Reporting H.R. 2938 Out of Committee (Passed 32-11. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill amends the Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Act to prohibit gaming activities on lands that the Tohono O’odham Nation was authorized to purchase in Arizona in exchange for granting the federal government all right, title, and interest to the Gila Bend Indian Reservation.
Gosar Amendment #986 –… Read more »
The House Natural Resources Committee today unanimously agreed to pass H.R. 1158, the Montana Mineral Conveyance Act, a vital bill for the economic development of Montana’s Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Introduced by Rep. Denny Rehberg (MT-At Large), the bill would transfer ownership of a mineral estate on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation allowing the Tribe to control the development of the… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 1408 Out of Committee (Passed 34-10. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill would allow the Sealaska Native Corporation to receive its remaining land conveyance under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 by selecting Native lands from within a designated pool of land in Southeast Alaska.
Young Amendment #074 – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.)
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Reporting H.R. 1904 Out of Committee (Passed 26-19. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill would exchange lands between Resolution Copper, the federal government, the state of Arizona and the town of Superior, AZ. The land exchange will created jobs by providing Resolution Copper 2,422 acres for future copper mining while providing important environmental and tribal protections to lands… Read more »
Today, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) adopted a resolution supporting H.R. 887, legislation by Indian and Alaskan Native Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Don Young (AK-At Large) and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to cap attorneys’ fees in the Cobell v. Salazar Settlement Agreement at $50 million. At a conference on May 16-19th, the Affiliated… Read more »
Today, the House Water and Power Subcommittee and the Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee held a joint hearing to examine the potential job and economic impacts of proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates on the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), a coal-fired generation plant in north-central Arizona.
“The EPA is moving to impose one billion dollars of new costs on… Read more »
