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Witness List: House subcommittee hearing on Indian land bill


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The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will hold a hearing tomorrow on H.R.3532, the American Indian Empowerment Act.

The bill allows tribes to change the status of their trust lands to restricted fee in hopes of spurring development. The Interior Department must approve the request within 180 days.

The hearing place at 2pm in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building. The witness list follows:
Panel I
The Department of the Interior
TBA

Panel II
The Honorable Robert Porter
President, Seneca Nation

The Honorable W. Ron Allen
Tribal Chairman, CEO, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

The Honorable Walter Dasheno
Governor, Santa Clara Pueblo

Robert T. Coulter
Executive Director, Indian Law Resource Center

Committee Notice:
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3532 (February 7, 2012)

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