Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 2636, S. 3216, S. 3222, S. 3300

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Date: 
09/14/2016 02:30 PM
Location: 
Dirksen
628
Type: 
Legislative Hearing
  •  S. 2636, a bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to require mandatory approval of applications for land to be taken into trust if the land is wholly within a reservation, and for other purposes; 
  •  S. 3216, a bill to repeal the Act entitled “An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation”;
  •  S. 3222, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities that were constructed to provide treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities and structures to improve those conditions, and for other purposes.
  •  S. 3300, The Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016.

             

 

Panel 1: 
Mr.
Larry
Roberts
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC
The Honorable
Damon
Clarke, Ed.D.
Chairman
Hualapai Tribe, Peach Springs, AZ
The Honorable
Lavern
Jefferson
Treasurer, Meskwaki Tribal Council
The Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, Tama, IA
The Honorable
W. Ron
Allen
Treasurer
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC
Mr.
Paul
Lumley
Executive Director
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland, OR