OVERSIGHT HEARING on New Tax Burdens on Tribal Self-Determination
Thursday, June 14 2012
2:15PM
Senate Dirksen Bldg 628
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Description:
The purpose of this hearing is to examine recent efforts by the Internal Revenue Service to audit and tax tribal general welfare programs and per capita payments from Federal trust funds and settlements.
Witnesses
Panel # 1
The Honorable John Yellow Bird Steele
President
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, SD
The Honorable Athena Sanchey-Yallup
Secretary of the Tribal Council, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Toppenish, WA
Panel # 2
Mr. Aaron Klein
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Coordination
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC
Ms. Christie J. Jacobs
Director
Office of Indian Tribal Governments, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department ofthe Treasury, Washington, DC
Panel # 3
Ms. Lynn Malerba
Chief of Mohegan Tribe
on behalf of the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, TN
Mr. William Lomax
President
Native American Finance Officers Association, Washington, DC
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