleyhair
In response to strong engagement during initial consultations earlier this year, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education has…
Quarterly Legislative Updates
AIPI tracks bills affecting Indian Country as a whole or several Tribal Nations in a given region. These bills include changes to laws, regulations, and significant appropriations to new and existing Tribal initiatives.
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Quarterly Legislative Update
Q3 2024 Legislative Update
This is the third edition of our new quarterly policy update format, the information in our monthly update covers several government websites and databases. AIPI's policy…
Quarterly Legislative Update
Q2 2024 Legislative Update
This edition covers information available through federal and state government websites from 4/1/24 through 6/30/24. In Q2, AIPI reviewed 224 bills in Congress and 248…
Explainer
The Journey of American Indian Education: A Five-Year Review of American Indian Education Laws, Policies and Initiatives
In addition to showcasing the shared commitment to Indian education through the CIE-AIPI collaboration, this document aims to establish a foundational overview for content…
Quarterly Legislative Update
Q4 2023 Legislative Update
This is the fourth edition of our new quarterly policy update format, the information in our monthly update covers several government websites and databases. AIPI's policy…
Quarterly Legislative Update
Q3 2023 Legislative Update
This edition covers information made available through federal and state government websites from 6/30/23 through 9/29/23. AIPI reviewed 72 bills in Congress as well as 187…
Explainer
Policy Explainer: Supreme Court Term 2022: Highly Consequential For Principles Of Tribal Sovereignty
AIPI policy explainers present our expert understanding of key and current Indigenous rights issues by distilling expansive and complex policy information into clear and…
Congressional Report Cards
AIPI tracks bills affecting Indian Country as a whole or several Tribal Nations in a given region. These bills include changes to laws, regulations, and significant appropriations to new and existing Tribal initiatives. Generally, AIPI does not track bills that make specific changes for individual Tribes, such as bills placing land into trust.
Archives
Ongoing analysis on bills that affect Indian Country as introduced and considered in the U.S. Congress and the Arizona State Legislature.
- 117th Congressional Report Card Second Session
- November 2022
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- 117th Congressional Report Summary First Session
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- 116th Congressional Report Card Second Session
- January 2021
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- 116th Congressional Report Card First Session
- February 2020
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- November 2019
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- 115th Congressional Report Card
- December 2018
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