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 witness list follows:
>THE HONORABLE JON KYLCommittee Notice:
THE HONORABLE JEFF BINGAMAN
Panel 1
MR. KRIS POLLY
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of The Interior
MR. MICHAEL L. BOGERT
Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of The Interior
Panel 2
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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