{"id":13102,"date":"2021-06-21T08:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=13102"},"modified":"2021-06-21T09:01:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T13:01:37","slug":"house-committee-sets-hearing-on-tribal-coastal-resiliency-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/06\/21\/house-committee-sets-hearing-on-tribal-coastal-resiliency-act\/","title":{"rendered":"House committee sets hearing on Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Quinault<\/a>
The Quinault Nation, whose coastal area in Washington state is seen here, has long supported passage of the Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act. Photo: Sam Beebe<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
House committee sets hearing on Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act<\/div>\r\n
Monday, June 21, 2021<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act<\/a> is up for its first hearing in the 117th Congress.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nH.R.1415<\/a> helps tribes address the effects of climate change in coastal areas. The measure has always enjoyed bipartisan support but has yet to make it over the finish line on Capitol Hill.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThis bill will make available to tribes grant funding for the protection and preservation of tribal coastal zones and areas,\u201d President Fawn Sharp<\/a> of the National Congress of American Indians<\/a> said when a prior version of H.R.1415 passed the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n \u201cThis funding will be very helpful to every tribe that is dealing with rising sea level, and coastal and shoreline degradation and destabilization due to climate change,\u201d said Sharp, who also serves as vice president of the Quinault Nation<\/a>.\r\n

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