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                   HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND SUMMARY

                       OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

                                 OF THE

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

                               DURING THE

                       ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

                               1999-2000


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                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

              BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado, Chairman

                DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Vice Chairman

FRANK MURKOWSKI, Alaska              KENT CONRAD, North Dakota
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona,                HARRY REID, Nevada
SLADE GORTON, Washington             DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii
PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico         PAUL WELLSTONE, Minnesota
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming                BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma

         Paul Moorehead, Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel

        Patricia M. Zell, Minority Staff Director/Chief Counsel

                                  (ii)

  
                  I. HISTORY AND JURISDICTION

    A. Summary. In 1977, the Senate re-established the 
Committee on Indian Affairs, making it a temporary select 
committee [February 4, 1977, S. Res. 4, Sec. 105, 95th 
Congress., 1st Sess. (1977), as amended]. The select committee 
was to disband at the close of the 95th Congress, but following 
several term extensions, the Senate voted to make the select 
committee permanent on June 6, 1984. The committee has 
jurisdiction to study the unique problems of American Indian, 
Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples and to propose 
legislation to alleviate these difficulties. These issues 
include, but are not limited to, Indian education, economic 
development, land management, trust responsibilities, health 
care, and claims against the United States. Additionally, all 
legislation proposed by Members of the Senate that specifically 
pertains to American Indians, Native Hawaiians, or Alaska 
Natives is under the jurisdiction of the committee.
    B. History. Until 1946, when a legislative reorganization 
act abolished both the House and Senate Committees on Indian 
Affairs, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs had been in 
existence since the early 19th century. After 1946, Indian 
affairs legislative and oversight jurisdiction was vested in 
subcommittees of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. While this 
subcommittee arrangement may not have specifically reflected a 
diminishment of the consideration given Indian affairs by the 
Congress, the revised arrangement historically coincided with a 
20-year hiatus in Indian affairs known as the ``Termination 
Era''--a period in which the prevailing policy of the United 
States was to terminate the Federal relationship with Indian 
tribes or transfer jurisdiction over tribal lands to the 
States.
    By the mid-1960's, this Termination philosophy was in 
decline as a failed policy and the Congress began to include 
Indian tribes in legislation designed to rebuild the social 
infrastructure of the Nation and provide economic opportunities 
for economically-depressed areas. In the early 1970's the 
Termination era was decisively ended with the enactment of the 
Menominee Restoration Act of 1973. Although a number of 
important legislative initiatives affecting Indians were 
enacted in the early 1970's, it became clear that the existing 
subcommittee structure was not providing an adequate forum for 
legislating appropriate solutions to problems confronting 
Indian country. Legislative jurisdiction over Indian affairs 
was fragmented among a number of committees. Overall, more than 
10 committees in the Congress were responsible for Indian 
affairs, a situation which resulted in a sometimes disjointed 
treatment of Indian affairs and in an often haphazard 
development of Federal Indian policy.
    C. Re-establishment of committee. In 1973, Senator James 
Abourezk introduced S.J. Res. 133 to establish a Federal 
commission to review all aspects of policy, law, and 
administration relating to affairs of the United States with 
American Indian tribes and people. The Senate and the House of 
Representatives both adopted S.J. Res. 133 and on January 2, 
1975, the Resolution was signed into law by the President, thus 
establishing the American Indian Policy Review Commission 
[Public Law 93-580]. As the work of this Commission progressed, 
it became readily apparent that a full Senate committee with 
full legislative and oversight authority was needed to receive 
the report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission and 
to act upon its recommendations. Indeed, one of the final 
recommendations of the Commission was that a full-fledged 
Committee on Indian Affairs be established in the Senate.
    At the same time the Commission was formulating its 
recommendation for the establishment of a Committee on Indian 
Affairs, the Senate was developing a far-reaching proposal for 
reorganization of the entire Senate committee system. Under 
this proposal, the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs under the 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs was to be abolished 
with its natural resource functions to be distributed among 
other newly formed Senate committees and its human resources 
functions to be transferred to the Senate Committee on Labor 
and Human Resources.
    In view of the pending report of the American Indian Policy 
Review Commission and its anticipated recommendations, however, 
the Senate revamped its committee reorganization proposal to 
include the establishment of a temporary select committee to 
receive the Commission's report and to act on its 
recommendations. Thus, there was included within S. Res. 4 of 
February 4, 1977, the Committee System Reorganization 
Amendments of 1977, a provision to establish a Select Committee 
on Indian Affairs with full jurisdiction over all proposed 
legislation and other matters relating to Indian affairs. With 
the commencement of the 96th Congress, the Select Committee on 
Indian Affairs was to expire and jurisdiction over Indian 
matters was to be transferred to the Senate Committee on Labor 
and Human Resources.
    As the Select Committee on Indian Affairs grappled with the 
report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission and the 
many other Indian issues that were presented to it during the 
95th Congress, it became increasingly evident that if the 
Congress was to continue to meet its constitutional, legal, and 
historical responsibilities in the area of Indian affairs, an 
ongoing legislative committee with adequate expertise and 
resources should be re-established in the Senate.
    S. Res. 405, to make the Select Committee on Indian Affairs 
a permanent committee of the Senate, was introduced by Senator 
Abourezk on February 22, 1978. The measure was amended by the 
Rules Committee to extend the life of the committee for 2 years 
until January 2, 1981, and was agreed to by the Senate on 
October 14, 1978. In the 96th Congress, Senator John Melcher, 
who was at the time chairman of the Select Committee on Indian 
Affairs, introduced S. Res. 448 to make it a permanent 
committee. The Resolution had 28 cosponsors, and was reported 
by the Rules Committee with an amendment to extend the select 
committee to January 2, 1984, and to expand the membership to 
seven members commencing in the 97th Congress. S. Res. 448 was 
adopted by the Senate on December 11, 1980.
    D. Permanent committee. On April 28, 1983, Senator Mark 
Andrews, chairman of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs in 
the 98th Congress, introduced S. Res. 127 to make the committee 
a permanent committee. This Resolution had 28 cosponsors. On 
November 1, 1983, the Committee on Rules and Administration 
voted unanimously to report the Resolution without amendment, 
and the Resolution was so reported on November 2, 1983 [S. 
Rept. 98-294]. On November 18, the last day of the first 
session of the 98th Congress, the Senate agreed to an extension 
of the select committee to July 1, 1984, in order to allow time 
for later debate. By the time the Resolution was brought to the 
floor for consideration there were 60 cosponsors. On June 4, 
1984, the Select Committee on Indian Affairs was made a 
permanent committee of the Senate [S. Res. 127, 98th Congress, 
2d Sess.]. In 1993, the Select Committee on Indian Affairs was 
redesignated as the Committee on Indian Affairs [sec. 25, S. 
Res. 71, 103d Cong., 1st Sess.].
    E. Committee membership. The number of members serving on 
the committee has expanded since its formation in 1977, 
revealing increasing interest among members of the Senate in 
Federal Indian policy. At the time the committee was formed in 
the 95th Congress, there were five members. The membership 
remained at five in the 96th Congress, but grew to seven in the 
97th Congress and the 98th Congress. The membership increased 
to nine in the 99th Congress, and by the 101st Congress, the 
committee membership grew to 10. In the 102d Congress the 
membership of the committee expanded to 16 members. A further 
increase occurred in the beginning of the 103d Congress when 
the membership was expanded to 18.
    In the 104th Congress, the Senate initially named 17 of its 
members to serve on the committee, and elected Senator John 
McCain as chairman and Senator Daniel K. Inouye as vice 
chairman. When Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell joined the 
Republican party in 1995, he was reappointed to the committee 
as a member of the majority. Consequently, the committee 
membership was reduced to 16 members as a result of Senator 
Paul Coverdell relinquishing membership on the committee in 
order to maintain the appropriate ratio between majority and 
minority members [9 to 7 rather than 10 to 7].
    In the 105th Congress, the ratio of the committee was 
maintained at 8 to 6 as the number of members serving on the 
committee was reduced to 14, reflecting the retirements of 
Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Kansas Republican, and Senator 
Paul Simon, Illinois Democrat. In addition, Senator Don 
Nickles, Oklahoma Republican, relinquished committee membership 
to serve as Assistant Majority Leader of the Senate. In his 
stead, Senator James Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, joined the 
committee as a first-time committee member.
    In the 106th Congress, the number of members serving on the 
committee remained at 14 at a ratio of 8 to 6 with a Republican 
majority. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell remained chairman and 
Senator Daniel K. Inouye remained vice chairman. Members of the 
committee remained the same as those who served at the end of 
the 105th Congress.

