Updated December 5, 2000

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
106th Congress - 2nd Session
Hearing List

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106th Congress, 1st Session (1999)
105th, 104th or 103rd Congress

February


2/23/2000
HEARING, FY2001 Budget Hearing
Witness List

March

3/8/2000
HEARING, Indian Health Care Improvement Act
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3/21/2000
HEARING on S.2102, a bill to establish a permanent homeland for the Timbisha Shoshone.
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3/22/2000
BUSINESS MEETING on S.1586, Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 1999 and
S.1315, Oil and Gas Rights Leases of Navajo Indian Allotted Lands.
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NOMINATION HEARING, on Mr. Thomas N. Slonaker to be Special Trustee for American Indians.
Witness List


3/29/00
BUSINESS MEETING on S.1507, Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse;
S.1509, Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1999
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HEARING, on S.1967, to make technical corrections to the status of certain land held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, to take certain land into trust for that Band.
Witness List

April


4/5/2000
BUSINESS MEETING to markup the nomination of Thomas N. Slonaker, to be Special Trustee for American Indians in the Department of the Interior.
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LEGISLATIVE HEARING, on S.612, the Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act of 1999.
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4/12/2000
OVERSIGHT HEARING, on the Report of the Academy for Public Administration on BIA Management Reforms.
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4/26/2000
HEARING, on Education legislation
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May


5/2/2000
HEARING, on S.2350, Duchesne City Water Rights Conveyance Act; and
S.2351, Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act.
Witness List

5/3/2000
BUSINESS MEETING, to mark up the following:
S.1929, to reauthorize the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act;
S.1967, to make technical corrections to lands held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
H.R.2484, Lower Sioux land transfer.

5/10/2000
BUSINESS MEETING, to mark up the following:
S.2102, a bill to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe a permanent land base within its aboriginal homeland, and for other purposes;
H.R.1953, to authorize leases for terms not to exceed 99 years on land held in trust for the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians and the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians of the Guidiville Indian Rancheria.
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HEARING, on Draft Legislation to reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
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5/17/2000
OVERSIGHT HEARING, on Indian Arts and Crafts
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5/17/2000
HEARING, on S.1148, to provide for the Yankton Sioux and the Santee Sioux Tribe certain benefits of the Missouri River Pick-Sloan project; and
S.1658, to authorize the construction of a reconciliation place in Fort Pierre, South Dakota.
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5/24/2000
HEARING, on S.611, to provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal Recognition to certain Indian groups
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June


6/7/2000
JOINT HEARING with Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power on S.2508, the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (to provide for a final settlement of the claims of the Colorado Ute Indian tribes).
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6/14/2000
 HEARING on S.2282, to encourage the efficient use of existing resources and assets related to Indian agricultural research, development and exports within the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
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6/22/2000
 HEARING, on Indian Trust Corp. (discussion draft)
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6/28/2000

HEARING on S.2283, to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)
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July



7/12/2000
OVERSIGHT HEARING, on BIA and GAO Reports on Risk Management/ Tort Liability.
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7/20/2000
HEARING on S.2688, Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2000.
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7/25/2000
OVERSIGHT HEARING, on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
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7/26/2000
  1. BUSINESS MEETING to markup the following bills:
      S.2283, the Indian Tribal Surface Transportation Act of 2000;
      S.2872, the Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000;
      H.R.2647, Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999

  2. OVERSIGHT HEARING, on Activities of the National Indian Gaming Commission.
    Witness List
  3. HEARING, on legislation to Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
    Witness List


August



8/4/2000
FIELD HEARINGS, on legislation (S.2526) to reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, North Dakota

8/17/2000
FIELD HEARING, (North Dakota) on Individual Indian Money Accounts.

8/28/2000
FIELD HEARINGS on legislation (S.2899) to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States’ relationship with Native Hawaiians.
Honolulu, OAHU, Hawaii

8/29/2000
FIELD HEARINGS, cont’d.,
Honolulu, OAHU, Hawaii

8/30/2000
FIELD HEARINGS, cont’d.
Honolulu, OAHU, Hawaii

8/31/2000
FIELD HEARINGS, cont’d.
Honolulu, OAHU, Hawaii

September



9/1/2000
FIELD HEARINGS, cont’d.
Honolulu, OAHU, Hawaii

9/6/2000
BUSINESS MEETING, to markup S.611, the Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 2000; S.2282, the Native American Agriculture Research, Development, and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.
HEARING on S.2580, the Indian School Construction Act.
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9/14/2000
LEGISLATIVE HEARING on S.2899, to Express the Policy of the United States Regarding the United States' Relationship with Native Hawaiians.
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BUSINESS MEETING to markup S.2899, a Bill to Express the Policy of the United States Regarding the United States' Relationship with Native Hawaiians

9/27/2000
HEARING, on S.2052, the Indian Consolidated Funding Act and Indian Economic Development
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BUSINESS MEETING to markup the following the following bills:


October



10/4/2000
OVERSIGHT HEARING, on Alcohol and Law Enforcement in Alaska
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