The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will take up three bills at a hearing on Thursday.

S. 636 will help the Quileute Tribe move out of a tsunami and flood zone. The bill transfers 772 acres within Olympic National Park to the tribe for a safer reservation.

S. 703, the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act, allows tribes to streamline housing on their reservations. It takes the Bureau of Indian Affairs out of the leasing process.

S. 546 extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana. The BIA rejected the tribe's petition.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Committee Notice:
HEARING on S. 636, A bill to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes; S. 703, the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 201l; and S. 546, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2011 (April 14, 2011)

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