<\/p>\r\n• PLAYLIST: on.soundcloud.com\/iyC3fMGRgOeDSl6z7z<\/a>\r\n <\/p>\r\nOn Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:\r\n <\/p>\r\nH.R.681<\/a>, A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe<\/a> and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)<\/a>, both in Massachusetts. Similar bills have been enacted into law for other Indian nations who want to make decisions affecting their lands without seeking federal approval for every action.\r\n <\/p>\r\nH.R.3654<\/a>, the Tribal Emergency Response Resources Act, or the TERRA Act. The bill establishes a government-wide framework<\/a> to help tribes address climate change, natural disasters and other extreme weather events.\r\n <\/p>\r\nH.R.3903<\/a>, the Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025. The bill authorizes a land exchange between the federal government<\/a> and Chugach Alaska Corporation<\/a>, a Alaska Native corporation whose communities were impacted<\/a> by the Exxon Valdez oil spill<\/a> on March 24, 1989. \r\n <\/p>\r\nH.R.3925<\/a>, the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Land Exchange Act. The bill authorizes a land exchange between the federal government and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation<\/a>. The tribe would receive about 1,475 of federal forest land in southern California. The United States would receive about 1,460 acres from the tribe. The land exchange has been under consideration by the U.S. Forest Service<\/a>.\r\n <\/p>\r\nH.R.4463<\/a>, a bill to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993. The bill ensures the Catawba Nation<\/a> can make decisions affecting its membership criteria without conditions that were enacted into law<\/a> more than three decades ago.\r\n <\/p>\r\n