The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this afternoon on two Native language bills. The committee took testimony on S.1948, the Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act. The creates a grant program to support Native language immersion programs. The committee also took testimony on S.2299, the Native American Languages Reauthorization Act. The bill extends a Native language grant program through the end of fiscal year 2019. The hearing lasted about 2 hours and 12 minutes. Audio can be found on the Indianz.Com Sound Cloud. Committee Notice:
Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on the following bills (June 18, 2014)
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