Congress has yet to take approve a bill that would allow the Hoh Tribe of Washington to acquire land within Olympic National Park.

The tribe needs the land in order to escape constant flooding of the Hoh River. The 37 acres in the park are contiguous to 420 acres the tribe already has purchased for a safer reservation.

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing on S.443, the Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act, on April 3, 2009. The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on H.R.1061 on June 3, 2009, and a markup on July 9, 2009.

Neither bill has been set for a vote.

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