Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana), on right, and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), on left, are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Photo from April 9, 2014, hearing
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing tomorrow on five bills. The bills are:
• S.2188, a bill to fix the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. SalazarThe hearing takes place at 2:30pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The witness list follows:
• S.1603, the Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act, a bill to clarify that land already placed in trust for the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians in Michigan can't be challenged under Carcieri.
• S.1818, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act; a bill to ratify a water settlement for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada.
• S.2040, the Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act; a bill to resolve a land settlement with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho.
• S.2041, a bill related to S.2040.
Panel 1Committee Notice:
•The Honorable Jerry Moran
Senator-United States Senate
•The Honorable Dean Heller
Senator-United States Senate
Panel 2
•The Honorable Kevin Washburn
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs-Department of the Interior
Panel 3
•The Honorable Brian Cladoosby
President-National Congress of American Indians
•The Honorable Nathan Small
Chairman-Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
•The Honorable Elwood Lowery
Chairman-Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
•The Honorable David "D.K." Sprague
Chairman-Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan
Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on the following bills (May 7, 2014)
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