{"id":12289,"date":"2021-06-02T12:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=12289"},"modified":"2021-06-02T13:27:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T17:27:04","slug":"bureau-of-indian-affairs-hosts-budget-briefing-for-tribal-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/06\/02\/bureau-of-indian-affairs-hosts-budget-briefing-for-tribal-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Bureau of Indian Affairs hosts budget briefing for tribal leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"465\" data-attachment-id=\"12310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/06\/02\/bureau-of-indian-affairs-hosts-budget-briefing-for-tribal-leaders\/fy2022indianaffairs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022indianaffairs.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"738,465\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fy2022indianaffairs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Youth from Northern Arizona unite in support of Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day 2021. Source:  https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/budget\/appropriations\/2022\/highlights&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022indianaffairs.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022indianaffairs.jpg\" alt=\"fy2022indianaffairs\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12310\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Youth from northern Arizona unite in support of Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day on May 5, 2021. Source:  <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/budget\/appropriations\/2022\/highlights>FY2022 Interior Budget in Brief<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Bureau of Indian Affairs hosts budget briefing for tribal leaders<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, June 2, 2021<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Biden administration is holding a briefing to inform tribal leaders about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/budget\/appropriations\/2022\">fiscal year 2022 budget request<\/a> for Indian Affairs programs at the <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>Department of the Interior<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nBryan Newland, a citizen of the Bay Mills Indian Community who serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary  for Indian Affairs at Interior, will host the call. It takes place from 1pm to 2pm Eastern on Wednesday afternoon.  \r\n<P><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe President\u2019s FY 2022 budget request for Indian Affairs recognizes that key to building back better in Indian Country are serious investments that support tribal self-sufficiency, self-determination, and sovereignty,\u201d Newland said in a <a href=https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/news\/principal-deputy-assistant-secretary-newland-host-briefing-tribal-leaders-president-s-fy-2022>news release<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n \u201cIt ensures that Indian Affairs\u2019 mission of service to tribes continues and supports its role in maintaining DOI\u2019s nation-to-nation relationship and trust responsibilities,\u201d added  Newland, who   has been formally nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the  Assistant Secretary  for Indian Affairs.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tribal Leader Briefing Session: TODAY, June 2 at 1:00pm EDT with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USIndianAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USIndianAffairs<\/a>&#39;s Bryan Newland on President Biden&#39;s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2022 which includes $2.7 billion for the BIA and $1.3 billion for the BIE. For info to join: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GgsZ5OBMTk\">https:\/\/t.co\/GgsZ5OBMTk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NAFOA (@nafoaorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nafoaorg\/status\/1400097291688624137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nTo participate in the tribal leader briefing, use the following information:\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=mx-5>\r\nConference Line: 800-857-5055 <BR>\r\nPasscode: 6951606\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/budget\/appropriations\/2022\/highlights\">FY2022 budget request<\/a> was released on Friday. It <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh101.pdf\">seeks $2.7 billion<\/a> for the <a href=https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/>Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a>, which represents $609.9 million\u202fover current levels.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe request for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bie.edu\">Bureau of Indian Education<\/a>, which is treated separately from the BIA, is <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh117.pdf\">$1.3 billion<\/a>. The amount is  $110.6 million above  the current fiscal year.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/btfa\">Bureau of Trust Funds Administration<\/a>, a recently created entity to handle most of the duties of the <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/ost>Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians<\/a>, would receive <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh127.pdf\">$110.7 million in the new budget<\/a>. That  represents an increase of $2.3 million from current levels.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> FY2022 Budget Request for Indian Affairs Programs at Department of the Interior<\/div>\r\n<div class=row>\r\n<div class=col-4>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh101.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">fy2022-bib-bh101<\/a>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">PDF: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh101.pdf\">Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=col-4>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh117.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">fy2022-bib-bh117<\/a>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">PDF: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh117.pdf\">Bureau of Indian Education<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=col-4>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh127.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">fy2022-bib-bh127<\/a>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">PDF: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh127.pdf\">Bureau of Trust Funds Administration<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOverall, the budget seeks  <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-dh003.pdf\">$17.6 billion for the Department of the Interior<\/a>, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities in Indian Country.  That reflects an increase of  $2.5 billion, or 17 percent, from fiscal year 2021, which was the last under the prior administration. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cThe Interior Department plays an important role in the President\u2019s plan to reinvest in the American people.\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDebHaaland\">Secretary Deb Haaland<\/a>, a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna, said in a <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/president-bidens-fiscal-year-2022-budget-makes-significant-investments-interior>news release<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n \u201cFrom bolstering climate resiliency and increasing renewable energy, to supporting tribal nations and advancing environmental justice, President Biden\u2019s budget will make much-needed investments in communities and projects that will advance our vision for a robust and equitable clean energy future,\u201d   said Haaland who is the first Native person to lead Interior.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe  fiscal year 2022  budget  request is a proposal from the executive branch. It is up to Congress, the legislative branch, to write the appropriations bills that fund the BIA, the BIE and other federal agencies.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nHistorically,   appropriations  measures  originate   in the <a href=https:\/\/www.house.gov\/>U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> every  June. The <a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\">House Committee on Appropriations<\/a> &#8212;  more specifically the <a href=https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/subcommittees\/interior-environment-and-related-agencies-117th-congress>Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies<\/a> &#8212; is responsible for writing the bill that funds the BIA, the BIE and many other key Indian Country programs.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nThe goal is get the Interior bill approved and signed into law before the start of the fiscal year. However, Congress has been unable to complete that task in more than a decade, so lawmakers  have resorted to \u201comnibus\u201d measures to keep the federal government up and running.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFiscal year 2022 begins on October 1.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> Department of the Interior FY2022 Budget Request Documents <\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/budget\/appropriations\/2022\/highlights> Interior Budget in Brief<\/a> |\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-dh003.pdf\"> Departmental Overview<\/a> | \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh101.pdf\">Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a> |  <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh117.pdf\">Bureau of Indian Education<\/a> | \r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022-bib-bh127.pdf\">Bureau of Trust Funds Administration<\/a>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Biden administration is seeking more money for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education and other Indian programs at the Department of the Interior.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,20,1,14],"tags":[869,214,117,52,625,962,170,88,118,225,1123,48,53,961],"class_list":["post-12289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-117th","tag-appropriations","tag-bia","tag-bie","tag-bryan-newland","tag-btfa","tag-congress","tag-deb-haaland","tag-doi","tag-fy2021","tag-fy2022","tag-house","tag-joe-biden","tag-ost","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02\/fy2022indianaffairs.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-3cd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}