Agenda for Senate Indian Affairs business meeting

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a business meeting tomorrow to consider pending legislation.

The meeting was originally scheduled to take place last week but Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the chairman of the committee, postponed it to address some issues. Both bills on the agenda are controversial:

• S.1703, a bill to fix the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. The committee discussed the issue at a hearing in May.
• S.1011, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, a bill to extend the policy of self-determination to Native Hawaiians. The committee held a hearing on the bill in August.

The meeting takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Committee Notice:
BUSINESS MEETING on pending committee issues (December 17, 2009)