Business Meeting to consider S. 3381, S. 3773 & S. 3789 and Roundtable discussion on “Public Safety in Native Communities”

Date: May 18, 2022

Time: 3:00 PM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

S. 3381 – A bill to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines, and for other purposes

S. 3773 – A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

S. 3789 – A bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes

Witnesses

Ms. Tracy Canard Goodluck

Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Mr. Jason O'Neal

Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Justice Services

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Mr. Robert E. Chapman

Acting Director, Community Oriented Policing Services

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC

The Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton

Council Delegate and Chairwoman of Law and Order Committee

Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ

Mr. Mark Patterson

Chair, Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission

Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu, HI

Mr. Michael B. Ford

Chief of Police

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Reno, NV

Ms. Lucy Rain Simpson

Executive Director

National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, Lame Deer, MT

Ms. A. Nikki Borchardt Campbell

Executive Director

National American Indian Court Judges Association, Boulder, CO

Mr. Alex Cleghorn

Senior Legal and Policy Director

Alaska Native Justice Center, Anchorage, AK