{"id":38687,"date":"2024-07-22T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T18:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=38687"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T18:57:37","slug":"legislative-hearing-on-h-r-1304-h-r-3977-h-r-6599-h-r-7240-h-r-8685-h-r-8791-h-r-8920-h-r-8940-h-r-8945-h-r-8949-h-r-8951-h-r-8953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/22\/legislative-hearing-on-h-r-1304-h-r-3977-h-r-6599-h-r-7240-h-r-8685-h-r-8791-h-r-8920-h-r-8940-h-r-8945-h-r-8949-h-r-8951-h-r-8953\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Hearing on H.R.1304, H.R.3977, H.R.6599, H.R.7240, H.R.8685, H.R.8791, H.R.8920, H.R.8940, H.R.8945, H.R.8949, H.R.8951 & H.R.8953"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/P>\r\nOn Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at 10:15 a.m. in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:\r\n

<\/P>\r\nH.R.1304<\/a>, the Rio San Jos\u00e9 and Rio Jemez Water Settlements Act of 2023
\r\nH.R.3977<\/a>, the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023
\r\nH.R.6599<\/a>, the Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act
\r\nH.R.7240<\/a>, the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
\r\nH.R.8685<\/a>, the Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
\r\nH.R.8791<\/a>, the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
\r\nH.R.8920<\/a>, the Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
\r\nH.R.8940<\/a>, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
\r\nH.R.8945<\/a>, the Navajo Nation Rio San Jos\u00e9 Stream System Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
\r\nH.R.8949<\/a>, the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
\r\nH.R.8951<\/a>, the Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
\r\nH.R.8953<\/a>, the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2024\r\n

<\/P>\r\n

Witness List<\/div>\r\nPanel I
\r\nMembers of Congress TBD\r\n

<\/P>\r\nPanel II \u2013 (H.R.7240, H.R.8685, H.R.8791, H.R.8920, H.R.8951, and H.R.8953)
\r\nThe Hon. Bryan Newland (all bills)
\r\nAssistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
\r\nDepartment of the Interior
\r\nWashington, DC \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Jeffery Stiffram (H.R.8791)
President
Fort Belknap Indian Community
Harlem, Montana\r\n\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Frank White Clay (H.R.8953)
Chairman
Crow Tribe of Indians
Crow Agency, Montana\r\n\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Lester Shine Nieto (H.R.8920)
Vice Chairman
Tule River Indian Tribe of California
\r\nPorterville, California \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Larry Phillips, Jr. (H.R.8685) [Minority Witness]
Governor
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
Ohkay Owingeh,\r\nNew Mexico \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Arden Kucate (H.R.8951) [Minority\r\nWitness]
Governor
Pueblo of Zuni
Zuni, New Mexico \r\n

<\/P>\r\nMr. Marko Manoukian (H.R.7240)
Co-Chair
\r\nSt. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group
Malta,\r\nMontana \r\n

<\/P>\r\nPanel III \u2013 (H.R.1304, H.R.3977, H.R.6599, H.R.8940, H.R.8945, and H.R.8949)
\r\nMr. David Palumbo (all bills)
Deputy Commissioner of Operations
Bureau of Reclamation
\r\nDepartment of the Interior, Washington, DC \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Craig Andrews (H.R.8940)
Vice Chairman
Hopi Tribe
Kykotsmovi, Arizona \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Tanya Lewis (H.R.8949)
Chairwoman
Yavapai-Apache Nation
Upper Verde Valley,\r\nArizona \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Buu Nygren (H.R.3977, H.R.6599, H.R.8940, and H.R.8945) [Minority Witness]
\r\nPresident
\r\nNavajo Nation
Window Rock, Arizona \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Fred Romero (H.R.6599) [Minority Witness]
\r\nGovernor
Pueblo of Taos
Taos, New Mexico \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Hon. Randall Vicente (H.R.1304)\r\n[Minority Witness]
Governor, Pueblo of Acoma
Acoma, New Mexico\r\n

<\/P>\r\n

House Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Documents<\/div>\r\n\r\nLegislative Hearing on H.R. 1304, H.R. 3977, H.R. 6599, H.R. 7240, H.R. 8685, H.R. 8791, H.R. 8920, H.R. 8940, H.R. 8945, H.R. 8949, H.R. 8951 & H.R. 8953<\/a> (naturalresources.house.gov)
\r\n Legislative Hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1304, Rio San Jos\u00e9 and Rio Jemez Water Settlements Act of 2023 ; H.R. 3977, Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023 ; H.R. 6599, Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act ; H.R. 7240, Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 ; H.R. 8685, Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 ; H.R. 8791, Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 ; H.R. 8920, Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 ; H.R. 8940, Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 ; H.R. 8945, Navajo Nation Rio San Jos\u00e9 Stream System Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 ; H.R. 8949, Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 ; H.R. 8951, Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 and H.R. 8953, Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2024<\/a> (docs.house.gov)\r\n \"Legislative","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The House Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries is taking up 12 Indian water rights bills at a legislative hearing.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-video-entry.php","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20,13,1,14,334],"tags":[3586,5144,117,625,3240,38,5149,118,853,5151,5118,5119,5120,5121,5122,5123,5124,5125,5126,5127,5141,5142,464,48,5147,5145,5146,5143,249,24,167,182,5152,5150,2998,1744,153,2378],"class_list":["post-38687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","category-video","tag-118th","tag-arden-kucate","tag-bia","tag-bryan-newland","tag-buu-nygren","tag-california","tag-david-palumbo","tag-doi","tag-frank-white-clay","tag-fred-romero","tag-h-r-1304","tag-h-r-3977","tag-h-r-6599","tag-h-r-7240","tag-h-r-8685","tag-h-r-8791","tag-h-r-8920","tag-h-r-8940","tag-h-r-8945","tag-h-r-8949","tag-h-r-9851","tag-h-r-9853","tag-hopi","tag-house","tag-jeffery-stiffarm","tag-larry-phillips","tag-lester-shine-nieto","tag-mark-manoukian","tag-montana","tag-navajo","tag-new-mexico","tag-pueblo","tag-randall-vicente","tag-tanya-lewis","tag-tule-river","tag-usbr","tag-water","tag-yavapai-apache","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/22\/housesubcommitteeonwaterwildlifeandfisheries.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-a3Z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38687","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=38687"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38758,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38687\/revisions\/38758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}