Roundtable discussion titled “Promoting and Supporting Tribal Access to Spectrum and Related Benefits in Native Communities”

Date: September 21, 2022

Time: 2:30 PM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

Ms. Heidi Todacheene

Senior Advisor to the Secretary

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington D.C.

Mr. Umair Javed

Chief Counsel, Office of the Chairwoman

U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Washington D.C.

Ms. Priscilla Delgado Argeris

Chief Legal Advisor, Office of the Chairwoman

U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Washington D.C.

Ms. Anna Maria Ortiz, PH.D

Director, Natural Resources and Environment

U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington D.C.

Ms. Sally Moino

Assistant Director, Physical Infrastructure

U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington D.C.

Mr. Tyler Iokepa Gomes

Deputy to the Chairman

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Kapolei, HI

The Honorable Melanie Benjamin

Chief Executive Officer

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, MN

*Accompanied by MR. KEITH Modglin, Director of Information Technology, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, MN

Mr. Chris Cropley

Network Architect

Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, AK