 II. JURISDICTION AND RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

      A. Excerpts from Senate Resolution 4. The Committee System 
 Reorganization Amendments of 1977 were amended and revised to reflect 
     membership and designations applicable to the 106th Congress.

    Committee on Indian Affairs, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs:
        Sec. 105(a)(1) There is established a Committee on 
        Indian Affairs [hereafter in this section referred to 
        as the ``committee''] which shall consist of 14 
        members, 8 to be appointed by the President of the 
        Senate, upon the recommendation of the majority leader, 
        from among members of the majority party and 6 to be 
        appointed by the President of the Senate, upon 
        recommendation of the minority leader, from among the 
        members of the minority party. The committee shall 
        select a chairman from among its members.
        (2) A majority of the members of the committee shall 
        constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of 
        business, except that the committee may fix a lesser 
        number as a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony. 
        The committee shall adopt rules of procedure not 
        inconsistent with this section and the rules of the 
        Senate governing standing committees of the Senate.
        (3) Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall 
        not affect the authority of the remaining members to 
        execute the functions of the committee.
        (4) For purposes of paragraph 6 of rule XXV of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate, service of a Senator as a 
        member or chairman of the committee shall not be taken 
        into account.
        (b)(1) All proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
        memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs 
        shall be referred to the committee.
        (2) It shall be the duty of the committee to conduct a 
        study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and 
        opportunities of Indians, including but not limited to, 
        Indian land management and trust responsibilities, 
        Indian education, health, special services, and loan 
        programs, and Indian claims against the United States.
        (3) The committee shall from time to time report to the 
        Senate, by bill or otherwise within its jurisdiction.
        (c)(1) For the purposes of this resolution, the 
        committee is authorized, in its discretion, (A) to make 
        investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, 
        (B) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of 
        the Senate, (C) to employ personnel, (D) to hold 
        hearings, (E) to sit and act at any time or place 
        during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of 
        the Senate, (F) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, 
        the attendance of witnesses and the production of 
        correspondence, books, papers, and documents, (G) to 
        take depositions and other testimony, (H) to procure 
        the services of individual consultants or organizations 
        thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 
        202(I) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
        and (I) with the prior consent of the Government 
        department or agency concerned and the Committee on 
        Rules and Administration, to use on a reimbursable 
        basis the services of personnel of any such department 
        or agency.
        (2) The chairman of the committee or any member thereof 
        may administer oaths to witnesses.
        (3) Subpoenas authorized by the committee may be issued 
        over the signature of the chairman, or any member of 
        the committee designated by the chairman, and may be 
        served by any person designated by the chairman or any 
        member signing the subpoena.

              B. Rules of the Committee on Indian Affairs

    Senate Standing Rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt 
rules to govern the procedures of the committee and to publish 
those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March 1 
of the first year of each Congress. On January 6, 1999, the 
Committee on Indian Affairs held a business meeting during 
which the members of the committee unanimously adopted rules to 
govern the procedures of the committee. The rules adopted 
follow.

                            COMMITTEE RULES

    Rule 1. The Standing Rules of the Senate, Senate Resolution 
4, and the provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946, as amended by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, 
to the extent the provisions of such act are applicable to the 
Committee on Indian Affairs and supplemented by these rules, 
are adopted as the rules of the committee.

                       MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE

    Rule 2. The committee shall meet on the first Tuesday of 
each month while the Congress is in session for the purpose of 
conducting business, unless for the convenience of the members, 
the chairman shall set some other day for a meeting. Additional 
meetings may be called by the chairman as he may deem 
necessary.

                       OPEN HEARINGS AND MEETINGS

    Rule 3. Hearings and business meetings of the committee 
shall be open to the public except when the chairman by a 
majority vote orders a closed hearing or meeting.

