Updated October 11th, 2002

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
107th Congress - 2nd Session
Hearing List

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1st Session

January


1/31/2001
Business/Organizational Meeting
To Select the Chairman and Vice Chairman

February


2/28/2001
  • Business Meeting, to consider the committee funding resolution for the 107th Congress.
  • Oversight Hearing, to receive the views of the Department of the Interior on matters of Indian Affairs.
    Witness List

March


3/7/2001
Business Meeting, to adopt the rules of the committee for the 107th Congress.

3/14/2001
  • Business Meeting, to consider the committee's views and estimates on the President's FY 2002 Budget Request for Indian Programs.
  • Hearing, on S. 211, the "Native American Education Improvement Act of 2001".
    Witness List

3/22/2001
Hearing, on the goals and priorities of the member tribes of the National Congress of American Indians for the 107th Congress.
Witness List


April


4/4/2001
Business Meeting, to markup S. 211

4/5/2001
Oversight Hearing, to receive the goals and priorities of the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) for the 107th Congress.
Witness List


May


5/10/2001
Oversight Hearing, to receive the goals and priorities of the Alaska Native community for the 107th Congress.
Witness List


June


6/13/2001
Confirmation Hearing, on the nomination of Mr. Neal A. McCaleb to be Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Witness List

6/19/2001
Hearing, to receive testimony on the goals and priorities of the member tribes of the Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes/Inter-tribal Bison Cooperative for the 107th Congress.
Witness List

6/21/2001
Oversight Hearing, on Native American Program Initiatives.
Witness List

6/26/01
Hearing, to receive testimony on the goals and priorities of the Great Plains Tribes for the 107th session of the Congress
Witness List


July


7/12/01
Hearing, to receive testimony on the goals and priorities of the member tribes of the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council for the 107th session of the Congress.
Witness List

7/18/01
Oversight Hearing, on Tribal Good Governance Practices and Economic Development.
Witness List
Complete Hearing Transcript

7/24/01
  • Business Meeting, to markup:
  • Hearing,on S. 266, a bill to provide for the long-term leasing of lands on the Warm Springs Reservation, and for the approval of an agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Portland General Electric Company and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation.
    Witness List
    Complete Hearing Transcript

7/25/01
Oversight Hearing, on the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Witness List
Complete Hearing Transcript

7/31/01
Hearing, on Indian Health Care Improvement Act focusing on urban Indian Health Care Programs.
Witness List
Complete Hearing Transcript


2nd Session

February


2/7/02
Oversight Hearing on Legislative Proposals relating to the statute of limitations on claims against the United States related to the management of Indian tribal trust fund accounts.
Witness List

2/13/02
  • Business Meeting, to markup S. 1857
  • Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act.
    Witness List

02/26/02
Oversight Hearing, on the Management of Indian Trust Funds
02/27/02
Hearing, on Rulings of the United States Supreme Court affecting Tribal Government Powers and Authorities

March


03/05/02
Hearing, on the President's Budget Request for Indian Programs for Fiscal Year 2003
03/07/02
Hearing, on the President's Budget Request for Indian Programs for Fiscal Year 2003
3/14/02
Oversight Hearing, on the President's Budget Request for Indian Programs for Fiscal Year 2003
3/21/02
Business Meeting, to markup:

April


4/3/02
Field Hearing, on the Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Equitable Compensation Act (Title 35 of P.L. 102-575).
Ft. Yates, North Dakota

4/5/02
Field Hearing, on Native Hawaiian Early Education, Development, and Care.
Honolulu, Hawaii

4/17/02
Oversight Hearing, on subsistence hunting and fishing issues in the State of Alaska.
4/24/02
Legislative Hearing, on S. 2017, A Bill to Amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974.
4/24/02
Joint Hearing with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
on S. 2018 , a bill to establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area within the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico to resolve a land claim involving the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, and for other purposes.
4/30/02
Joint Hearing with the Senate Small Business Committee
on Small Business Development in Native American Communities: Is the Federal Government meeting its obligations?

May


5/8/02
Legislative Hearing on S. 343, The Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act of 2001.

5/10/02
Hearing on implementation and reauthorization of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

05/14/02
Joint Oversight Hearing with Senate Commerce Committee on Telecommunications Issues in Indian Country.

05/22/02
Legislative Hearing on S. 1340, A Bill to Amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to Provide for Indian Probate Reform.

June


06/04/02
Oversight Hearing on the Activities of Federal Agencies as they Affect Native American Sacred Sites.

06/11/02
Oversight Hearing on the Branch of Acknowledgment, U.S. Department of the Interior.

06/18/02
Oversight Hearing on Texas Restoration Act

06/26/02
Oversight Hearing on the Status of the Department of the Interior/Tribal Trust Fund Management Reform Dialogue

July


07/10/02 07/11/02
Hearing, on Contemporary Tribal Governments: Challenges in Law Enforcement Related to the Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court 07/17/02
Hearing, on the Protection of Native American Sacred Places 07/18/02 07/24/02
Hearing, on S. 1344 , a bill to Encourage Training to Native Americans Interested in Commercial Vehicle Driving Careers 07/25/02
Hearing, on the July 2, 2002 Report of the U.S. Department of the Interior to the Congress on the Historical Accounting of Individual Indian Money Accounts. 07/30/02

August


8/1/02 8/02/02
Hearing, on S. 958 , A bill to provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Western Shoshone identifiable group under Indian Claims Commission Docket Numbers 326-A-1, 326-A-3, 326-K, and for other purposes.

September


09/14/02
Oversight Field Hearing on the goals and priorities of South Dakota tribes

09/17/02
Hearing, on S. 1392, a bill to establish procedures for the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior with respect to tribal recognition.

09/18/02
Hearing, on H.R. 2880, Five Nations Citizens Land Reform Act.

09/24/02
Oversight Hearing, on the Role of the Special Trustee within the Department of Interior.

09/25/02
    Business Meeting for the consideration of bills for report to the full Senate

    Hearing, to Receive Testimony on the President's appointment of Quanah Crossland Stamps to serve as Commissioner for the Administration for Native Americans, and the appointment of Phil Hogen to serve as Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission.

09/26/02
Oversight Hearing, on Intra-tribal Leadership Disputes and Tribal Governance.

10/01/02
Business Meeting to consider the following:
  • S. 2743
  • S. 2799
  • S. 2989
  • S.Res. 321
  • Nomination of Phil Hogen to serve as Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission.
  • Nomination of Quannah Crossland Stamps to serve as Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans.
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10/09/02
Hearing, on S.2694, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2002 10/10/02
Hearing, on S. 2986, a bill to provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan.


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