2019 Tzi Zho Session Day 1

Legislative
The Capitol Building, 100 W. Main, Pawhuska
918-287-5543
6th   Osage Nation Congress
2019 Tzi Zho Session
September 3, 2019
10:00 a.m.
 
Day 1 Agenda
 
  1. Prayer – Herman “Mogri” Lookout
  2. Prayer Song – Vann BigHorse
  3. Welcome and Introductions
  4. Roll Call
  5. Executive Message
  6. Legislative Message
  7. Bills and Resolutions on First Reading
  1. ONCA 19-60, An Act to authorize and appropriate eight million five hundred thousand dollars ($8,500,000) to the Higher Education Scholarship Fund; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Edwards) 
  2. ONCA 19-61, An Act to authorize and appropriate four million three hundred thousand dollars ($4,300,000) to the Osage Nation Member Health Benefit Fund from fiscal year 2020 tribal revenue for Direct Assistance to Osage members 65 years of age and over; $1,000 annual benefit or medigap insurance Plan F and Part D premiums, as set forth in the Osage Nation Health Benefit Act, 16 ONC § 3-101 et seq.; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Edwards) 
  3. ONCA 19-62, An Act to authorize and appropriate twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the purchase and placement of a headstone at the St. Francis Cemetery in St. Paul, Kansas to commemorate a mass Osage burial site; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Maker) 
  4. ONCA 19-63, An Act to amend 26 ONC § 14-105 of the Osage Nation Permanent Fund Act to authorize utilization of funds by appropriation for government operations and government services during a financial emergency; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Tillman) 
  5. ONCA 19-64, An Act to establish an Inter-Tribal Elder Housing Fund; and to provide an alternate effective date. (Edwards) 
  6. ONCA 19-65, An Act to authorize and appropriate one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the Museum Fund; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Edwards) 
  7. ONCA 19-66, An Act to authorize and appropriate fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) to the Osage Nation Health Benefit Fund from fiscal year 2020 tribal revenue for Direct Assistance to Osage members under 65 years of age as set forth in the Osage Nation Health Benefit Act, 16 ONC § 3-101 et seq.; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Edwards) 
  8. ONCA 19-67, An Act to provide an appropriation to the limited liability company, Osage Nation Ranch, LLC in the amount of one hundred seventy five thousand dollars ($175,000) for bison fencing; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Tillman) 
  9. ONCA 19-68, An Act to authorize and appropriate one hundred thirty five thousand dollars ($135,000) to the Capital Asset Fund equipment purchases; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts) 
  10. ONCA 19-69, An Act to provide an appropriation for cultural donations in the amount of ninety three thousand five hundred dollars ($93,500) for fiscal year 2020; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts) 
  11. ONCA 19-70, An Act to authorize and appropriate one hundred seventy three thousand six hundred seventy three dollars ($173,673) for the merit payments in accordance with the Workforce Pay for Performance Act; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts) 
  12. ONCA 19-71, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Osage Press for fiscal year 2020 in the amount of five hundred eighty four thousand eighty one dollars ($584,081); and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts) 
  13. ONCA 19-72, An Act to authorize and appropriate the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to the Restricted Real Property Repurchase Fund; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
  14. ONCA 19-73, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Village Committee Funds in the amount three hundred five thousand two hundred twenty dollars ($305,220) for fiscal year 2020; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
  15. ONCA 19-74, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Legislative Branch of the Osage Nation for fiscal year 2020 in the amount of two million one hundred sixty two thousand four hundred fifty dollars ($2,162,450); and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts) 
  16. ONCA 19-75, An Act to authorize and appropriate five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the Burial Assistance Fund; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts) 
  17. ONCA 19-76, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General of the Osage Nation for fiscal year 2020 in the amount of one million seven hundred eighty six thousand ninety nine dollars ($1,786,099); and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts) 
  18. ONCA 19-77, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Executive Branch of the Osage Nation for fiscal year 2020 in the amount of twenty six million thirty seven thousand seven hundred eighty two dollars ($26,037,782); and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts) 
  19. ONCA 19-78, An Act to amend the Independent Press Act to establish alternate board members, to make the Editor a hired employee position instead of an appointed position, to establish a shield law; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Stabler) 
  20. ONCA 19-79, An Act to amend the criminal procedure code to update the jury selection process; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Stabler) 
  21. ONCA 19-80, An Act to amend the Economic Development Fund at 10 ONC § 1-102; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Whitehorn) 
  22. ONCA 19-81, An Act to appropriate one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the Economic Development Fund; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Whitehorn) 
  23. ONCA 19-82, An Act to amend 19 ONC § 3-106 of the Osage Nation Workforce Pay for Performance Act to authorize base pay adjustments and Merit recognition; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Edwards) 
  24. ONCR 19-18, A Resolution to authorize the Principal Chief of the Osage Nation to execute real property leases and right-of-way easements on restricted Indian lands and trust lands on behalf of the Osage Nation through October 1, 2020. (Whitehorn) 
  25. ONCR 19-19, A Resolution to reject Governor Stitt’s claim that the Gaming Compact between the Osage Nation and the State of Oklahoma must be renegotiated. (Potts) 
  26. ONCR 19-20, A Resolution to authorize a limited waiver of sovereign immunity from suit and a consent to jurisdiction to Pharmacy Providers of Oklahoma (PPOK) for pharmaceutical distribution services and pharmacy administrative organization services. (Pratt) 
     8.  General Order Day 2 – Amendments May Be Proposed
  1. ONCA 18-76, An Act to provide an appropriation in the amount of one hundred ninety four thousand three hundred forty six dollars ($194,346) to the Capital Asset and Improvement Fund for property management and improvements of the entire Hominy Village, not limited to the Hominy Village Square; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Pratt)
     9.  Motions and Notices
  • Commerce, Gaming and Land Committee Meeting – 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.
  • Congressional Training – 2:45 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
    10.  Adjournment