7th Congress Hun Kah Session Day 1

Congress
Congressional Session
104 W. Main
Day 1 Agenda
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7th   Osage Nation Congress

HunKah Session

March 28, 2022

10:00 a.m.

 

Day 1 Agenda

 

  1. Prayer
  2. Roll Call
  3. Executive Message
  4. Legislative Message
  5. Bills and Resolutions on First Reading
  1. ONCA 22-01, An Act to authorize and appropriate six hundred twenty six thousand one hundred eighty dollars ($626,180) to Head Start and the Matching Grant Fund for Head Start; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)

 

  1. ONCA 22-24, An Act to provide an appropriation in the amount of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to Hulah Water District #20 for water system maintenance and improvements; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Walker)

 

  1. ONCA 22-25, An Act to provide an appropriation in the amount of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the Capital Asset Fund for Phase 1 design and construction of a shooting complex; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Walker)

 

  1. ONCA 22-26, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of six million dollars ($6,000,000) of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Capital Asset Fund for the new COVID compliant Congressional building; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Walker)

 

  1. ONCA 22-27, An Act to authorize and appropriate one hundred four thousand seven hundred ninety three dollars ($104,793) to the Hominy Ranchers’ Rural Fire Department for the purchase of a fire truck; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Maker)

 

  1. ONCA 22-28, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to the Capital Asset Fund for architectural design and engineering of a new Osage Nation Heritage Center; and to establish an alternative effective date. (Revard)

 

  1. ONCA 22-29, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to compensate the employees of the Osage Nation for expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Keene)

 

  1. ONCA 22-30, An Act to require the Osage Nation to conduct a census of the people of the Osage Nation. (Goodfox)

 

  1. ONCA 22-31, An Act to amend the Open Meetings Act at 15 ONC § 7-107, to require executive sessions to be recorded by the body and to prohibit public bodies from excluding elected officials from executive sessions on a limited basis; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Goodfox)

 

  1. ONCA 22-32, An Act to amend the Election Code at 12 ONC § 10-102 to change the number of days effecting a vacancy from one hundred eighty (180) to two hundred seventy (270); and to establish an alternate effective date. (Goodfox)

 

  1. ONCA 22-33, An Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 6 of the criminal code on Crimes Against Persons; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Stabler)

 

  1. ONCA 22-34, An Act to require Osage Nation to include the salary or hourly rate range for each open employment position posted; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Keene)

 

  1. ONCA 22-35, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of three million dollars ($3,000,000) to the Capital Asset Fund of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the purchase of land, design, engineering, and construction of a funeral services facility within the territorial boundaries of the Osage Nation; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Pratt)

 

  1. ONCA 22-36, An Act to recognize the Osage Nation Villages as local units of government of the Osage Nation; and to provide an alternate effective date. (Stabler)

 

  • ONCA 22-37, An Act to amend the Osage Fair Minimum Wage Act at 19 ONC § 2-101 through 2-104; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)

 

  1. ONCA 22-38, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Executive Branch for the creation and operation of a National Food Distribution Program; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)

 

  1. ONCA 22-39, An Act to amend and restate the Treasury Law, 15 ONC §§ 2-304 to require the Principal Chief to appoint a Treasurer within six (6) months of a vacancy; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)

 

  1. ONCA 22-40, An Act to amend the Budget Process Act to prohibit disbursements from the Osage Nation Treasury for the purpose of settling wrongful termination, employee separation disputes, or sexual harassment claims in excess of twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000) without appropriation and authorization by the Osage Nation Congress; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)

 

  1. ONCA 22-41, An Act to prohibit sexual harassment and sexual discrimination; to provide a limited waiver of sovereign immunity; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)

 

  1. ONCA 22-42, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to the Executive Branch in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for a CARES Continuation project for the remodel of the Mid-Continent Building as a COVID compliant central receiving facility; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Revard)

 

  1. ONCA 22-43, An Act to amend the appropriation to the Legislative Branch of the Osage Nation for fiscal year 2022 in the amount of ten thousand five hundred forty dollars ($10,540); and to establish an alternate effective date. (Revard)

 

  1. ONCA 22-44, An Act to establish building safety requirements for Osage Nation buildings; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)

 

  1. ONCA 22-45, An Act to establish the formal standards used to promote the health and general welfare of the Osage people, culture, economy, and natural resources through food and agricultural production on beekeeping and honey. (Lemon)

 

  1. ONCA 22-46, An Act to establish the formal standards used to promote the health and general welfare of the Osage people, culture, economy, and natural resources through food and agricultural production of industrial hemp. (Lemon)

 

  1. ONCA 22-47, An Act to establish the formal standards used to promote the health and general welfare of the Osage people, culture, economy, and natural resources through food and agricultural production; to add Chapter 8 on Livestock to the Osage Nation Food and Agriculture Act. (Lemon)

 

  1. ONCA 22-48, An Act to authorize and appropriate one hundred twenty five thousand dollars ($125,000) to the Fairfax Volunteer Fire Department for the purchase of a rescue truck and new equipment; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Lemon)

 

  1. ONCA 22-49, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) to Osage, LLC for the Grayhorse broadband grant audit; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Shaw)

 

  1. ONCR 22-01, A Resolution to approve a request for a 10% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Osage Nation Merited Employees for Fiscal Year 2022. (BigHorse)

 

  1. ONCA 22-02, A Resolution to approve amendments to the Articles of Operation for the limited liability company, Osage, LLC, to the Company and its subsidiaries from using company assets to secure loans. (Potts)

 

  1. Motions and Notices

 

  • Appropriations Committee Meeting – Immediately Following Session until 12:00 p.m.
  • Government Operations Committee Meeting – 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.

 

  1. Adjournment