                           HEARING PROCEDURE

    Rule 4(a). Public notice shall be given of the date, place, 
and subject matter of any hearing to be held by the committee 
at least 1 week in advance of such hearing unless the chairman 
of the committee determines that the hearing is 
noncontroversial or that special circumstances require 
expedited procedures and a majority of the committee involved 
concurs. In no case shall a hearing be conducted with less than 
24 hours notice.
    (b). Each witness who is to appear before the committee 
shall file with the committee, at least 72 hours in advance of 
the hearing, an original and 75 printed copies of his or her 
written testimony. In addition, each witness shall provide an 
electronic copy of the testimony on a computer disk formatted 
and suitable for use by the committee.
    (c). Each member shall be limited to 5 minutes in 
questioning of any witness until such time as all members who 
so desire have had an opportunity to question the witness 
unless the committee shall decide otherwise.
    (d). The chairman and vice chairman or the ranking majority 
and minority members present at the hearing may each appoint 
one committee staff member to question each witness. Such staff 
member may question the witness only after all members present 
have completed their questioning of the witness or at such time 
as the chairman and vice chairman or the ranking majority and 
minority members present may agree.

                        BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA

    Rule 5(a). A legislative measure or subject shall be 
included in the agenda of the next following business meeting 
of the committee if a written request by a member for such 
inclusion has been filed with the chairman of the committee at 
least one week prior to such meeting. Nothing in this rule 
shall be construed to limit the authority of the chairman of 
the committee to include legislative measures or subject on the 
committee agenda in the absence of such request.
    (b). Notice of, and the agenda for, any business meeting of 
the committee shall be provided to each member and made 
available to the public at least two days prior to such 
meeting, and no new items may be added after the agenda is 
published except by the approval of a majority of the members 
of the committee. The clerk shall promptly notify absent 
members of any action taken by the committee on matters not 
included in the published agenda.

                                 QUORUM

    Rule 6(a). Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 8 
members shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business 
of the committee. Consistent with Senate rules, a quorum is 
presumed to be present unless the absence of a quorum is noted 
by a member.
    (b). A measure may be ordered reported from the committee 
unless an objection is made by a member, in which case a 
recorded vote of the members shall be required.
    (c). One member shall constitute a quorum for the purpose 
of conducting a hearing or taking testimony on any measure 
before the committee.

                                 VOTING

    Rule 7(a). A recorded vote of the members shall be taken 
upon the request of any member.
    (b). Proxy voting shall be permitted on all matters, except 
that proxies may not be counted for the purpose of determining 
the presence of a quorum. Unless further limited, a proxy shall 
be exercised only for the date for which it is given and upon 
the terms published in the agenda for that date.

                SWORN TESTIMONY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    Rule 8. Witnesses in committee hearings may be required to 
give testimony under oath whenever the chairman or vice 
chairman of the committee deems it to be necessary. At any 
hearing to confirm a Presidential nomination, the testimony of 
the nominee, and at the request of any member, any other 
witness, shall be under oath. Every nominee shall submit a 
financial statement, on forms to be perfected by the committee, 
which shall be sworn to by the nominee as to its completeness 
and accuracy. All such statements shall be made public by the 
committee unless the committee, in executive session, 
determines that special circumstances require a full or partial 
exception to this rule. Members of the committee are urged to 
make public a complete disclosure of their financial interests 
on forms to be perfected by the committee in the manner 
required in the case of Presidential nominees.

                         CONFIDENTIAL TESTIMONY

    Rule 9. No confidential testimony taken by, or confidential 
material presented to the committee or any report of the 
proceedings of a closed committee hearing or business meeting 
shall be made public in whole or in part by way of summary, 
unless authorized by a majority of the members of the committee 
at a business meeting called for the purpose of making such a 
determination.

                         DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS

    Rule 10. Any person whose name is mentioned or who is 
specifically identified in, or who believes that testimony or 
other evidence presented at, an open committee hearing tends to 
defame him or her or otherwise adversely affect his or her 
reputation may file with the committee for its consideration 
and action a sworn statement of facts relevant to such 
testimony of evidence.

                  BROADCASTING OF HEARINGS OR MEETINGS

    Rule 11. Any meeting or hearing by the committee which is 
open to the public may be covered in whole or in part by 
television, radio broadcast, or still photography. 
Photographers and reporters using mechanical recording, 
filming, or broadcasting devices shall position their equipment 
so as not to interfere with the sight, vision, and hearing of 
members and staff on the dais or with the orderly process of 
the meeting or hearing.

                           AMENDING THE RULES

    Rule 12. These rules may be amended only by a vote of a 
majority of all the members of the committee in a business 
meeting of the committee; provided, that no vote may be taken 
on any proposed amendment unless such amendment is reproduced 
in full in the committee agenda for such meeting at least 7 
days in advance of such meeting.

