[Senate Prints 111-71]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


111th Congress  }                                            {  S. Prt.
                }         COMMITTEE PRINT                    {   111-71
_______________________________________________________________________

 
                   HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND SUMMARY 

                       OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES 

                                 OF THE

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

                               DURING THE

                     ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS

                               2009-2010


                [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

         Printed for the use of the Committee on Indian Affairs

                               ----------
                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

78-150 PDF                       WASHINGTON : 2013 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 
Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; 
DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, 
Washington, DC 20402-0001 



                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

                BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota, Chairman

                 JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming, Vice Chairman

DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii             JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
KENT CONRAD, North Dakota            LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii              TOM COBURN, M.D., Oklahoma
TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota            MIKE CRAPO, Idaho
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington           MIKE JOHANNS, Nebraska
JON TESTER, Montana
TOM UDALL, New Mexico
AL FRANKEN, Minnesota

      Allison C. Binney, Majority Staff Director and Chief Counsel

     David A. Mullon Jr., Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel
                  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,  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 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 problems. 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. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs had been 
in existence since the early 19th century, until 1946, when a 
legislative reorganization act abolished both the House and 
Senate Committees on Indian Affairs. 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 and to transfer jurisdiction over tribal lands to the 
states.
    By the mid-1960s, the Termination philosophy was in decline 
as a failed policy, and 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 1970s, 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 1970s, 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 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 Senate Joint Resolution No. 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 (see Public 
Law 93-580) by the President, thus establishing the American 
Indian Policy Review Commission (Commission). As the work of 
this Commission progressed, it became apparent that a Senate 
committee with full legislative and oversight authority was 
needed to receive the report of the Commission and to act upon 
its recommendations. Indeed, one of the final recommendations 
of the Commission was that a full fledged Indian Affairs 
Committee be established in the Senate.
    At the same time the Commission was formulating its 
recommendation for the establishment of an Indian Affairs 
Committee, 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 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 Senate Resolution 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 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.
    Senate Resolution 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 Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration to extend the life of the committee for two 
years until January 2, 1981, and was agreed to, as amended, 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 Senate Resolution 448 
to make it a permanent committee. The Resolution had 28 
cosponsors, and was reported by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration 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. Senate Resolution 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 Senate Resolution 127 to make the 
Committee a permanent committee. This Resolution had 28 
cosponsors. On November 1, 1983, the Senate 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, 1983, 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 debate. By the time Senate 
Resolution 127 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 Cong., 2nd Sess.). In 1993, the Select Committee 
on Indian Affairs was re-designated as the Committee on Indian 
Affairs ( 25, S. Res. 71, 103rd Cong., 1st Sess.).
    E. Committee Membership. The number of members serving on 
the Committee has expanded since its formation in 1977. 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. The 
membership increased to nine in the 99th Congress, and by the 
101st Congress, the Committee membership grew to 10. In the 
102nd Congress, the membership of the Committee expanded to 16 
members. A further increase occurred in the beginning of the 
103rd Congress when the membership was expanded to 18. In the 
104th Congress, the Senate only 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. The 
Senate further amended the membership of the Committee to 16 
later in the 104th Congress.
    In the 104th Congress, the Senate agreed to amend again the 
membership of the Committee from 16 to 14 members. In the 107th 
Congress, the Senate appointed 15 members to the Committee. In 
May, 2001 Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party to 
become an Independent. At that time Senator Ben Nighthorse 
Campbell relinquished the Chairmanship to become Vice Chairman 
of the Committee and Senator Inouye became Chairman. In the 
108th Congress, Senator Campbell re-assumed the Chairmanship 
and Senator Inouye served as Vice Chairman with 14 members on 
the Committee. In the 109th Congress, Senator McCain served as 
Chairman and Senator Byron L. Dorgan became Vice Chairman. In 
the 110th Congress, Senator Byron L. Dorgan became Chairman of 
the Committee and Senator Craig Thomas became Vice Chairman. 
Senator Thomas passed away on June 4, 2007. Senator Lisa 
Murkowski became Vice Chairman of the Committee on July 19, 
2007, and served for the remainder of the Congress. Senator 
John Barrasso was added to the minority membership of the 
Committee to maintain the total membership of 15 for the 110th 
Congress. In the 111th Congress, the membership of the 
Committee remained at 15 members, Senator Byron L. Dorgan 
continued to serve as Chairman of the Committee, and Senator 
John Barrasso became Vice Chairman.
 II. JURISDICTION AND RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

      A. Excerpts from Senate Resolution 4. The Committee System 
           Reorganization Amendments of 1977 as amended and 
revised to reflect membership and designations applicable to the 111th 
                 Congress. The Committee was initially 
        established as the Select Committee on Indian Affairs. 
        Section 25 of S. Res. 71, 103rd Congress, 1st Session, 
          redesignates it as the Committee on Indian Affairs.

