Representative Nick Rahall (D-WV), Democratic Senior Member of the House Resources Committee, offered one amendment with Representatives Kildee and Hayworth cosponsoring the proposal. The Rahall/Kildee/Hayworth amendment strikes language in the funding bill that would have limited the federal government's accountability to American Indians by restricting an historical accounting of Indian Trust funds from the period of 1985 to 2000. This language would presume that Indian Trust fund records before 1985 were correct. House members voted to approve the amendment by a vote of 281 - 144.

The second amendment sponsored by Representatives J.D. Hayworth and Kildee strikes provisions that would have established a Commission to examine Native American policy. Funding for the Commission would have come from the Bureau of Indian Affairs--Operation of Indian programs which funds welfare assistance payments, housing improvements, roads, education, tribal courts, law enforcement and other programs that improve the quality of life and economic potential of Indian reservations. The Hayworth/Kildee amendment passed the House by a vote of 273 - 151.

Of the victories, Representative Kildee said, "the vote today protected Indian Trust funds for which the U.S. government has a moral and legal responsibility to manage. In addition, the House was able to show the Indian tribes today that another federal study would not be imposed upon them that would have taken money away from their real needs like education, housing, roads, law enforcement and tribal courts."