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Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs hearing on Law and Order Act





The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the Tribal Law and Order Act tomorrow.

President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on July 29, 2010. The hearing will examine what activities have taken place in the year since.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The witness list follows:
Panel # 1
Mr. Tom Perrelli
Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice

Mr. Larry Echo Hawk
Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior

Mr. Brendan Johnson
U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota

Ms. Pamela S. Hyde
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Dr. Rose Weahkee
Director, Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) in the Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, Indian Health Service

Panel # 2
Mr. Troy A. Eid
Chair, Indian Law and Order Commission

Panel # 3
The Honorable Ivan Posey
Council Member, Joint Business Council of the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation

The Honorable Theresa M. Pouley
Chief Judge, Tulalip Tribal Court

Ms. Jacqueline Johnson-Pata
Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Tribal Law and Order Act One Year Later: Have We Improved Public Safety and Justice Throughout Indian Country?(September 22, 2011)

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