COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
10:00 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 5608 (Rahall), To establish regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials in the development of Federal policies that have tribal implications, to strengthen the United States government-to-government relationships with Indian tribes, and to reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon Indian tribes. “Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments Act”
- H.R. 3522 (T. Udall), To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other purposes.
- H.R.3490 (Radanovich), To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes. “Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2007”
- S. 2457 (Lieberman), A bill to provide for extensions of leases of certain land by Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe.
- H.R. 5680 (Grijalva), To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans to make certain adjustments, and for other purposes.
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable James Cason
Associate Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of the Interior
The Honorable Philip N. Hogen
Chairman
National Indian Gaming Commission
Mr. Robert McSwain
Acting Director
Indian Health Service
Panel II
The Honorable Joe Shirley
President
The Navajo Nation
The Honorable Buford Rolin
Chairman
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
The Honorable Gerald Danforth
Chairman
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Panel III
Mr. Jerry Gidner
Director
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Panel IV
The Honorable Valerie Welsh-Tahbo
Secretary
Colorado River Indian Tribes
The Honorable Kevin Day
Chairman
Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribe
Ms. Fidelia Andy
Chairwoman
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Mr. Dennis Lee Forsgren, Jr.
Consultant
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