    Committee On Indian Affairs, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs:

        LSEC. 105(a)(1) There is established a Committee on 
        Indian Affairs [hereafter in this section referred to 
        as the ``committee''] which shall consist of [15] 
        Members, [9] 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.
        L(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.
        L(3) Vacancies in the Membership of the committee shall 
        not affect the authority of the remaining Members to 
        execute the functions of the Committee.
        L(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.
        L(b)(1) All proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
        memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs 
        shall be referred to the Committee.
        L(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.
        L(3) The Committee shall from time to time report to 
        the Senate, by bill or otherwise within its 
        jurisdiction.
        L(c)(1) For the purposes of this resolution, the 
        committee is authorized, in its discretion,
        L(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.
        L(2) The Chairman of the Committee or any Member 
        thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
        L(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 February 5, 2009, 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 were printed 
in the Congressional Record on February 6, 2009. The rules, as 
adopted, follow below:

                RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

    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 Thursdays 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, including notice to Members of 
the Committee, shall be given of the date, place and subject 
matter of any hearing to be held by the Committee at least one 
week in advance of such hearing unless the Chairman of the 
Committee, with the concurrence of the Vice Chairman, 
determines that the hearing is non-controversial or that 
special circumstances require expedited procedures and a 
majority of the Committee Members attending 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 submit his or her testimony by way of electronic mail, at 
least 48 hours in advance of a hearing, in format determined by 
the Committee and sent to an electronic mail address specified 
by the Committee.
    (c). Each Member shall be limited to five (5) minutes of 
questioning of any witness until such time as all Members 
attending 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 
consideration of such measure or subject 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 subjects 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 
published except by the approval of a majority of the Members 
of the Committee. The notice and agenda of any business meeting 
may be provided to the Members by electronic mail, provided 
that a paper copy will be provided to any Member upon request. 
The Clerk shall promptly notify absent members of any action 
taken by the Committee on matters not included in the published 
agenda.
    (c). Any bill or resolution to be considered by the 
Committee shall be filed with the Clerk of the Committee not 
less than 48 hours in advance of the Committee meeting. Any 
amendment(s) to legislation to be considered shall be filed 
with the Clerk not less than 24 hours in advance. This rule may 
be waived by the Chairman with the concurrence of the Vice 
Chairman.

                                 QUORUM

    Rule 6(a). Except as provided in subsection (b), a majority 
of the Members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 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). 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). A measure may be reported from the Committee unless an 
objection is made by a member, in which case a recorded vote by 
the Members shall be required.
    (c). 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, or 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 OR 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.

                         AUTHORIZING SUBPOENAS

    Rule 12. The Chairman may, with the agreement of the Vice 
Chairman, or the Committee may, by majority vote, authorize the 
issuance of subpoenas.

                           AMENDING THE RULES

    Rule 13. 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 seven 
(7) days in advance of such meeting.
 III. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 111th CONGRESS

    A. Overview. In the 111th Congress, a total of 52 bills and 
3 resolutions were referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 
for consideration. A total of 33 bills were reported or 
discharged by the Committee. Of these, 16 bills had no further 
action and 17 bills became public laws. The Committee also 
reported the nominations of 6 Presidential appointees, all of 
whom the Senate subsequently confirmed.
    A number of measures referred to the Committee were 
included as amendments or in a package with other legislative 
items on the floor of the Senate, including the following items 
of legislation:

        1. LH.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable 
        Health Care Act, which included S. 1790, the Indian 
        Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension 
        Act of 2009; and S. 76, the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
        Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2009 (Public Law 
        111-148).
        2. LH.R. 725 , the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments 
        Act of 2010, which included S. 797, Tribal Law and 
        Order Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-211).
        3. LH.R. 4783, the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, which 
        included the Cobell v. Salazar settlement agreement; S. 
        313, the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights 
        Quantification Act of 2009; S. 375, the Crow Tribe 
        Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009; S. 965, the Taos 
        Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement; and S. 1105, the 
        Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111-291).

