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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) has introduced a bill to double the amount of money available to the Indian Reservation Road Program at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The bill increases spending to about $462 million per year from 2004-2009. Currently, the program receives about $275 million a year.

Tribal leaders are in Washington, D.C., for an Indian Country transportation conference.

Get the Story:
Indian road improvement bill introduced (The Farmington Daily-Times 9/24)

Get the Bill:
A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation roads (S.2971)

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McCaleb tussles with tribal leaders over roads (11/8)