Naabik’íyáti OKs consent agenda

By Marley Shebala
Special to the Times

WINDOW ROCK – The Naabik’íyáti Committee used its consent agenda policy to approve all the legislations on Friday’s special meeting agenda and adjourned after about an hour of work.

Naabik’íyáti approved the following consent agenda with a vote of 11 in favor and 0 opposed at its special meeting in the Navajo Division of Transportation conference room in Tsé Biníí’tóhí, New Mexico, on Friday:

● Legislation 0274-23: supporting U.S. Congress’s Affordable Connectivity Program extension (internet access) for Navajo families.

● Legislation 0276-23: approving and adopting 2024 Navajo Nation legislative priorities related to Utah.

● Legislation 0277-23, which approved a contract between Navajo Agricultural Products Industry Inc. and the U.S. Interior Department for the operation and maintenance, on-farm development, and the agricultural testing and research laboratory on the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project.

A consent agenda comprises proposed legislation that is already on the agenda of a committee or the Council agenda and is created after a delegate motions to have specific legislation on a consent agenda. Another delegate must second that motion.

Other legislation that the Naabik’íyáti approved were listed by the Navajo Nation Legislative Services as closed out on Jan. 5, are:

● NABID-50-23: the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Delegate Region Project Plan.

● NABID-51-23: the NNFRF Delegate Region Project Plan for Delegate Rickie Nez (for additional projects), who represents T’iistsoh Sikaad, Niinahnízaad, Upper Fruitland, Tsédaak’áán, Newcomb, and San Juan.

● NABID-52-23, amending NABIO-30-23 and CJY-55-23 and CAP-19-23 and CD-68-22, the NNFRF Delegate Region Project Plan for Delegate Andy Nez, who represents Crystal, Fort Defiance, Red Lake, and Sawmill.

● NABID-53-23, amending NABIO-37-23 and CJY-65-23, and CMY-42-23, the NNFRF Delegate Region Project Plan (for additional projects) for Delegate Danny Simpson, who represents Becenti, Lake Valley, Nihoodeeshgiizh, Standing Rock, Whiterock, Huerfano, Nageezi, and Crownpoint.

● NABID-54-23, amending CMY-38-23 and CAP-10-23, the NNFRF Delegate Region Project Plan (for additional projects) for Delegate Helena Nez Begay, who represents Coppermine, K’ai’bii’tó, LeChee, Tonalea/Red Lake, and Bodaway/Gap.

● NABID-55-23, supporting SB 3561 and HR 1855, reauthorizing the Indian Health Services Special Diabetes Program.

● NABID-56-23, appointing former Delegate Larry Biltah to the Black Mesa Review Board as the Black Mesa Chapter Representative for a four-year term.

● NABID-57-23, amending NABIO-27-23 and CMY-36-23, the NNFRF Delegate Region Project Plan for additional projects for Delegate Curtis Yanito, who represents Mexican Water, Tó’łikan, Tees Nos Pos, Aneth, and Red Mesa.

● NABID-58-23, amending CO-80-23 and CAP-15-23, the NNFRF Delegate Region Project Plan (for additional projects) for Delegate Germaine Simonson, who represents Hard Rock, Forest Lake, Pinon, Black Mesa, and Whippoorwill.

● NABID-59-23: the NNFRF Delegate Region Project Plan for Delegate Casey Allen Johnson, who represents Cameron, Coalmine Canyon, Birdsprings, Leupp, and Tolani Lake.

● NABID-60-23: approving and adopting Navajo legislative priorities related to New Mexico for 2024.

● NABID-61-23: establishing the Naabik’íyáti’ Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Task Force.

● NABID-62-23: approving the indirect cost rate and the indirect cost agreement with the Interior Department Business Center for fiscal 2024.

According to the legislative services office, the Naabik’íyáti Committee resolutions are available at Diné Bi Beehaz’áanii Binaaltsoos or DiBB at http://dibb.nnols.org/publicreporting.aspx.

The Navajo Nation is scheduled to convene its annual five-day winter session, Jan. 22-26. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Council has not released its proposed winter session agenda.

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