    B. Legislation Reported or Discharged and Enacted Into Law. 
Seventeen bills referred to the Committee were reported or 
discharged by the Committee and signed into law by the 
President, including:

        1. LA bill to exclude from consideration as income 
        under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
        Determination Act of 1996 amounts received by a family 
        from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-
        related disabilities of a member of the family (H.R. 
        3553, Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act of 2010, 
        Public Law 111-269).
        2. LA bill to amend Public Law 95-232 to repeal a 
        restriction on treating as Indian country certain lands 
        held in trust for Indian pueblos in New Mexico (H.R. 
        4445, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Clarification Act, 
        Public Law 111-379).
        3. LA joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of 
        official depredation and ill-conceived policies by the 
        Federal Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an 
        apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United 
        States (S.J. RES.14, Public Law 111-118).
        4. LA bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-
        531, commonly known as the ``Bennett Freeze'' (S. 39, 
        Public Law 111-18).
        5. LA bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
        Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act (S. 76, 
        the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement 
        Reauthorization Act of 2009, Public Law 111-148).
        6. LA bill to protect Indian arts and crafts through 
        the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and 
        for other purposes (S. 151/H.R. 725, the Indian Arts 
        and Crafts Amendments Act of 2009, Public Law 111-211).
        7. LA bill to resolve water rights claims of the White 
        Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of Arizona, and for 
        other purposes (S. 313, White Mountain Apache Tribe 
        Water Rights Quantification Act of 2009, Public Law 
        111-291).
        8. LA bill to authorize the Crow Tribe of Indians water 
        rights settlement, and for other purposes (S. 375, Crow 
        Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009, Public Law 
        111-291).
        9. LA bill to transfer certain land to the United 
        States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to 
        place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for 
        other purposes (S. 443/H.R. 1061, Hoh Indian Tribe Safe 
        Homelands Act, Public Law 111-323).
        10.L A bill to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform 
        Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Act, the Indian Tribal 
        Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000, and 
        the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
        to improve the prosecution of, and response to, crimes 
        in Indian country, and for other purposes (S. 797, 
        Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009, Public Law 111-211).
        11.L A bill to approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water 
        Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes (S. 
        965, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, 
        Public Law 111-291).
        12.L A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
        acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to 
        develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, 
        and to approve the settlement of the water rights 
        claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San 
        Ildefonso, and Tesuque (S. 1105, Aamodt Litigation 
        Settlement Act, Public Law 111-291).
        13.L A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to 
        authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Confederated 
        Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of 
        the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, the Klamath 
        Tribes, and the Burns Paiute Tribe to obtain 99-year 
        lease authority for trust land (S. 1448, Public Law 
        111-134).
        14.L A bill to establish an Indian Youth telemental 
        health demonstration project, to enhance the provision 
        of mental health care services to Indian youth, to 
        encourage Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and 
        other mental health care providers serving residents of 
        Indian country to obtain the services of predoctoral 
        psychology and psychiatry interns, and for other 
        purposes (S. 1635, 7th Generation Promise: Indian Youth 
        Suicide Prevention Act of 2009, Public Law 111-148).
        15.L A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
        Act to revise and extend that Act, and for other 
        purposes (S. 1790, Indian Health Care Improvement 
        Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009, Public Law 
        111-148).
        16.L A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to 
        modify a provision relating to leases involving certain 
        Indian tribes (S. 2906, Public Law 111-336).
        17.L A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for 
        lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (S. 3903, 
        Public Law 111-381).

    C. Legislation Reported or Discharged Not Requiring 
Presidential Action. Two of the resolutions referred to the 
Committee were reported or discharged and passed by the Senate 
and did not require presidential action:

        1. LA resolution recognizing National American Indian 
        and Alaska Native Heritage Month and celebrating the 
        heritage and culture of American Indians and Alaska 
        Natives and the contributions of American Indians and 
        Alaska Natives to the United States (S. RES. 342).
        2. LA resolution recognizing National American Indian 
        and Alaska Native Heritage Month and celebrating the 
        heritage and culture of American Indians and Alaska 
        Natives and the contributions of American Indians and 
        Alaska Natives to the United States (S. RES. 689).