  III. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 106th CONGRESS

    A. Overview. In the 106th Congress, a total of 83 bills and 
3 resolutions were referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 
for consideration. The committee reported to the Senate for 
action a total of 39 bills and 2 resolutions; 30 of the bills 
reported by the committee became public law, either as a stand-
alone bill or incorporated into larger bills. The committee 
also reported the nomination of 2 Presidential appointees who 
was subsequently confirmed by the Senate.
    The committee held 72 hearings, 20 of which were oversight 
hearings with some involving multiple bills or issues. Several 
of the meetings were field hearings in locations throughout 
Indian country and Hawaii.
    While the bills and resolutions considered by and acted 
upon by the committee covered a variety of issues, the 
foregoing statistics do not adequately reflect much of the 
committee's major activities during the 106th Congress. A 
number of bills that were considered by the committee were 
incorporated into multi-title legislation and enacted into law 
as part of other broader legislation, and action on a number of 
bills referred to the committee was made unnecessary by other 
action on similar companion legislation.
    Similarly, the committee was substantially involved in 
efforts to develop proposals that were under consideration or 
incorporated within omnibus legislation over which other 
committees of the Senate had jurisdiction. For example, the 
committee considered measures aimed at Federal status and 
Federal recognition of certain tribes, land claim settlements, 
gaming, housing and employment services, health care, and 
others.
    The committee also was actively involved through hearings, 
interactions with other committees, and floor consideration, in 
the budget resolutions and appropriations measures affecting 
Federal Indian programs during both the first and second 
sessions of the 106th Congress as far-reaching changes were 
proposed both in funding levels for Indian programs and in 
policy ``riders'' that would fundamentally alter longstanding 
principles of Federal Indian law in a wide variety of areas 
including, but not limited to, waivers of Indian tribal 
immunity from lawsuits with respect to contracting, tribal 
schools, self-governance funding, probate procedure, taxation 
on tribal government revenue, fractionation of Indian trust 
lands, taxation of lands placed in trust for Indian tribes, and 
restrictions on tribal government gaming operations.
    Many of the issues considered by the committee in the 106th 
Congress are likely to resurface in the 107th and future 
Congresses.
    B. Legislation reported and enacted into law. A number of 
bills over which the committee exercised its jurisdiction were 
reported by the committee and signed into law by the President. 
These include bills that encourages Indian investment, 
business, and economic development [the Indian Tribal Economic 
Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 2000, S. 613, S. 
Rept. 106-150, H. Rept. 106-501, Public Law 106-179; the Indian 
Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act of 2000, 
S. 614, S. Rept. 106-151, Public Law 106-447; the Native 
American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act 
of 2000, S. 2719, Public Law 106-464; the Indian Arts and 
Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000, S. 2872, S. Rept. 106-452, 
Public Law 106-497; and the Indian Employment, Training, and 
Related Services Demonstration Act Amendments of 2000, S. 1509, 
S. Rept. 106-277, Public Law 106-568; the Navajo Nation Trust 
Land Leasing Act of 2000, S. 2665, S. Rept. 106-511, Public Law 
106-568]; bills regarding housing [S. 225, S. Rept. 106-192, 
Public Law 106-568; and S. 400, S. Rept. 106-145, Public Law 
106-568]; a bill to reduce the fractionated ownership of Indian 
Lands, and for other purposes [Indian Land Consolidation Act 
Amendments of 2000, S. 1586, S. Rept. 106-361, Public Law 106-
462]; legislation taking land into trust for tribes [for the 
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, S. 1967, S. Rept. 106-307, 
Public Law 106-228; and for the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, S. 
2102, S. Rept. 106-327, Public Law 106-423]; bills regarding 
the settlement of claims and the transfer and acquisition of 
tribal lands [for certain California tribes, S. 1840, S. Rept. 
106-449, incorporated into Public Law 106-568; for the Torres-
Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, H.R. 4643, incorporated into 
Public Law 106-568, S. Rept. 106-474, H. Rept. 106-855; for the 
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, S. 2792, H.R. 5398, incorporated 
into Public Law 106-568; for the Lower Sioux Indian Community 
in the State of Minnesota, H.R. 2484, H. Rept. 106-502, Public 
Law 106-217; for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, S. 964, S. 
Rept. 106-217, H. Rept. 106-944, Public Law 106-511; and for 
the Santo Domingo Pueblo land claims, S. 2917, S. Rept. 106-
506, Public Law 106-425]; a bill regarding Self-Governance [S. 
979, H.R. 1167, S. Rept. 106-221, incorporated into Public Law 
106-260]; a bill expanding lease 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 [H.R. 1953, Public Law 106-216]; a 
bill to amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for the mineral 
leasing of certain Indian lands in Oklahoma [S. 944, S. Rept. 
106-132, H. Rept. 106-338, Public Law 106-67]; bills that 
clarify and settle water rights claims [for the Colorado Ute 
Indian Tribes, S. 2508, H.R. 3112, S. Rept. 513, Public Law 
106-554, Conf. Rept. 106-1033; for the Ak-Chin Indian 
Community, H.R. 2647, H. Rept. 106-598; S. Rept. 106-415, 
Public Law 106-285; for the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky 
Boy's Reservation, S. 438, S. Rept. 106-200, Public Law 106-
163; and a bill involving the Utah Ute Indian Tribes, S. 2350, 
S. Rept. 106-478, H.R. 3468, incorporated into Public Law 106-
370]; a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
a feasibility study on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation [H.R. 
3051, Public Law 106-243]; a bill to authorize an interpretive 
center and related visitor facilities within the Four Corners 
Monument Tribal Park, and for other purposes [S. 28, S. Rept. 
106-144, Public Law 106-143]; a bill to amend the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act [S. 406, S. Rept. 106-152, H. Rept. 106-
818 Part 1, Public Law 106-417]; a bill to provide technical 
and legal assistance for tribal justice systems and members of 
Indian tribes, and for other purposes [S. 1508, S. Rept. 106-
219, H. Rept. 106-819 Part 1, Public Law 106-559]; a bill to 
authorize the construction of a Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place 
in Fort Pierre, South Dakota [S. 1658, H.R. 5528, incorporated 
into Public Law 106-568]; a bill to clarify status of and the 
Federal relationship to the Shawnee Tribe and its members [S. 
3019, H.R. 5207, incorporated into Public Law 106-568]; a bill 
to restore Federal recognition to the Indians of the Graton 
Rancheria of California [H.R. 946, incorporated into Public Law 
106-568, H. Rept. 106-677]; a bill establishing the American 
Indian Education Foundation [S. 1290, H.R. 3080, incorporated 
into Public Law 106-568]; and a bill making technical 
amendments to laws relating to Native Americans [S. 3031, S. 
Rept. 106-501, Public Law 106-568].
    C. Legislation reported by the committee. A number of the 
bills over which the committee has jurisdiction were reported 
by the committee but were not enacted into law. These measures 
include a bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama 
and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to 
decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in 
the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe [H.R. 1460, H. Rept. 106-830; 
S. Rept. 106-464]; a bill to elevate the position of Director 
of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health 
and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, 
and for other purposes [S. 299, S. Rept. 106-148]; a bill to 
provide for business development and trade promotion for native 
Americans, and for other purposes [S. 401, S. Rept. 106-149]; a 
bill to provide for the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee 
Sioux Tribe of Nebraska certain benefits of the Missouri River 
Basin Pick-Sloan project, and for other purposes [S. 1148, S. 
Rept. 106-367]; a bill to amend title 36 of the United States 
Code to establish the American Indian Education Foundation, and 
for other purposes [S. 1290, S. Rept. 106-197]; a bill to 
authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and 
substance abuse programs and services provided by Indian tribal 
governments, and for other purposes [S. 1507, S. Rept. 106-
306]; a bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Improvement Act to revise and extend such Act [S. 1929, S. 
Rept. 106-389]; a bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act 
for the 21st Century to make certain amendments with respect to 
Indian tribes [S. 2283, S. Rept. 106-406]; a bill to provide 
for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the 
construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the 
Department of the Interior, and for other purposes [S. 2580, S. 
Rept. 106-497]; a bill to amend the Native American Languages 
Act to provide for the support of Native American Language 
Survival Schools, and for other purposes [S. 2688, S. Rept. 
