The House Natural Resources Committee will meet in an open markup session to mark up the following bills:

• H.R. 65, To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. (Lumbee Recognition Act)
• H.R. 487, To amend the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide compensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for damage resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project, and for other purposes. (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2007)
• H.R. 1080, To modify the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park to include certain land within the GT Park Subdivision, and for other purposes. (Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007)
• H.R. 1114, To require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Geological Survey, to conduct a study on groundwater resources in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. (Alaska Water Resources Act of 2007)
• H.R. 1294, To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. (Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2006)
• H.R. 1328, To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act. (Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007)

Subject:
House Natural Resources Committee
Full Committee Markup

When:
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at 11:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Committee Action

The Committee on Natural Resources met in open markup session on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, and considered the following bills:

H.R. 1328, To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act. (Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007)

• En bloc amendment offered by Mr. Abercrombie was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Boren.017 was offered and withdrawn.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Pearce.033 was offered and withdrawn.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Pearce.031 was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Inslee.044 was offered and withdrawn.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Pearce.032 was agreed to by voice vote.

Favorably reported the House of Representatives, as amended, by voice vote.

H.R. 1294, To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. (Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2006)

• An en bloc amendment offered by Mr. Rahall.009 was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Flake.034 was offered and withdrawn.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Duncan.572 was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Sali.010 was not agreed to by voice vote.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by voice vote.

H.R. 65, To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. (Lumbee Recognition Act)

• An amendment offered by Mr. Rahall.012 was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Shuler.006 was not agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Duncan.573 was agreed to by voice vote.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 24 Yeas, and 7 Nays.