{"id":14281,"date":"2021-07-21T13:53:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T17:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=14281"},"modified":"2021-07-21T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T17:55:08","slug":"senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-reschedules-hearing-for-indian-health-and-native-youth-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/21\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-reschedules-hearing-for-indian-health-and-native-youth-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs reschedules hearing for Indian health and Native youth bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/isvp\/?type=arch&amp;comm=indian&amp;filename=indian072121&amp;auto_play=false&amp;poster=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/sites\/all\/themes\/ldsbootstrap\/images\/Indian-affairs-video-bg.png\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Note: <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/rescheduled-legislative-hearing-receive-testimony-s-1797-s-1895-hr-1688>Video feed from Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> will start shortly before 2:30pm Eastern on July 21, 2021.\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs reschedules hearing for Indian health and Native youth bills<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, July 21, 2021<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/>Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> has rescheduled its hearing on Indian health and Native youth  legislation.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe hearing was <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/14\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-takes-up-indian-health-and-native-youth-bills\/>originally scheduled to take place<\/a> on July 14. Due to \u201cunforeseen circumstances,\u201d it is now taking place on July 21.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOther than that, the <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/rescheduled-legislative-hearing-receive-testimony-s-1797-s-1895-hr-1688>agenda and witness list for the hearing<\/a> is exactly the same.  The list of bills follows:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=mx-4>\r\n&#8226; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/1797\">S.1797<\/a>, the Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act. The bill ensures that <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/05\/25\/bipartisan-bill-brings-long-overdue-boost-to-urban-indian-health-providers\/\">urban Indian providers across the nation can use existing resources<\/a> for renovation, construction  and expansions of their facilities. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8226; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/1895\">S.1895<\/a>, the Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Enhancement Act. The bill  authorizes $3 billion for the <a href=https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/>Indian Health Service<\/a> to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lujan.senate.gov\/press-releases\/lujan-heinrich-sinema-introduce-legislation-to-support-water-and-wastewater-infrastructure-projects-in-tribal-communities\/\">water and wastewater infrastructure needs in tribal communities<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8226; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1688\">H.R.1688<\/a>, the Native American Child Protection Act. The bill  updates the <a href=https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/25\/chapter-34>Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act<\/a>, which first became law in 1990 to help tribes and the federal government address child abuse in Indian Country amid <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/upload\/files\/March152006.pdf>reports of widespread victimization<\/a>. The <a href=https:\/\/www.house.gov\/>U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> passed <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/05\/26\/h-r-1688-native-american-child-protection-act\/\">H.R.1688 on May 12<\/a>.\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/21\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-reschedules-hearing-for-indian-health-and-native-youth-bills\/okcic-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1758\" data-attachment-id=\"14288\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/21\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-reschedules-hearing-for-indian-health-and-native-youth-bills\/okcic-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21\/okcic-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1758\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617882797&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;56&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Oklahoma City Indian Clinic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Oklahoma City Indian Clinic hosted a series of COVID-19 vaccine events for members of the greater community in Oklahoma during the month of April 2021. Robyn Sunday-Allen, vice president of the National Congress of Urban Indian Health, serves as chief executive officer of OKCIC. Photo courtesy OKCIC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21\/okcic-1024x703.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21\/okcic-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma City Indian Clinic\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-14288\" \/><\/a>\r\n <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The Oklahoma City Indian Clinic hosted a series of COVID-19 vaccine events for members of the greater community in Oklahoma during the month of April 2021. Robyn Sunday-Allen, vice president of the National Congress of Urban Indian Health, serves as chief executive officer of OKCIC. Photo courtesy OKCIC<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nA panel of federal officials and  Indian  Country leaders will testify about the legislation. The witness list follows:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=mx-4>\r\nMr. Randy Grinnell &#8211; [Testimony: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/14\/grinnell071421.pdf>PDF<\/a>]<BR>\r\nDeputy Director for Management Operations<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/>Indian Health Service<\/a><BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/>Department of Health and Human Services<\/a><BR>\r\nRockville, Maryland\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMs. Heidi Todacheene &#8211; [Testimony: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/14\/todacheene071421.pdf>PDF<\/a>]<BR>\r\nSenior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>Department of the Interior<\/a><BR> \r\nWashington, D.C.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Honorable Jonathan Nez &#8211; [Testimony: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/14\/nez071421.pdf>PDF<\/a>] <BR>\r\nPresident<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.navajo-nsn.gov\/>Navajo Nation<\/a><BR>\r\nWindow Rock, Arizona\r\n<\/div>\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\n<div class=mx-4>\r\nThe Honorable Gil Vigil &#8211; [Testimony: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/14\/vigil071421.pdf>PDF<\/a>]<BR>\r\nPresident<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.nicwa.org\/>National Indian Child Welfare Association<\/a><BR> \r\nPortland, Oregon\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMs. Robyn Sunday-Allen &#8211; [Testimony: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/14\/sundayallen071421.pdf>PDF<\/a>]<BR>\r\nVice President<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.ncuih.org\/>National Congress of Urban Indian Health<\/a><BR> \r\nWashington, D.C.\r\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe business meeting and legislative hearing take  place at 2:30pm Eastern in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Both will be <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/business-meeting-consider-bryan-todd-newland-be-assistant-secretary-legislative-hearing>webcast at indian.senate.gov<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/rescheduled-legislative-hearing-receive-testimony-s-1797-s-1895-hr-1688>Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1797, S. 1895 &#038; H.R. 1688<\/a> (July 21, 2021) ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has rescheduled its hearing on Indian health and Native youth legislation.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14288,"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":[19,1,14],"tags":[869,117,118,1796,1524,1795,48,86,210,28,24,367,613,1692,1797,1826,1827,213,91,6,153,102],"class_list":["post-14281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-national","category-politics","tag-117th","tag-bia","tag-doi","tag-gil-vigil","tag-h-r-1688","tag-heidi-todacheene","tag-house","tag-icwa","tag-ihs","tag-jonathan-nez","tag-navajo","tag-ncuih","tag-nicwa","tag-randy-grinnell","tag-robyn-sunday-allen","tag-s-1979","tag-s-1985","tag-scia","tag-senate","tag-urban-indians","tag-water","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21\/okcic-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-3Il","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14281","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=14281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}