106-467]; a bill to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States' relationship with Native 
Hawaiians, and for other purposes [S. 2899, S. Rept. 106-424]; 
and a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for 
other purposes [S. 2920, S. Rept. 106-498].
    D. Legislation given active consideration. A wide variety 
of bills were given active consideration by the committee. The 
committee spent significant time continuing its review of 
legislation to ensure the rights of Indian tribal governments 
to conduct gaming activities on Indian lands, especially in 
light of the 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case Seminole Tribe of 
Indians v. State of Florida. These bills would provide a more 
comprehensive regulatory regime for Indian gaming activities, 
would establish minimum Federal standards for the conduct of 
gaming on Indian lands, and would provide for consideration by 
the National Indian Gaming Commission of self regulating 
activities by Indian tribes. In addition, the committee 
considered internet gaming legislation and its effect on 
tribes.
    In 1994, Congress enacted the American Indian Trust 
Management Reform Act and the committee convened several 
oversight hearings on the Department of the Interior's efforts 
to reform trust management practices under the act. In 
addition, the committee held legislative hearings on amending 
the Act of 1994 to establish an oversight commission and an 
office of Special Trustee for data cleanup and internal control 
within the Department of the Interior.
    A recurring theme and focus of the committee's attention 
was that of regulatory reform, self-governance and economic 
development on Indian lands. Legislation to require a more 
streamlined and targeted Federal approach to development was 
considered and reported by the committee and was ultimately 
passed into law. This legislation would also re-direct Federal 
resources to tourism and international trade activities by 
Indian tribes.
    The committee also considered legislation and had hearings 
on issues involving natural resources of tribes, including land 
consolidation, land transfers, leasing, land into trust, energy 
as well as water rights claims and settlement. These bills 
offered tribes access to and more efficient utilization of 
their resources.
    Health care remained a priority for the committee as it 
considered legislation reauthorizing the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement 
Act. The committee continued its consideration from the prior 
Congress of legislation to elevate the Director of the Indian 
Health Service to an Assistance Secretary in the Department of 
Health and Human Services. A hearing to consider legislation on 
Medicaid and Medicare billing was also held.
    Extensive hearings regarding legislation involving 
education, health care and the political, legal and trust 
relationship of Native Hawaiians were held by the committee. 
Other hearings and legislation considered by the committee 
involved tribal law enforcement, tribal justice systems, 
welfare, housing, roads, budget, Federal recognition, and 
agriculture.
    E. Legislation referred to the committee. A wide variety of 
measures were introduced and referred to the committee 
including:
    1. H.R. 795, a bill to provide for the settlement of the 
water rights claims of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky 
Boy's Reservation, and for other purposes.
    2. H.R. 946, a bill to restore Federal recognition to the 
Indians of the Graton Rancheria of California.
    3. H.R. 1460, a bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and 
Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to 
decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in 
the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe.
    4. H.R. 1953, a bill 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.
    5. H.R. 2484, a bill to provide that land which is owned by 
the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but 
which is not held in trust by the United States for the 
Community may be leased or transferred by the Community without 
further approval by the United States.
    6. H.R. 2647, a bill to amend the Act entitled ``An Act 
relating to the water rights of the Ak-Chin Indian Community'' 
to clarify certain provisions concerning the leasing of such 
water rights, and for other purposes.
    7. H.R. 3051, a bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior, the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility 
study on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in the State of New 
Mexico, and for other purposes.
    8. H.R. 4643, a bill to provide for the settlement of 
issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-
Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.
    9. S. Con. Res. 137, a concurrent resolution recognizing, 
appreciating, and remembering with dignity and respect the 
Native American men and women who have served the United States 
in military service.
    10. S. Res. 156, an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee on Indian Affairs.
    11. S. Res. 277, a resolution commemorating the 30th 
Anniversary of the Policy of Indian Self-Determination.
    12. S. 28, a bill to authorize an interpretive center and 
related visitor facilities within the Four Corners Monument 
Tribal Park, and for other purposes.
    13. S. 225, a bill to provide housing assistance to Native 
Hawaiians.
    14. S. 299, a bill to elevate the position of Director of 
the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and 
Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and 
for other purposes.
    15. S. 339, a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act, and for other purposes.
    16. S. 390, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 
1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years 
totaling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula 
under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the 
changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social 
Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.
    17. S. 399, a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act, and for other purposes.
    18. S. 400, a bill to provide technical corrections to the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996, to improve the delivery of housing assistance to 
Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of tribal 
self-governance, and for other purposes.
    19. S. 401, a bill to provide for business development and 
trade promotion for native Americans, and for other purposes.
    20. S. 406, a bill to amend the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act to make permanent the demonstration program 
that allows for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other 
third party payers, and to expand the eligibility under such 
program to other tribes and tribal organizations.
    21. S. 421, a bill to approve a mutual settlement of the 
Water Rights of the Gila River Indian Community and the United 
States, on behalf of the community and the allottees, and 
Phelps Dodge Corporation, and for other purposes.
    22. S. 437, a bill to designate the United States 
courthouse under construction at 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South 
in Las Vegas, NV, as the ``Lloyd D. George United States 
Courthouse''.
    23. S. 438, a bill to provide for the settlement of the 
water rights claims of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky 
Boy's Reservation, and for other purposes.
    24. S. 550, a bill to provide for the collection of certain 
State taxes from an individual who is not a member of an Indian 
tribe.
    25. S. 611, a bill to provide for administrative procedures 
to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for 
other purposes.
    26. S. 612, a bill to provide for periodic Indian needs 
assessments, to require Federal Indian program evaluations; and 
for other purposes.
    27. S. 613, a bill to encourage Indian economic 
development, to provide for the disclosure of Indian tribal 
sovereign immunity in contracts involving Indian tribes, and 
for other purposes.
    28. S. 614, a bill to provide for regulatory reform in 
order to encourage investment, business, and economic 
development with respect to activities conducted on Indian 
lands.
    29. S. 615, a bill to encourage Indian economic 
development, to provide for a framework to encourage and 
facilitate intergovernmental tax agreements, and for other 
purposes.
    30. S. 692, a bill to prohibit Internet gambling, and for 
other purposes.
    31. S. 739, a bill to amend the American Indian Trust Fund 
Management Reform Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to contract with qualified financial institutions for the 
investment of certain trust funds, and for other purposes.
    32. S. 944, a bill to amend Public Law 105-188 to provide 
for the mineral leasing of certain Indian lands in Oklahoma.
    33. S. 964, a bill to provide for equitable compensation 
for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
    34. S. 979, a bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act to provide for further self-
governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
    35. S. 985, a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act, and for other purposes.
    36. S. 1148, a bill to provide for the Yankton Sioux Tribe 
and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska certain benefits of the 
Missouri River Basin Pick-Sloan project, and for other 
