Indian Affairs business meeting, hearing

Thursday, April 24, 2008  

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a business meeting and oversight hearing this morning at 9am.

The business meeting lasted about 19 minutes. Five items were on the agenda and all were approved:

• Audio: Business Meeting

• Nomination of Robert McSwain to be Director of Indian Health Service
• H.R. 65, Lumbee Recognition Act
• S. 1779, Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act
• H.J. Res. 62, Native American Heritage Day Act of 2007
• S.1193, the Albuquerque Indian School Act.

After the meeting, the committee held an oversight hearing on "Recommendations for Improving the Federal Acknowledgment Process." It lasted about an hour:

• Audio: Opening Statements | Testimony | Q&A

THE HONORABLE CARL J. ARTMAN
Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior

THE HONORABLE ANTHONY RIVERA, JR.
Tribal Chairperson, Juaneno Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation

PATTY FERGUSO -BOHNEE
Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Indian Legal Clinic, Sandra Day O' Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

Committee Notice:
BUSINESS MEETING to be followed by OVERSIGHT HEARING on Recommendations for Improving the Federal Acknowledgment Process (April 24, 2008)