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Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee

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House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs

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Showing the 118th Congress (2023–2024). Back to the 119th Congress

52 bills referred in the 118th Congress

818 across the 8 Congresses on file, most in the 116th at 140. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 112th to 119th

Meetings
26

Hearings and business meetings in the 118th Congress

Members, 118th Congress

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 118th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

No members are on file for this committee in the 118th Congress.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 118th Congress.

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 118th Congress.

KindSubjectStatusDate
HearingOversight Hearing on “Advancing Tribal Self-Determination: Examining the opportunities and challenges of the 477 Program.”Longworth House Office Building 1324
4 witnesses
  • Ms. Margaret Zientek, P.L. 102-477 Tribal Working Group Co-Chair, P.L. 102-477 Tribal Working Group
  • The Honorable Lee Spoonhunter, Co-Chair, Northern Arapaho Tribe Business Council
  • The Honorable Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • The Honorable Billy Friend, Chief, Wyandotte Nation
ScheduledMar 20, 2024
HearingOversight Hearing on “Advancing Tribal Self-Determination: Examining Bureau of Indian Affairs’ 638 Contracting”Longworth House Office Building 1334
5 witnesses
  • The Honorable Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • The Honorable Deborah Dotson, President, Delaware Nation
  • The Honorable Martin Harvier, President, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
  • The Honorable Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah
  • Mr. Jay Spaan, Executive Director, Self-Governance Communication & Education Tribal Consortium
ScheduledMar 6, 2024
HearingOversight Hearing on "Economic Diversification to Create Prosperous Tribal Economies"Longworth House Office Building 1324
4 witnesses
  • Mr. Justin Ahasteen, Executive Director, Navajo Nation Washington Office
  • Ms. Sherry Rupert, CEO, AIANTA
  • Mr. Lance Morgan, CEO, Ho-Chunk, Inc.
  • Mr. Raymond Bacon, Executive Director, Yurok Economic Development Corporation
ScheduledFeb 15, 2024
HearingOversight Hearing on “Examining the Opportunities and Challenges of Land Consolidation in Indian Country.”Longworth House Office Building 1324
5 witnesses
  • Mr. Cris Stainbrook, President, Indian Land Tenure Foundation
  • Mr. Darryl LaCounte, Director of Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior
  • The Honorable Marvin Weatherwax, Councilman, Blackfeet Tribal Business Council
  • The Honorable Victoria Kitcheyan, Tribal Council Chairwoman, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
  • The Honorable Ryman LeBeau, Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
ScheduledJan 30, 2024
HearingLegislative hearing on the following bills: H.R. 6062 (Rep. Radewagen) - To restore the ability of the people of American Samoa to approve amendments to the territorial constitution based on majority rule in a democratic act of self-determination, as authorized pursuant to an Act of Congress delegating administration of Federal territorial law in the territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated June 29, 1951, under which the Constitution of American Samoa was approved and may be amended without requirement for further congressional action, subject to the authority of Congress under the Territorial Clause in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution; and H.R. 6273 (Rep. Moylan) - “Guam Host Community Compensation Act”.Longworth House Office Building 1324
5 witnesses
  • The Honorable Talauega Eleasalo Vaalele Ale, Lieutenant Governor, American Samoa
  • The Honorable Lou Leon Guerrero, Governor, Guam
  • The Honorable Jesse L.G. Alig, Mayor of Piti, Guam
  • Mr. Keone Nakoa, Deputy Assistant Secretary - Office of Insular and International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • The Honorable Alexander Eli Jennings, Swains Island Delegate, American Samoa House of Representatives
ScheduledJan 18, 2024
HearingLegislative hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4524 (Rep. Newhouse) - “Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act”; H.R. 4748 (Rep. Peltola) - “Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act”; H.R. 6368 (Rep. LaMalfa) - “Indian Buffalo Management Act”; and H.R. 6443 (Rep. Issa) - “Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act”.Longworth House Office Building 1324
6 witnesses
  • Mr. Chris French, Deputy Chief – U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Mr. Jason Freihage, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management — Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Richard Rinehart, CEO, Tlingit & Haida Business Corporation
  • The Honorable Jarred-Michael Erickson, Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
  • The Honorable Erica Pinto, Chairwoman, Jamul Indian Village
  • Mr. Ervin Carlson, President, Intertribal Buffalo Council
ScheduledDec 5, 2023
HearingOversight Hearing on “Opportunities and Challenges for Improving Public Safety in Tribal Communities.”Longworth House Office Building 1334
5 witnesses
  • The Honorable Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Chris Sutter, Police Chief, Tulalip Tribes
  • The Honorable Dustin Klatush, Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
  • The Honorable Lloyd Goggles, Chairman, Arapaho Business Council - Northern Arapaho Tribe
  • Mr. Jonodev Chaudhuri, Ambassador, Muscogee Creek Nation
ScheduledNov 14, 2023
HearingLegislative Hearing on Discussion Draft on H.J. Res. ____ (Rep. Westerman), “Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023.”Longworth House Office Building 1324
2 witnesses
  • The Honorable Carmen Cantor, Assistant Secretary - Office of Insular and International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • The Honorable Joseph Yun, Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations, United States of America
ScheduledOct 19, 2023

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CongressMembersBills referredBecame lawMeetings
119th2025–2026, sitting1440418
118th2023–2024052626
117th2021–202215139716
116th2019–202012140820
115th2017–201813127817
114th2015–201612127713
113th2013–201412103107
112th2011–2012129090

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