Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 2285, S. 3234, S. 3261 & H.R. 4685

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Date: 
09/07/2016 02:30 PM
Location: 
Dirksen
628
Type: 
Legislative Hearing
  • S. 2285, a bill to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes;
  • S. 3234, a bill to amend Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, the Indian Trader Act, and the Native American programs Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian Communities;
  • S. 3261, a bill to establish a business incubators program within the Department of the Interior to promote economic development in Indian reservation communities; and
  • H.R. 4685, an act to take certain Federal lands located in Tulare County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tule River Indian Tribe, and for other puroses.

Panel 1: 
Ms.
Cheryl
Andrews-Maltais
Senior Policy Advisor to the Acting Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC
The Honorable
Harvey
Godwin, Jr.
Chairman
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
The Honorable
Kenneth
McDarment
Vice Chairman
Tule River Indian Tribe, Porterville, CA
Mr.
Derrick
Watchman
Chairman
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Mesa, AZ