XXXX Opposed $3.4 Billion for Indian Health Clinical Services. In 2004, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have provided the Appropriations Committee with an additional $3.4 billion for Indian health clinical services and covered that cost by eliminating either tax loopholes or a small portion the tax break. [Vote 52, 3/11/04] XXXX Voted Against Increasing Indian Health Funding By $2.5 Billion. In 2003, XXXX voted against increasing funding for the Indian Health Service by $2.5 billion and devoting another $2.5 billion to deficit reduction. The amendment would offset the spending by a decrease in tax cuts [Vote 87, 3/25/03] XXXX Voted Against $72.9 Million for the Indian Health Service. In 2003, XXXX voted against transferring $79.2 million to the Indian Health Service from the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians. The amendment increased funding for the Indian Health Service by $79.2 million, with $63 million designated for clinical services. It would be offset by transferring $79.2 million from the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians. [Vote 362, 9/23/03] XXXX Voted Against Adding $292 Million for Clinical Services of the Indian Health Service. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that added $292 million in funding for the clinical services of the Indian Health Services. [Vote 356, 9/23/03] XXXX Voted Against Increasing Environmental Protections and Oversight Over Energy Projects on Native American Reservations. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that increased oversight of energy projects on Indian reservations. The amendment would struck controversial language from the comprehensive energy bill’s American Indian title, which opened millions of acres of tribal lands to oil and gas development. The amendment expanded the timeframe for the Interior secretary to review Indian energy projects, make the environmental review process more similar to standards under the National Environmental Policy Act while maintaining tribal supremacy, and struck a provision limiting who could petition the Interior secretary to review Indian energy projects. [Vote 219, 6/11/03; Environment and Energy Daily, 6/12/03] XXXX Voted Against A One-Year Moratorium On The Federal Recognition Of Indian Tribes. In 2002, XXXX voted against a one-year moratorium on the federal recognition of Indian tribes. Sen. Inouye, who led the effort to kill the proposed moratorium, said a moratorium on decisions to recognize tribes would further lengthen the already cumbersome recognition process and was widely opposed by American Indians. Supporters of the amendment said current process for designating tribes produced questionable designations prompted by the desire of groups to establish Indian gambling operations. State and local officials in Connecticut were concerned about the impact that the recognition of tribes and the proliferation of casinos were having on communities. [HR 5093, Vote 220, 9/23/02; Las Vegas Review-Journal , 9/24/02; Gannett News Service , 9/24/02; Associated Press, 9/13/02] XXXX Opposed Congressional Approval for Animas-La Plata Water Projects. In October 2000, XXXX opposed an amendment that would clarify that the legislation would grant Congressional approval for specific facilities of the Animas-La Plata project and would require non-tribal water users to pay recreation, fish and wildlife costs. The Campbell amendment would scale back the water project to consist of the facilities needed to divert and impound water in an off-stream reservoir. [Vote 281, 10/25/00] XXXX Voted to Increase Funding For The Indian Health Service. In 2000, XXXX voted for an amendment that would increase the appropriation for the Indian Health Service by $7.372 million for diabetes treatment, prevention, and research, and would offset the cost of that increase by cutting the appropriation for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) by the same amount (which would leave NEA funding at its current level of $97 million). The amendment was rejected, 27-73. [Vote 176, 7/12/00] XXXX Voted to Prohibit Federal Funding For Indian “Smoke Shops” And Other Tobacco Outlets. In 2000, XXXX voted for a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would be prohibited from using federal funds to benefit a smoke shop or other tobacco outlet. HUD gave funds to Indians building the smoke shops, as community development projects, which sell tobacco at 36