purposes.
    37. S. 1213, a bill to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act 
of 1978, and for other purposes.
    38. S. 1290, a bill to amend title 36 of the United States 
Code to establish the American Indian Education Foundation, and 
for other purposes.
    39. S. 1315, a bill to permit the leasing of oil and gas 
rights on certain lands held in trust for the Navajo Nation or 
allotted to a member of the Navajo Nation, in any case in which 
there is consent from a specified percentage interest in the 
parcel of land under consideration for lease.
    40. S. 1507, a Bbll to authorize the integration and 
consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and 
services provided by Indian tribal governments, and for other 
purposes.
    41. S. 1508, a bill to provide technical and legal 
assistance for tribal justice systems and members of Indian 
tribes, and for other purposes.
    42. S. 1509, a bill to amend the Indian Employment, 
Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992, to 
emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations, and 
for other purposes.
    43. S. 1525, a bill to provide for equitable compensation 
of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation in 
settlement of its claims concerning its contribution to the 
production of hydro-power by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for 
other purposes.
    44. S. 1586, a bill to reduce the fractionated ownership of 
Indian Lands, and for other purposes.
    45. S. 1587, a bill to amend the American Indian Trust Fund 
Management Reform Act of 1994 to establish within the 
Department of the Interior an Office of Special Trustee for 
Data Cleanup and Internal Control.
    46. S. 1588, a bill to authorize the awarding of grants to 
Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and to facilitate the 
recruitment of temporary employees to improve Native American 
participation in and assist in the conduct of the 2000 
decennial census of population, and for other purposes.
    47. S. 1589, a bill to amend the American Indian Trust Fund 
Management Reform Act of 1994.
    48. S. 1658, a bill to authorize the construction of a 
Reconciliation Place in Fort Pierre, SD, and for other 
purposes.
    49. S. 1767, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to improve Native Hawaiian education 
programs, and for other purposes.
    50. S. 1838, a bill to provide that certain income derived 
from an agreement between the Bios Forte Band of Chippewa 
Indians and the State of Minnesota shall not be considered 
income for purposes of Federal assistance eligibility.
    51. S. 1839, a bill to provide that land which is owned by 
the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but 
which is not held in trust by the United States for the 
Community may be leased or transferred by the Community without 
further approval by the United States.
    52. S. 1840, a bill to provide for the transfer of public 
lands to certain California Indian tribes.
    53. S. 1857, a bill to provide for conveyance of certain 
Navajo Nation lands located in northwestern New Mexico and to 
resolve conflicts among the members of such Nation who hold 
interests in allotments on such lands.
    54. S. 1893, a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from taking land 
into trust for Indian tribes for gaming purposes under certain 
conditions, and for other purposes.
    55. S. 1913, a bill to amend the act entitled ``An act 
relating to the water rights of the Ak-Chin Indian Community'' 
to clarify certain provisions concerning the leasing of such 
water rights, and for other purposes.
    56. S. 1929, a bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health 
Care Improvement Act to revise and extend such Act.
    57. S. 1967, a bill 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, and for other purposes.
    58. S. 2052, a bill to establish a demonstration project to 
authorize the integration and coordination of Federal funding 
dedicated to community, business, and the economic development 
of Native American communities.
    59. S. 2102, a bill to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone 
Tribe a permanent land base within its aboriginal homeland, and 
for other purposes.
    60. S. 2163, a bill to provide for a study of the 
engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of 
electrification of the Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser 
Diversion Dam, Washington.
    61. S. 2282, a bill to encourage the efficient use of 
existing resources and assets related to Indian agricultural 
research, development and exports within the United States 
Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
    62. S. 2283, a bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act 
for the 21st Century to make certain amendments with respect to 
Indian tribes.
    63. S. 2350, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to convey to certain water rights to Duchesne City, UT.
    64. S. 2351, a bill to provide for the settlement of the 
water rights claims of the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian 
tribe of Utah, and for other purposes.
    65. S. 2353, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 
1965 to improve the program for American Indian Tribal Colleges 
and Universities under part A of title III.
    66. S. 2508, a bill to amend the Colorado Ute Indian Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 1988 to provide for a final settlement 
of the claims of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes, and for other 
purposes.
    67. S. 2526, a bill to amend the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act to revise and extend such act.
    68. S. 2580, a bill to provide for the issuance of bonds to 
provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior, and for 
other purposes.
    69. S. 2633, a bill to restore Federal recognition to the 
Indians of the Graton Rancheria of California.
    70. S. 2665, a bill to establish a streamlined process to 
enable the Navajo Nation to lease trust lands without having to 
obtain the approval of the Secretary of the Interior of 
individual leases, except leases for exploration, development, 
or extraction of any mineral resources.
    71. S. 2688, a bill to amend the Native American Languages 
Act to provide for the support of Native American Language 
Survival Schools, and for other purposes.
    72. S. 2719, a bill to provide for business development and 
trade promotion for Native Americans, and for other purposes.
    73. S. 2771, a Bill to provide for Federal recognition of 
the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia, and for other 
purposes.
    74. S. 2792, a bill to provide that land which is owned by 
the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana but which is not held in trust 
by the United States for the tribe may be leased or transferred 
by the tribe without further approval by the United States.
    75. S. 2795, a bill to provide for the use and distribution 
of the funds awarded to the Western Shoshone identifiable group 
under Indian Claims Commission Docket Numbers 326-A-1, 326-A-3, 
326-K, and for other purposes.
    76. S. 2872, a bill to improve the cause of action for 
misrepresentation of Indian arts and crafts.
    77. S. 2899, a bill to express the policy of the United 
States regarding the United States' relationship with Native 
Hawaiians, and for other purposes.
    78. S. 2909, a bill to permit landowners to assert 
otherwise-available state law defenses against property claims 
by Indian tribes.
    79. S. 2917, a bill to settle the land claims of the Pueblo 
of Santo Domingo.
    80. S. 2920, a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act, and for other purposes.
    81. S. 2978, a bill to recruit and retain more qualified 
individuals to teach in Tribal Colleges or Universities.
    82. S. 3013, a bill to make technical amendments concerning 
contracts affecting certain Indian tribes in Oklahoma, and for 
other purposes.
    83. S. 3019, a bill to clarify the Federal relationship to 
the Shawnee Tribe as a distinct Indian tribe, to clarify the 
status of the members of the Shawnee Tribe, and for other 
purposes.
    84. S. 3031, a bill to make certain technical corrections 
in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
    85. S. 3114, a bill to provide loans for the improvement of 
telecommunications services on Indian reservations.
    86. S. 3182, a bill to amend laws relating to the lands of 
the citizens of the Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Cherokee, 
Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations, historically referred to as the 
Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes.
    F. Oversight activity. A substantial portion of the 
committee's hearing and investigatory energy was devoted to 
carrying out its authority and responsibility to provide 
oversight of the executive branch's implementation of Federal 
Indian law and policy. Many of the hearings led to the 
development of corrective legislation, which was the subject of 
further committee activity in the 106th Congress.
    The hearings involved a host of issues ranging from Indian 
trust fund management, Bureau of Indian Affairs management 
practices and reform activities, tort liability, cultural and 
religious issues, economic development, land issues, natural 
resources, Indian Arts and Crafts, transportation, welfare 
reform, health care, Native
Hawaiians, native youth initiatives, gaming, the 2000 census 
and others.

