Business Meeting to consider S.3381, S.3773 & S.3789 and Roundtable discussion on “Public Safety in Native Communities”
Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Business Meeting to consider S. 3381, S. 3773 & S. 3789 and Roundtable discussion on “Public Safety in Native Communities”
Wednesday, May 18 2022 – 03:00 PM
Location: Dirksen
Room Number: 628

Note: Video feed from Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will go live shortly before 3pm Eastern.

Business Meeting
• S.3381, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act. The bipartisan bill accelerates the review and processing of mortgages by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. A hearing took place on February 16.

• S.3773, a bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation in the state of Washington. Similar bills have been enacted for other Indian nations. A hearing took place on March 23.

• S.3789, a bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act, also known as the NATIVE Act. The NATIVE Act requires federal agencies to update their existing management plans and tourism strategies to include American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. A hearing took place on March 23.

Roundtable
Ms. Tracy Canard Goodluck Senior Advisor
Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

Mr. Jason O’Neal Director
Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

Mr. Robert E. Chapman Acting Director
Community Oriented Policing Services
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC

The Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
Council Delegate and Chairwoman of Law and Order Committee
Navajo Nation Council
Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona

Mr. Mark Patterson
Chair
Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission
Department of the Attorney General
Honolulu, Hawaii

Mr. Michael B. Ford
Chief of Police
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
Reno, Nevada

Ms. Lucy Rain Simpson
Executive Director
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
Lame Deer, Montana

Ms. A. Nikki Borchardt Campbell
Executive Director
National American Indian Court Judges Association
Boulder, Colorado

Mr. Alex Cleghorn
Senior Legal and Policy Director
Alaska Native Justice Center
Anchorage, Anchorage

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice
Business Meeting to consider S. 3381, S. 3773 & S. 3789 and Roundtable discussion on “Public Safety in Native Communities” (May 18, 2022)