The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding two hearings and a roundtable in the next to weeks.

This Thursday, the committee will host an oversight hearing on water rights settlements in Indian Country. A witness list hasn't been posted online.

Next Thursday, March 22, the committee holds a hearing on three bills. They are: S.1684, the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2011; S.1898, a bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska; and H.R.1560, A bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirements for membership in that tribe.

The following Thursday, March 29, the committee will hold a roundtable on environmental protection.

Committee Notices:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Indian Water Rights: Promoting the Negotiation and Implementation of Water Settlements in Indian Country (March 15, 2012)
LEGISLATIVE HEARING on S. 1684, S. 1898, and H.R. 1560 (March 22, 2012)
ROUNDTABLE on Stewards of our Homelands: The Role of Native Peoples in Environmental Protection. Hosted by Loretta A. Tuell, Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel (March 25, 2012)