Senate Indian Affairs Committee, 111th Congress (2009–2010): Members & Record

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55 bills referred in the 111th Congress

930 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 95. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 111th Congress

Members, 111th Congress 15

Everyone who held a seat in the 111th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Chair
R-WY	John Barrasso	Vice Chair
D-MN	Al FrankenJoined Oct 17, 2009
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye
R-AZ	John McCain
D-MT	Jon Tester
D-ND	Kent Conrad
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski
D-WA	Maria Cantwell
R-ID	Mike Crapo
R-NE	Mike Johanns
D-SD	Tim Johnson
R-OK	Tom Coburn
D-NM	Tom Udall

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 111th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 111th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 4347	Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2010	Hearings By	Nov 18, 2010
S 2956	Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act	Markup By	Nov 18, 2010
S 980	Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2009	Markup By	Nov 18, 2010
S 3945	Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010	Referred To	Nov 15, 2010
HR 3553	Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act of 2010	Reported By	Sep 22, 2010
S 3752	Indian Energy Parity Act of 2010	Referred To	Aug 5, 2010
S 3740	Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act of 2010	Referred To	Aug 5, 2010
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.	Reported By	Aug 5, 2010

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 111th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 111-923	H.R. 4347, to Amend the Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act to Provide Further Self- Governance by Indian Tribes, and for Other Purposes59 pagesOn H.R. 111, H.R. 603, H.R. 4347 3 witnesses Allen, Hon. W. Ron, Tribal Chairman/CEO, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Chairman, Self-Governance Communication and Education Tribal Consortium; and Chairman, Title IV--DOI Amendments Tribal Workgroup; accompanied by: Geoffrey Strommer, Partner, Hobbs, Strauss, Dean and Walker Micklin, Hon. Will, First Vice-President, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Skibine, George, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior; accompanied by Sharee Freeman, Director, Office of Self-Governance	Nov 18, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-917	Examining Tribal Transportation in Indian Country159 pages 7 witnesses Baxter, John R., Associate Administrator for Federal Lands, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; accompanied by Robert Sparrow, Jr., Manager, Indian Reservation Roads Program, Federal Highway Administration Echo Hawk, Hon. Larry J., Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; accompanied by Michael S. Black, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior and Leroy Gishi, Chief, Division of Transportation, Bureau of Indian Affairs Keel, Hon. Jefferson, President, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Moran, Hon. E.T., ``Bud'' Chairman, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Rosette, Sr., Timothy W., Chief, Environmental Health Division, Chippewa Cree Tribe, Rocky Boy Reservation Steele, Jr., James, Chairman, Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council Smith, John P., Director, Division of Transportation, Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes	Oct 15, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-888	Health Care Without an Ihs Hospital: Overtaxing the Contract Health Services Program61 pages 5 witnesses Bell, Hon. Billy A., Chairman, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes Curley, Cindy, Health Director, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Harris, Catherine S., CFO, Reno Heart Physicians Moyle, Alvin, Chairman, Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe; President, Indian Health Board of Nevada Sammaripa, Hon. Loren, Chairman, Walker River Paiute Tribe; accompanied by Kenneth Richardson, Health Director	Oct 2, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-873	In Critical Condition: the Urgent Need to Reform the Indian Health Service's Aberdeen Area129 pages 4 witnesses His Horse Is Thunder, Ron, Executive Director, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board Red Thunder, Charlene, M.S., Area Director, Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service Roubideaux, Yvette, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Indian Health Services Roy, Gerald, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Sep 28, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-826	Preparing Our Students for Tomorrow in Yesterdays Schools: Construction and Facility Needs at Bureau of Indian Education Schools38 pages 5 witnesses Bongo, Hon. Michael, Secretary/Treasurer, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Mullaney, Hon. Marty, President, Satellite Shelters; Board Member, Modular Building Institute Rever, Jack, Director, Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior White, Lindsey, Student, Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School Vizenor, Hon. Erma J., Chairwoman, White Earth Tribal Nation	Sep 11, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-756	Innovative Solutions to Addressing Housing Needs in Our Indian Communities69 pages 5 witnesses Shaun Donovan, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development Theresa Two Bulls, President, Oglala Sioux Tribe, and Chairman, Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association Paul Iron Cloud, Chief Executive Officer, Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing LeRoy Quinn, Jr., Executive Director, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Housing Authority Russell Sossamon, Treasurer and Member of the Board, Region IV, National American Indian Housing Council	Aug 25, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-790	Economic and Social Issues Affecting the Northwest Tribes84 pagesOn H.R. 3553, H.R. 4322, S. 1388, S. 1703, S. 2906 and 2 more 12 witnesses Allan, Hon. James, Tribal Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Abrahamson, Hon. Greg, Chairman, Spokane Tribe Cagey, Hon. Henry, Chairman, Lummi Tribe Cladoosby, Hon. Brian, President, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Dillon, Sr., Hon. Herman, Chairman, Puyallup Tribe; accompanied by Chad Wright, Director of Marine View Ventures Finley, Hon. Michael, Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Forseman, Hon. Leonard Chairman, Suquamish Tribe McCarty, Hon. Mikah, Councilman, Makah Tribe McCoy, Hon. John, U.S. Representative from Washington Sheldon, Hon. Mel, Chairman, Tulalip Tribe; accompanied by Glen Gobin, Board Member Stewart, Hon. Leo, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Tom, Hon. Kathleen, Tribal Council Secretary, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon	Aug 12, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-776	Indian Gaming49 pagesOn H.R. 318, H.R. 1344, H.R. 6391 4 witnesses Brnovich, Mark, Director, Arizona Department of Gaming Hogen, Philip N., Former Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission Stevens, Jr., Ernest L., Chairman, National Indian Gaming Association; accompanied by: Mark Van Norman, Executive Director, and Jason Giles, Deputy General Counsel Stevens, Hon. Tracie, Chairwoman, National Indian Gaming Commission; accompanied by Lawrence S. Roberts, General Counsel	Jul 29, 2010

