COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
10:00 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 5023 (Grijalva), To prescribe procedures for effective consultation and coordination by Federal agencies with federally recognized Indian tribes regarding Federal Government activities that impact tribal lands and interests to ensure that meaningful tribal input is an integral part of the Federal decision-making process. "Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act, RESPECT Act"
- H.R. 4384 (Matheson), To establish the Utah Navajo Trust Fund Commission, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5468 (McKeon), To take certain Federal lands in Mono County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony. "Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2010"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable Jim Matheson (UT-02)
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (CA-25)
U.S. House of Representatives
Panel II
Paul Tsosie
Chief of Staff
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
Panel III
The Honorable Ned Norris
Chairman
Tohono O’odham Nation
Sells, Arizona
The Honorable McCoy Oatman
Chairman
Nez Pierce Tribe
Lapwai, Idaho
Robert A. Williams Jr.
Professor of Law and American Indian Studies
James E. Rogers College of Law
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Panel IV
The Honorable Joe Shirley, Jr.
President
The Navajo Nation
Window Rock, Arizona
Janet Slowman Chee
Teec Nos Pos, Arizona
Mark Maryboy
Montezuma Creek, Utah
The Honorable Joseph Art Sam
Chairman
Bridgeport Indian Colony
Bridgeport, California
