Senate Committee on Indian Affairs schedules business meeting

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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs meets in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking up more pending legislation at a business meeting this week.

Three items are on the agenda for the meeting on Wednesday afternoon. They follow:

• S.465, the BADGES for Native Communities Act. The Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act seeks to improve public safety in Indian Country by making changes affecting the Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal nations. A hearing took place on May 1.

• S.2908, the Indian Buffalo Management Act. The bill establishes a permanent program at the Department of the Interior to help promote and develop tribal capacity to manage buffalo, or bison. A hearing took place on June 12.

• S.4370, the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024. The bill ensures that Alaska Native corporations can participate in stewardship of federal forest lands. It also addresses a requirement that has limited tribal participation on lands important to their communities. A hearing took place on July 25.

The meeting takes place in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. It will be immediately followed by a legislative hearing on five bills.

A livestream will be available on indian.senate.gov.

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice

Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 4444, S. 4633, S. 4643, S. 4705 & S. 4998 and Business Meeting to consider S. 465, S. 2908, S. 4370 (September 25, 2024)