COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• S. 375 (Smith), To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian Tribes in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 1696 (Reyes), To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that Tribe.
• H.R. 2863 (DeFazio), A bill to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.
• H.R. 2952 (Kildee), To authorize the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Indians of the State of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Congressman Silvestre Reyes, D-TX (HR. 1696) 

Panel II

Mr. Michael R. Smith
Deputy Bureau Director, Field Operations
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington, D.C.

Panel III

Chairman Delores Pigsley
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Siletz, OR

Mr. Jack Giffen
Tribal Council Secretary
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Grand Ronde, OR

Vice Chairman Tom Younker
Coquille Indian Tribe
North Bend, OR

Governor Arturo Senclair
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe
El Paso, TX 

Chief Fred Cantu
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
Mt. Pleasant, MI