{"id":34552,"date":"2024-01-16T23:02:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=34552"},"modified":"2024-01-16T23:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:15:58","slug":"house-committee-schedules-markup-on-indian-country-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/01\/16\/house-committee-schedules-markup-on-indian-country-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"House committee schedules markup on Indian Country bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qM_noyy0CcQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">House Committee on Natural Resources: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/qM_noyy0CcQ>Full Committee Mark Up &#8211; January 17, 2024<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">House committee schedules markup on Indian Country bills<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, January 16, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/\">House Committee on Natural Resources<\/a> is meeting  on Wednesday  morning to advance two bills of interest in Indian Country.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe first item of interest at the <a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=415394>committee&#8217;s markup session<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/1246\">H.R.1246<\/a>. The  bill authorizes  all federally recognized tribes to  lease their trust lands for up to 99 years without having to get approval from the federal government.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCongress has previously enacted similar legislation for 60 individual tribal nations. Passage of H.R.1246 would extend the policy to all tribes &#8212; should they choose to lease their lands for <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412974\">economic development and other purposes<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1490295364&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;inverse=false&#038;auto_play=false&#038;show_user=true\"><\/iframe> \r\n&#8220;The Department supports the goal of H.R.1246 to authorize any Indian tribe to lease lands for\r\nup 99 years as it would facilitate economic development opportunities and avoid individual\r\ntribes having to acquire separate legislation for this purpose,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asstsecnewland\">Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland<\/a> from the <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>Department of the Interior<\/a> said in testimony to the <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/issues\/issue\/?IssueID=5066\">House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/Committee\/Calendar\/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=115538\">March 24, 2023<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe second item of interest is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/6443\">H.R.6443<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/issa.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/issa-introduces-legislation-preserve-jamul-tribe-land\">Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act<\/a>. The bill places about 171 acres in trust for the <a href=\"https:\/\/jamulindianvillage.com\">Jamul Indian Village<\/a>, whose 6-acre reservation in southern California is one of the smallest in the United States.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1719439818&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;inverse=false&#038;auto_play=false&#038;show_user=true\"><\/iframe>\r\n&#8220;Additional trust lands are essential to the tribe\u2019s efforts to restore its ancestral land base, to\r\nensure that its most culturally sacred sites are safeguarded, to bring its members, who are now\r\ndispersed throughout San Diego County and beyond, home to reside on tribal trust lands, and to\r\nprovide essential services to its people,&#8221; Chairwoman Erica Pinto said in testimony to the subcommittee on <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/Committee\/Calendar\/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=116631\">December 5<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe lands identified in the bill consist of four separate parcels that are currently owned in fee status by the tribe. Should the properties be taken into trust under H.R.6443, gaming would be prohibited by the bill.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nA total of eight bills are on the agenda for the committee&#8217;s markup on Wednesday. The session takes place at 10:15am Eastern in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building.\r\n<P><\/P><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><p><\/p>\r\nAny bills that are approved at the markup can be sent to the <a href=https:\/\/www.house.gov\/>U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> for further action.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAt this point, neither H.R.124 nor H.R.6443  have companion versions in the  <a href=https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/>U.S. Senate<\/a>. The chamber could take up the House versions of the bills should they advance further in the 118th Congress.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">House Committee on Natural Resources Notices<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=415394>\r\nFull Committee Mark Up<\/a> (January 17, 2024)<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/Committee\/Calendar\/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=116690>Full Committee Mark Up<\/a> (January 17, 2024)\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/04\/19\/fireworks-as-secretary-haaland-faces-republican-critic-on-capitol-hill\/\" title=\"Fireworks as Secretary Haaland faces Republican critic on Capitol Hill\">Fireworks as Secretary Haaland faces Republican critic on Capitol Hill<\/a> (April 19, 2023)<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The House Committee on Natural Resources is hosting a markup to advance two bills of interest in Indian Country.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4812,"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":[10,20,13,1,14],"tags":[3586,117,625,38,118,71,4481,3933,4480,49,48,4479,186],"class_list":["post-34552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-118th","tag-bia","tag-bryan-newland","tag-california","tag-doi","tag-economic-development","tag-erica-pinto","tag-h-r-1246","tag-h-r-6443","tag-hnrc","tag-house","tag-jamul","tag-land-into-trust","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uscapitol-1-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-8Zi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34552","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=34552"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34560,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34552\/revisions\/34560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}