REACH Our Tribes Act

(a) In general. The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Office of Native American Business Development, shall establish and implement a working group to develop, and regularly update, a comprehensive and public repository of Federal economic development programs available to Tribal entities (as defined in subsection (e) of section 309 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6921), as added by section 4) to—

(1) reduce agency and applicant administrative burden in identifying Tribal economic development programs;

(2) improve awareness and utilization of Tribal economic development programs; and

(3) improve the ability of the Office of Native American Business Development to assist Tribal entities.

(b) Composition. The working group established under subsection (a) shall be composed of representatives of—

(1) the Office of Native American Business Development;

(2) the Economic Development Administration;

(3) the Small Business Administration;

(4) the Department of Agriculture;

(5) the Department of Education;

(6) the Department of Health and Human Services;

(7) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(8) the Department of the Interior; and

(9) such other Federal offices or agencies, as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Commerce.

(c) Duties. The working group established under subsection (a) shall—

(1) identify economic development programs across Federal agencies for which Tribal entities are eligible to participate or receive assistance;

(2) establish a comprehensive publicly accessible repository of information on such programs;

(3) develop and execute a plan for sharing such repository with Federal, State, and local agencies and Tribal entities; and

(4) develop and execute a plan for regularly reviewing and updating such repository once at least every 2 years.