    D. Legislation Reported by the Committee. Fifteen bills and 
one resolution referred to the Committee were reported by the 
Committee during the 111th Congress but were not enacted into 
law:

        1. LA bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
        to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron 
        working training program for Native Americans (H.R. 
        1129).
        2. LA bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and 
        Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas 
        Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 
        Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for 
        membership in that tribe (H.R. 5811).
        3. LAn original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
        the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (S. RES. 28).
        4. LA bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act 
        to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of 
        the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held 
        in trust and to provide for the conduct of certain 
        activities on the land (S. 338).
        5. LA bill to establish a program for tribal colleges 
        and universities within the Department of Health and 
        Human Services and to amend the Native American 
        Programs Act of 1974 to authorize the provision of 
        grants and cooperative agreements to tribal colleges 
        and universities, and for other purposes (S. 633, 
        Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and 
        Universities Advancement Act of 2009).
        6. LA bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
        establish a demonstration program to adapt the lessons 
        of providing foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to 
        the provision of Federal economic development 
        assistance to certain similarly situated individuals, 
        and for other purposes (S. 980, Native American 
        Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2009).
        7. LA bill to express the policy of the United States 
        regarding the United States relationship with Native 
        Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition 
        by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing 
        entity (S. 1011, Native Hawaiian Government 
        Reorganization Act of 2009).
        8. LA bill to extend Federal recognition to the 
        Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian 
        Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the 
        Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, 
        and the Nansemond Indian Tribe (S. 1178, Indian Tribes 
        of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009).
        9. LA bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
        assess the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River 
        Indian Irrigation Project in the State of Colorado and 
        provide grants to, and enter into cooperative 
        agreements with, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to 
        assess, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing 
        infrastructure, and for other purposes (S. 1264, Pine 
        River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009).
        10.L A bill to provide for equitable compensation to 
        the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation 
        for the use of tribal land for the production of 
        hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other 
        purposes (S. 1388, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the 
        Spokane Indian Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable 
        Compensation Settlement Act).
        11.L A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to 
        reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior 
        to take land into trust for Indian tribes (S. 1703).
        12.L A bill to provide for the recognition of the 
        Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes 
        (S. 1735, Lumbee Recognition Act).
        13.L A bill to settle land claims within the Fort Hall 
        Reservation (S. 2802, Blackfoot River Land Settlement 
        Act of 2009).
        14.L A bill to authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
        Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement, and for other 
        purposes (S. 2956, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
        Indians Water Rights Settlement Act).
        15.L A bill to amend the Act titled ``An Act to 
        authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for 
        public, religious, educational, recreational, 
        residential, business, and other purposes requiring the 
        grant of long-term leases,'' approved August 9, 1935, 
        to provide for Indian tribes to enter into certain 
        leases without prior express approval from the 
        Secretary of the Interior (S. 3235, Helping Expedite 
        and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 
        2010).
        16.L A bill to establish a commission to conduct a 
        study and provide recommendations on a comprehensive 
        resolution of impacts caused to certain Indian tribes 
        by the Pick-Sloan Program (S. 3648, Pick-Sloan Tribal 
        Commission Act of 2010).

    E. Legislation Given Active Consideration. The Committee 
gave active consideration to a variety of bills in the 111th 
Congress. The Committee held eight legislative hearings 
addressing the Tribal Law and Order Act, Native Hawaiian 
reorganization, tribal health and higher education, Indian 
youth suicide prevention, energy development, economic 
development, land transfers, and water rights. The Committee 
also held hearings on bills affecting specific tribes, 
including the White Mountain Apache Tribe, the Hoh Indian 
Tribe, the Cocopah Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Shoshone-
Bannock Indian Tribes, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and the Blackfeet 
Tribe.
    F. Legislation Referred to the Committee. 20 bills and one 
resolution referred to the Committee during the 111th Congress 
were not reported or enacted into law:

