{"id":1248,"date":"2020-09-24T17:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T22:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2020-09-25T10:09:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:09:47","slug":"house-subcommittee-for-indigenous-peoples-of-the-united-states-legislative-hearing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/09\/24\/house-subcommittee-for-indigenous-peoples-of-the-united-states-legislative-hearing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Legislative Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"On Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a fully remote, virtual legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/7565>H.R.7565<\/a>. The bill authorizes the <a href=https:\/\/www.semtribe.com\/>Seminole Tribe<\/a>  to lease or transfer certain non-trust lands in Florida without involving the United States.\r\n<\/li>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<li> <a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/8255>H.R.8255<\/a>, the Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act. The bill ensures the <a href=http:\/\/www.catawbaindian.net\/>Catawba Nation<\/a> can move forward with a <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/09\/16\/catawba-nation-welcomes-land-affirmation-bill-in-congress\/>gaming development on ancestral territory<\/a> in North Carolina.\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWITNESS LIST<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/download\/scip-0924-testimony-councilman-osceola>The Honorable Chris Osceola<\/a><BR>\r\nHollywood Councilman Seminole Tribe of Florida <BR>\r\nHollywood, FL\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/download\/scip-0924-testimony-chief-harris>The Honorable William Harris<\/a><BR>\r\nChief, Catawba Indian Nation <BR>\r\nRock Hill, SC<BR>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/download\/scip-0924-testimony-mayor-neisler>The Honorable Scott Neisler<\/a> <BR>\r\nMayor, City of Kings Mountain <BR>\r\nKings Mountain, NC<BR>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/download\/scip-0924-testimony-principal-chief-sneed>The Honorable Richard Sneed<\/a>  <BR>\r\nPrincipal Chief, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians <BR>\r\nCherokee, NC\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=h4-responsive>House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/hearings\/legislative-hearing_september-24-2020>Legislative Hearing\r\n<\/a> (September 24, 2020)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States took testimony on bills benefiting the Seminole Tribe and the Catawba Nation.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-audio.php","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[340,67,20,1,14],"tags":[50,183,255,339,187,49,48,184,51,254,185],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio","category-indian-gaming","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-116th","tag-catawba","tag-florida","tag-h-r-7656","tag-h-r-8255","tag-hnrc","tag-house","tag-north-carolina","tag-scip","tag-seminole","tag-south-carolina","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/housescip-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-k8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248","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=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}