The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a legislative hearing this Thursday.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The agenda lists four bills:

• S.313, White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Right Quantification Act

• S.443, the Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act

• S.633, the Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act

• H.R.326, the Cocopah Lands Act

On March 12, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the chairman of the committee, said he planned an April 2 hearing to address the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. The committee's web site does not yet indicate a hearing on the issue.

Committee Notice:
LEGISLATIVE HEARING on the following bills (April 2, 2009)