{"id":437291,"date":"2026-03-02T14:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=437291"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:57:22","slug":"house-subcommittee-on-indian-and-insular-affairs-sets-hearing-on-three-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/03\/02\/house-subcommittee-on-indian-and-insular-affairs-sets-hearing-on-three-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs sets hearing on three 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\/bpoc3yEHrSM?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 Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs: \r\n<a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/bpoc3yEHrSM>Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2827, H.R. 6162 and H.R. 7065<\/a>  \r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs sets hearing on three bills<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, March 2, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418627\">House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs<\/a> is holding its first legislative hearing of the new year.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe subcommittee will take testimony on three Indian Country bills at the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/Committee\/Calendar\/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119002\">hearing on Wednesday morning<\/a>. The agenda follows:\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/2827\">H.R.2827<\/a>, To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes. The bill authorizes the <a href=https:\/\/www.uscfc.uscourts.gov\/>U.S. Court of Federal Claims<\/a> to resolve a land claim of the <a href=https:\/\/www.miamination.com>Miami Tribe<\/a>,   headquartered in Oklahoma. The  claim is based on lands promised  to the tribe by treaty in Illinois.<\/li>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/6162\">H.R.6162<\/a>, the Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025. The bill places about 9.98 acres in trust for the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. The land is located at the site of a former Indian school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the tribes now operate the <a href=\"https:\/\/indianpueblo.org\/\">Indian Pueblo Cultural Center<\/a> and other ventures.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/7065\">H.R.7065<\/a>, the Seneca Nation Law Enforcement Efficiency Act. The law clarifies that the federal government and the <a href=https:\/\/sni.org\/>Seneca Nation<\/a> can exercise criminal jurisdiction on tribal lands, removing the role of the state of New York.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-6>\r\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/hhrg-119-ii24-20260304-sd001\/\" role=\"button\">Hearing Notice<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=col-6>\r\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/hhrg-119-ii24-20260304-sd002\/\" role=\"button\">Hearing Memo<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/03\/02\/house-subcommittee-on-indian-and-insular-affairs-sets-hearing-on-three-bills\/indianpuebloculturalcenter-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-437412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"437412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/03\/02\/house-subcommittee-on-indian-and-insular-affairs-sets-hearing-on-three-bills\/indianpuebloculturalcenter-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/02\/IndianPuebloCulturalCenter.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Indian Pueblo Cultural Center\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Indian Pueblo Cultural Center&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A mural by Mallery Quetawki from the Pueblo of Zuni at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/02\/IndianPuebloCulturalCenter.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/02\/IndianPuebloCulturalCenter.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Pueblo Cultural Center\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-437412\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A mural by Mallery Quetawki from the Pueblo of Zuni at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe hearing takes place at 10:15am Eastern in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building. The partial witness list follows:\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nPanel I (Members of Congress)<BR>\r\n\u2022 To Be Announced\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nPanel II (Administration Witnesses)<BR>\r\n  Mr. Bryan Mercier [H.R.2827, H.R.6162, and H.R.7065]<BR>\r\nDirector<BR>\r\nBureau of Indian Affairs<BR>\r\nU.S. Department of the Interior<BR>\r\nWashington, D.C. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nPanel III (Outside Experts)<BR>\r\n  The Hon. Douglas Lankford [H.R.2827] <BR>\r\n Chief<BR>\r\nMiami Tribe of Oklahoma<BR>\r\nMiami, Oklahoma\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n The Hon. J. C. Seneca [H.R.7065]<BR>\r\n  President<BR>\r\n Seneca Nation of Indians<BR>\r\n Irving, New York\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n  Ms. Monique Fragua [H.R.6162] (Minority Witness)<BR>\r\n President and CEO<BR>\r\n Indian Pueblo Cultural Center<BR>\r\n Albuquerque, New Mexico\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe subcommittee&#8217;s  last legislative  hearing on Indian Country bills took place on <a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418466>November 19, 2025<\/a>. More recently, the subcommittee held oversight hearings on  <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418574\">February 3, 2026<\/a>,   \r\nand <a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418497>December 11, 2025<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Documents<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/hhrg-119-ii24-20260304-sd001\/\">Hearing Notice<\/a> | \r\n<a   href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/hhrg-119-ii24-20260304-sd002\/\"> Hearing Memo<\/a>  |\r\n<a href=https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/Committee\/Calendar\/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119002>More on docs.house.gov<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418627>\r\nLegislative Hearing on H.R. 2827, H.R. 6162 and H.R. 7065<\/a> (March 4, 2026)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is holding its first legislative hearing of the new year.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":437412,"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":[11,20,13,1,14],"tags":[5366,117,5364,101,346,118,2084,7196,7197,7198,49,48,1081,5941,72,397,476,186,511,2083,7199,167,34,127,182,540,220,154,3002],"class_list":["post-437291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-119th","tag-bia","tag-bryan-mercier","tag-crime","tag-dc","tag-doi","tag-douglas-lankford","tag-h-r-2827","tag-h-r-6162","tag-h-r-7065","tag-hnrc","tag-house","tag-illinois","tag-jc-seneca","tag-judiciary","tag-jurisdiction","tag-land-claims","tag-land-into-trust","tag-law-enforcement","tag-miami","tag-monique-fragua","tag-new-mexico","tag-new-york","tag-oklahoma","tag-pueblo","tag-seneca","tag-sovereignty","tag-treaties","tag-uscfc","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/02\/IndianPuebloCulturalCenter.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1PL5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437291","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=437291"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437414,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437291\/revisions\/437414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}