Senate Indian Affairs hearing on foreign aid program

Monday, February 25, 2008  

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing this Wednesday on S.2232, the Foreign Aid Lessons for Domestic Economic Assistance Act.

The bill was introduced by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). It would create the Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project, which would help tribes, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians develop economic development programs based on international models.

"The Foreign Aid Lessons for Domestic Economic Assistance Act would also authorize administering federal economic development assistance in a novel manner to promote economic growth, eliminate poverty, and strengthen good governance, entrepreneurship, and investment in Native communities," Stevens said in introducing the bill on October 25, 2007.

Co-sponsors include Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the vice chair of the committee. Inouye and Akaka are members of the committee.

The hearing takes place at 9:30am in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building.

Committee Notice:
HEARING on S. 2232, the Foreign Aid Lessons for Domestic Economic Assistance Act of 2007 (February 27, 2008)

Get the Bill:
Foreign Aid Lessons for Domestic Economic Assistance Act (S.2232)

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