For the 2023 Hun-Kah Session, the Eighth Osage Nation Congress will consider various legislative bills for action which are on file with the Congressional Clerk’s office.
Those legislative bills and resolutions include possible Osage law amendments, as well as appropriation funding requests and budget amendments. As of March 31, the following bills are filed for the spring session:
ONCA 23-22 (sponsored by Congressman Billy Keene) is “An Act to provide for a secondary preference in employment to persons of Osage descent who are not members of the Osage Nation.”
ONCA 23-23 (sponsored by Congresswoman Jodie Revard) is “An Act to amend ONCA 21-78 to join the appropriations for an assisted living facility in one bill.”
ONCA 23-24 (Revard) is “An Act to repeal ONCA 22-06,” as part of the intent of ONCA 23-23 to consolidate the (previously approved) appropriations for a proposed assisted living facility into one bill.
ONCA 23-25 (Revard) is “An Act to amend ONCA 22-95 to provide a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $7,000 for the Kihekah Steh Club.”
ONCA 23-26 (Revard) is “An Act to amend ONCA 22-03 to provide a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $32,559 toward the Nation’s American Rescue Plan Act Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.
ONCA 23-27 (sponsored by Congresswoman Paula Stabler) is “An Act to authorize the amount of $700,000 to Osage LLC for fencing at the heliport.
ONCA 23-28 (Revard) is “An Act to amend ONCA 21-73 to authorize supplemental appropriations to the Executive Branch in Non-Tribal funds in the amount of $773,386.”
ONCA 23-29 (Revard) is “An Act to amend ONCA 22-94 to provide supplemental appropriations to the Executive Branch in the amount of $617,313 of Non-Tribal funds and $74,287 of Tribal matching funds.
ONCA 23-30 (Revard) is “An Act to amend the Open Records Act (in Osage law) to include Congressional subpoenas after they have been served and filed.”
ONCA 23-31 (Revard) is “An Act to amend ONCA 21-95 to authorize supplemental appropriations to the Executive Branch in non-tribal funds in the amount of $824,412.”
ONCA 23-32 (sponsored by Second Speaker Pam Shaw) is “An Act to authorize and appropriate $10,000 to the City of Fairfax for the purchase of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant forward walking pool ladder and pool safety equipment.”
ONCA 23-33 (sponsored by Otto Hamilton) is “An Act to authorize and appropriate $2,200,000 to the Executive Branch for site construction at the Wah- Zha-Zhi National Cemetery.”
ONCA 23-34 (Hamilton) is “An Act to authorize and appropriate $3 million to the Executive Branch for the Senior Housing Complex construction project in Hominy.”
ONCA 23-35 (Revard) is “An Act to authorize and appropriate the amount of $100,000 of ARPA funds to the Visitor’s Center to build a patio roof structure.
ONCR 23-09 (Hamilton) is “A Resolution supporting the Cherokee Nation’s Assertion of Its Treaty Right to a Delegate in the United States House of Representatives.” Downloadable copies of filed legislative bills and resolutions, as well as Congressional meeting notices and agendas are posted online to the Legislative Branch website at: https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/who-we-are/legislative-branch
