The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a markup session on Wednesday.

Eight bills are on the agenda. One of them is H.R. 2319, the Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013.

The bill authorizes the National Museum of the American Indian to raise funds and start work on a memorial for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian veterans. The memorial would be located at the museum's site in the National Mall.

The bill received enthusiastic support from members of both parties at a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs in July. Tribal organizations, including the National Congress of American Indians, also back the measure.

Wednesday's markup takes place at 10am in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building.

Audio from the July 23 hearing can be found on the Indianz.Com SoundCloud:

Committee Notice:
Full Committee Markup on H.R. 915, H.R. 1425, H.R. 1491, H.R. 2208, H.R. 2319, H.R. 3286, H.R. 3492, and S. 230 (December 4, 2013)

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