Hearings of the Committee on Indian Affairs for the 104th Congress
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1st Session, Legislative Hearings
March 15, 1995 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 349, to reauthorize appropriations for the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program.
March 22, 1995 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 441, to reauthorize appropriations for certain programs under the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, and for other purposes.
S. 510, to extend the authorization for certain programs under the Native American Programs Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
March 29, 1995 -- Markup:
S. 325, to make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
S. 349, to reauthorize appropriations for the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program.
S. 441, to reauthorize appropriations for certain programs under the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, and for other purposes.
S. 510, to extend the authorization for certain programs under the Native American Programs Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
June 1, 1995 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 436, to improve the economic conditions and supply of housing in Native American communities by creating the Native American Financial Services Organization (NAFSO), and for other purposes.
June 8, 1995 -- Legislative Field Hearing (Honolulu, HI):
S. 436, to improve the economic conditions and supply of housing in Native American communities by creating the Native American Financial Services Organization (NAFSO), and for other purposes.
June 22, 1995 -- Joint Legislative Hearing:
S. 487, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), and for other purposes (with the Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs of the House Committee on Resources).
June 28, 1995 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 814, to provide for the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
July 13, 1995 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 479, to provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes.
July 25, 1995 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 487, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), and for other purposes.
August 8, 1995 -- Markup:
S. 487, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), and for other purposes.
October 6, 1995 -- Legislative Field Hearing (Anchorage, AK):
S. 814, to provide for the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
October 26, 1995 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 1341, to provide for the transfer of certain lands to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, and for other purposes.
November 7, 1995 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 1159, to establish an American Indian Policy Information Center, and for other purposes.
November 7, 1995 -- Markup:
S. 1341, to provide for the transfer of certain lands to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, and for other purposes.
December 12, 1995 -- Markup:
S. 814, to provide for the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
S. 1159, to establish an American Indian Policy Information Center, and for other purposes.
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1st Session, Oversight Hearings
February 9, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Challenges Facing Indian Youth.
February 14 & 16, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
President Clinton's Budget Request for FY 1996.
March 7, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Federal Programs Authorized to Address the Challenges Facing Indian Youth.
March 8, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Reforming and Downsizing the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
March 20, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
The Projected Impact In Indian Country of Proposed Rescissions of FY 1995 Indian Program Funds and of Proposals to Consolidate or Block Grant Federal Program Funds to Several States.
April 5, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Providing Direct Funding through Block Grants to Tribes to Administer Welfare and Other Social Services Programs.
May 2, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Implementation of the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Authorities by the Indian Health Service.
May 18, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Reforming and Downsizing the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
June 1, 1995 -- Joint Oversight Field Hearing (Honolulu, HI):
Role of Native Hawaiians and Indigenous Pacific Islanders in the Conservation, Management and Development of Western Pacific Fisheries Consistent with the Goals of Conservation and Management of Ocean Resources as Reflected in the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (with the Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries of the Senate Committee on Commerce).
August 2, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Implementation of Public Law 103-176, the Indian Tribal Justice Act.
September 13, 1995 -- Nomination Hearing:
Nomination of Paul M. Homan to be Special Trustee to the Office of Trustee for American Indians, U.S. Department of the Interior.
September 20, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Implementation of Title III, Public Law 101-630, the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act.
November 16, 1995 -- Joint Oversight Hearing:
1994 Joint Federal/State/Alaska Natives Commission Report on the status of Alaskan Natives (with the House Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee).
December 6, 1995 -- Oversight Hearing:
Implementation of Public Law 101-601, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
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April 25, 1996 -- Joint Legislative Hearing:
S. 1264, to provide for certain benefits of the Missouri River Basin Pick-Sloan project to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes (with House Committee on Resources).
June 19, 1996 -- Markup:
H.R. 3286, to help families defray adoption costs, and to promote the adoption of minority children.
June 20, 1996 -- Joint Legislative Hearing:
H.R. 2406, Title VII, to repeal the United States Housing Act of 1937, deregulate the Public Housing Program and the program for rental housing assistance for low-income families, and increase community control over such programs, and for other purposes (with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs).
July 18, 1996 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 1893, to provide for the settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2464, to amend P.L. 103-93 to provide additional lands within the State of Utah for the Goshute Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.
July 18, 1996 -- Markup:
S. 1264, to provide for certain benefits of the Missouri River Basin Pick-Sloan project to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
S. 1834, to reauthorize the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
S. 1869, to make certain technical corrections in the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for other purposes.
July 24, 1996 -- Markup:
S. 199, to repeal certain provisions of law relating to trading with Indians.
S. 1893, to provide for the settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.
S. 1962, to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), and for other purposes.
S. 1970, to amend the National Museum of the American Indian Act to make improvements in the Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1972, to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to improve the provisions relating to Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2464, to amend P.L. 103-93 to provide additional lands within the State of Utah for the Goshute Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3068, to accept the request of the Prairie Island Indian Community to revoke their charter of incorporation issued under the Indian Reorganization Act.
July 30, 1996 -- Markup:
S. 1973, to provide for the settlement of the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, and for other purposes.
S. 1983, to amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to provide for Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.
September 25, 1996 -- Legislative Hearing:
S. 2111, to amend the Act commonly known as the "Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974", and for other purposes.
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2nd Session, Oversight Hearings
March 28, 1996 -- Oversight Hearing:
Settlement and Accommodation Agreements concerning the Navajo and Hopi land dispute.
April 17, 18, 19, 1996 -- Oversight Hearing:
President Clinton's Budget Request for FY 1997 and Related Budgetary Issues from FY 1996.
May 9, 1996 -- Oversight Hearing:
The Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Recent Decision in Seminole v. Florida on the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.
June 11, 1996 -- Oversight Hearing:
Indian Trust Funds Management by the Department of the Interior and Implementation of the Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994.
June 26, 1996 -- Oversight Hearing:
Amendments to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA).
July 3, 1996 -- Oversight Field Hearing (Honolulu, HI):
The Final Report of the National Commission on American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing entitled "Building the Future: A Blueprint for Change" and the Report of the Urban Institute Prepared for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled "Housing and Problems and Needs of Native Hawaiians."
September 17, 1996 -- Oversight Hearing:
Economic Development on Indian Reservations.
September 24, 1996 -- Oversight Hearing:
Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country and Tribal Sovereign Immunity.
October 2, 1996 -- Oversight Hearing:
The Regulatory Activities of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC).
October 16, 1996. Joint Oversight Field Hearing (Anchorage, AK):
Proposed Draft Legislation to Implement the Recommendations of the 1994 Report of the Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs effecting Alaska Natives (with the House Committee on Resources).
House Committee Has Not Printed this Hearing.
December 16, 1996 -- Oversight Field Hearing (Phoenix, AZ):
Implementation of Public Law 101-630, The Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.
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