On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Advance Appropriations: Protecting Tribal Communities from the Effects of a Government Shutdown.” The hearing will be held on the following bills:

• H.R. 1128 (Rep. Betty McCollum), To provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. “Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act”
• H.R. 1135 (Rep. Don Young), To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing 2-fiscal-year budget authority, and for other purposes. “Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2019”