1) S. 3128, White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act; 2) S. 3355, Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008; 3) S. 3381, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, and Taos.The hearing takes place at 10:30am. The witness list follows:
Panel 1Committee Notice:
THE HONORABLE JON KYL
THE HONORABLE JEFF BINGAMAN
No Witness Specified
U.S. Department of The Interior
THE HONORABLE RONNIE LUPE
Chairman, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Arizona
MR. JOHN SULLIVAN
Associate General Manager, Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona
THE HONORABLE CEDRIC BLACK EAGLE
Vice Chairman, Crow Tribe of Montana
MR. CHRIS TWEETEN
Chief Civil Counsel, Legal Services Division, Office of the Attorney General, State of Montana.
THE HONORABLE CHARLES DORAME
Chairman, Northern Pueblos Tributary Water Rights Association, New Mexico
THE HONORABLE GILBERT SUAZO Councilman, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
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