{"id":155020,"date":"2025-06-23T13:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=155020"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:43:27","slug":"markup-of-funding-bill-for-indian-country-programs-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/23\/markup-of-funding-bill-for-indian-country-programs-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Markup of funding bill for Indian Country programs postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“I can just tell you now, we will be retaining advanced appropriations”: Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), the first Native person to serve as chair of the House C…<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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Markup of funding bill for Indian Country programs postponed<\/div>\r\n
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<\/p>\r\nAn appropriations bill that provides funding for most Indian Country programs is running into delays on Capitol Hill.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe House Committee on Appropriations<\/a> was scheduled to advance the fiscal year 2026 Interior bill during the week of June 23. But work is being delayed due to scheduling issues.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“Due to scheduling changes, those proceedings will be rescheduled to a later date, which will be announced when available,” the committee said in a June 18 update<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Interior appropriations bill provides funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a> (BIA), the Bureau of Indian Education<\/a> (BIE) and the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration (BTFA). It also funds numerous other Indian Country programs at the Department of the Interior<\/a> (DOI), the federal agency with the most trust and trust responsibilities to tribes and their communities.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAdditionally, the Interior appropriations bill funds the Indian Health Service<\/a> (IHS), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services<\/a> (HHS).\r\n

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Lawmakers are siding with tribes when it comes to the budget for the Indian Health Service.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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<\/p>\r\nIndian Country is closely watching the appropriations process in light of major cuts proposed by President Donald Trump. For example, the BIA would lose about $1 billion in federal funding unless Congress changes course.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe IHS would also suffer a major setback with the loss of advance appropriations. Rep. Tom Cole<\/a> (R-Oklahoma), who is the first Native person to chair the House Committee on Appropriations, has vowed to preserve the policy<\/a>, which was secured with bipartisan support in Congress and protects the IHS from government shutdowns and other lapses in funding.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“I can just tell you now, we will be retaining advanced appropriations,” Cole, who is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation<\/a>, said at a June 5 budget hearing for the IHS<\/a>.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nCole originally scheduled the markup for the Interior appropriations bill on Monday, June 23. The bill is handled by the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies<\/a>.\r\n

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<\/p>\r\nThe full committee was then scheduled to advance the Interior appropriations bill on Thursday, June 26. From there, it can be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAs of Monday afternoon, the committee had not released any new information about the Interior appropriations bill, including the actual text of the measure.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nFiscal year 2026 starts on October 1. Despite the deadline, Congress has failed to enact a stand-alone Interior appropriations bill for more than a decade. Instead, lawmakers resort to omnibus measures to keep the U.S. government up and running.\r\n

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