COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
11:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 673 (Grijalva), To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico
• H.R. 1575 (Stupak), To reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other purposes. "Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act"  
• H.R. 2120 (Rahall), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now held in trust by the United States for that Indian tribe.

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Congressman Bart Stupak (MI-1)

Panel II

Mr. George Skibine
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington, D.C.
*Accompanied by R. Lee Fleming, Director, Office of Federal Acknowledgment

Panel III

Mr. Paul Soto 
Tribal Resource Planner
Cocopah Indian Tribe
Somerton, AZ

Chairman Curtis Chambers 
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Brutus, MI 

Dr. Alice Littlefield
Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Central Michigan University
Omena, MI

Chairman Aaron Payment
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
*Accompanied by Fred Paquin, Tribal Board of Directors, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, St. Ignace, MI