                    IV. COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                     106th Congress, First Session

A. Committee Hearings and Markups
    February 10, 1999.--Confirmation Hearing for Montie Deer to 
be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission.
    February 24, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on the Presidents 
Budget Request for Indian Programs for Fiscal Year 2000.
    March 3, 1999.--Markup on the Committee's Budget Views & 
Estimates letter to the Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2000.
    March 3, 1999.--Joint Oversight Hearing with the Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the American 
Indian Trust Management Practices in the Department of the 
Interior.
    March 17, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 400, the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1999.
    March 24, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 399, the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Improvement Act of 1999.
    April 14, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
[Public Law 104-193] [Welfare Reform].
    April 20, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on the Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act [Public Law 101-601] 
[NAGPRA].
    April 21, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 401, the Native 
American Business Development, Trade Promotion and Tourism Act 
of 1999.
    April 28, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs' capacity and mission.
    May 4, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on the Census 2000, 
Implementation in Indian Country.
    May 12, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on Title VI of the Small 
Business Reauthorization Act of 1997, HUBzones Implementation 
[Public Law 105-135].
    May 19, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 613, the Indian 
Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 
1999; and S. 614, the Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and 
Business Development Act of 1999.
    May 26, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on the Native American 
Youth Activities & Initiatives.
    June 9, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on Internet Gaming.
    June 16, 1999.--Business Meeting to markup S. 28, the Four 
Corners Interpretive Act; S. 400, to amend the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act [NAHASDA]; S. 
401, Business Development and Trade Promotion for Native 
Americans; S. 613, to encourage Indian Economic Development; S. 
614, Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development 
Act; and S. 944, Mineral Leasing on Indian Lands in Oklahoma.
    June 23, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on the National Gambling 
Impact Study Commission Final Report.
    June 30, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 438 , the 
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian 
Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 1999.
    July 1, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 1290, the American 
Indian Education Foundation Act of 1999.
    July 14, 1999.--Joint Oversight Hearing with the Energy and 
Natural Resources Committee on the General Accounting Office 
Report on the Planned Trust Fund Reform in the Department of 
the Interior.
    July 15, 1999.--Business Meeting on the Committee Budget 
for 106th Congress.
    July 21, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 985, the 
Intergovernmental Gaming Agreement Act of 1999.
    July 28, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 979, the Tribal 
Self-Governance Amendments of 1999.
    August 3, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 964, the 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act.
    August 4, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 299, to elevate 
the Director of the Indian Health Service to Assistant 
Secretary for the Indian Health Service within the Department 
of Health and Human Services; and S. 406, the Alaska Native and 
American Indian Direct Reimbursement Act of 1999.
    September 15, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on the issue of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and 
Contract Support Costs.
    September 22, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 1587, a bill 
to amend the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act 
of 1994 to establish within the Department of the Interior an 
Office of Special Trustee for Data Cleanup and Internal 
Control; and S. 1589, a bill to amend the American Indian Trust 
Fund Management Reform Act of 1994.
    September 29, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 1508 , the 
Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 
1999.
    October 13, 1999.--Legislative Hearing on S. 1507, The 
Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program 
Consolidation Act of 1999.
    October 20, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on Indian Reservation 
Roads and the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century 
[TEA-21].
    October 27, 1999.--Oversight Hearing on Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act Reauthorization [ESEA].
    November 4, 1999.--Joint Hearing with House Resources 
Committee, on S. 1586 , the Indian Land Consolidation Act 
Amendments of 1999; and S. 1315 and H.R. 3181, to permit the 
leasing of oil and gas rights on Navajo Indian trust and 
allotted lands.
    November 30, 1999.--Field Legislative Hearing in 
Kaunakakai, Hawaii on S. 1767, the Native Hawaiian Education 
Reauthorization Act.
    November 30, 1999.--Field Legislative Hearing in Lihue, 
Kauai, Hawaii on S. 1767, the Native Hawaiian Education 
Reauthorization Act.
    December 1, 1999.--Field Legislative Hearing in Hilo, HI on 
S. 1767, the Native Hawaiian Education Reauthorization Act.
    December 1, 1999.--Field Legislative Hearing in Wailuku, 
Maui, HI on S. 1767, the Native Hawaiian Education 
Reauthorization Act.