        1. LA bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
        take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part 
        of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, and 
        for other purposes (H.R. 326, Cocopah Lands Act).
        2. LA bill to extend Federal recognition to the 
        Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian 
        Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the 
        Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, 
        and the Nansemond Indian Tribe (H.R. 1385, Thomasina E. 
        Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition 
        Act of 2009).
        3. LA bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act to provide further self-
        governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes 
        (H.R. 4347, Department of the Interior Tribal Self-
        Governance Act of 2010).
        4. LA resolution expressing the sense of the Senate 
        that October 17, 1984, the date of restoration by the 
        Federal Government of Federal recognition to the 
        Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw 
        Indians, should be memorialized (S. RES. 303).
        5. LA bill to reauthorize the programs of the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing 
        assistance for Native Americans (S. 72, Hawaiian 
        Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2009).
        6. LA bill to develop a program to acquire interests in 
        land from eligible individuals within the Crow 
        Reservation in the State of Montana, and for other 
        purposes (S. 280, Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act).
        7. LA bill to express the policy of the United States 
        regarding the United States relationship with Native 
        Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization 
        of a Native Hawaiian and the recognition by the United 
        States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other 
        purposes (S. 381).
        8. LA bill to provide for and promote the economic 
        development of Indian tribes by furnishing the 
        necessary capital, financial services, and technical 
        assistance to Indian-owned business enterprises, to 
        stimulate the development of the private sector of 
        Indian tribal economies, and for other purposes (S. 
        439, Indian Development Finance Corporation Act).
        9. LA bill to extend the Federal recognition to the 
        Muscogee Nation of Florida (S. 530, Muscogee Nation of 
        Florida Federal Recognition Act).
        10.L A bill to provide compensation to the Lower Brule 
        and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage 
        to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the 
        Missouri River (S. 617, Lower Brule and Crow Creek 
        Tribal Compensation Act).
        11.L A bill to express the policy of the United States 
        regarding the United States relationship with Native 
        Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization 
        of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by 
        the United States of the Native Hawaiian government, 
        and for other purposes (S. 708).
        12.L A bill to amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to 
        transfer certain authority and resources to the Utah 
        Dineh Corporation, and for other purposes (S. 1690).
        13.L A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
        provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and 
        other Pacific Islanders (S. 1732, Native Hawaiian and 
        Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2009).
        14.L A bill to extend the Federal recognition to the 
        Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, and 
        for other purposes (S. 1936, Little Shell Tribe of 
        Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2009).
        15.L A bill to modify the purposes and operation of 
        certain facilities of the Bureau of Reclamation to 
        implement the water rights compact among the State of 
        Montana, the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
        Reservation of Montana, and the United States, and for 
        other purposes (S. 3290, Blackfeet Water Rights 
        Settlement Act of 2010).
        16.L A bill to establish a Native American Economic 
        Advisory Council, and for other purposes (S. 3331, 
        Native American Economic Advisory Council Act of 2010).
        17.L A bill to improve access to capital, bonding 
        authority, and job training for Native Americans and 
        promote native community development financial 
        institutions and Native American small business 
        opportunities, and for other purposes (S. 3471, Native 
        American Employment Act of 2010).
        18.L A bill to supplement State jurisdiction in Alaska 
        Native villages with Federal and tribal resources to 
        improve the quality of life in rural Alaska while 
        reducing domestic violence against Native women and 
        children and to reduce alcohol and drug abuse and for 
        other purposes (S. 3740, Alaska Safe Families and 
        Villages Act of 2010).
        19.L A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to 
        streamline Indian energy development, to enhance 
        programs to support Indian energy development and 
        efficiency, to make technical corrections, and for 
        other purposes (S. 3752, Indian Energy Parity Act of 
        2010).
        20.L A bill to express the policy of the United States 
        regarding the United States relationship with Native 
        Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition 
        by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing 
        entity (S. 3945, Native Hawaiian Government 
        Reorganization Act of 2010).

    G. 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 and to investigate all matters pertaining 
to Indian affairs.
    The Committee held 39 hearings, including oversight 
hearings on tribal law enforcement and public safety, health, 
housing, education, Indian youth suicide, diabetes, energy 
development, economic development, federal recognition, and 
self-determination.
    The Committee also held 5 field hearings on issues such as 
tribal law enforcement; Indian housing; Bureau of Indian 
Education school construction; contract health services program 
and tribal transportation.
    The legislative action of the Committee was conducted 
through 12 business meetings to mark-up and report legislation 
pending before the Committee.
    In addition, the Committee held 4 nomination hearings for 
the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, the Director of the 
Indian Health Service, the Chairman of the National Indian 
Gaming Commission and the Commissioner for the Administration 
for Native Americans. The Senate confirmed all of these 
nominations.
                    IV. COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                     111TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