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 111th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 111-379	Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Clarification ActOn H.R. 4445	Dec 20, 2010
S. Rept. 111-371	Authorizing Leases of Up to 99 Years for Lands Held in Trust for Ohkay Owingeh PuebloOn S. 3903	Dec 16, 2010
S. Rept. 111-359	Amending 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 TribeOn H.R. 5811	Dec 9, 2010
S. Rept. 111-357	Establishing a Commission to Conduct a Study and Provide Recommendations on a Comprehensive Resolution of Impacts Caused to Certain Indian Tribes by the Pick-Sloan ProgramOn S. 3648	Dec 8, 2010
S. Rept. 111-356	A Bill to Settle Land Claims Within the Fort Hall ReservationOn S. 2802	Dec 2, 2010
S. Rept. 111-299	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 FamilyOn H.R. 3553	Sep 22, 2010
S. Rept. 111-247	Amending the Act of June 18, 1934, to Reaffirm the Authority of the Secretary of the Interior to Take Land into Trust for Indian TribesOn S. 1703	Aug 5, 2010
S. Rept. 111-246	To Amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to Modify a Provision Relating to Leases Involving Certain Indian TribesOn S. 2906	Aug 3, 2010

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 111th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN1731	Tracie Stevens, of Washington, to be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission for the term of three years, vice Philip N. Hogen, resigned.National Indian Gaming Commission	Confirmed Jun 22, 2010Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Apr 29, 2010
PN1358	JoAnn Lynn Balzer, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2012, vice Letitia Chambers, term expired.Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development	Confirmed Jun 22, 2010Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jan 20, 2010
PN1357	Cynthia Chavez Lamar, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2010, vice Allen E. Carrier.Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development	Confirmed Jun 22, 2010Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jan 20, 2010
PN1112	Lillian A. Sparks, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Quanah Crossland Stamps, resigned.Department of Health and Human Services	Confirmed Mar 3, 2010Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Oct 22, 2009
PN325	Larry J. Echo Hawk, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Carl Joseph Artman, resigned.Department of the Interior	Confirmed May 19, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Apr 20, 2009
PN251	Yvette Roubideaux, of Arizona, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four years, vice Robert G. McSwain, resigned.Department of Health and Human Services	Confirmed May 6, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Mar 26, 2009

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 111th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-6807	A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Tribal-State Road Maintenance Agreements Report; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Jul 22, 2010
EC-5729	A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report relative to Indian Health Service funding for contract support costs of self-determination awards; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	May 3, 2010
EC-5181	A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Tribal-State Road Maintenance Agreements; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Mar 23, 2010
EC-4890	A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's report entitled "Report to Congress on a Plan for an Indian Head Start Study"; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Mar 4, 2010
EC-4861	A communication from the Chief of Research and Analysis, Food and Nutrition Services, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Resource Limits and Exclusions, and Extended Certification Periods" (RIN0584-AD12) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on February 24, 2010; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Mar 2, 2010
EC-4825	A communication from the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, transmitting, a report relative to the management of individual Indian trust accounts; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Feb 24, 2010
EC-3653	A communication from the Acting General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Amendments to Various National Indian Gaming Commission Regulations" (RIN3141-0001) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 12, 2009; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Nov 17, 2009
EC-3555	A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled, "Report to Congress on the Social and Economic Conditions of Native Americans: Fiscal Years 2003 and 2004"; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Nov 3, 2009

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 111th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 111-71	History, Jurisdiction, and Summary of Legislative Activities of the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs During the	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 111-69	Legislative Calendar	PDF · Text

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	12	95	36	6	35	25	8	3	17	0
118th2023–2024	11	75	34	3	33	26	18	1	29	0
117th2021–2022	12	81	26	15	24	34	26	2	34	1
116th2019–2020	13	90	38	11	37	16	22	2	35	0
115th2017–2018	17	71	35	11	34	—	33	2	33	1
114th2015–2016	14	78	39	11	38	—	43	1	47	2
113th2013–2014	14	60	27	7	22	—	35	5	32	1
112th2011–2012	14	53	20	7	13	—	45	6	33	2
111th2009–2010	15	55	25	6	21	—	43	6	16	2
110th2007–2008	16	59	26	8	25	—	42	8	19	2
109th2005–2006	14	66	32	12	32	—	41	1	21	1
108th2003–2004	15	88	35	9	33	—	57	6	20	2
107th2001–2002	15	59	20	6	18	—	53	5	40	1

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