                     106th Congress, Second Session

    January 18, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Kalamaula, 
Molokai, HI on S. 1929, the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Improvement Act Reauthorization of 1999.
    January 18, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Lihue, 
Kauai, HI on S. 1929, the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Improvement Act Reauthorization of 1999.
    January 19, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Kahuli, 
Maui, HI on S. 1929, the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Improvement Act Reauthorization of 1999.
    January 20, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Hilo, HI on 
S. 1929, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act 
Reauthorization of 1999.
    January 20, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Honolulu, 
Oahu, HI on S. 1929, the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Improvement Act Reauthorization of 1999.
    February 23, 2000.--Hearing on Fiscal Year 2001 President's 
Budget.
    March 8, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on draft legislation to 
reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
    March 16, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Kailua, Kona, 
HI on S. 1929, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act 
Reauthorization of 1999.
    March 21, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2102, a bill to 
establish a permanent homeland for the Timbisha Shoshone.
    March 22, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 1586, Indian 
Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 1999; and S. 1315, Oil and 
Gas Rights Leases of Navajo Indian Allotted Lands.
    March 22, 2000.--Nomination Hearing for Thomas N. Slonaker 
to be Special Trustee for American Indians.
    March 29, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 1507, Native 
American Alcohol and Substance Abuse; and S. 1509, Indian 
Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 
1999
    March 29, 2000.--Legislative 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 the Band.
    April 5, 2000.--Business Meeting on the Nomination of 
Thomas N. Slonaker, to be Special Trustee for American Indian 
in the Department of the Interior.
    April 5, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 612, the Indian 
Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act of 1999.
    April 12, 2000.--Oversight Hearing on the Report of the 
National Academy for Public Administration on BIA Management 
Reforms.
    April 26, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on draft legislation 
to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and 
the Tribally-Controlled Schools Act of 1998.
    May 2, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2350, the Duchesne 
City Water Rights Conveyance Act; and S. 2351, Shivwits Band of 
the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act.
    May 3, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 1929, to 
reauthorize the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act; S. 
1967, to make technical corrections to land held in trust for 
the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and H.R. 2484, Lower 
Sioux land transfer.
    May 10, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 2102, a bill 
to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe a permanent land base 
within its aboriginal homeland, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 1953, to authorize leases for terms no 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.
    May 10, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2526, the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2000.
    May 17, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 1148, the Yankton 
Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Development 
Trust Fund Act; and S. 1658, to authorize the construction of a 
reconciliation place in Fort Pierre, SD.
    May 17, 2000.--Oversight Hearing on implementation of the 
Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 [Public Law 101-644].
    May 24, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 611, the Indian 
Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 1999.
    June 7, 2000.--Joint Hearing with the Senate Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources and the Senate Subcommittee on 
Water and Power on S. 2508, the Colorado Ute Settlement Act 
Amendments of 2000, to provide for final settlement of water 
rights claims.
    June 14, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 1586, A bill 
to reduce the fractionated ownership of Indian Lands, and for 
other purposes; S. 2508, A bill to amend the Colorado Ute 
Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988; S. 2351, Shivwits 
Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement 
Act; S. Res. 277, Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the 
Policy of Indian Self-Determination; and H.R. 3051, Jicarilla 
Water Feasibility Study.
    June 14, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2282, the Native 
American Agricultural Research, Development and Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000.
    June 22, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 1148, A bill 
to provide for the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux 
Tribe of Nebraska certain benefits of the Missouri River Basin 
Pick-Sloan project; S. 1658, A bill to authorize the 
construction of a reconciliation place in Fort Pierre, SD; and 
S. 2719, A bill to provide for business development and trade 
promotion for Native Americans.
    June 22, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on draft legislation on 
the Indian Trust Resolution Corporation.
    June 28, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup H.R. 2647, to 
amend the Act entitled ``An Act relating to the water rights of 
the Ak-Chin Indian Community''.
    June 28, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2283, the Indian 
Tribal Surface Transportation Act of 2000, to amend the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century [TEA-21] with 
respect to Indian tribes.
    July 12, 2000.--Oversight Hearing on the Government 
Accounting Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs Reports on Risk 
Management and Tort Liability.
    July 20, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2688, the Native 
American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2000.
    July 25, 2000.--Oversight Hearing on the Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
    July 26, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 2283, the 
Indian Tribal Surface Transportation Act of 2000; S. 2872, the 
Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000; and H.R. 2647, 
Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999.
    July 26, 2000.--Oversight Hearing on Activities of the 
National Indian Gaming Commission.
    July 26, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2526, the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2000.
    August 4, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in North Dakota 
on S. 2526, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
Reauthorization of 2000.
    August 28, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Honolulu, 
Hawaii on S. 2899, to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States' relationship with Native 
Hawaiians.
    August 29, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Honolulu, 
Hawaii on S. 2899, to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States' relationship with Native 
Hawaiians.
    August 30, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Honolulu, HI 
on S. 2899, to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States' relationship with Native 
Hawaiians.
    August 31, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Honolulu, HI 
on S. 2899, to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States' relationship with Native 
Hawaiians.
    September 1, 2000.--Field Legislative Hearing in Honolulu, 
HI on S. 2899, to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States' relationship with Native 
Hawaiians.
    September 1, 2000.--Field Hearing in North Dakota on 
Individual Indian Money Accounts.
    September 6, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 611, the 
Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 
2000; and S. 2282, the Native American Agriculture Research, 
Development, and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.
    September 6, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2580, the 
Indian School Construction Act.
    September 14, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 2899, to 
express the policy of the United States Regarding the United 
States' Relationship with Native Hawaiians.
    September 14, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2899, to 
express the policy of the United States regarding the United 
States' Relationship with Native Hawaiians.
    September 27, 2000.--Business Meeting to markup S. 1840, 
the California Indian Land Transfer Act; S. 2665, Navajo Nation 
Trust Land Leasing Act of 2000; S. 2917, the Santo Domingo 
Pueblo Claims Settlement Act of 2000; H.R. 4643, the Torres-
Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Claims Settlement Act; S. 2688, 
the Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2000; S. 
2580, the Indian School Construction Act; S. 3031, a bill to 
make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native 
Americans, and for other purposes; S. 2920, the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 2000; S. 2526, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2000; H.R. 1460, to 
Amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta 
Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to Decrease the 
Requisite Blood Quantum Required for Membership in the Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo Tribe.
    September 27, 2000.--Legislative Hearing on S. 2052, the 
Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act of 2000.
    October 4, 2000.--Oversight Hearing on Alcohol and Law 
Enforcement in Alaska.

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