{"id":830115,"date":"2026-09-23T16:27:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=830115"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:33:46","slug":"testimony-mark-macarro-pechanga-band-of-indians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/testimony-mark-macarro-pechanga-band-of-indians\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimony: Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Indians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Testimony: Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Indians<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1750, S. 3859, S. 4053, &#038; H.R. 226<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, September 23, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<strong>&#8226; PDF: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/9-23-26-testimony-mark-macarro\/>Testimony<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n  The following is the written testimony of Mark Macarro, Chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pechanga-nsn.gov\">Pechanga Band of Indians<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMacarro appears before the   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> at a <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-holds-business-meeting-and-legislative-hearing\/\">Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S.1750, S.3859, S.4053, &#038; H.R.226<\/a> on September 23, 2026. He provides testimony on   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/4053\">S.4053<\/a>,  a   bill to place about 1,261 acres in trust for the Pechanga Band.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/testimony-mark-macarro-pechanga-band-of-indians\/9-23-26-testimony-mark-macarro-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-830028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"830028\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/testimony-mark-macarro-pechanga-band-of-indians\/9-23-26-testimony-mark-macarro-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Mark Macarro\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Indians. Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1750, S. 3859, S. 4053, &amp;#038; H.R. 226. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. September 23, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Indians. Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1750, S. 3859, S. 4053, &amp;#038; H.R. 226. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. September 23, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-1.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Mark Macarro\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-830028\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/testimony-mark-macarro-pechanga-band-of-indians\/9-23-26-testimony-mark-macarro-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-830027\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"830027\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/testimony-mark-macarro-pechanga-band-of-indians\/9-23-26-testimony-mark-macarro-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Mark Macarro\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Indians. Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1750, S. 3859, S. 4053, &amp;#038; H.R. 226. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. September 23, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Indians. Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1750, S. 3859, S. 4053, &amp;#038; H.R. 226. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. September 23, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Mark Macarro\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-830027\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/testimony-mark-macarro-pechanga-band-of-indians\/9-23-26-testimony-mark-macarro-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-830026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-attachment-id=\"830026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/testimony-mark-macarro-pechanga-band-of-indians\/9-23-26-testimony-mark-macarro-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1700,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Testimony: Mark Macarro\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Indians. Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1750, S. 3859, S. 4053, &amp;#038; H.R. 226. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. September 23, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Indians. Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1750, S. 3859, S. 4053, &amp;#038; H.R. 226. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. September 23, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-3.jpg\" alt=\"Testimony: Mark Macarro\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-830026\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Honorable Mark Macarro [PDF: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/9-23-26-testimony-mark-macarro\/>Testimony<\/a>]<BR>\r\nChairman<BR>\r\nPechanga Band of Indians<BR>\r\nTemecula, California\r\n \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n \r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearings\/legislative-hearing-to-receive-testimony-on-s-1750-s-3859-s-4053-h-r-226\/>Business Meeting is to consider S.5354 &#038; Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 1750, S. 3859, S. 4053, &#038; H.R. 226<\/a> (September 23, 2026)\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div> <div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/09\/23\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-holds-business-meeting-and-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds business meeting and legislative hearing\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds business meeting and legislative hearing<\/a> (September 23, 2026)<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Macarro of the Pechanga Band of Indians testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 23, 2026.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":830028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,13,1,14],"tags":[5366,38,170,186,2059,1922,7687,7688,7689,213,91],"class_list":["post-830115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-119th","tag-california","tag-congress","tag-land-into-trust","tag-mark-macarro","tag-pechanga","tag-s-1750","tag-s-3859","tag-s-4053","tag-scia","tag-senate","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-3tWX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/9.23.26-Testimony-Mark-Macarro-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830115","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=830115"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830189,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830115\/revisions\/830189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}