Ninth Osage Nation Congress
2025 HunKah Session
April 16, 2025
10:00 a.m.
DAY 15 AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Roll Call
4. Approval of the Journal dated 4/14/2025
5. Reports of Select Committees
6. Reports of Standing Committees
7. Introduction of Bills and/or Resolutions
8. Bills and Resolutions on First Reading
a. ONCA 25-67, An Act to require the Osage Nation to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant women in employment; to prohibit retaliation for requesting or utilizing a reasonable accommodation; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
b. ONCA 25-68, An Act to establish a rental assistance program for elders; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
c. ONCA 25-69, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the Executive Branch for the Rental Assistance Program; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
d. ONCA 25-70, An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) to Manzeska Ota Tsi (Place to Borrow Money) as loan capital for the purpose of home mortgage loans, rehabilitation loans and refinance loans; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
e. ONCA 25-71, An Act to amend the Treasury law at 15 ONC § 2-304.1 to require the Principal Chief to appoint a Treasurer within one hundred twenty (120) days; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
f. ONCA 25-72, An Act to amend the Attorney General law at 15 ONC § 3-106 to require the Principal Chief to appoint an Attorney General within one hundred twenty (120) days; to amend 15 ONC § 3-109 to state that only the Attorney General may issue Attorney General opinions; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
g. ONCA 25-73, An Act to establish a government tort claims process to the Osage Nation for the benefit of the public; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
h. ONCA 25-74, An Act to require a a waiver of sovereign immunity of the Osage Nation on a limited basis for lawsuits to be filed by the Osage Nation in other jurisdictions; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Potts)
9. Bills and Resolutions on Third Reading
a. ONCA 25-45, An Act to amend ONCA 22-15 to increase the appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Executive Branch for the CARES Continuation projects for the Museum, Language and Culture Departments in the amount of fifty one thousand two hundred thirty dollars ($51,230); and to establish an alternate effective date. (Hamilton)
b. ONCA 25-47, An Act to authorize and appropriate three thousand dollars ($3,000) to the Hominy Friends Church; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Goodfox)
c. ONCA 25-52, An Act to amend ONCA 22-94 to provide supplemental appropriations to the Executive Branch in non-Tribal funds in the amount of fifty four thousand six hundred forty one dollars ($54,641); and to establish an alternate effective date. (Hamilton)
d. ONCA 25-53, An Act to amend ONCA 24-70 to authorize IDC Communications to move twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to professional fees; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Hamilton)
e. ONCA 25-58, An Act to amend ONCA 23-83 to provide supplemental appropriations to the Executive Branch in the amount of two hundred seventy eight thousand two hundred sixty two dollars ($278,262) of non-Tribal funds; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Hamilton)
f. ONCA 25-59, An Act to amend ONCA 24-75 to provide supplemental appropriations to the Executive Branch in the amount of four hundred four thousand seven hundred nineteen dollars ($404,719) of non-tribal funds; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Hamilton)
10. Motions and Notices
a. Health & Social Services Committee Meeting cancelled IFS to 2:00 p.m.
11. Adjournment