    A. Committee Hearings and Business Meetings
    January 15, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Job Creation and 
Economic Stimulus in Indian Country.
    February 5, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Advancing Indian 
Health.
    February 5, 2009--Business Meeting to consider Committee 
Funding Resolution.
    February 12, 2009--Oversight Hearing to Receive the Views 
of Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, on Matters of Indian 
Affairs.
    February 26, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Youth Suicide in 
Indian Country.
    March 12, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Tribal Priorities in 
the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget.
    April 2, 2009--Legislative Hearing on S. 313, the White 
Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2009; 
S. 443, the Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act; S. 633, the 
Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities 
Advancement Act of 2009; H.R. 326, the Cocopah Lands Act.
    April 23, 2009--Nomination Hearing on the Nomination of 
Yvette D. Roubideaux to be Director of the Indian Health 
Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
    April 30, 2009--Business Meeting to consider the nomination 
of Dr. Yvette D. Roubideaux to be Director of Indian Health 
Service; S. 151, the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 
2009; S. 443, the Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act.
    May 7, 2009--Nomination Hearing on the Nomination of Larry 
J. Echo Hawk to be Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, U.S. 
Department of the Interior.
    May 14, 2009--Business Meeting to consider the nomination 
of Larry J. Echo Hawk to be Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, 
U.S. Department of the Interior.
    May 21, 2009--Oversight Hearing to Examine Executive Branch 
Authority to Acquire Trust Lands for Indian Tribes.
    June 11, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Reforming the Indian 
Health Care System.
    June 25, 2009--Legislative Hearing on S. 797, the Tribal 
Law and Order Act of 2009.
    July 1, 2009--Field Hearing to Examine Lessons Learned from 
Operation Dakota Peacekeeper.
    July 30, 2009--Oversight Hearing to Examine the Increase of 
Gang Activity in Indian Country.
    August 6, 2009--Legislative Hearing on S. 1011, the Native 
Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009.
    August 6, 2009--Business Meeting to consider S.J. 14, a 
Joint Resolution to Acknowledge a Long History of Official 
Depredations and Ill-Conceived Policies by the Federal 
Government Regarding Indian Tribes and Offer An Apology to All 
Native Peoples on Behalf of the United States; H.R. 1129, to 
Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Provide an Annual 
Grant to Facilitate an Iron Working Training Program for Native 
Americans; and S. 443, the Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act.
    September 10, 2009--Legislative Hearing to Examine S. 1635, 
7th Generation Promise: Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 
2009.
    September 10, 2009--Business Meeting to consider S. 797, 
the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009; S. 313, the White 
Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2009; 
S. 375, the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009; S. 
965, the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act; S. 
1105, the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act; and S. 1388, the 
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand 
Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act.
    September 18, 2009--Oversight Hearing to Examine the 
Federal Tax Treatment of Health Care Benefits Provided by 
Tribal Governments to Their Citizens.
    October 22, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Indian Energy and 
Energy Efficiency.
    October 22, 2009--Business Meeting to consider S. 1178, the 
Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009; S. 
1735, the Lumbee Recognition Act.
    November 4, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Fixing the Federal 
Acknowledgment Process.
    November 19, 2009--Oversight Hearing to Examine Drug 
Smuggling and Gang Activity in Indian Country.
    December 3, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Expanding Dental 
Health Care in Indian Country.
    December3, 2009--Oversight Hearing on Promises Made, 
Promises Broken: The Impact of Chronic Underfunding of Contract 
Health Services.
    December 3, 2009--Business Meeting to consider S. 1790, the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension 
Act of 2009; S. 1635, 7th Generation Promise: Indian Youth 
Suicide Prevention Act of 2009; and S. 633, the Tribal Health 
Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act 
of 2009.
    December 9, 2009--Oversight Hearing: Where's the Trustee? 
Department of Interior Backlogs Prevent Tribes From Using Their 
Lands.
    December 9, 2009--Legislative Hearing on S. 1690, a Bill to 
Amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to Transfer Certain Authority 
and Resources to the Utah Dineh Corporation, and for Other 
Purposes.
    December 17, 2009--Oversight Hearing on the Cobell v. 
Salazar Settlement Agreement.
    December 17, 2009--Business Meeting on S. 1703, a Bill to 
Amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to Reaffirm the Authority of 
the Secretary of the Interior to Take Land Into Trust for 
Indian Tribes; and S. 1011, the Native Hawaiian Government 
Reorganization Act of 2009.

