For Immediate Release
July 11, 2024
Contact:
Mike Inacay (Schatz) at press@indian.senate.gov
Hannah Ray (Murkowski) at hannah_ray@indian.senate.gov
Schatz, Murkowski Lead Legislative Hearing On Four Bills
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led a legislative hearing on –
- S. 2783, Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act;
- S. 3406, Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act;
- S. 3857, Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act; and
- S. 4365, Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act.
Assistant Secretary for Legislation Melanie Anne Egorin from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management Jason Freihage from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians Chairman Talbert Cypress, Jamul Indian Village of California Chairwoman Erica Pinto, and Director of Public Health Brian Lefferts from the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation testified at the hearing.
The full video of the legislative hearing is available here.
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