Tribal Consultation on Draft Buy Indian Act Regulations

Federal Register: March 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 58)

Proposed Rules

Page 14547-14548

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 48 CFR Chapter 14

RIN 1076-AE95

Tribal Consultation on Draft Buy Indian Act Regulations

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of tribal consultation meetings.

SUMMARY: Indian Affairs will conduct consultation meetings with Indian tribes to obtain oral and written comments concerning draft regulations to implement the Buy Indian Act. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for details.

DATES: The tribal consultation meetings will take place on Monday,

April 26, 2010; Wednesday, April 28, 2010; and Friday, April 30, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Daum, Director, Indian Affairs,

Office of Acquisition and Property Management (OAPM), 2051 Mercator

Drive, Reston, VA 20191; Telephone: (703) 390-6460; Fax: (703) 390- 6582; E-mail: kathy.daum@bia.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Background

   Indian Affairs is developing a rule to guide implementation of the

   Buy Indian Act, 25 U.S.C. 47, which provides authority to set aside procurement contracts for qualified Indian-owned businesses. The rule will supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the

   Department of the Interior Acquisition Regulations (DIAR). Indian

   Affairs is developing the rule to describe uniform administrative procedures that Indian Affairs will use in all of its locations to encourage procurement relationships with eligible Indian economic enterprises in the execution of the Buy Indian Act. The draft rule being developed includes revisions to address the input received as a result of earlier publications in the Federal Register soliciting comment and consultation hearings in Indian Country. Indian Affairs reviewed all comments received to date, addressed them in succeeding draft versions, and incorporated them into the current draft version of the rule, where applicable. A consultation booklet containing the current draft version of the rule will be distributed to federally recognized Indian tribes and BIA regional and agency offices and will be available at the meetings.

2. Meeting Details

   Tribal consultation meetings will be held at the following dates and locations:

   Date

   Time

   Location

   Monday, April 26, 2010.......................... 9 a.m.-5 p.m.................... Holiday Inn Portland

   Airport, 8439 NE Columbia

   Blvd., Portland, OR 97220,

   (503) 914-5251.

   Wednesday, April 28, 2010....................... 9 a.m.-5 p.m.................... Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza 505, North Fifth Street,

   Rapid City, SD 57701, (605) 348-8000.

   Friday, April 30, 2010.......................... 9 a.m.-5 p.m.................... Tulsa Marriott Southern

   Hills, 1902 East 71st,

   Tulsa, OK 74136, (918) 493- 7000.

   Page 14548

   Dated: March 18, 2010.

   Larry Echo Hawk,

   Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

   FR Doc. 2010-6742 Filed 3-25-10; 8:45 am

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