The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this morning on four bills.

The bills were: 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; and H.R.326, the Cocopah Lands Act.

Tribal witnesses testified in favor of their respective bills. Officials from the Obama administration didn't appear at the hearing but Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the committee chairman, said the committee would seek their views before moving forward on the bills.

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

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