                     111TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

    B. Committee Hearings and Markups
    January 28, 2010--Nomination Hearing on the Nomination of 
Lillian A. Sparks to be Commissioner of the Administration for 
Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services.
    January 28, 2010--Oversight Hearing on Unemployment on 
Indian Reservations at 50 percent: The Urgent Need to Create 
Jobs in Indian Country.
    February 11, 2010--Business Meeting to consider the 
nomination of Lillian A. Sparks to be Commissioner of the 
Administration for Native Americans, U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services.
    February 16, 2010--Listening Session at Gila Indian 
Reservation.
    February 25, 2010--Oversight Hearing to Examine Tribal 
Programs and Initiatives Proposed in the President's Fiscal 
Year 2011 Budget.
    March 18, 2010--Oversight Hearing to Examine Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and Tribal Police Recruitment, Training, Hiring, 
and Retention.
    March 25, 2010--Oversight Hearing on the Preventable 
Epidemic: Youth Suicides and the Urgent Need for Mental Health 
Care Resources in Indian Country.
    April 22, 2010--Legislative Hearing on a Discussion Draft 
of the Indian Energy Promotion and Parity Act of 2010.
    April 29, 2010--Legislative Hearing on S. 2802, the 
Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2009; S. 1264, the Pine 
River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009; S. 439, the Indian 
Development Finance Corporation Act.
    May 13, 2010--Oversight Hearing: Does Indian School Safety 
Get a Passing Grade?
    May 26, 2010--Nomination Hearing on the President's 
Nomination of Tracie L. Stevens to Serve as Chairman of the 
National Indian Gaming Commission.
    June 10, 2010--Business Meeting on to consider the 
nomination of Tracie L. Stevens to serve as Chair of the 
National Indian Gaming Commission; the nomination of JoAnn 
Balzer to serve as Member, Board of Trustees, Institute of 
American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
    Development; the nomination of Cynthia Chavez Lamar to 
serve as Member, Board of Trustees, Institute of American 
Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; S. 2802, 
the Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2009; S. 2906, A 
bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify a provision 
relating to leases involving certain Indian tribes in 
Washington; and S. 1448, A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 
1955, to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Confederated 
Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, 
Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, the Klamath Tribes, and the Burns 
Paiute Tribe to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land.
    June 17, 2010--Oversight Hearing on Indian Education: Did 
the No Child Left Behind Act Leave Indian Students Behind?
    June 30, 2010--Business Meeting on subpoena power over the 
Indian Health Service; H.R. 3553, To exclude from consideration 
as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 amounts received by a family 
from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related 
disabilities of a member of the family; S. 3235, A bill to 
amend the Act titled ``An Act to authorize the leasing of 
restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, 
recreational, residential, business, and other purposes 
requiring the grant of long-term leases,'' approved August 9, 
1955, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into certain leases 
without prior express approval from the Secretary of the 
Interior.
    June 30, 2010--Oversight Hearing on ``A Way Out of the 
Diabetes Crisis in Indian Country and Beyond.''
    July 22, 2010--Legislative Hearing on S. 2956, the Pechanga 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act; S. 
3290, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010.
    July 29, 2010--Oversight Hearing on Indian Gaming.
    August 12, 2010--Field Hearing on Economic and Social 
Issues Affecting the Northwest Tribes.
    August 25, 2010--Joint Field Hearing with the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Innovative 
Solutions to Addressing Housing Needs in Our Indian 
Communities.
    September 11, 2010--Field Hearing on Preparing Our Students 
for Tomorrow in Yesterday's Schools: Construction and Facility 
Needs at Bureau of Indian Education Schools.
    September 28, 2010--Oversight Hearing titled, ``In Critical 
Condition: The Urgent Need to Reform Indian Health Service's 
Aberdeen Area.''
    October 2, 2010--Field Hearing on Health Care Without an 
IHS Hospital: Overtaxing the Contract Health Services Program.
    October 15, 2010--Field Hearing to Examine Tribal 
Transportation in Indian Country.
    November 18, 2010--Business Meeting on S. 3648, the Pick-
Sloan Tribal Commission Act of 2010; S. 3903, a Bill to 
Authorize Leases of Up to 99 Years for Lands Held in Trust for 
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo; H.R. 4445, the Indian Pueblo Cultural 
Center Clarification Act; H.R. 5811, a Bill to Amend the Ysleta 
Del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas 
Restoration Act to Allow the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe to 
Determine Blood Quantum Requirement for Membership in that 
Tribe; S. 2956, the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 
Water Rights Settlement Act; S. 1264, the Pine River Indian 
Irrigation Project Act of 2009; and S. 980, the Native American 
Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2009.
    November 18, 2010--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 4347, the 
Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2010.

                                  
